I've seen it said repeatedly that when things get twisted, when Life seems to have overwhelmed them, people drop their "roles" and just talk, which begs the question - Did they not talk before? Just recently I ripped to tiny pieces an article I had printed out because he kept referring to every aspect of the Lifestyle as role-play, and for our Family that is simply not what it is. Role-play is when I dress them in their schoolgirl outfits and bend them over my desk and, as the Dean, spank them for being such naughty little brats. My being Master and them being slaves are not roles that we play; it is who we are. We communicate constantly and within that communication needs, desires, as well as trouble spots come out and are discussed. For people who claim to live this Lifestyle 24/7 to say that they drop their roles at anytime makes me wonder how much fantasy their life is or what kind of Master the Master really is. 24/7 means all the time and if you are having issues maintaining that then perhaps you are trying to live the accoutrements and not the deeper Life, and if that works for you, then role-play away.
We pull out of our driveway every weekday morning at 7:30 burdened with
briefcases and overflowing cups of coffee. So do our neighbors. Saturday we cut
grass and trim the hedges. So do our neighbors. We sit on the back porch
laughing with friends, sit at our desk paying bills, and go on vacation fussing
at the kids who have been cooped up in a car beyond tolerance level. So do our
neighbors. Yet, unbeknownst to our neighbors we are not like them. We do not
think of ourselves in terms of husband and wife – or in our case, wives – but
rather as Master and slaves, and this our neighbors do not do; at least, not
that we’ve discovered, yet.