The General Encounter Framework Overview
- Finding a potential rope partner.
- Vet your potential rope partner to confirm if you do, in fact, want to scene with them.
- Negotiate together to find common interests and agree on what will happen in that scene.
- What is permitted
- What is not permitted
- Physical, Medical & Psychological needs or limits
- Risks unique to scenes involving rope
- Nerves & Circulation
- Plan the scene with the negotiated elements.
- Plan what you will do — what is permitted — and how.
- Plan what you will both do if things go according to plan.
- Plan what you will both do if things go awry.
- Set up and conduct the scene.
- React to positive and negative things, address issues.
- Provide aftercare to everyone involved.
- Tops and Bottoms all have needs.
- Make sure everyone is okay and back to themselves.
- Process your emotional and other reactions after the scene has ended.
- You may experience heightened or lowered emotions, ebullience or drop, or both.
- Note lessons learned, both positive and negative. Learn from your encounter.
- Decide if you want to do more with that person or not.
- If things went well, this may have been a step toward establishing an ongoing relationship.