cascadiabound
MrTs barmaid
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"I want to be negotiated with, not dictated to. Communicated with, not spoken to or ordered. Acknowledged, not ignored. Cherished and supported, not taken for granted. Inspired and guided, not forced or patronized. Useful, not used. Appreciated, not diminished... And at times all this makes me wonder, am I a submissive at all?"
Sadly there are a lot of people out there who call themselves dominant who want to make themselves feel big by making their partner feel small. It absolutely does not have to work that way. I feel like your statements can roughly be summarized as ‘I want to feel respected’. You can 100% be submissive and require respect from the person you are submitting to.
Being submissive is just part of who I am. If my partner didn’t see that my submission is worthy of respect then I wouldn’t feel like they respected me. If they don’t respect me and my submission yet they want my submission, then they don’t even value the things they personally want. That makes no sense to me. Why would you want something if you feel it doesn’t have value? Maybe that means they don’t value their own judgment, then. If someone doesn’t see value in me as a submissive to respect me, and the work I put into my submission enough to respect it, then I couldn’t value their judgment enough to let them lead me.
anon
Sadly there are a lot of people out there who call themselves dominant who want to make themselves feel big by making their partner feel small. It absolutely does not have to work that way. I feel like your statements can roughly be summarized as ‘I want to feel respected’. You can 100% be submissive and require respect from the person you are submitting to.
Being submissive is just part of who I am. If my partner didn’t see that my submission is worthy of respect then I wouldn’t feel like they respected me. If they don’t respect me and my submission yet they want my submission, then they don’t even value the things they personally want. That makes no sense to me. Why would you want something if you feel it doesn’t have value? Maybe that means they don’t value their own judgment, then. If someone doesn’t see value in me as a submissive to respect me, and the work I put into my submission enough to respect it, then I couldn’t value their judgment enough to let them lead me.
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I believe those are excellent qualities in a submissive. The best D/s // D/lg relationships work exactly that way. Respect goes both ways.