If I have to sacrifice it, then it isn't love. So I guess not. I don't care if my partner participates in my fetish or not, as long as they accept it as a part of me and allow me to practice it myself. As far as an ideal partner goes, I think it's someone who makes me feel happy, someone who gives me another reason to wake up in the morning, and again someone who accepts me. And hopefully I can reciprocate those things for them. However, I don't think that a partner necessarily needs to participate in my kink to fulfill all those things I listed as ideal. Essentially, it feels too shallow to say my partner needs to be a part of this kink. If I wanted that I'd look for a fwb