Happy Femdom Stories Volume 1: Joyful stories of finding love & dominance Kindle Edition

If you approach this expecting erotica despite its nonfiction classification, you may be disappointed. But if you are looking for something different, authentic, and... well... happy, this compilation of personal stories from 25 actual relationships is worth a look.Despite the odd number of relationships covered, the split between male and female perspectives manages to be perfectly even, as one relationship has accounts contributed from both partners. Unsurprisingly, 26 different people contributing narratives of 25 different relationships leads to a variegated collection: the style of both relationships and writing spans a broad spectrum. From brand new explorations to rekindled long-standing marriages, from those happily indulging in activities that "only happen in femdom porn" to those who don't even self-identify as dominant or submissive, from those who have "never so much as kissed" in their interactions to those having "the best sex of (their) life", from those in college to those with children in college, this is a wide window from which to catch different glimpses of what an F/m relationship can be in real life. Some are likely to personally resonate more than others, but the commonality of people finding, or perhaps creating, something in which they feel "on top of the world" can't help but be a little contagiously happy.If "Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul" as Dickinson writes in the quote editor Sharyn Ferns chose to introduce these stories, then this book may just be some unique birdseed.

As someone who identifies as a switch, I was hoping this collection of essays - some by submissive men, some by dominant woman - would either light me up or give me ideas, for when I engage with submissive partners. But overall, while the selection spans a range of relationship stories, from still fresh and new, to years-long, and the editing was good - no typos or clunky sentences detracted from the work - it didn't do anything for me, erotically.Occasionally somebody would write something that made me want to beat him with a crop, though, and not in a loving way. "And if a woman has to be free to have any man she chooses, then we are not actually in a relationship, because I don't actually have any worthwhile commitment from her." Yeah, no, that's not how polyamory works for me, or most people I know.It was valuable, I think, in helping to evaluate whether this is how *I* am wired. (Nope!) If you identify as a dominant woman, or submissive man, or if you think you might be, you may have an entirely different reaction.

As someone in an FLR I'm always interested in reading how other people came into their relationships. Femdom and FLR relationships have been so fetishized and turned into so many porn fantasies that its great to see a book like this available for people who want the truth about them. Men and women in these relationships are just people, no more, no less. They choose this way of life because its who they are, the same way other people choose their relationships.Here you read the stories, from both the strong women and the men who love and serve them, not as a fetish, but as people talking about how their relationships started, developed, and in some cases, ended. the storytellers are people opening up about their lives so the reader can see we are just normal people. Maybe we're not in an Ozzie and Harriet type of relationship, but it is ours and we feel about our significant others like other couples do. This book and its stories show people in Femdom relationships aren't freaks, but people living their lives according to their rules. Its an important book to help people what Femdom and FLR truly are.

I was expecting more of a book of long term relationships stories. This is strictly 'we meet, one of had a kink and here we are.' No actual substance of anything. Wish I had not spent money on this.

I enjoyed this one. BUT AMAZON CONTROLS ALL LITERATURE LIKE THIS! So these stories may be fiction and advertisements for Fem Dom relationships

The internet depicts a horrible ugly world of fantasy porn for Female Led relationships. These are beautiful real-life stories that show how happy healthy Female Lead relationships really exist. Each person's journey is different in the lifestyle and it's really awesome and beautiful to read these personal stories.

I like free access to exclusive stories as well

I thought it was cute that the women took charge and made the man her diaper slave.

I enjoyed this book the stories seemed real and were interesting. I would have liked to have heard a few longer ones but overall pretty good

Wonderful stories!! Thank you!

