a Poppy funny

i just had to share what Poppy did today, because it's one of those classic moments when you're bringing up children which you just couldn't make up if you tried......

We took her to our nursery Christmas fayre, and we all had a great time - there was Father Christmas arriving in a white carriage pulled by two beautiful white horses, which we had a ride in, two very sweet reindeer which Poppy had her photo taken with but insisted on calling 'nay' (her word for horse), roasted chestnuts, Santa's grotto (and Poppy only got a little bit scared of Santa this year instead of shrieking at him like a banshee like last year!), tombolas and raffles and games and craft stalls and decorate your own biscuits and cake stalls and minced pies and mulled wines, etc, etc. Poppy loved it all, but she absolutely fell in love with these animals puppets which 'sing' when you open and close their mouths, so we bought her a frog one which ribbits 'twinkle twinkle little star'. She was thrilled with it and happily toddled off round the rest of the fayre, clutching her new toy. All well and good, until she decided to announce her new possession to everyone with a very loud and very proud "fuck!" repeated over and over again. Seems she can't quite pronounce 'frog' properly but was blissfully unaware of the fact. So we drew quite a few raised eyebrows from other people at the fayre, and there were lots of people there! Luckily Poppy was also waving her frog around as she made her announcement, so hopefully people understood what she was trying to say. Looks like we're going to have to work on her pronounciation of 'frog' huh?

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more q & a

i asked for readers to leave questions at the end of my last post and 3 of you did, which i'm really pleased about, so i'm going to answer those questions here:

~ what limits would you like to get rid of?
the children and animals ones i never want to get rid of because those are just WRONG to me, and to Sir as well because He has already told me He would never touch those. i'm also very very wary of trying to work on the breathplay one because it scares me so much and also it can be very dangerous, and the scat one i just don't want to work on because it is so disgusting. The face-slapping and spitting ones i also very much doubt i can get rid of because of incidents in the past which bring back very bad feelings and memories for me. So that really leaves the blood one, the needles one, the extreme pain one, and the single-tail whips one - all of which frighten me to think about, but all of which i think i could work on with Sir's help and at least lessen as limits even if i can't entirely get rid of them. The one limit i most want to get rid of is the single-tail whips one, because i know how much Sir enjoys playing in this way, and it just seems such a nonsensical limit to have as i don't even know why it causes me to have such a bad reaction. So i really hope Sir can help me work through this limit at least.

~ how does the dynamic work with a baby in the house?
with adaptations! But having said that, we are very lucky that Poppy is such a contented little girl and basically got herself into a routine soon after being born, so that we could fit our lifestyle round her. Sir made amendments to the rules so that our dynamic is played out in more subtle ways when she is around, so for example i no longer kneel next to Sir's chair or ask permission to start eating a meal, i wait for a little nod from Sir to start eating, things like that. And i call Him 'Daddy' in front of Poppy and Sir in private. And i wear my necklace 'collar' round the house rather than my more traditional one. But really all those changes are fairly minor, and the basic dynamic is very much there still. i am still expected to 'ask' permission to do things when Poppy is around but it's done in a more roundabout way, eg: "i'm just going to the kitchen to start dinner, would you like anything?" rather than "Sir, please may i have permission to go to the kitchen to start dinner?".

~ how comes you like orgasm control but only tolerate orgasm denial?
i think this comes from my interpretation of those terms - Sir never puts me on orgasm denial for a long period of time, like telling me i can't cum for the next 3 months, which is what i was saying i would only be able to 'tolerate' in my BDSM checklist. Orgasm control is more like what Sir practices because i am only allowed to cum when He gives me permission, i am no longer allowed to even ask to cum but i must wait until told to, and sometimes Sir will not grant me release and i have to go needy (but never for very long!) - that's the type that i like :)

~ how do you figure the line betwen extreme pain and normal pain, and can He tell the difference?
i think that's a very tricky question because i wouldn't be able to describe the difference, or even give a list of activities that are OK pain and those that are too much. Some of it depends on me anyway because what i can tolerate one day i wouldn't be able to withstand the next, and some of it depends on how hard Sir is spanking/flogging/ whatever in that particular scene. But i know that Sir can read me very well, and He knows how hard He can push me so i tend to just go with it and leave it to His judgement. Of course in the middle of a scene i often get to the point where i think 'no more, i can't take anymore, please stop' but Sir carries on, and later i realise He was right to because i could take more even when i thought i couldn't. i have never safeworded because the pain has been too much, so i think that shows that Sir has got the balance right.

