Role-play — partners acting out fictional characters, situations or scenarios together for play, fantasy and getting closer.
What it means
Role-play lets you safely explore desires, shift the usual dynamic and add novelty to a relationship. Scenarios can be anything — from everyday to fantastical — and their essence is a voluntary “as if.” To keep the play comfortable, partners discuss the roles, what they want and their boundaries in advance, along with a signal to stop. It is about both imagination and trust: participants keep in mind the whole time that it is a game.
Example
A couple agrees to act out a “first date between strangers” scenario and clarifies in advance what each of them enjoys in it. That is how a role-play is born.
Related terms
Safeword, consent, fetish.
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