Quote Originally Posted by Aussiegirl1 View Post
fireandice,

I think you trying to work out the "how" of why your Master respects you as his submissive is a very natural thing to do. I know when I first recognised that I was submissive, I used to wonder about how I could be equal and still be a sub. What I have learnt is that it is that very submissiveness that my Master respects. He knows it is a gift and that it is my choice to give it to him.
Hi Ag and fireandice - it's more than the submissiveness that is respected (at least for me, and I'm sure for many other Dominants as well). My girl has other qualities besides submission - and I respect those greatly - she does some things I could never do...the names I call her - including pet - are terms of endearment (perhaps with different meanings and connotations than in the vanilla world) and respect for all her qualities, though her gift of submission is the greatest of them all.