As I sit here with my computer in my lap, i can't help but wonder what all this is for. 

It truely does astound me that for a lifestyle (in my opinion) that is supposed to be based on communication and acceptance, there is so much intolerance and judgement.

What i want to know, is who gave people the right to judge someone else? Not one of us is perfect, not one of us is God.

What business is it of others how i choose to submit or why i choose to submit? Again, who gave someone the right to tell me that i'm not a slave because i have limits? Or because i don't bow down and kiss everyone who SAYS they are a Dom's ass.

What gives people the right to say someone isn't a Dom because they prefer not to be an asshole? Or they don't believe in being a hard ass.

i've always been taught (and forgive the al-anon expression, but it works) you take what you want and leave the rest. What works for me may not work for someone else. Just because i hate paddles with a passion and they are a limit for me, doesn't make me any less submissive than a person who loves them. It just means what i enjoy is different than him/her.

So I guess in all this rambling, my point is, what gives someone who doesn't even know me the right to TELL me what i need and what i should do?

And for those who don't know Al-Anon is NOT Alcholics Anonymous. It's for the friends and family of the alcholics.