I’m still obsessing rather too much over Master’s comment the other day. Enough so that it’s become inappropriately huge in my head and irritating to Him.
Probably doesn’t help that I’m expecting pms to swoop down and fuck my world up any day now either.
I want to be able to take the comment and do something constructive with it. I want to be able to use it in the manner that it was given. I’m trying, but pride and feelings and stubbornness keep getting in the way.
I just keep thinking that since on that particular day I hadn’t altered my attention to Him or done anything differently, then His comment encompasses every day since every day is the same and if I had (apparently) “failed” Him in some manner on that day, then I must be failing Him in some manner on every day.
And if I’m failing Him every day, and I didn’t even SEE that I’d been failing Him at all, where exactly does the onus fall to *fix it*? If it’s me, then shouldn’t I at least be told where it is that I am lacking? Does He really just get to make some general, tossed-out, pithy statement without some constructive criticism or some direction?
So yeah, He can do whatever He wants and say whatever He likes, but if it’s said as an attempt to change something, I hardly see what value it has if I don’t even know what to change.
He does this though. He showers me with compliments all the time and lets me get comfortable, lets me think that I’m doing/saying/being exactly what He wants, until, just seemingly out of the blue (to me) He informs me that not only am I slacking, but that I’ve BEEN slacking.
Well what the fuck.
It’s not that I think I’m all too perfect to slack. I know I’m not. I can identify those slacking areas without a map. But why the false security then? Why lead me to believe that slacking is acceptable when clearly it is not?
I’m not always sure which one of us is responsible for maintaining the order of things. Both? Him? Me? If my purpose is to serve Him to the very best of my ability, and then some, is it also not His purpose to make sure that I do? And once I’ve started to slip, from the very get-go, if I don’t correct myself, shouldn’t He? Instead of being LENIENT.
Gah! Leniency is going to be the death of me yet.
It seems that we both have a natural tendency to let things relax when actually, neither one of us are happy in that relaxed atmosphere. So why the difficulties in keeping it at the level we want?
Fuck if I know!
I’m assuming that the burden is on me to maintain things. I’m certainly not looking for ways to make this more work for Him. Nor do I think He needs to give me a detailed list of what needs to be stepped up. I’m making my own list here shortly.
But this business of letting me think that something “less than” is acceptable when it clearly is not has got to end. So nobody wants to be a Hardass all the time, I get that, but, how’s this leniency working out for Ya, huh? And I suspect that being a hardass wouldn’t have to be a forever project either.
It’s like little kids. Once they understand that you aren’t going to budge on a rule or expectation, they adapt and usually pretty easily and cooperatively. Then the parent gets to stop being a vigilant hardass as long as when and if it comes up again, they STICK to their original ruling. As soon as you waffle, you lose all the ground you made up and are back to almost square one.
But I’m not a kid and I’m fully aware of these psychological wargames so why can’t I just get it right the first time and every time? Maybe because I give only as good as I get. Maybe because my natural tendency is not toward obedience but toward pain and use. Maybe because I need more active input than another, more self-directed submissive.
Maybe because I suck and am not worth the time and effort.
Oh lets not even start that pity party.
Okay, so Master is still insistent that I make a list of what I do for Him all day, only now He also wants a list of what else I could (should?) be doing for Him in a day.
Typical day:
Get up (before He does), have coffee poured and ready. Make His breakfast. Serve it to Him.
(It’s arguable that I’m getting up *for* the kids and not for Him. But nonetheless, I AM up first and I do have coffee/breakfast ready when He gets up)
Wait outside the shower with His towel and towel Him off after His shower.
(We’ve tried other variations of the shower service. Like having me get in the shower to wash Him as well, but when it comes to time restraints, just having me towel Him off seems to work best. That was His choice.)
Doing household chores
(This is a hard one for me because I don’t think that He sees it the same way I do. What I do during the day is probably stuff that I would do even if He weren’t coming to see it every evening. BUT, it’s not done in the same way that I did it before Him, nor is it done with the same intent. For me, it makes it a service I do *for Him* but I’m pretty sure He’s dismissing it. So maybe I shouldn’t even have this on the list. Cross it off.)
Cooking
(The same thing applies to cooking as cleaning. Even though I know that how and what I cook when it’s just me and the kids at home compared to when Master is home is *vastly* different, He’s already made the claim that I cook for everyone and not for Him specifically. Cross this off too.)
Laundry
(I do not do everyone’s laundry the same way. I DO give Master’s laundry “special” attention *most of the time*. I sort and wash His clothes differently. I fold and hang His clothes differently. And by different I mean better.)
