(addition)
Submissives wanting some one / any one to tell them what to do.
Seems to me, if that's all a submissive wanted - we wouldn't have to go to the kink community to find it. HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of people love to tell you what to do, what to think, where to go, etc. The difference is in finding some one who is interested in my best interest.
(previous writing)
I'm recalling a conversation with a Dom (on a 2nd or 3rd date?)
The topic was about aspects of D/s relationships. He said something similar to, "if I were to tell you to do something ..." .
My reaction: I just shut down. I felt queazy. Who IS this guy? Why the **** should I do what he tells me to do? What's he done for me anyway? Other than make me chauffeur him around - promised to fill the gas tank then changed his mind - expect me to 'take turns' asking for dates from day 1.
Yet I fantasize about finding MY Dom, sitting at his feet; eagerly seeking and listening to his opinions and suggestions; looking for ways to please him.
And I've observed other D/s relationships (from the outside), where the submissive does as s/he is told. So clearly this 'being told what to do" CAN be part of a healthy D/s relationship.
In my short-lived D/s relationship, He first listened and noticed things about me, made me feel cherished. THEN submitting to him was the most natural and comfortable thing for me to do.
Then I read the posts by Doms, expecting submissives to TRAIN and EARN the right to submit to them. But as soon as I have to compete against other submissives for the few Doms available, woo and pursue them, etc. I don't feel cherished and I don't want to submit to them.
Quite the opposite - after working so hard to WIN a Dom, I start feeling 'entitled' - like the man who "expects" sex from his date since he paid for the dinner and movie.
I don't have a tidy closing paragraph for this.
Just thought I'd take a stab at putting some words on the proverbial page.