You do NOT have to use whips, chains, ropes, etc. to know the soul of a person. What you have to do is spend your time getting to know them. Listening to them, making them trust you enough to open themselves up to you. You also have to be willing to do the same in return. Without trust, respect, etc., there is no relationship. You don't need to put a woman in ropes where she can't go take a piss for hours on end, just to satisfy your idea of how you get a woman to trust you, and open up to you. IF you give her respect, you should get it in return. It's not given freely, you have to earn it! I may have a dominating personality, but that comes from being an independent woman. I don't look to a man to support me, or, care for me. All I want from a man is for him to love me, and if he's not open to that possibility, then don't waste my time sunshine!
Anyway, this is jmo save your money on building your play room, and take the woman you love on a lovely long vacation somewhere, that the two of you can be alone, and truly get to find out if you two are "soulmates", or not. You don't need all this other "stuff", just do it!
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