thetammyjo -> RE: Proper Manners from a sub to a Dom/me. (8/9/2007 8:59:08 PM)
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ORIGINAL: SmokingGun82 TammyJo, Of course I understand why it would rub someone the wrong way... and it's something that, if I know someone is going to introduce themselves as Master Whatever, I can dutifully smile, shake their hand, and all that fun stuff. But if someone catches me offguard, or demands that I call them Master/Mistress... as one or two have... well, at that point it's a flat-out laugh. And I'd expect others to do the same if I started introducing myself as Lord Master King Emperor Mike. :) Trust me, I've been there and had to choke down the giggles myself. I'm a sarcastic person (in case no one noticed) so I tend to do the raising eyebrows and cocking my head to one side pointedly response. If the person is insistent about a title then I might purposely and a bit more loudly than necessity just call them by their name myself when I feel it is all too silly. If don't work, I walk away. Lots of people in this world I don't need to be friends with everyone, do I? I take my Ds and my SM seriously, I'm a huge consent freak and I bloody opinionated, but as I am with those things so are some folks with titles. I can only hope that they will accept general politeness from me and mine because we will be polite even if it means walking away rather than continue to offend but refusing to use title.
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