Padriag
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Joined: 3/30/2005 Status: offline
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To Ardentpet I wasn't there so I can only judge what happened on your comments. In the case of "Dom A" if he demanded you call him Sir, that was bad form. A lot may expect it but its poor manners to demand it from anyone you don't own / control. If it was merely him stating that was something he normally expected, that's his right to state what he expects. As for the rest of his comments, they seem rude to me. If he felt, because of various reasons you wre not being serious about being submissive, that is his opinion and like it or not he is entitled to it. However, that does not give him license to be rude in how he states his opinion. There is never an excuse for being rude. In the case of Dom B it sounds like someone was being overly demanding and acting like a troll. I'll agree with others, you should just write that one off as a bad experience. I do also agree with many of the points Taggard made. While no you should not give your phone number to just anyone who asks for it I really don't understand the reluctance some have to have a conversation on the phone. Like it or not, trust is difficult online because so many here are fraudulent about who and what they are. Web cams and phone conversations are two tools for helping to verify identity. Like Taggard, when someone flatly refuses to do either at any point, it makes me suspicious of them and I will not fully trust them if I continue to have anything to do with them at all. That's something I've learned over the years through my own bad experiences. I've also seen the debate about saying Sir or Ma'am come up frequently, and to be honest it surprised me how much fuss is made about it. I'm not going to tell anyone else what you should do, but I will share with you what I do. I was raised very much, and very strictly, to be a southern gentleman. That included being taught to say yes Sir, no Sir, yes Ma'am and no Ma'am to my elders and anyone in a position of authority over me. It was simple courtesy, a show of good manners and basic respect. I still do that. I find it costs me nothing to do so, and yet it often gets me respect in return. Most people think well of me for it, especailly when I manage to maintain that self control even when someone doesn't really deserve it. I'll leave that for your consideration. Padriag.
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