While most of my long-term subs tributed and/or sent present(s) out of respect and a desire to impress me before they ever even approached me, it is not required nor is it expected. Nor does it guarantee that they will get my attention.
If I don’t want to talk to someone, or if I’m not interested in them, then I won’t talk to them and they can’t “buy” my time. If I want to talk to someone, I’ll talk to them whenever and however I want to talk to them, whether they’ve tributed or not. If I am testing them and their reactions, or I’m digging around in their head a bit, or even if I just find the conversation interesting, I’ll talk to them.
What I won’t do, and what many subs seem to think they “deserve” for their tribute, is go through some lengthy job interview process where they interogate me about who I am, how I dominate my subs, how I hypnotize my subs, what they can expect if they decide to “choose” me as their Domme.
Not only do I find that process boring and laughable, but it indicates that what they are seeking is incompatible with what I am seeking. If they are looking to “hire” a Domme that meets all of their pre-concieved fantasies of submission, someone who will work really, really hard to fulfill their fantasies, then they are S.O.L. and should look elsewhere. And fortunately for them, there are lots of people out there who will work that hard to fulfill their wants.
Yet that entire mentality and attitude goes against the power dynamics that I seek and that I foster. They have to prove to me that they are worthy of my attention, whether is it positive or negative attention. Not the other way around. They have to jump through hoops to prove to me that they are worthy of being under consideration to serve me. Not the other way around.
Too often when I see subs start talking about deciding whether they want to serve me (or even talking in general about deciding whether they want to serve in general), they telegraph the between-the-lines message that they are taking the Domme under consideration to see if she is worthy to serve his fetish fantasies.
*scoff*
Yeah, um, no thanks!
This isn’t to say that there aren’t valid reasons to consider who you will serve, whether you can trust them, whether you are compatible, etc. etc. etc.. But it is to say that you can find all of that out without having to talk to her every day for a year with the Domme. Or even for months on end, or even weeks.
If you are fortunate enough that a Domme does speak with you, then count yourself lucky, but she doesn’t “owe” it to you just because you slapped a “submissive” lable on yourself. And in a bit of you-create-what-you-fear-most-irony, holding out tribute as some sort of carrot to dangle in front of a Domme will only get the attention of women who are after your money exclusively.
If you make all of the conversations about money only, then you’re assuring that money is the primary factor. Which is great for her to know. Some subs are only good for their money and literally nothing else!
If she’s willing to jump through hoops to get your money, that tells you something. And if you fuck up the power exchange by trying to control the initial contact(s), then you have no one to blame but yourself when the entire relationship remains fucked up and gets more fucked up as time goes by.
Finding out information about your future Domme is a good thing. But rather than think she’s under some obligation to tell you all about herself and prove herself to you, you should prove yourself by doing the legwork yourself and finding out on your own.
If you want to get to know who I am – do the work yourself. A bonus: it’s good practice for your future service, you’ll be doing all the work so that I don’t have to for a very, very long time. I have a blog, several websites, a presence on several discussion forums, and a reputation in the community.
If you want to get to know me even more through conversations? – approach politely and make yourself interesting. Be worth talking to and I may talk to you, if you’re lucky. Be boring, demanding, bratty, or rude and I will simply ignore you.
If you want to know in great detail what submitting to me will be like? – then you’ll have to take a leap to find out.
I’d think those were pretty good guidelines for for approaching anyone. Basic manners and rational expectations rarely will misguide you.
-Goddess Sue