Quote Originally Posted by BDSM_Tourguide

My wife and I are in a DS relationship right now. We're not 24/7 DS, though, because we can't be. We have a few other commitments, like our daughter, to think about.
As I see it, 24/7 is in your head, you don't have to have someone kneeling naked every hour of the day to qualify. You have to go to the shops or meet vanilla friends or family: and if you say "Can you get me another drink, please?" and she says "Okay dear", you know you're saying "Now, slave!" and she's saying "Yes Master!" whatever the rest of the world may see. Same goes with children.

I had a 24/7 slave for several months alongside a 6yo child, and he never noticed anything untoward. (He's 10 now, so I can casually ask about what he remembers of that period.) We kept things looking vanilla till he went off to school, then her clothes came off and her collar went on, but we knew who was in charge every minute.