lovingpet -> RE: What is up with supposedly submissive women mouthing off on here? (4/12/2010 12:02:53 PM)
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~FR~ OP: I will give you that politeness and common courtesy can be a bit lacking around here (from both sides mind you). I think there are some who really do just completely lose any sense of normal civility the moment they log on. It is very easy to lose your manners and make a spectacle of yourself online. My issue isn't so much with people not being polite (I really don't expect it all that much online). It is with the idea that the online universe has any semblance to reality. The fact of the matter is that the persona you see before you can have absolutely little to nothing to do with what the person is like in real life. I am one that considers how I conduct myself as a reflection upon me as well as any partner I may have. I am not perfect, but I try to keep some kind of decorum about myself. For the most part, what you see is what you get with me. With the exception of me not having much to say in most social environments and only having as many words as I offer strangers here for a small number of friends, I am pretty much what I am. I am of strong positions and opinions. I can be annoyed. I can rarely, but occasionally, be provoked. Most of my posts are from the kinder, gentler aspect of me. A few, however, the nice girl deal wasn't going to cut it. When I see a situation that warrants some tough love, stern standing of ground, and even some flat out callin em as I see em, I will do what I believe is needed. When I am wearing the hat of message board poster, I am not necessarily speaking from my submissive skin. It would be similar to how I would conduct myself with family, friends, or on the job. I am going to respond according to the task at hand and in order to proffer the best possible result. Sometimes that means I am going to coddle and other times it means I will club a poster over the head. As long as it is effective and communicates the message I wanted, I could care less if other posters approve of how I chose to handle it. If I am truly out of line, let a moderator step in and say so. The point is, none of us are here to please you or any other poster. We are not here to be any kind of ambassador of our partnerships. We are not even here to be ourselves. We are here to be who we choose to be and to respond in the way we determine we want to. We are all just showing you and each other what we want to show. It really is mostly smoke and mirrors. Just never mistake this all for any kind of reality. lovingpet
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