I have come across the author quite late in my kink life: Despite being active for nearly ten years, I wasn’t aware that she has been a prolific blogger on all matters pertaining to ‘Female Domination’ since 2008! Perhaps her being based in Australia and therefore not part of my London, UK vista explains it. But, as they say, better late than never.And what a discovery it’s been!Her wonderfully endearing book ‘Happy Femdom Stories Volume 1’ is a compendium of literally happy Femdom stories from readers of her Domme-Chronicles blog over the years. As she points out in the introduction, Ms Ferns started asking for these stories back in 2011 because she believed enough wasn’t being said about joyful real-life female dominant/male submissive (F/m) relationships. She would go on to say that such stories were not only uplifting and wonderful but that they were important. Why? Part of the reason was due to the noise on the internet suggesting that happy, healthy F/m relationships don’t happen, aren’t possible and belong in the realms of fantasy.And who could blame her? Social media is chockful with countless professional Dominatrices touting for business, offering precious slices of dark delights at a price, but never the whole cake. Woe betide the ‘time-waster’ wanting something more without paying for it! While I do have a lot of sympathy for very talented women who work incredibly hard at their amazing art and deserve to be paid for it, as a male I too can share in the exasperation of my fellow species who ache for something deeper and meaningful. Until I came across this book, I saw this tension as part of the bargain of the Scene, a challenge upon which a ‘real’ submissive male ought to be self-disciplined enough to not expect too much. To regularly tribute and gift the Domme of their dreams. To be as obedient and personable as much as possible in the hope of some point in the future, being collared as her ‘property’. And along the way, perhaps get to possibly know one’s Domme as a total person, warts and all, and not just the polished image replete with immaculate make-up, hair, latex, leather, whips, high heels and forbidding dungeons!This collection of 25 stories shows the romance and eventual love that has blossomed between a dominant woman and a submissive male. There is a stark absence of the usual commercial tone one sees elsewhere on social media, where the prevalence of ‘fv<k you, pay me’ abounds. None of these tales feature the whizzbang and colour of professional Dominatrices, bursting forth with provocative prose and indelible imagery, all calculated to lure in eager would-be slaves that pine to worship as close to a real-life Goddess as possible. These are sensitive tales spoken from the viewpoint of both female and male, on how they met while accounting for their dominant and submissive natures. How they’ve weaved their kink into a viable tapestry that embraces both FemDom as well as vanilla considerations.These are revelations of otherwise conventional people getting together with kink at the heart of their relationship and not having it as some commodity that one switches on and off. We meet ‘Axe’, who starts out on weekly chores but is barely able to contain his hunger for Sade who teases him as she sets him all sorts of domestic and ultimately intimate tasks. She too becomes consumed and confesses to wanting to own his derriere and private parts amidst a passionate kiss. They would eventually get married. Or the anonymous lady tearfully pining for her soldier boy in Iraq who confesses to wanting to be hurt, broken, used as she sees fit and to love her for every mark she wishes to leave on him. ‘SomethingStrange’ is a man married for decades who discovers kink late in his marriage and how little he gave his wife credit for being the strong and dominant character he eventually sees in her as she in turn revels in his vulnerability. They would go on to revitalise a stale sex life through the heady power of FemDom some fifteen years into their union!These are just three examples of the wide range of fascinating stories on offer that show how FemDom romance is not only possible but as viable as any vanilla one. This is a collection for those who want to know whether there’s more to this fascinating lifestyle than a programmed yet fleeting thrill. I for one have taken stock of a lot of what drives me in my own kink life and how I view the genre. This important work deserves much exposure and discussion especially among submissive men who may well feel pigeonholed and embarrassed to wanting something more in a FemDom relationship. The author is to be applauded and indeed celebrated.

These are stories submitted by real people to the author's website. In their own words you can read the experiences of couples who have chosen female led or dominated lifestyles. It covers the whole spectrum from successful long term relationships to those that tried but found they weren't suited to one another. Some couples knew from the outset that this was the lifestyle they wanted, others fell into it or adopted it to reinvigorate a failing relationship. A very useful book for anyone curious about the lifestyle and what it involves day to day. A very heartwarming read.

Disappointing tripe