Thanks for being willing to talk to me :) I'm letting this stew in the back of my head: I'm kind of curious to try it but I'm also kind of scared. (Not the least of my worries: how the hell do I explain this to my therapists? "Oh, I thought I'd try dating again so I started poking around in the BDSM scene.")

Yeah, I think if I do look into this my first order of business will be to find some people who are a) not new to the scene, b) willing to share their experiences, and c) only interested in helping me explore. I figure the worst thing I can do would be to jump in straightaway with someone about whom I know nothing while I'm still new and isolated in the community. RECIPE FOR DISASTER.