From the blog "The Submission Mission", by dicks46
http://thesubmissionmission.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/what-does-being-owned-mean-to-me/
What Does Being Owned Mean To Me?
Being
Owned.
Sounds silly when you really think about it. Like I’m some piece of
furniture or property; like I was bought only after someone analyzed my
specs and decided I was worth the purchase.
Owned
I guess that’s the literal sense of the word. Perhaps coming from my
education the word ‘owned’ means that very idea of being bought and
sold. Perhaps it’s what I think other people, those not in the
lifestyle, will think when they hear it. But it means so much more than
that.
When I think about what it means to me to be owned it’s so simple and so complicated. It’s really twofold.
When I began entering in to the bdsm world and d/s I saw being owned
as being property. A phrase people used when in scenes to signify the
power exchange. To signify the fact that you have chosen to given up
your control and therefore choose to give up that right – you are owned.
Since my Master and I have been together my opinion on what it means to be owned has changed significantly.
When I began searching for a dominant I was extremely picky. I don’t
trust easily and I don’t care or love easily either. I ruled a number of
people out because I knew I couldn’t trust them, or they didn’t have
the right motives, experience, temperament or ego. I didn’t want a
know-it-all and I didn’t want a complete newbie either and I certainly
didn’t want an egotistical guy with real or fake experience. Immediately
when people hear the word picky they sometimes think ‘shallow’ but my
pickiness was really about finding someone I felt was safe, sane and
consensual so that I could build trust to allow myself to experience my
submission. Because of this, the notion of being owned means I have
found someone I felt I could allow myself to experience my submission
with and through. I have found someone I trust implicitly, someone I
care for deeply and someone I want to hold the title and responsibility
of owning me.
Being owned is this ultimate sense of security. I feel safe in my
ownership. When I hear my Master say he owns me I’m flooded with a sense
of peace and contentment. My life is busy and has its own elements of
stress and frustration but when I hear that phrase everything washes
away, the stress and the frustration is gone and all I’m left with is
utter security, contentment and happiness. I feel at home. Like there
isn’t any other place in the world I’d rather be because everything I
need is provided for.
Independently we can provide for ourselves. We are as human beings
able to work for a wage to provide shelter, food, basic necessities. We
can easily be self-sufficient and provide for our most basic needs. But
we cannot provide the security, happiness and contentment that comes
from sharing in a committed loving relationship.
My Master and I don’t live together and therefore we aren’t married or engaged. For right now I feel that being
Owned
is a sense of commitment. All we have in our relationship is honesty,
trust and communication. What we have is what we say to each other.
Right now we have committed to exactly that: being honest with each
other to continually build trust while opening ourselves up in some of
the most vulnerable areas of our lives and keeping each other together
through continual communication; we are committed to working together
through everything, to not throwing in the towel because things get
tricky.
Being
owned says I accept you. I accept all your flaws.
Having someone tell you they own you means they want to own you. It
means they accept you and they are willing and committed to owning you.
There is responsibility in deciding to own someone and the understanding
is therefore that they accept and want this commitment.
When I hear this phrase every insecurity and vulnerability washes
away and I’m filled with the desire to fulfill. I feel confident. For
once I feel like I have purpose. I have a place. I have a place that’s
desired by someone other than me. I feel like I have a place and a
purpose.
Relationships are work. They are mutual work and a lot of it. But my
submission is an opportunity for me to selfishly escape from my life and
my work and journey back into myself and give me something I want. My
submission is putting me first and I feel guilty in making that
decision, I feel guilty in having someone else fulfill my desires and
assist in providing me me – it is a luxury. Being
owned works to eliminate the selfish guilt I feel because being owned means you want this just as much as I do.
What does being owned mean to me?
It means I am cared for and respected. It means I am loved. It
creates in me a sense of security and contentment like no other. It
allows me to journey into my submission. To face some of the scariest
things I have in my closet because it allows me to open my body and my
mind to the deepest of vulnerabilities. It allows me to trust, even
blindly. It allows me to trust that together we will tear each other
down and will work to build each other back up. It means we are
committed to us- to communicating and trusting through honesty. It means
we say all the hard things and we discuss all the scary things
together. It means I’m safe. It means I have a purpose.
This feeling of being owned is directly attributed to the environment
my Master has created and the way he makes me feel. Without him, being
owned would not be the same. Being owned would be degrading but with him
being owned feels like the greatest honor I’ve been bestowed. Because
of him I feel confident, safe, and purposeful. Because of him I am
content and happen. I feel owned.
From the blog "The Submission Mission", by dicks46
http://thesubmissionmission.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/what-does-being-owned-mean-to-me/