I don’t know if one ever really “earns the right to expect money for sessions”, but what you charge is what the market will bear for you, and you can negotiate that price with people.
I’ve had 4 personal friends I’ve known in the community that have done this (1 still does it, albeit in a...
She’s also an actress as well. One of her exes(?) really did a number in trying to put her as much as possible when she started becoming a name people recognized.
It was sad to hear, especially since (from what I heard) she really needed the money to help with her mom’s medical issues at the time.
I second using airbnb over hotels. Beds in most of those places are much more bondage-friendly than hotel beds if you planned on tying your lee to your bed or strapping them down with straps that run under the frame.
I have a couple of sets of stocks myself (and my arm binders/table). Haven’t gotten to use the 2nd set yet (just came in about a month ago), but here are a couple of pictures of it assembled.
As someone who lives in OK with my partner I meet for play living in MO (about 5 hours away on a good day), I feel you 10000%
We see each other roughly once a month at the moment, but she works full time and I work full time and am a full time grad student, so that makes things very tricky and...
There’s no straight answer to this, since different lees require different methods/types of aftercare.
Basically, your body during a session pumps a bunch of internal chemicals in you that make you feel really good and on somewhat of a high. Aftercare helps with ensuring that “rush” of internal...