MissIsis -> RE: Proper Manners from a sub to a Dom/me. (8/9/2007 6:41:10 AM)
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I am curious as to what you consider rude & disrespectful? Generally, I try to be respectful to everyone, unless given a reason not to be. Even then, I will usually just start ignoring them. Unless, someone becomes my submissive, I don't expect any different treatment from a submissive, slave, or dominant. Of course, online chat rooms have their own set of rules, which is fine, & I would think it proper to follow their outlined protocols. Good manners to me, means being polite, & treating others as I would like to be treated, no matter what their title. I will never forget, years ago, when I was much younger, I was on the phone with someone who had a doctorate. I was not talking to this person about anything to do with their profession. I even called him, Mister. I had the audacity & the nerve to not call him Dr. so & so. He informed me that he had a doctorate & I was supposed to call him dr. I have never bought much into titles, so the next piece of the conversation, I said you know, Mr. so & so...... I am sure I frustrated the guy, but in my line of thinking, we are all equal unless, there is a special relationship to which it applies to us. If I go to my physician for a physical ailment, of course, I will call him dr. If I meet a different doctor in public, they are just another Mr. or Ms. in my eyes, regardless of their privileged title. I think the maid at a hotel I stay at, is just as entitled to be called Miss, as is a fellow Mistress I may meet at a lifestyle event, maybe moreso. Maybe I am wrong, but my point for telling that story is this, our perceptions of good manners may just be different to each of us. What one's mentor may have considered good manners & proper etiquette, may not apply in every situation or in another mentor or dominants eyes. For the most part, the people I come into contact with, or that contact me, as submissives have always been polite & considerate to me, as have most of the dominants I have been in contact with. I just don't find it to be a problem for me.
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