ObedientYYC -> RE: What am I doing wrong? (4/1/2007 7:55:19 PM)
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ORIGINAL: SlaveBlutarsky The two posts have nothing to do with each other. In one you're saying lower your expectations of what you'd expect to get in vanilla because there are 8 times as many people vying for attention. In the second you're saying guys get flaky and drop deal breakers because of this ratio and the fact they think this is the last train to Subville. Two completely different idea. Sure the ratio of subs to dommes is not in male subs favor, but to tell anyone to lower their standards based on that is just silly. Be realistic, know what's important to you, but don't ever except less than what you believe you deserve. Simple as that. My first post proposed that partner ratios affect people's standards, and you need to deal with this reality or be in for some major frustration. My second post indicated that this often results in flakiness if it involved things which would otherwise be deal-breakers. I kinda thought it was a common thread there, but if it came off as disjoint I'm probably not being very articulate (in rare cases this has been known to happen!). But what is simple is the math: 7 out of 8 subs won't find a long-term D/s partner. Nice as it is to think positively, telling a newbie that they don't have to adjust their expectations compared to the vanilla world just doesn't compute. If you don't drop your shallower criteria and focus on what truly matters to you, expect to be very lonely. In politically incorrect terms.. ya you need to lower your standards... but only lower those ones that don't serve your true needs.
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