Yardwork
(I am an avid outdoor, yardwork, gardening HATER. I never in my entire adult life had flower gardens or vegetable gardens. The most I ever did was mow and that was only when I absolutely HAD to. Learning how to garden and actually finding pleasure in it stemmed *entirely* on Master’s interest in it. His participation and praise created the desire to do it *for Him*. Now I like it, but should He express disinterest in it, I’m sure I’d be quick to follow.)
Dressing and Appearance
(I wear dresses. I look like a sunday school teacher. This is not my fashion choice. It’s His. Anyone who has been a stay-at-home mom or wife will probably understand me when I say that the pull toward “grunge” is hard to ward off. It’s all too easy to toss on those sweat pants, throw the hair up in a pony and go on about your day. But I do try to have my hair fixed and some make-up on, and a dress on, before He comes home. Most definitely something that I would not be doing if He weren’t home.)
Taking His boots off
(That should be obvious.)
Serving
(Fixing and bringing Him His dinner plate, drinks, or whatever else He asks for throughout the evening. I’m His gopher.)
Making myself available
(I always clear any activities with Him based on what it is that He wants to do. If I know that I am going to need to make a trip to the store soon, I ask Him if He wants me to go while He’s at work or wait for Him to come home. Does He want to go with me or send me off alone. How does He want to spend the evening. What does He want to do. I try very hard not to plan His evenings for Him while also trying to balance the kids impromptu plans in there. I tell them no more often than I would if Master weren’t here simply to try and ensure a quieter, more relaxed home time. I think if He sees me say yes one time He’s maybe not seen that I’ve said no 7 or 8 times before that. I don’t set out to sabotage His evenings.)
Get His glass of water every night
(obvious)
Chain
(I’m not chained into bed for my health! I’d think that’s *for Him*, although it may not qualify as a ‘service’)
Coming to bed freshly washed, teeth brushed, and ready for any sex should He want it
(That may seem like an odd thing to add, but I don’t think it is. Even though I shower every day, I make it a point to scrub my pink parts every night before bed so that I am fresh and clean for Him. This is not something that I do when He isn’t home. I brush my teeth when He isn’t home but I don’t make sure my crotch is shiny pink and smelling like roses! So to me this is a service I perform specifically for Him.)
I guess that pretty well sums up what I see as specific services. I’m sure about ten more will come to mind during the course of the day, because I really think things become so routine and normal that they stop sticking out as “special”. And I hope that maybe that’s some of what’s going on with Master as well. Maybe He’s so used to things that He’s stopped seeing it as a service? (I hope.)
So now what else can I be doing to increase my services for Him.
First and foremost is the improvement of the services already in place. I am a natural-born slacker and there can definitely be closer attention paid to cleaning, to making better-tasting, more nutritionally balanced meals. Being more observant and proactive in the serving process by watching for His plate to empty so that He isn’t left having to kick me under the table and look pointedly at His cup or plate. Or in trying to anticipate what He’ll want or need. In short, be that doting submissive of His fantasies. Eager Beaver type!
Obvious improvements to attitude and demeanor. There is no reason (‘cept pms ;-) for eye rolling or huffing sighs when asked to do something. Even if it means having to shut off the vacuum cleaner to do it. No reason for reluctance to bend over for His cock or His belt either.
Don’t lose the Battle of Grunge. Ever.
What can I add:
Foot service. Instead of waiting to be asked for it, either offer it on a nightly basis or just get the stuff and do it.
Earlier bedtime, which translate into telling the kids that we are going to bed so that we have some amount of alone time for play or sex or whatever that doesn’t cut into sleep time. That’s something that is talked about a lot but never seems to happen. Mostly because it involves reprogramming the kids to get their stuff done earlier. Homework is drug out until late and I have to be there for that, I have to make sure they, well, B-man mostly, doesn’t try to skip his shower and teethbrushing or try and extend his bedtime by 5 minutes here or 10 minutes there.
Um. Hmm. I dunno. Most anything else is stuff that we’ve already tried and rejected as feasible in our relationship or is stuff that would require work on His part and that’s not what I’m trying to do here. I’m really open to suggestions here, Master. If there is something specific that You want done, You’re going to have to tell me. I’m all for self-improvement and self-awareness but come on, help a girl out wouldya?
One more thing that can be added to the “service for Master” list is going to Curves every day, which I am going off to right now! Yeah maybe it’s for me too, but it’s not me I’m thinking about when I look at my body. It’s Him. His body that I need to take better care of.
~cunt
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