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ORIGINAL: SusanofO

This thread was inspired by a couple of threads I've read here the past few days.

What is the opinion of Doms (and Dommes) re: Stay-at-home submissives?

Personally, I would be able to contribute financially to any household I'd become a member of in the future, so if I chose to stay at home (if in a LTR of course), or if my Dominant wanted me to stay at home, I don't see why it should be a problem - But - even if I wasn't able to - do some Doms equate this with being a "parasite"? My husband and I didn't see eye-to-eye on many things, but he never cared if I worked outside the home or not. Maybe he'd have felt differently if we'd needed the income, but I don't know.

So, how do Dominants males (and Dommes) feel about their submissives staying at home and simply taking care of the home and them?

- Susan

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ORIGINAL: windchymes

The most important thing to me is that the stay-at-home person, be it male or female subs, make sure they are protected in the event that the employed partner suddenly decides the relationship is not working for him/her and they no longer want the sub living in "their" house anymore.

You need to have a career that you can go back to easily if need be, and hopefully live in an area where the cost of living is maintainable on one income. Also, a lot of your potential retirement fund will be gone when you're not employed. That's something to think about.

That's why I made a personal choice to always take care of myself FIRST, always be making enough money to be on my own if I need to be, and have an emergency fund. I can't imagine myself in a relationship where I'm not contributing 100% of my own ability to the financial relationship that we may have. I make sure I work a job where I have good health & dental benefits, retirement plan, etc. (Tuition reimbursement has come in handy, too!)Depending on someone else to always be there to provide for you is just too risky in this day and age.

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth

I can't speak from the perspective of a relationship with a submissive; however from the perspective of owning a slave, I had it as a requirement that she "stay-at-home". It is not a case of keeping her isolated, far from it. Since beth has lived in my household I'd say she has access to many more outlets and a wider variety of people. she has many responsibilities that insure contact. Running my home is not a position of leisure. It requires focus and is "work", although beth refers to it as a labor of love.

There is one primary reason for my opinion on this matter. I wanted, and required, that I was the only Master my slave served. A job, career, unrelated home business, AMWAY, name it; all require focus outside the relationship. All require obedience to another master. I knew myself to be very selfish with my important and valuable possessions. beth, my slave, is my most important possession and of 'priceless' value. No amount of money she could bring into the household was equal to her worth to me. When I want to use beth, whether in our playroom if I leave the office early or having her accompany me on a business meeting I don't want her to have to check with her other employer 'master' for permission. When I come home at the end of the day, I don't want to wait for her to log off her inventory spreadsheet or finish packing her latest shipment. I want her to be at the door, naked, waiting with a drink.

I didn't consider taking on the responsibility of ownership until I knew I could afford this luxury. But I'd rather live lower than I possibly could with two incomes, than check the availability of my slave with another master.

Solely MY perspective and opinion. Feel free to flame away about inhibiting beth's growth and jeopardizing her future value in the workforce in the event something happens between the two of us. We are both guilty of planning more for our relationship's success versus it's failure; but we have some safety nets in place. I don't say this is the only way, only that it's our way. Actually, to be precise - MY way.

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ORIGINAL: DiurnalVampire

Just a quick aside:
I am not planning for my relationships failure.  The eventualities that would require my pet to work are far more health related on my side.  Becasue of certain physical issues, there may come a time when I have no choice but to leave the work force (far sooner than would be expected) and I want to make sure that should this have to happen, we will stil be able to function comfortably and it wnot be an undo burden on him to be tossed back into the workforce.
DV