NuevaVida
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~ Fast Reply ~ I used to have a similar rule at the beginning of my slavery with my former master. The rule was in place because I had not yet learned to create healthy boundaries for myself. His concern wasn't so much with what another dom might say to me, but how I might respond to it. That said, it was my rule, placed on me to follow. I had to ask my master for permission, I didn't have to tell someone else to ask him for permission. If a dom didn't want to wait for me to get approval for that, then he/she would move on, and it was no biggy. I can certainly see a dom not wanting to ask my master for permission for something. Said dom didn't know my master from adam and probably wouldn't want to jump through hoops just to converse with me. Again, it was up to the dom to decide if he/she wanted to go there or not. If he/she was offended, then he/she would move on and we wouldn't talk. Either way, my focus remained the same - - on my master. When asking if I could talk to Joe Dom, I would be asked why I want to talk to him, what I think we might talk about, and where I knew him from. After we talked, I would let my master know that we did, what we talked about, and how I felt about the conversation. The rule was between my master and I, and really had little to do with anybody else, or imposing anything on anybody else. Anyone I talked to, dom/sub/non-D/s, whatever, knew that my former master was privy to those conversations and I would not keep secrets from him. It was rare for him to want to see emails, IM's, or receive detailed descriptions of phone conversations. He saw more email/IM conversations between other sub/slaves and me than other doms, due to my asking him for input on how to deal with someone's "weird" behavior toward me. I suppose in setting up such a rule, an owner should keep in mind that not everyone will appreciate it, and factor that in. Then there's no surprise or offense when someone doesn't want to follow it. It's a free world (sort of). People get to decide what works for them and what doesn't. As for the question of why a dom would want to talk to someone else's slave - - when owned I had lots of dominant friends. I learned from them and I shared with them so that perhaps they could learn from me as well. When owned, my master approved of a friendship I had with another master who owned slaves and whose thought process was similar to his, in ways. I talked to him fairly regularly and those conversations helped me with my perspective when I needed it. The friends I have with dominant people now go beyond M/s, D/s, BDSM and LMNOP. We're friends. We talk about work, families, life, music, etc. I don't know if in the future I would give myself to someone who wanted to restrict me from such friendships. To each his/her own, of course, but that being said, to each his/her own for not wanting to follow someone else's protocol.
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