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ORIGINAL: CreativeDominant

Personally, I think that the level of self-awareness varies from one dominant to another, just as it does from one submissive to another.  There are dominants who know and understand the consequences/results of every single one of their actions with every single person they know...and there are dominants who are not.  Given the wide vagaries of human nature, for a dominant to be able to predict what will happen if he/she does or does not do something...particularly something with little likelihood to result in serious emotional/physical injury...with someone that they have only been involved with for a short while is expecting a lot.

And...there is the whole mentoring issue.  I've stated on here before that I am not real fond of those mentoring relationships in which the submissive winds up submitting to their "teacher".  However, you seem to be quite aware that this is what you are seeking...to not only learn from this experienced femdominant but also to play with her.  She, on the other hand, may have been thinking along an entirely different path. 

So sit down and communicate with her.  Clear up what exactly your relationship is going to be...dom/mentor, mentor only, dom/romantic partner/mentor...but be clear with each other.  And don't expect her to be aware of all results of all her actions, especially the more nuances that are attached to those actions.  Even someone who is really self-aware cannot be expected to be that way 100% of the time.

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ORIGINAL: wyldsubmissive

To answer my own question, I think a dominant should have that focus during a scene. Anything else just takes too much energy.

It's also amusing to listen to everyone poke holes in my ex-Doms thought. *snicker*