FieryOpal -> RE: masterful slave? (12/7/2014 3:45:14 PM)
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ORIGINAL: louisboy Thank you. I feel very welcomed here. I guess I'm confused, which is not exactly headline news. I'm always the guy in charge. "You go here." You do that." Yet, I have a deep drive to be subservient to another male. I'm not sure what you meant when you said," I'm sure that you're unique and special in your own way, as each of us are, but you are not peculiar in any of these respects." Somehow that sounds like I should ride in the little school bus. You're right. While I always orchestrated my subservience, those guys readily participated in it. I never thought of that before. Hmm. It was like the right key in the right lock. Thanks. I caught myself typing that 'you are not unique in any of these respects' then changed it in case that came across as a blanket statement that You Are Not Unique, which wasn't what I intended to convey. [:)] I got the sense that you were having cognitive dissonance about your innately submissive nature and what you see as your Dominant nature. Others may disagree, but I view having to resort to manipulation tactics (or even having to impose your will upon another) as coming from a place of non-dominance, in terms of leveraging oneself into a more influential position, or posturing oneself subversively. If you were Dominant and fully in authority, you wouldn't have to be manipulative. See? Therefore, being in charge in the vanilla world is not exceptional. Many submissives are in management positions or have to direct the activities of others. The difference is, a Dominant will feel comfortable doing this and will enjoy being put in a position of power, promoted as it were, or of advancement with being entrusted with additional responsibilities (in general, not always if his or her plate is already full, or s/he is not feeling appreciated as it is). A submissive has to force himself or herself to take on a leadership role, won't like doing it, and would prefer not to have to make so many decisions. It will literally sap a submissive's energies, and s/he will come home at the end of the day mentally exhausted. Different personality make-up, but this is how introverts feel when they have to exert themselves in social settings and act more extroverted; it will be necessary for them to go off by themselves to recharge their batteries (in seclusion).
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