SusanofO
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I've usually had the impression that most men just don't know what to do when a woman cries. That is part of the reason I asked the question. I don't want to upset them if I did. It's nice when men try to be comforting, but I sometimes think some of them would rather you didn't do it at all (I am not referring to male submissives. I don't have enough experience w/male subs to even know if that would be true)- but sometimes, I just can't seem to help it. I think maybe they take it more seriously than need be, although it is nice to know men care. Maybe that's just my own particular situation, though. I mean, sometimes something really is drastically wrong, and that is why I'd be crying - in which case, I'd take all of the comforting I could get, maybe, although I'd try to "keep it together" and not dwell in it, either. Other times, it might be just that I saw something really sad on tv, and it's not a huge deal, and maybe just a hug would be nice, or even just no response at all. I am really hoping this is not considered "un-Dommely" by a male submissive I'd get together with - because I am a pretty "together" person, and pretty dominant, even though I am a Switch. This whole topic probably sounds not very "Domme-like" of me, perhaps (I dunno), but I am curious. It was nice to hear the empathic responses from some male submissives, and know they care, and would try to comfort their Mistress, and wouldn't think it was really weird, or destroy altogether her "Dommely mystique" or something. *It would be interesting to hear some more comments from Mistresses, too, about how they feel on this topic. As well as more male submissives-slaves. I don't cry all the time, or even that often - but, I am an emotional person. I guess I'd just want to know from a male submissive that it was okay to be one. I suppose it depends on the submissive, too, though, as far as it bothering them. I don't think that a female crying necessarily has to equate with her being considered "dependent" - does it? I know it maybe shouldn't matter, but I don't want to potentially shatter someone's image of me, if they are going to think I am some big wuss because I cry at a sad movies, or am otherwise "emotional". It doesn't mean I am not "firm" in the bedroom, or other parts of my life, or with a submissive. At all. I am plenty "firm" in other areas of my life, IMO, and when I need to be. - Susan
< Message edited by SusanofO -- 4/6/2007 2:21:42 AM >
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