~ are you punished very often and what is a punishment like?
no, very rarely do i get punished and it has been a long long time since the last one (it has been almost 2 years since the last one, which is amazing!). i think the reason for that is that i absolutely hate punishments and will try very hard to avoid them, and also that Sir tends to give me warnings and discipline first if He can before it reaches a punishment situation, and also that i know my rules better now and tend to automatically follow them so the chance of me straying so far outside them that a punishment is needed is quite slim nowadays. Examples of punishments i have received in the past are having my bottom snapped repeatedly with an elastic band, having my titties caned, being used as a washing line, being dressed up as a cat (but you would have to know the details of the infractions to understand how these punishments all fitted the crime).

~ do you two have scenes planned in advance or just when the mood strikes?
now that we have Poppy we have to plan our 'play' time carefully (for example, Sunday mornings when she is at my sister's, or sometimes of an evening if someone else is looking after her, and very occasionally when she has gone to bed, but those tend to be less intense scenes). So yes we have cut down on the amount of scening we do since having Poppy, but Sir makes sure that the play time we do get is used to the maximum.

~ how were your rules created?
Sir has created all 3 versions of my rules, using some He adapted from lists online and some He devised to be personal to my needs. i have no say in what my rules are, but have to follow them absolutely, though i guess if i had a really big problem with a rule i could ask to discuss it with Him. Sir knows me so well though that He tailors the rules to fit my needs as well as His, so there has never really been an issue with them (even the ones i don't like so much!)

Thanks for all the questions, please feel free to ask more!

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Q & A

Stole these questions from Roles Defining Rules (here), because i think they're really interesting:

1. who are you and what do you identify as?
i am libby, 30 years old, and i identify as a mother and a slave - both real-life, live-in, full-time ;)

2. where did you get your name?
ummmm i go by my first name 'libby' both here and on the chatrooms i visit, which is what everyone calls me in real-life too as i hate my full name of 'Elizabeth' (i always thought it was too posh and formal for me). But Sir tends to call me 'little one', 'pet' or other such names which i really like.

3. what drew you to M/s?
i was really drawn to BDSM/ submission, and in the beginning i was adamant i could never be a slave or be in a M/s relationship because they were both too intense for me. But gradually i came to realise that i was a slave and i was already in a M/s relationship with Sir, it was just different in reality to how i imagined it would be. So in a way i guess the need to be dominated, controlled, given orders, the need to please and serve and obey, drew me eventually to M/s.
4. do you hope to gain anything as a person from M/s?

yes, i hope to gain happiness and contentment and satisfaction and fulfillment from being in a M/s relationship, because this is what i feel i was meant to be. Also i think that being a slave helps to develop my character and personality because i am able to be who i really am, and feel confident enough in Sir's abilities to let Him push me to do things i would never be able to do without Him and that has really helped me grow as a person.

5. what do you hope to gain in your relationship from M/s?
i hope to gain a deeper connection, more trust and respect and honesty and openess, and ultimately love and adoration, because of the bonds which necessarily develop between a Master and His slave. And i think we've got that because i can truly say that this is the closest relationsip i have ever been in in my life.

6. what for you is the hardest part of your chosen role?
although i am getting much better at this now, in the past i have struggled with not being able to serve Sir as often or as deeply as i would like to sometimes, due to other pressures on my time such as looking after Poppy, etc. And the other thing i find hard is submitting when i'm having a bad day and just don't feel like getting out of bed to make Sir a hot chocolate at 10:30pm, or having to wait naked by the side of the bed after my shower until He says i can get dressed, or not being able to just go to the fridge and get myself a snack whenever i feel like it (i'm not even allowed to ask for a snack between meals). But most days those problems don't occur.

