ThatDamnedPanda
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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus I think we should ALL have self control! I am naturally suspicious of a person who wants to be a dominant but has issues with anger management, addiction to illegal drugs, a whole host of things. Is a person a failure as a dominant because he or she smokes, or is overweight, or can't get to an appointment on time without a reminder? Maybe. Overweight isn't necessarily a big deal, but for me, smoking definitely is. What's the difference between an addiction to a legal drug and an illegal drug? An addiction is an addiction is an addiction. I've got a lot of friends who smoke, and i love them dearly. They're wonderful human beings, and I'd do anything for them if they needed it - except date them. Hygiene aside, if someone allows themselves to become - and remain - addicted to a deadly drug, we are most definitely not compatible in terms of priorities and decisionmaking. I used to smoke; I understand it's very hard to quit. But if you're not able or willing to do very difficult things in order to do what needs to be done, you're not leading me. Being late for appointments... well, hell, I'm often 5 minutes lat myself. Anyone can misjudge traffic, or distance, or whatever. But it becomes a question of degree. I actually did break up with someone once, a wonderful person I really cared for, because she was constantly late for everything. I mean everything. In her case, being late for appointments was part of a larger pattern of behavior that made her life complete, constant chaos. If we were supposed to be somewhere at 1 o'clock, I couldn't even get her to start thinking about it until ten minutes to 1. OK, that's not a problem if you're just going to a party, but when it becomes every single time you have any plans whatsoever, it becomes more and more problematic. I gave up even trying to go to movies, plays, or concerts with her, because no matter what we had tickets to, we never got there until it was half over. Dinner reservations? Forget it. We could only eat at places that didn't require reservations. Trying to buy a house together? Good luck with that. Realtors and mortgage brokers have a tendency to cross you off their list when you miss 4 or 5 appointments in a row. The day i helped her move, I arrived at her house at 8 AM to find that she hadn't even bought boxes yet, much less started to pack. It just hadn't occured to her, because it was more than 5 minutes in the future. It was constant chaos. Every aspect of her life. Every single thing she did was always in complete freefall because she was incapable of basic time management. So yes, absolutely - she was a failure as a dominant (and, I hate to say it, as a functioning adult), because she couldn't manage her life. I cared about her very deeply, but I'm not going to live a whole lifetime like that for anybody. quote:
ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus Dominants are not PERFECT. I do try to hold myself to a higher personal standard, but yanno? I am not the hot young thing that I was. Sometimes I have ice cream for dinner. Does that mean that I lack self-control? Fuck, no! It means you have the sense to live the life that makes you happy. And, hopefully, the good manners to, uh... share. Maybe? Just a little?
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