ITGirl68 -> RE: instant submission? (5/11/2008 9:54:39 AM)
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ORIGINAL: sambamanslilgirl ...discuss my submission to him. * * * i've already told him that my submission is something special and i'm not willing to submit instantly to anyone esp not without having trust and compatibility established. you've heard my opinion, what's yours? if you're submissive/slave, would you instantly submit to dominant? My initial reply was to say "just say - 'NOH!'" And, if that wasn't enough, "Hell, no!" Then I remembered that I do not believe in submission - or trust - as an on/off switch. Trust and submission can be seen as correlated continuua. There are so many ways that we all wind up submitting to someone without explicit negotiations, without establishing full trust and compatibility, and without even knowing them. We may choose to respond to requests for information, to communicate in a certain way (or by a different medium they request), to address them as SirWanksalot (or whatever ridiculous pseudonym they may have chosen for this venue), etc. I think we can feel safer if we base our degree of trust and submission on our knowledge (over time) of another person. I once heard someone suggest looking on trust as a matter of "TWUST" - that is, Trust Without Understanding Spells Trouble. If you take a total leap of faith on a stranger, you really risk trouble (for both of you) - simply because you have no idea if someone will catch you, can catch you, wants to catch you, or even recognizes that you are leaping. That same person, however, might be delighted and able to accept more limited responsibility: the equivalent of holding a door (so it doesn't close in your face) or of giving you a hand to step down a staircase. If you trust someone only as much or as far as you know/understand them to be capable of honoring (and willing to honor) a specific degree/area of responsibility, neither of you run as much risk of misunderstanding or pain. FWIW, I also love the Ez-mac concept! - Angel
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