I placed ads on several online dating sites. I was honest with what I was looking for and got all kinds of responses ranging from friendly to downright insulting. After a lot of deep thought and sleepless nights I answered an ad on one of them from a couple looking for a sub male. This couple was also in their 40's and consisted of a dominant wife and a submissive husband. I really waffled back and forth. I wasn't sure about another man being involved. I had never had any thoughts or desire in that direction.
I finally decided, what the Hell, and threw caution to the wind. I figured I could always back out if I got uncomfortable. I wrote a nice letter of introduction and attached several pictures. All clothed and in good taste. After hitting send, I had mixed feelings but was a little excited and anxious to see where it led.
A couple of days later I got a reply. Her letter stated that she was intrigued by my contact and my appearance was acceptable. I was to address her as Mistress Tanya from now on. She went on to add that she would like to know more about what I was looking for in a D/S relationship? What my hard limits were? She also wanted to know if I had soft limits? She explained that these would be things I would never do on my own but would if forced. Whoa, she really hit the nail on the head. I was really turned on by being forced to do something I would not normally do. The whole idea of handing over control was really where my submissive mindset lived. She said she eagerly awaited my reply.
I quickly began my answer. I agreed to bondage, limited corporal punishment, tease, denial, CBT to some extent, pegging, prostate milking, ruined orgasms, post orgasm torture, cum eating (my own), pussy worship, and ass worship. I told her that although I would lovingly worship her ass, I was not at all interested in anything to do with scat and that was a hard limit. I also told her that other hard limits would include severe beatings and punishment which resulted in actual injury. The same held true for the CBT. I had no desire to be left with damaged equipment. Breath play was another hard limit for me. I also told her that in no way was I interested in cross dressing or becoming a "sissy". Pedophilia and bestiality was also completely off the table. I was also not looking to become someone's servant and maid. My fantasies revolved around sexual situations.
Now it was time to address the elephant in the room. What were my soft limits? Golden showers/urine drinking. Not really something that really excited me but being forced to do so would be somewhat of a turn on. Another soft limit was public humiliation. I could see how being forced to masturbate or expose myself to a group of her friends could be a turn on. Or possibly being the entertainment at a party where they could tease and torment me mercilessly. Not something I would have thought of on my own, but I could see how I would comply if forced to.
And now I had finally come to the one that bothered me the most. Being in a relationship where another man was involved. This was a hard one for me. Why didn't I just put it in the hard limit category? For one thing it would probably mean the end of this contact. For another, I just wasn't sure how I'd react in certain situations. I told her this and more. I told her that I'd never had any male/male contact and had never desired any. I clarified that by saying that I wasn't sure how I'd react if I was in a hot and heavy session and was ordered to have said contact. For me it was a great unknown and for that reason I put it in the soft limit category. As an extension of this I had to also include cream-pie cleanup scenarios.