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ORIGINAL: rmanrr

greetings..
florid reminds Me of that flushed face appearance.....just speak plainly...openly...nothing else is required.

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ORIGINAL: themischievous1

Your post kind of cracks me up, as in amuses me in a wry sort of way, and that's a good thing. I can use a little amusement after what I've been through. I'm not trying to offend either; I think your post is fitting and certainly accurate, at least in my particular situation.

I very recently changed my ID to "switch" because of what you've written here (though I detest the labeling of everyone that goes on):

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  I have romanticized being a submissive in my mind many times in the past, as much as I know that the reality of belonging to someone means it can be smelly, tiresome, sweaty (in a bad way) and unpleasant...is it just human nature to forget the unpleasant realities when they aren't right in front of our faces? 

For me, the unpleasant realities were that he didn't bathe, (try once a week), he wouldn't work, he had anger issues (as in was abusive), completely avoided communication, calling everything I said and thought "bitching," and smelly was putting it lightly since he soon began to chain smoke. Add that to the not bathing and I think you get the picture. Needless to say, I bailed.

Naw..there was nothing romantic about being a submissive whatsoever and it succeeded in turning me off to submission so thoroughly that I'm not sure I'll desire to experience that state of being again for quite some time.

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ORIGINAL: WhiplashSmile

We all need something to believe in, something to strive for in our lives, something that drives and motivates us.  Some Hope, Some Dream, some vision of our future and what we want out of life.   Without these things we are simply passing time in the waiting room of funeral home waiting for our time to be up.

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ORIGINAL: KatyLied

Damn, I sort of liked the part where you fed me Chinese with chop sticks.  Shhhhh....don't tell anyone I said that.    

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ORIGINAL: KatyLied

Yes, exactly.  There something not-quite-right with a dominant who seems too romantic.  Not that there's anything wrong with dinners and flowers, but some of these guys are trying too hard.

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ORIGINAL: mistoferin

Yup....some profiles remind me of Massengill douche commercials....fields of flowers....breezes blowing soft cotton ankle length skirts....white sand beaches with waves licking at your feet....

You buy into it and get them home and realize they all still smell like vinegar.

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service topping a submissive for her enjoyment.

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ORIGINAL: happypervert
Too hard for normal gals, perhaps, but they're hitting the right note for the gals with the florid profiles. Cynic that I am, I wonder if those guys really mean it or if they are just aiming at that segment of the market -- they could just be good at spinning a romantic fairy tale while actually being unwashed knights in stinky armor.  

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is my "romantic" attitude also linked to a positive attitude? is the fact that I'm feeling so dang cranky the impetus behind my loss of romantic illusion today?

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pink unicorns and rainbows

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

I have seen profiles that are filled with references to pink unicorns and rainbows... I tend to think of these people are emotionally immature. I maybe wrong about that though. I do not spend much time thinking about it.

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Full of shit, but able to type

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these same folks never consider the possibility that in the real world the pegasus is shitting and pissing the whole time it flies over their rainbow.

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ORIGINAL: gypsygrl

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Full of shit, but able to type

Damn!  I've been outed.

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ORIGINAL: lighthearted

maybe it's just the cranky mood I'm in, but while browsing profiles this evening I came across a number of submissive profiles that were so florid it was just plain annoying.  it made me wonder who they were trying to fool, themselves or someone else. 

I also realized that I am the first to romanticize any situation, especially in my personal life.  I have romanticized being a submissive in my mind many times in the past, as much as I know that the reality of belonging to someone means it can be smelly, tiresome, sweaty (in a bad way) and unpleasant...is it just human nature to forget the unpleasant realities when they aren't right in front of our faces?  or is it because we want to take something that is a basic need and lift it up as an ideal, worthy of prose?

thoughts, anyone?  

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ORIGINAL: domiguy

Yet these same folks never consider the possibility that in the real world the pegasus is shitting and pissing the whole time it flies over their rainbow.