concept: a sub who actually acts like a sub
I admit it: sometimes I feel pissed when I see other people calling themselves âsubsâ just because they have certain fetishes.Â
Ok, fine, so you like foot worship, or spanking, or strapons, or whatever it is that youâre âintoâ? No big deal. Fetishes can be fun and hot, and you should feel free to explore them as much as you want. Nothing wrong there. Honestly, I hope everyone finds a play partner that share their likes! Really.
But, please, do not call yourself a sub if during play-time youâre not willing to truly submit to your partner.
Being just a fetishist is ok, you donât have to pretend to be a sub. You can just be a fetishist. Thereâs no shame in that. Seriously. If youâre not willing to obey someone, but you still want to worship their feet, for example, just tell them that, and be honest. Being straightforward is always the best way to go. It saves your time and the personâs time.Â
I know this might sound confusing to some people, but I think itâs important to make this much clear:Â just because you want to be dominated, it doesnât mean youâre a sub. I know it sounds like a paradox.Â
But really, let me say it again:Â just because you want to be dominated, it doesnât mean youâre a sub.Â
If youâre only thinking about your own gains, your own pleasure and your very specific turn-ons and fetishes, not really taking into consideration the person on the other end, then youâre not a sub.Â
If you are aggressive and harass or insult others when they donât give you what you want, youâre not a sub.
If you think you can buy your way into submission with money demanding and expecting things back, as if you bought the very person, youâre not a sub.
If youâre not willing or wouldnât even consider putting your partnerâs pleasure before your own (regardless of how often), youâre not a sub.Â
If you approach others expecting them to fulfil your inner fantasies, youâre not a sub either, no matter how badly you dream about being âsomeoneâs slave.â How on earth do you think imposing your own kink into others when you want, how you want, without any consideration to the personâs needs can be compatible with being a sub?
If you think dom(me)s or people, in general, are obliged to pay any attention to you just because youâre horny or because you like kinky things, youâre not a sub.
If you think that dominants donât need to be taken care off, that they cannot be fragile and that they donât need support or love because in your mind theyâre always perfect sadistic machines of sex, youâre not a sub. Tops have feelings, they can be insecure and they are people just like everyone else. Any (real) sub gets that.Â
If you donât understand why itâs so important to talk, engage, and really get to know the other person before you propose any type of D/s dynamic, youâre also not a sub.
If youâre wondering right now, âoh, right, maybe Iâm a Dom, thenâ, I have some bad news for you as well. Youâre not a dom(me) either. Youâre just an annoying and selfish human being whoâs completely clueless about the most basic forms of human interaction. Because, as a rule, both dominants and subs care like crazy about their other halves, even when they pretend (for funâs sake) that they donât.Â
So, to all of you clueless people out there, stop harassing dom(me)s, stop giving a bad image to BDSM-lovers and stop being so demanding. No one owes you anything. Â
Get your shit together and be respectful. Itâs not too much to ask, is it?