CallaFirestormBW -> RE: Dominant Aloofness (8/21/2008 9:37:53 AM)
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ORIGINAL: yourMissTress Is this really a thing? Ha Ha! I mean, ok, I've been accused of it and I've seen it referred to on the boards. Even LA mentioned it in a post, so it has to be something that people do, but why? Ok, so I'm biting the bullet. I wasn't sure whether or not to respond, because I don't think that what I experience is what people are talking about as "dominant aloofness", but it does qualify in that category. It -is- a real thing, but I don't think it has anything to do with orgasming or anything like that. I am an aloof dominant. I am an aloof person. I am a 'thinker', not a 'feeler' -- everything gets filtered through my head before it comes out. I don't spend a lot of time immersed in people's feelings. Even as a pastoral care provider, my focus is on helping people to find resolution and negotiate through their issues -- even if it means that they realize that the relationship is not working for them... to me, that is a 'positive' resolution, in that they are no longer stagnant and being acted on -- they are actually processing the situation and making decisions based on what is happening. I make it -very- clear that I'm not looking for romance. I'm just -not- a romantic person. My Darling needs romance in her life, and we have some wonderful folks in our lives who are more than happy to provide that need -- because even when I -try- to be romantic, I am so busy thinking about what would be romantic that it loses any semblance of romance by the time I'm done. Am I emotionally "disconnected"? Not really. I just interpret others emotions through a 'thinking' filter. It makes me seem a lot less 'cuddly' and a lot more chilly to some people. I am focused on different things, and I try to explain this when we're interviewing prospective servants, but the truth is, unless someone is from the same mindset, they're probably not going to 'get it'. I try to be available to reassure our "feeling" servants that they are pleasing me, even if I don't seem effusive about it... but I have to be honest, unless someone mentions that so-and-so seemed hurt that I didn't notice the roses on my nightstand, I may not see any need to comment. For me, it isn't a matter of control. I don't use this as a tool to 'manipulate' anyone -- to me, manipulation is another one of those 'feely' things that I just don't 'get' -- it is just who I am as a person. The world, for me, exists in terms of ideas, concepts, thoughts, philosophies... I don't get caught up much in the emotional 'world'. So... short answer... yes, I think it does exist, but I don't see it as always being a 'control tool'. Sometimes a rose is just a rose. Calla Firestorm
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