Originally posted by lily27:
Is it enough to just say "trust me?"
At first I was going to say no, absolutely not. But then I thought about it awhile, (couple of days) and now I say it really depends on where your relationship is. If someone you don't know says, "Hey, I'm a Dom/me, you're a sub, trust me," what do you do? You have no relationship with this person, know nothing about them, and just like that *snaps fingers* you're supposed to believe what they say and trust your safety to them? No. You get away from them as soon as you can.

On the other hand, your Dom/me of many years says, "Come here I would like you to try this." And you say, "I don't feel very comfortable doing that." What do you do if they say, "Look, I won't let anything happen to you, trust me." You will probably go along with it and try it.

The words, without a situation around them, are just words. In the context of a paticular situation they take on meaning. As we respond to these questions we all attach a situation to the question then answer it.

(This is a situation where it looks as if I was being paid for using the word "situation" as often as the situation lends itself, doesn't it? I'm not even sure I know what that last paragraph means. geesh )