7. do you foresee this being a part of your life forever, or do you think it will eventually fade away?
this is a tricky question and one i often think about. In a way it's hard for me to imagine being in my 70s or 80s and still being a slave to Sir, but i guess that we would tone down some of the physical stuff and i would still submit mentally and emotionally to Him. Also i think that by the time we get to that stage, we will just naturally act as Master and slave because that's the way we will have been living together for so long, so to let it fade away would just seem wrong. And another part of me realises that once our children have grown up and left home (wayyyy in the future) that will give me and Sir a second lease of life in our dynamic and we could well go back to the intensity that we had before Poppy came along with regards to the rules and overt displays of submission when we are at home. So overall i tend to think that this will be part of my life forever now.

8. what's your favourite rule?
ooooh good question. i like this one: #4. when i am not in the presence of my Master and i have choices to make, i will decide them to the best of my abilities and within the boundaries and guidance He has established for me. i will try hard to balance to needs of my children with those of my Master. i will find ways to maintain our dynamic without affecting the upbringing of our children, under His guidance.
i like that one because it gives me the reassurance that i can make decisions without consulting Sir, so long as i remember my rules and try to do what i think Sir would want me to. And also it reminds me that Sir cares very much about our children and does not want our relationship to be detrimental in any way to their upbringing, so if i get into a situation where i am not sure whether to meet the needs of my children or of Sir, i can confidently go with the children's needs and explain it to Sir later and He will not be cross with me. i also think these rules are important:
#53. i am allowed to remain in contact with my family, friends and colleagues, through phone calls, emails, letters, having them visit, visiting them and going out with them.....
#55. i am allowed access to my laptop, the internet and #bondage chatrooms......
because it stops me being cut off from other people who are important to me, and it keeps me healthy and happy as a person and therefore better able to serve Sir. Also it reassured me in the early stages that Sir wasn't some kind of abusive predator seeking to cut me off from all forms of outside support apart from Him. And this rule is also important to me:
#59. in decisions involving the children and their upbringing, i have an equal say with my Master. This is the only area in which i am afforded an equal voice, all other aspects of my life remain under His control.
for 2 reasons - firstly because it would be very difficult for me to be a good mother if i wasn't able to follow my own instincts in bringing up and caring for my children, and secondly because i need to still be a slave even though i am a mummy, and having it stated in my rules that raising our children is the one and only area i get an equal say is actually very comforting to me and reminds me that mine and Sir's basic dynamic has not changed.
9. what is more important in a M/s relationship: love, respect or compatibility? Why?
not love, because even though Sir and i love each other i don't think it's necessary to have a good M/s relationship. Respect is very important though, but i know some people would argue that a Master does not need to respect a slave even though the slave should respect the Master - that's not my opinion though and i feel that two-way respect is very important to maintain the trust between the two people. Compatibility definitely helps, though again i think it would be possible for two very different and seemingly uncompatible people to have a successful M/s relationship by sticking closely to the rules. So of the three, i would say respect is the most important.

10. how do you feel about limits in your current relationship? What do you have?
it is important for me that i am allowed limits, and that Sir will respect them, but i wish that i didn't have so many, and i hope that maybe Sir will be able to help me get rid of some of them like He has in the past. At the moment my limits are: children, animals, scat, blood, needles, breathplay, extreme pain, face slapping, spitting, single-tail whips.
i hope you found these answers interesting, and if anyone has any other questions they want me to answer please leave a comment. Or please feel free to answer these questions yourself and leave me the link :)

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Headspace

Recently i've found myself in a really good headspace. Ignoring the swine flu week, which left me feeling down and low and lonely, i've been feeling like i've got my life in balance and am doing my best in all aspects of my life at the moment - as a slave, as a wife, as a mother, as a nursery nurse, as a friend. Of course, i could always do with more time - to serve Sir, to play with Poppy, to keep on top of the housework, to spend with flame, to visit my family, to work on my training, to prepare activities for the children at work - but i feel that i am doing my best with the time i've got and am managing to keep on top of all aspects of my life without neglecting any area.

i also feel like i'm in a good place mentally with my slavery at the moment - i'm feeling confident and comfortable with knowing where i am and what's expected of me, and i'm able to use all the little gestures of submission which have been incorporated into my daily life to keep me going until we can play or scene or train together at the weekend when someone else looks after Poppy for a little while. Recently in the evenings, after Poppy is safely tucked up in bed, Sir has been using the time to chat to me about aspects of my submission and training, and where He wants to take me from here. And that's been making me feel contented as a slave and excited about the future. And of course, i've been preparing mentally for my hopefully upcoming pregnancy and how having a new baby will change things. But having gone through it once with Poppy i'm confident that we can adapt things again to incorporate the new lil one whilst still maintaining the dynamic between us.

