FieryOpal
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ORIGINAL: FieryOpal I take exception to your generalizations about lifestyle Dommes. Does your logic apply to submissive males? I re-read my post and I'm still trying to figure out what generalizations I made about lifestyle dommes. Could you be more specific? "Even if it really is someone looking for a lifetime relationship, so many of the "dommes" have extremely impractical ideas. "For example, this whole, "It's not about you or your needs., it's about me. I couldn't care less about what you want" (and that's not uncommon here) is simply not a practical basis for a meaningful relationship. And "dommes" who think they're going to find something deep or permanent with that mentality are kidding themselves. That's not how a relationship works. There has to be mutual respect on both sides." Here you are speaking about Dommes as a group. Those who 'have extremely impractical ideas' can apply to the general populace seeking an intimate partner or who are out in the dating world; however, insofar as Dominants are concerned, there are giving Dominants and receiving Dominants, just as there are giving submissives and receiving submissives. Your statement would only apply to the takers, and unfortunately, there are far too many takers in this world (including narcissists) who can get away with their lop-sided or imbalanced relationship needs being met by a giver, on either side of the kneel. I don't know of a single Domme who 'couldn't care less' about what her s-type wants, unless the s-type is unable to articulate his needs or is stuck in a slave mentality of his own making, where it's on him to make discerning judgments in his own personal interests. We are not mind-readers. Nobody seeking a 'lifetime relationship' or a lifelong partner presents as making it all about her/him, only those who are in it for the short haul and don't take their interpersonal relationships seriously. Manipulators regular employ the bait & switch tactic, but you can run into them anywhere. "As far as expecting you to "truly submit" after 2 e-mails, chances are it was just another person (sometimes a guy posing as a female) trying to exploit submissive males for money." Cant' disagree with you here. Any Dominant who demands instant submission is suspect. Conversely, an s-type offering instant submission is equally suspect and has probably filled his head with FemDom porn, warped his mind with all kinds of outlandish BDSM acts which he has confused with being how a D/s dynamic works. Both of these caricaturish types deserve one another and will gravitate towards each another (as do fin-Dom/mes and their fin-slaves). Water ultimately finds its own level. "Are their genuine lifestyle dommes here? There are, not many, but there are. The problem is most [Dommes] really aren't "looking" for someone." I'll circle back to your original reference about 'genuine lifestyle dommes.' I fixed your line for you, which still makes no sense. After all, how can you be 'genuine' AND available, and not be seeking a genuine, committed relationship? Many poly Dommes who already have a primary partner and who take on multiple subs are still open to finding a suitable submissive. Those of us who are mono are actively seeking a primary submissive partner. Those hypothetical few who aren't really looking are players and/or posers, whether they are supposedly Dominant, switch, or submissive. Even then, the number of HNGs out for cheap thrills with no intention of sincerely developing a D/s relationship dynamic IRT greatly outnumber those Dominants who are playing cyber-Dom/me games. Lifestyle-only Dom/mes are doing really well for ourselves if we run across a 2-5% contender culling rate. You may also be mixing up Tops with Dominants, for-hire service Tops with Dommes, just as a disproportionate number of submissives are actually BDSM bottoms.
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