Andalusite
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ORIGINAL: CreativeDominant how much I try to inspire her submission during this courtship is questionable as I tend to be just ME when I am dealing with someone...because if they don't like me as I am, then they aren't going to like me if I have used false pretenses or artificial constructs in the hopes of becoming interesting to them while courting them. Inspiration as its been spoken of by some posters on here has come across as a sort of "test"...and I don't do tests. The level of dominance I feel towards a person has more to do with who they are and how I feel towards that "who" than it does with any specific behavior of theirs. CD, a bit of it is linked to behaviour/actions initially, but more about how I react to them doing it. It's not a test I'm putting them through, but I have no clue whether or not I *could* be attracted to, dominant toward, or submissive toward someone until we actually engage in a couple of things like hair pulling, biting, or at least their expression/body language. I don't want them to jump through hoops, but I don't see how I could possibly know any of those things if we don't interact in ways that trigger them - until then, I'm pretty much neutral toward nearly *everybody*. I can know I'm *not* attracted to someone, if they're sufficiently ugly or slobby or have poor character or whatever. People just don't show up on my sexual or D/s "radar" until we actually explore a bit. beth, I've never gotten a "slavier than thou" vibe from you. When I see random strangers who are broken down on the side of the road, but don't feel safe stopping for, or strangers who are obviously upset, or homeless people, touch my heart a bit - I'm kind of a softie that way. If they are someone I actually care about, it's far more intense. I don't feel driven to serve them, but do feel driven somewhat to help them, if the distinction makes sense. quote:
ORIGINAL: NihilusZero Actually, I probably would. Just because a sub/slave does not see hir submission as an on/off switch doesn't mean they they have no other means by which to gauge the quality of a partner. I don't think that way about beth or other submissives or slaves who are always submissive toward everyone. I can empathise with their struggle to *NOT* serve/submit to someone, if it is in conflict with their Master's orders, for that matter. I do have the impression, both here and on the other side, that a lot of people do prefer submissives who react to only one person, or a handful of people, that way. For me, there isn't an on/off switch, or at least, not one that I can control. I can choose not to act on feeling submissive, but I can't just stop feeling that way if they have pushed my submissive buttons. Likewise, no matter how much I might respect and admire someone, I can't consciously decide to be attracted to, dominant toward, or submissive toward him. There's nothing wrong with you wanting someone who is submissive to everyone, but expecting all submissives and/or all slaves here to be that way is very unrealistic, and accusing them of not really being submissive or not really being a slave seems uncalled for. quote:
ORIGINAL: CreativeDominant When I see someone like beth, whose slavery is what it is and comes from within, not instigated by Merc or others, then I agree. When I see slavery that is not natural but the state that the person wishes to assume and has agreed to assume and, upon doing so, accepts that all that she doesn't like can be set aside because that's what her Master decides and goes on with him because it is what she signed up for, I understand. What I don't understand is the concept of someone who declares themselves a slave who sets up standards not based solely on who their prospective master is but also on how closely their definition of slave comes to the "slave's" own construct. Hmm, I wasn't actively searching for a M/s relationship. If anything, I was more wary of becoming a submissive or slave than any other D/s or BDSM role - it takes a lot of communication about expectations, I tend to lean more toward being dominant than submissive in relationships in general, etc. I would consider myself to be pretty much in the second category you list - I'm very much willing to do a lot of things that I don't like, because that is what my Master wants of me, because that is what I've signed up for. At the same time, I did feel it was important to make sure that I could realistically live up to his expectations of me, that I wasn't making promises that I had a reasonable chance of keeping. As it happens, my definition and views of slavery don't align exactly with my Master's, and if I had found a slave instead, the dynamic would probably be different in some areas than what he and I share. I really had to give over *my* definitions, my views, and focus on what *he* wanted, rather than on what *my* expectations were, in some areas. If his definition or expectations of a slave were outright incompatible with mine, or weren't something I could agree to, then we wouldn't have been compatible, though. CaringandReal, here ya go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbHS4YJOMc
< Message edited by Andalusite -- 10/7/2009 7:46:22 PM >
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