NorthernGent -> RE: Can a Master/Dom be too nice? (10/19/2008 7:16:42 AM)
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ORIGINAL: KatsKandee For me I expect to be treated well, but firmly... This is why it's important for all parties to set their stall out from day 1: perceptions of "nice", "firm" and "treated well" will vary according to an individual's values. "This is how it is; take it or leave it" and enforce the rules where necessary. Furthermore, being nice and being firm aren't mutually exclusive; sometimes you have to be firm to be nice. Adopting the eating out example, is it really in someone's best interests to expect others to pay for her meals? It's certainly not for any woman who wants to spend time with me. For clarification, I tend to pay more often than not, but where I think she expects this service, i.e. it's on her terms rather than mine, then I'm going to take the opportunity to point out that I'm not her personal bank with the mission of pandering to her culinary whims. This is where values come into play of course; I can't abide women who expect men to pay for them, and it smacks of manipulation: "I'll let you have the gentleman tag based on my idea of that which I believe constitutes a gentleman". Well, no thanks. Moreover, I particularly don't like anyone arriving at assumptions on what I'm going to do with my hard earned wedge. In sum, I place far more value on that such as love, friendship and loyalty, than I do material pursuits, so I would say lavishing someone with material gifts is being far too nice; whereas developing the aforementioned characteristics is part and parcel of a solid relationship. I remain not entirely sure of what the OP means by "too nice".
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