No decent snow stories from me… 🙁 We had about 2 inch’s and it melted by the end of the day. Couldn’t even get anytime off work… Not fair.. 🙁

Kate, you have a wonderful sense of adventure!! :notworthy
Snow bondage sounds like fun 😀 Hywel is a dab hand with the ropes, so I’m sure he could find a way of having is victim tied up, pose through the photoshoot and released in double quick time to ensure hypothermia doesn’t set in too quickly 😀
Maybe when you all go to France… You could take a couple of days out, head to the Alps and find a suitable spot! :snowman2 :devilishangel

Steve

Hi CD,

Thanks for bringing this up on the forum. I’m sure you will get some interesting views posted here….

For me, I believe the whole topic of bondage for personal relationships and publications depicting photographic imagery has roller-coasted from a highly taboo subject decades ago into something for more open and widespread today. This will continue and I’m sure as in 5 to 10 years time, it will be a far more accepted in conversational discussions. The internet has obviously played a HUGE part in this by allowing the worlds population to access images, chat rooms etc in the confides of their private home without feeling embarrassed or a need to share their passion with any family members of friends.

For me, I am extremely lucky as my wife shares this enthusiasm and we enjoy a very opened-minded relationship with her in a sub role and it’s fantastic!

With the evolvement of more individuals using the internet and purchasing magazines to seek information about the BSDM subject, I have found people are opening up and feeling comfortable enough to share their feelings. It’s very interesting to note that Ariel said herself she has started to share her thoughts with strangers about her work, which I think is fantastic. It shows how seriously she takes her work and how much she not only enjoys it, but also is also proud of her achievements (and quite rightly so). Full respect to you Ariel for doing something you genuinely love to do. Wish I could say the same about my work!

A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine told me about a girlie night out she had with her mates. Usual Friday night thing, 6 girls out in town eating drinking and clubbing etc. The topic of sex came up which also included their respective husbands, boyfriends. She told me 4 of the 6 girls really loved to experiment with bedroom toys, and dressing up and self-bondage. However, the other 2 were really surprised and somewhat shocked by this as they had no interest in it at all. What was most interesting is the fact 3 of these girls who would love to indulge in these bondage fantasise would never dare raise the topic with their boyfriends for fear of their response (I believe this to be a very common situation which is a great shame). It clearly shows there are for more people either curious or actively participating in these scenarios then we may realise.

Ariel, I know you’re interested in meeting and sharing conversations with likeminded people. I have only just started doing this myself with very selected people, and it’s wonderful to hear their thoughts and opinions, as it’s really surprising to find out how similar our views are.

Interesting to hear what Merlin said…..The first thing I did after getting home from the photo-shoot was to take all the pics off the camera, stick them on the PC, and wipe the memory stick clean! I was using the camera the next day, so didn’t want to accidentally look at the photos with my mates around. Just goes to show you how paranoid I was about it. This is a great shame, as I’m really proud of the photos taken during the shoot (there the best pics I’ve ever taken) and Ariel looked stunning and so beautiful.

The point being, that thanks to people like Hywel who have created websites and forums etc (R.E. being the best of these by miles and miles), its allowed people to be more open minded, indulge in their fantasise and probably more importantly, re-assured us were not alone in our thoughts and there are hundreds and thousands of others out there who feel the same way. It helps bring an end to the thought of “Am I weird and strange for enjoying these activates and is there anyone else who thinks the sameâ€