Thanks for the other point of view, fwss. I knew there must be somebody reading who would dig that kind of contract, for the very reasons that others didn't like it!

You mentioned that you feel sure your Mistress would take care of you if you parted ways, but that there's nothing in the contract for it. So if there are certainties you have outside the contract, why use a contract?

I don't mean to disrespect the idea, because I know that it's very important to people (I don't happen to be married or otherwise pledged right now). But if there are things you can *know* without having to write them down, why do people go to so much trouble with contracts? Couldn't you just *know* all of it?

I think marriages work that way--you take a simple vow, you have legal protections, but all the day-to-day stuff is by verbal agreement. Wouldn't that work with a D/s relationship, too?

Just curious, and looking for opinions--thanks!