DominaM, your post mentions the types of recollections by a couple of Mistresses I knew in the late ‘90s when I returned to the scene in NYC, and posts I read. The Chelsea area was seemingly packed with dungeons. Your “if you were hot and had a black dress they handed you a whip and tossed you in with a client,” comment made me LOL! There seemed to be plenty of 20-something women in dungeon ads in that era who dressed as if they became Dominas by watching Madonna videos on MTV. (I usually preferred more mature Mistresses, in age and/or experience.)

Your post and others made me remember I was used to “try it out" as a sub to train possible Mistresses. The first was an hour session, and I said nothing while the Mistress taught the trainee, using me as “equipment” for want of a better word. The second half of my visit was me and the Mistress one on one, and she appreciated my efforts. A decade later the same Mistress asked me to go to her apartment a couple of times to help train a mature friend of hers to be a Mistress. The last time I was used in this way another Mistress asked before a session, “Can I bring in a girl to watch us in session? She wants to work here.” The trainee watched lasted for about half the session and left me with the Mistress one on one. The activities during all these training sessions were tame: spanking, light rope bondage, foot worship etc. Never knew if any of the ladies trained ever became Mistresses.