As people has said in posts before this one...each relationship is different.

I myself am slave to Master Benz...I am his owned property for him to as and when he wishes.
but..........
I am also his equal...his partner...his life.
I wear a fine gold chain around my neck that has never come off...that is my perminant collar. I also have a matching anklet made from the same chain as what is around my neck.
Master asks...I do.
I also wear his ring...making me not just his slave but his wife to be.
Altho being his slave..I do also have opinions and a voice and this Master values and is always asking for my imput on things. I have not lost full independancy...not yet anyway but if I want to do something I still have to ask permission for.
Master does not want me to loose any part of my individuality as it is who I am...and it is who I am that made him fall in love with me in the first place.
But...and i am rambling
my soul and my totally being belongs to him