Celeste43 -> RE: Battle of the Desperates (10/31/2007 7:28:14 AM)
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Myself, my natural pace is that of a snail. Toe in the water, ten minutes to get acclimated before I take another step. So I'm used to other people pushing. And I sort of expect it out of dominants, that innate desire to control everything including my pace. What mattered to me was the response I got when I said, stop pushing, you're going too fast for me, and my response to you pushing is to drag my feet longer. I was shocked at the number of people who in effect said something on the order of 'tough, I'm in charge and you have to adapt the second I snap my fingers'. Those types didn't get even a response, if they had to drag me, instead of getting me to willingly follow, we had nothing to talk about. The Man was the only one who stopped pushing, apologized for going too fast, and then paid attention in the future to signs of me balking at which point he would ask if he was pushing too far, too fast again. And when I said yes, again he slowed down to a pace I could handle. He understood that I didn't have to agree to meet him the next day, or get tied up in an hour, that he would eventually get everything he needed if he just taught me at a pace I could handle.
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