One of the sites on which I placed an ad is alt.com. I've had memberships on alt.com before. I had more fun writing this ad than I've ever had before on this or other dating sites. This is probably because I'm feeling so comfortable with myself. I was very honest about who I am and where I'm at, genderwise and sexually.
I've gotten two winks so far. One from a very submissive man. Perhaps he thought I'd be even more submissive than him?

I'd think he would be looking for a more dominant type.
The second wink was from a transgender woman who seems to want someone heavily into cross-dressing. She also wants someone who is very passable. All I've got is one dress and several pairs of stockings. No fake boobs, wigs, makeup, etc. So, I'm not at all passable. I do think I'm kind of cute, though! Of course, she's also interested in bondage type things.
I was going to respond to both of those winks when somehow the site lost them. You can see who's viewed your ad but I'm not at all sure who this submissive dude was. The TG woman I will respond to with a 'thanks, but no thanks'. Other things in her ad lead me to believe we're not at all compatible.
Perhaps when I log in tonight, the winks will be back. In the meantime, a guy in Wisconsin Hotlisted me. I hotlisted him back. We'll see if anything hotter than listing develops.
Truth is, I've definitely got an interest in BDSM. I know this is probably shocking to many of you, try not to faint

I've had some limited experience. There's some possibility I'll discuss some of that in another thread.
I'm not into being hurt or harmed in any way, though, for someone else's pleasure. Perhaps what I'm most interested in is simply feeling restrained whille someone I absoslutely trust and love has his way with me. Safely and sanely. It's probably the often given explanation that letting loose of some of the power I've got at work, that I often don't want, is a freeing experience.
Whenever I find something really interesting, I'll read every book I can find on it. A number of books I've read had addressed the spiritual aspects of pain. That really interested me.
Of course, there are the many other books that talk about the proper way to wrap someone in Saran wrap loosely enough to prevent an unhealthy rise in body temp. Or the proper way to train a human puppy. I've read all those types, too.
Perhaps most exciting is how hot I find the look of leather, on men (not cows, or even bulls), to be. There was this really handsome older man with a younger blond guy I saw years ago (maybe 1996) in upstate NY at a gay bar. They were both in motorcycle gear. The blond was much taller and somewhat more muscular than the older man. They seemed to communicate entirely by facial expressions and head motions. Then there was the really cute dark-haired young man with the slave collar in Audubon Park in New Orleans (circa 1988).... Whoa, I'm getting way off track here
Thing is, the few men I've met through alt.com have been genuine sadists. That's not my thing at all as I'm not a genuine masochist! I think there's the real potential in many of these relationships for psychological if not also physical harm. Not my thing at all.
Don't get me wrong, I've read about healthy relationships of these types and I've found those accounts intriguing. I can also accept that many into BDSM as a way of life have very different needs than I do and those needs are being met in M/s and similar relationships.
I have some trouble reconciling my moderate interest in BDSM with what I consider my essential nature. Namely a naive, babe in the woods type who tends to be a gentle person. With the right man, I think moderate BDSM as part of lovemaking could be great. I just don't know if that man exists for me. We'll see. I certainly don't view an interest in BDSM as a requirement for a serious relationship. In fact, even if there were a mutual interest, I'm not sure I'd want it to be any more than a minor, occasional part of a loving relationship. All the men I've met who have ever sparked the slightest interest in me as being potential dating partners have not, to my knowledge, been into BDSM.