As a young girl, I knew that I was different than my other friends. I grew up in a Christian home where I attended church weekly, and I was taught that good girls behaved a certain way. You must understand that as a young girl, I had submissive thoughts and behaviors. There was always some type of lesson or informational discussion centered around me and my older sisters. I pushed and hid away all the submissive feelings that were apart of me. I was raised to be a strong independent woman. I recall my mother telling me to never place myself in a situation where I had to depend on some man. I wasn't blind and knew that my parent's marriage wasn't the happiest most times. Looking back over the years, I am certain that my mother was unhappy and felt trapped in her marriage. My father had a drinking problem and was a huge burden on my mother. My parents married young in life. I know that they loved each other, but imagine that over time their relationship took on more of a love/hate meaning.
I met the man whom I would marry when I was a senior in high school. He was a football hero with a college football scholarship. He had a promising future and appeared to come from a good family. After I graduated from high school, I spent most of the summer working and spending time falling in love. As the summer ended, it was time to pack up my bags and fly to the other side of the country to attend college while he remained in our home state getting his education. Against my father's wishes and with my mother's support I returned home. Shortly after, he also transferred to the same college I was attending. We were together daily and with my mother's encouragement I took on a part-time job in the early evenings so that I could manage my education along with earning a few wages.
After graduating from college we moved to the city where we could start our careers. We made a home for ourselves then planned our wedding with our family shortly after. Shortly before our second child was to be born we had a beautiful home built, and we were on our way to carrying out our story book life. Anyone looking in from the outside would have thought we were the perfect family with goals and living the good life until little signs began to appear indicating that something wasn't quite right with my husband. I began finding myself walking on egg shells whenever I was around him. He would pick fights and then leave the house. Suddenly, our bank account was getting smaller. The credit card bills were getting bigger. The phone began to ring more often with a courtesy call by a bill collector insuring that everything was fine and perhaps something got lost in the mail.
Months later at the request of his boss, my husband went into rehab. That was his ticket for job security, but somehow the ticket got blown away by the winds of change. Suddenly we found ourselves living on one income and struggling. I never felt more alone, depressed, scared, sad, and mad in my entire life. He would begin a new job only to find himself unemployed a few months down the road.
I sought help and counsel only to find myself even more alone. A handsome single man began giving me attention at the office. I thought that perhaps he was just being kind to the unhappily married woman who was walking around with the weight of the world on her shoulders. I refused to allow myself to cheat. I remained strong and stood by my husband even though over time the man who I trusted and had promised to live the rest of my life with in good times and in bad, plus all the sickness and health... blah blah blah...
Let's just say that after three trips to rehab and several jobs here and there, I was fed up. I could not enable this man or accept to live as his wife. He was warned many times that I couldn't stay in a marriage where I was so alone and unappreciated.
Many times over the years I had tried to discuss my submissive feelings only to be misunderstood. I locked them away.
After filing for divorce and moving out with the children, I had never felt more free in my entire life. It was a wonderful feeling. A friend suggested that I get myself back into the dating game. It was a little bumpy at first trying to adjust and cope being a single woman again. Things certainly had changed over the years and dating was a whole new ball game. After a guy here and there I met the man who unlocked the closet where I had stored away my submissive desires. After several months I learned that he secretly was also an alcoholic who lied to me about his drinking problem. I was very open and honest that I could not handle another relationship with someone who suffered with an addiction issue. My heart was broken, but I picked up the pieces and moved on.
Sitting here years later and looking back at the past two years of my life I've had many men in and out of my life. I suppose that I began to keep myself distanced. I sought out men who I thought might be able to satisfy my empty spot. Yet, none did.
Then, I met Motorcycle Daddy. It was as if my soul mate had finally appeared. Only it turned out that he was already committed to someone and had begun to raise a family. I had to think long and hard if I could continue a relationship with him. Looking back at things I decided that since I felt that I needed to distance myself from everyone else that he would never try to marry me or move into my home. After many months I enjoyed having him in my life, but the long distance relationship and the empty bed every night found me lonely and needing more...
My mother was dying, and Handyman entered my life. He was also lonely and going thru a terrible divorce. Before long I found myself enjoying the friendship and the intimacy. In the back of my mind I questioned if over time he might become my Master. Sure, he began using the term here and there, but he was not one who needed to communicate daily. The fact that he was a swinger left the door open for me to pursue other lovers and to play with some of my lifestyle friends. I was honest with Motorcycle Daddy about him and was encouraged to date him to fill the emptiness in my life.
I honestly never thought that I would allow myself to be involved with a married man. I never imagined that I would have more than one lover in my life at a time. Yes, it feels wonderful to have so many options and to be desired. I suppose that each of the various men have a quality that I seek. It's almost that if I could take this from Motorcycle Daddy, and that from Handyman, then a dash of T, plus a few drops of young hottie that I might just find myself with the man of my dreams.
I have been mentioning my exhaustion. I am growing tired of it all. I do truly desire to share my life with one wonderful man. I have made up my mind that I am not going to get involved with anyone else who is already in a relationship or has a spouse. For now, Master will remain in my life.
I am going to focus on getting to know Mr. Vanilla. Perhaps in time, I will know that I'm ready to build a monogamous relationship and allow myself to call him my boyfriend. Time will tell...
I suppose you might say that I am beautifully broken, but you just wait and see that over time I will grow wiser and my heart will heal. I will allow myself to trust again. I'm having faith that there is an educated single male out there with a dominate kinky streak just waiting to love me and call me his own.