It's been such a long time since Sir had to punish me for a mistake, or even discipline me to keep me on the right track, so that makes me happy too - that i'm better able to keep within the rules and boundaries by myself without needing reminders from Sir. And Sir is always telling me how happy He is with me and the effort i'm putting in, and now that i'm well over the pnd, life just feels good at the moment and i'm in a good place. Let's hope it continues that way!

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What's important

Being ill with the swine flu this week has really brought home to me what is important in my life - Sir and flame, but most of all Poppy. On the doctor's advice, i wasn't allowed to be in the same room as her all week, and definitely no cuddles or kisses because she wasn't supposed to get nearer than 3 metres while i was ill. So the most i could do was wave to her in the doorway when Sir brought her in to say 'goodnight' to me, and i found it very very upsetting.

Yesterday because i was feeling better i was allowed to spend time with Poppy again, and it was soooooo nice just to hold her and snuggle her and breathe in her sweet little girl smell, and see her beautiful little smile, listen to her happy giggles, and feel the weight of her on my lap or snuggling against me, and it was just great. i spent ages just watching her play, and singing songs with her, and she was obviously happy to spend time with me too, so we were both happy girlies.

And it's also made me realise how much i'm looking forward to having another baby, to holding a new little one and getting to know him/her, to smelling that unique new baby smell, and watching as he/she grows and plays with Poppy and they become great friends and siblings. So i'm really excited about getting pregnant again, and all that that entails, but for this weekend i'm just going to concentrate on enjoying Sir and Poppy and being grateful for the family i've got :)

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Good news

So i spent a week recovering from the swine flu, and it was a pretty miserable week - i spent most of it in bed or laying on the sofa feeling rotten and not wanting to eat anything, having no energy at all, and not allowed to get too close to Poppy incase i infected her. But Sir has been looking after me real good, and my mum has helped out with Poppy all week, and different people have been spending time with me to make sure i didn't get lonely while Sir was at work. And i've been taking the tamiflu, and drinking lots and trying to eat as much of the food i could that Sir has been bringing me.

And the good news is, i am now almost completely better! Since Thursday i have been feeling much more like my old self, and each day i have been feeling stronger and healthier, my appetite has returned and now i'm at the point where i've only got a bit of a cough and nothing else. So i've stopped taking the tamiflu, and am allowed to cuddle Poppy and play with her again, which just feels so great because i missed her so much. And later on Sir says we can go out for a little walk all together, which will be fun because i've not really been out of the house all week. i'm planning on going back to work on Wednesday, so long as i feel well enough. So everything is getting back to normal for me, and i'd like to say a big 'thank-you' for everyone's good wishes while i was poorly. And i hope that if anyone else has got swine flu they get well soon :)

libby
xxxx

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oh noooooooo!

i've been diagnosed with swine flu :( Yesterday i woke up feeling really rubbish and it continued throughout the day - shivery cold but with moments of becoming really hot and sweating, sore throat with a cough, headache, aching all over, no appetite at all and very very tired. i actually slept most of the day, then in the evening Sir made me go on the swime flu website and we took the online questionnaire thingy and i had all the symptoms except for a temperature (though i did have a fever), so the website said it was 'very likely' that i had swine flu, which Sir got confirmed when He phoned the out-of-hours doctor straight after. i've been given a number for Sir to take to the nearest antiviral collection point on Monday and then i will start taking Tamiflu to try to reduce some of the symptoms. i'm actually feeling a little bit better today than yesterday, not quite so tired at least which is good, but i'm prolly going to be out of action for this week at least :(

i just hope that Poppy doesn't get it - Sir is going to look after her until i am better, and my mum has agreed to have her during the day when she's not at nursery. It's just hard not kissing her or getting too close to her incase i pass it on :(

Poor libs.

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