I certainly agree with you , Jazzy-sub! I was a single Mom with 2 sons for 8 years B4 finding my big guy, as well as holding managerial positions in my professional life. All this after growing up with 5 brothers in a country town, and joining the Army at 18. So yeah, I'm the "proverbial" Tough Old Broad when it comes to personality.......on the surface! Underneath, I'm dying for a man to have the strength and willpower to take my hair in his fist, slap me on the ass and growl at me: "You're MINE!" HEAVY SIGH!
Well, now I have one, he loves me more than life itself, and 1 night tells me I no longer have choices when it comes to "playing", because he is my Master, and I WILL submit......then the next night after a scene, will turn into a pile of mush yelling at me because I didn't use my safe word and it was a bit intense for me and I started crying.....he caves too easily.

I mean, of course I'm crying, as it was a stressful few days for me, on little sleep, and then went through an intense 'scene' with him. Crying is simply a stress release....but I HATE it when he wants to back off out of 'concern for me'. To be fair though, we are both learning and growing in this BDSM thing....we're definitely newborns here....HeeHee

So, do any of you other slaves out there cry? How do I reassure my Master that he can (should!!) go much further, despite my responses?? Or should I start a new thread for that question....Hmmmmmm?