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The Art of Apology: Don’t Over Apologize

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series The Art of Apology

Apologizing is great, of course, but there is such a thing as apologizing too often. I had a biology teacher in high school who wouldn’t accept when his students said, “Sorry,” for mundane transgressions. “Don’t say sorry all the time,” he’d say, “or people are going to start thinking that you’re a sorry individual.” We […]

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You’re Not the Boss of Me! Empowerment Through Submission

I recently had a conversation with my boss that went something like this: Boss: “We’d like you to start doing some of your colleague’s work because you’re caught up and she’s behind.” Me: “I would be happy to help, but I see that none of these things are in my job description.” Boss: “They aren’t,

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How to Talk to Your Dominant About Your Needs and Desires While Submissive

This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Submissive Wants and Needs

I’m still amazed at how many novices on FetLife and in my inbox ask me how to talk to their Dominant to ask for what they want or need. Others fail at open communication at all or have had issues with their Dominant because they are keeping things from them. I don’t know about you,

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