Quote Originally Posted by Dngnkeeper
For ' "trained" as a submissive ' the key word is trained, for me this phrase means learning some some physical aspect that can be used as part and parcel of their submission. An example form my history would be a person interested in corsets and deportment training, and not part of a relationship, who seeks out this type of training for personal reasons and future use in a relationship. Or the submissive who in a relationship seeks out someone to train them in the Japanese tea ceremony to as a gift for their Dom. This would fall in the category of teacher and student and the learning of the "business", to use a theatre term.

If you move the quotes so you have ' "trained as a submissive" ' you have something else entirely. Here submissive becomes the key word and for my money this is done between the Dom and sub, or group in poly relationships. As this, for me, is something of an individual experience, unique to the people, time and place. An example would be an experienced sub entering a new relationship. While they have been trained by others our relationship is different then what went before and unique to us. Additional training would required.
What an inciteful point, DngnKeeper. And i think you're right. Certainly i wouldn't have a problem learning one particular physical thing with someone else for my Dom, because technically, i'd still be doing Ds with my Dom, not A.N.Other. i also don't have a problem with getting to know other people a bit and finding one's feet that way...but it's this whole notion of stable fulls of subs, training under someone in preperation for someone else...that's not Ds and i just don't get it.

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