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He who dares, winsI've read a lot of personal stories in the past few weeks and I really want to share mine, because I promise you, it's a really great story! I was excited to go hang out with a newly married girlfriend at the local Renaissance Faire that weekend. She and her husband picked me up and when we got there, he was working the faire, so we went to shop. Later on, we went back to watch him as he was helping put on a medieval fighting demo. He was in the ring in full medieval armor facing down another fighter, also disguised in full medieval armor. The announcer says loudly to each fighter to bow to the one who gives you the courage to fight – and my girlfriend's husband turns and bows to her. (So cool!) But the other fighter didn't bow at all, I noticed. The fight ensued and my girlfriend's husband lost. The other fighter had the right to stay in the ring then and fight the next guy, but he didn't. (This is where it gets really good.) He made a show of bowing out and turned to step over the ropes and strode over to us. (I should mention that it was a bit overwhelming to have this 6' medieval fighter make his way over to us!) He removed his helmet, and standing there over me says: “I've killed your escort. You belong to me now.” Then he just walked away. I was stunned. Luckily though, my girlfriend encouraged me to go find him, because, well, I was certainly interested in finding him. So I went to the changing tents and found him, all changed, sitting there relaxing – and waiting for me to come to him. I had had a chance to rehearse what I'd say so I delivered my line of: “If you're to possess me, I should know your name.” He gave me a big (very nice) smile, stood up and shook my hand saying, “It's Jim.” Then he didn't let go of my hand, and led me out of the tent suggesting a walk. We had a great time talking and flirting all around the faire. When it came time to leave, he handed me a scrap of paper he had in his pocket and asked for my phone number. I looked down at the paper and it already had my name written on it! Apparently he had already asked who I was when I had arrived earlier, and written it down then. I wrote down my phone number and as I handed it to him I said, “You were certainly sure that you'd get my number, weren't you?” To which he leaned in close and whispered in my ear: “I usually get what I want.” That was 12 years ago and we've been married 10 of those years. Taken In Hand Tour start | next Have you seen the following articles? Secretary: a deeper understanding Maybe these surrendered women are on to something What kind of site is this? D/s? TPE? CP? DD? ABCD? A breakdown on the road to intimacy The anchor of love Don't tell anyone I'm here! Subjugation or submission? The joy of the master-queen dynamic Does being submissive mean not saying what you think? Taken In Hand relationships are hot and close 2004 Mar 28 - 19:07 | login or register to post comments | latest article | previous article | next article | permanent link
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