Suleiman
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Woo. Speak of the devil. I was just commenting in another thread about my bad experience with an old TPE, and hard limits was at the center of it. FIRST OF ALL - THIS IS JUST ME. I can not speak for anybody else, and the onl feedback I can give is by necessity vague and entirely based on my own experience and opinion. Hard limits are hard limits. "Slave" is a role, nothing more. You have to AGREE to become somebody's slave. If there is something that you are uncomfortable with, that you do not want to have happen, it is your perogative as a human being to set limits regarding that thing. The dominant in your example may very well have reasons for doing whatever it was that hypothetically occurred, but in the end, the submissive still has to decide what it acceptable to them. Either they let the breach slide, and continue on with the relationship, or else it becomes a sticking point, and eventually the relationship will dissolve if the dominant continues with this line of behavior. In my bad experience, I was alternately told that it was okay for me to set limits and to mantain certain boundaries, but it seemed that as soon as I set a limit (and I never do so without taking time - like weeks - to think it through and try to find alternatives), my top would agree, and then would cross that limit soon thereafter. Not agreeing to the limit, or demanding that I work on whatever the issue was, would have been acceptable, but instead, it was as if the limit was itself a challenge that she needed to run roughshod over, and when I took issue with her for the betrayal of trust that I felt, she insisted that it was her perogative to do so, and if I was unhappy with serving her, I should leave. Eventually, I left. Look, it all comes down to what you want, what you are willing to do, and what you are willing to put up with. Some folks want, even need, to cross those boundaries, and some folks are okay with having those boundaries crossed. I think it's disfunctional as all hell, but if you're okay with it (that is to say, if sitting around late at night sniffling 'poor me' with a pint of icecream is part of how you actualize your submission, as a for instance) that that's just part of your relationship. If you're not okay with it, then you really have to consider how important this one person is to you. A submissive can always find someone to serve, even if only to sublimate the urge by volunteerism and social work. You can always find someone to take care of. A dominant without a submissive to serve them, on the other hand, is really nothing more than an opinionated jackass. Be proud. Find your limits, and stick to your guns. You made a choice, and you can always change your mind.
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