SirDominic -> RE: Do you want to "just" dominate, or to totally change your sub? (4/15/2007 9:33:05 AM)
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ORIGINAL: SusanofO Thanks for the replies. I guess I am asking: 1. I've personally observed people in relationships, though, who, because they really care for someone, or have become uber-dependent on them, can be convinced that just about anything is going to be considered "in their own best interest" whether or not, that is actually likely to be the case. 2. And since dominating someone involves (to a degree) not questioning the motives of one's Dominant, I am hoping for some detailed discussion, and possibly personal examples, re: Where people decide to cooperate with, or expect requests to be adhered to - along this line. 3. And I don't necessarily think some of those situations always come attached with big "red flags". So I guess I am kind of wondering how one decides "what's okay" to expect, or ask, someone to do - and just what's not (and ditto for cooperating w/those demands or requests). - Susan Greetings Susan, In reply to these questions 1. This submissive mindset is troubling for me. It seems like a sort of brainwashing, where the sub no longer can think for themselves. I'm sure their are Masters who enjoy this, and there are subs who delight in it. For me, I want a thinking person under me. One of the rules of my slave is that she is required to tell me what she is thinking, whether she thinks I will like hearing it or not. She trusts me so completely because she knows I am always willing to listen, even if in the end my decision is not what she would have preferred. And that I will never chastize her for having an opinion, whatever it may be. 2. In this situation, it really isn't where the line is drawn, as far as not questioning the Dominant's motives. For a successful relationship, what is important is that both parties draw that line, more or less, in the same place. My slave does not question my motives, because I have made it clear to her that I respect her boundaries and hard limits. Because of this trust, she feels comfortable complying with my demands (they are not requests). 3. How one decides what is okay to accept comes down to that prerequisite of all prerequisites, communication. Again, it really isn't so much what the demands are; more that the two both agree the demands are reasonable within the parameters of their relationship. Hope that helps. Namaste, Sir Dominic
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