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ORIGINAL: MasterFireMaam

However, I'm much more likely to dig into the intent behind the behavior.

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ORIGINAL: MsBearlee

I'm waiting for the insurance adjuster to show up...we had a little flood here at the shop!  A couple inches of water sure does a lot of damage!!!
 

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ORIGINAL: Sinergy

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ORIGINAL: MasterFireMaam

However, I'm much more likely to dig into the intent behind the behavior.

This is bang on for me as well.  I am not really all that interested in what a person does, and I really never have been.

There was a time I was a camp counselor and my group showed me a vast trove of firearms, fireworks, explosives, etc., that they thought would be fun to bring to camp.  I looked at all of them and said "ya know, you are not supposed to have any of that stuff.  If you are seen by any of the camp staff, you will be on the first boat home."  3 days later (on my fucking DAY OFF) I am hanging out in my bunk in the staff quarters, and I get summoned to the camp director. 

He tells me they were caught.

I went up to them and said "Well, I told you if you were caught you would be sent home." 

They looked at me like deer in the headlights and asked "what can we do?" 

I said "I want all of you to go through your bags and get everything that could possibly be considered inappropriate to have at summer camp, put it in a duffel bag, and give it to me.  Then I will plead your case."

They did, I took this huge duffel bag to the camp director.  I said "Here is all of the stuff they are not supposed to have, I would hope you would reconsider sending them home."

He looked back at me and said "What do you think?"

I pointed out that it was my opinion that this group was so frightened of being sent home that they would be the most profoundly well behaved group the camp had ever seen.

He let them stay. 

On a personal note, I was their God for the next 4 days.  I could have walked on them from mess hall to the waterfront the way the leader of the Persian's in the movie 300 walked on his troops. 

I digress.  Rather than punish a person, which tends to give me a sense of resentment and irritation, I would rather have the person search their soul, write a report, consider the motivations behind the actions, and come up with some sort of recompense for their misdeeds. 

Just me, could be wrong, but there you go.

Sinergy

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But now… this idea that punishment might be purely an act to put the submissive in a proper headspace is intriguing.  I remember once, watching close friends of mine interact.  She had been slightly argumentative, he’d had enough; he told her to put her hands on his arm and to “…look at me and settle!” She did…you could see her visibly calm down.  When she had settled a bit, he reached up and grabbed her hair and drug her (gently) to the floor next to him, where she laid her head on his lap.  I nearly swooned.  I bet she tries to be calmer around him.  LOL

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ORIGINAL: AFlyInYourWeb

I began with a bondage fetish.  I was "inspired" by a few Dominas to put my trust in them and explore their interests in discipline and/or S&M.  By having faith in them and yielding to them, I discovered new areas of interest and enjoyment for myself.  It isn't for everyone, but between two consenting adults who share the interest, it can add an extra "flavor" to the complex cocktail that is a relationship.