Thanks all! Your "logical" responses were, apparently, what was needed to get the point across. As loathe as I was to 'disobey', I could not manage to either make Him understand my point of view, or follow through with his orders. Some background here: My Boss is an old (gross word: ) swinger from @ 25 years ago. He has unfairly compared that alternate lifestyle to this BDSM one. Unfortunately for him, I care NOT for that old lifestyle (although I am too young and was not part of Him then! ); nor is the world at large as acceptable to that kind of conjoining (AIDS kinda killed a lot of it, I think!). My Big Guy has "tossed in the white towel" on the subject. Thanks again for your kind guidence to this new kid!