QueenRah
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ORIGINAL: DommeKeliDallas What is wrong with giving a Domme a gift? NOTHING! I detest cheap men. True, nothing wrong with gifts. However, gifts are given freely and voluntarily, on the giver's initiative. Required tributes have very little in common with gifts, and are more akin to fees. That's what really sucks about requiring tribute: it takes an act of joy and generosity and corrupts it into a business transaction. Unfortunately, I (and I'll bet many women, Dominant or otherwise) meet too few men who know that a gift is a gesture of appreciation for my presence and have to be prodded to do something that, not so long ago, was de rigueur. When I first started out, I, too, allowed men to come to me, made a lot of effort to provide an enjoyable experience for *them* and got bupkiss, in return (phonetically correctly spelled Yiddish word). Feeling ill-used, perhaps deliberately by the calculating, perhaps accidentally by the ill-informed, I changed my tactics from *hoping* to receive a token of appreciation, to very clearly stating what would be acceptable. While it does take out some of the spontaneity, it helps me determine who is going to appreciate me and who is going to simply drain my energies. Simply put, it's a winnowing tool. The submissive man who knows the value of a gift unasked (be it a nice dinner out, home-cooked meal, sparkly piece of jewelry, cleaning my apartment, fun toy we can both enjoy, or what have you) gets serious Brownie points with me. But, the one who accepts my guidance gets some consideration, too. For me, it's not about the amount of money spent (I see working-class fellas, too), it's about the intelligence to make the effort. [color]
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