hydranmenace
Posts: 52
Joined: 2/14/2007 Status: offline
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Maybe this seems like a strange question, but I don't understand something. What is the point to going through the trouble of meeting "the right one" just to break her down and make her something else? You could do that with anyone, regardless of interests, commonality, etc. Anyway, on to the topic actually at hand. From what I've seen, subs like men who are firm, strong willed, self controlled and confident. These are of course generalizations and don't reflect interests that descend into minutiae specific to the individual. Personally I've found that there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance, a strong will and being a jerk, firmness and being overbearing. In real life you often see very nice women with men who are quite the bastard. Its the age old "nice guys lose" cliche. Some of MasterDarks responses have seemed to me to have the feel of overcompensating in an attempt to look or seem stronger. In attempting to communicate firmness and strength, he is instead communicating arrogance and overbearingness. He is crossing unintentionally i think, possibly due to a lack of experience, maybe something else, the line between being a Dom and being a jerk. He doesn't want to be perceived as being weak so he goes the other direction trying to appear strong and confident, but over does it. This im gathering from when he said something like "people came out swinging so i swung back" and the like. Retaliating in kind and trying to "stand his ground" as he said. There is nothing wrong with standing up for yourself, and indeed you should. You just need the right tools for the right job, and know how and where to pick your battles. You might be demonstrating more strength and confidence by letting the little irritating remarks go and focus on the main premise of your original post. Keep yourself focused. That i think is part of where you are getting these "master yourself first" comments. You present yourself as someone who does not have a lot of self control when you take such offense at small teases and comments that in the end don't matter, and then go on to quote and reply to each of them. Its unnecessary and makes you appear weaker, rather than confident and self controlled. Don't take this as me calling you names, or attacking you. That isn't my intent with this. Im telling you what i perceive and it is all based in opinion, the quotes of others whom i could very easily have misunderstood, the limits of text communication, and i admit im making a lot of assumptions about what subs like to see. I could be wrong. I'm generally not, but it happens.
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