decisions, decisions

bitchwhore4 says "I owe my Master everything. He insists that I take responsibility for myself."

of course. of course. part of our obligations to our owners/Dominants/Masters/Mistresses is to take care of ourselves. take responsibility, make wise choices. that's sometimes easier said than done - sometimes as someone else's property it's easier to prioritize what's best for them, instead, and to be forced to choose between one obligation (care for self) and the other (prioritizing their needs over one's own), you end up with conflicting obligations. it happens all the time, i think. daily.

if the slave/property/submissive ultimately has to make a choice that prioritizes their own needs, i don't know that that's a bad thing - it's something we're obligated to do when push comes to shove. unhappy robots are not attractive slaves, i don't think (although i suppose that's an overgeneralization, i have no idea what everyone wants...)

it's not the decision to prioritize differently that bothers me. it's the choice-making, sometimes in a vacuum of input from the owner that's hard. necessary, but hard.