Andalusite
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This past weekend, I had a first date with a Dominant man who I had started e-mailing about 5 days before. It was very spur-of-the-moment, prompted by him offering to help me schlep computers around (and set them up if I needed help with that part), for an event I had volunteered for. Since it was in a public place, around people I know, I was comfortable with accepting, though it wouldn't have occurred to me to ask. He got there promptly, we got everything situated, and I got clearance from the person in charge to run off and talk with him for a while. The difference between the way he handled it and the service debates here was rather profound. He didn't criticise what I was wearing, how I talked to him, that I pitched in and carried some of the stuff, expect any D/s interaction, etc. We just got the job done, then got a chance to hang out and talk for a while! I didn't get any skeezy "I'm going to go home and fap about this" vibe from him, either, like a lot of male submissives have mentioned they do. I didn't feel he was treating me like a male buddy or little old lady neighbor he was doing a favour for, or as service/submission. It was more "I want to impress this lady I'm attracted to and help her out, and it's a great excuse to spend some time with her!" Granted, a half hour of doing stuff with computers is much less of a time/effort commitment than 8 hours of yard work. I'm just surprised that so few male submissives seem to be willing to be helpful in that type of way. I don't have as much experience with female submissives, but most of them, if they offer to do a service or favour, don't *seem* like they'd be creepy or overly demanding about it. Hmm, I'm sorry if this comes across as ragging on male subs, and I think some of them are wonderful, and express their desire for service in a positive, even delicious, way. It just really struck me how different the experience was from most threads I've seen about submissives, service, and being helpful/doing favours. *sighs* Of course, in a LTR, with an already established D/s dynamic, it's very understandable to want, or even need, some expression of that in service-oriented aspects. It just seems like a lot of submissives aren't willing to be at all helpful unless there is something kinky in it for them.
< Message edited by Andalusite -- 5/27/2009 11:54:50 PM >
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