fillepink
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i spent many years in a position WAY beyond "assertive"; i litigated cases worth 100's of millions for the state of Florida -- and i never lost at trial (settled some, lost once on appeal). My nick was the "baracudda" and i richly deserved it. i used the law and any accroutrement to it at my disposal, including dirty lawyer tricks, to advance my client's position. The state was a mere strawman..the real parties in interest were the elderly and the poor. Believe me, i savored my victories. i gave no quarter. i once told an Episcopalian Bishop i would not accept a business plan in lieu of auditted financial statements even if Jesus Christ Jr. signed the business plan. The Bishop looked so shocked it was as if i had struck him...but i got the financials. So this is how i spent my 30's and 40's; never afraid to go toe to toe with anyone; working like a dog; doing free legal work for battered women; etc. During this long period in my life, i mostly dated other lawyers. i had no respect for them -- in part because i was the better lawyer -- i felt no real affection for them -- in my memory, they tend to run together. In short, i was having sex, not getting involved. If a man had gotten to know me and had been submissive, would i have been attracted? i honestly do not know. i certainly needed help with my home, etc. and i might have been willing to allow a man to lean on me for awhile...but i was so overworked, so out of place, i do not think i would have been able to take care of another adult. There came a day when i did not just burn out..i flamed out. Leaving court, knowing i had won, and crying and shaking, knowing i would never go back. After a long, winding road, i discovered D/s and could finally find the words for what had been in my heart for so many years. i am submissive. All those years, i tried to rescue the people affected by the cases, just as i tried to protect the battered women i represented. But to do so, i had to assume a role directly contrary to my very nature. There will always be fraud on the elderly and poor; there will always be another battered woman. i had tried to condemn myself to a lonely personal life for their sakes, and one day, my heart cried out for more..and i could no longer deny my true nature. i have no idea whether this story translates to other professional women, but i do know -- apart from the married women -- my lawyer girlfriends are all single and have not had a relationship for a long time, perhaps years. maybe the odds are stacked against lawyers (it's hard to leave your obnoxious side at the office); maybe it's just coincidence. But i think there are others like me. It's sort of funny; my girlfriends all know i'm trying to find a Dom and they are fascinated by what happens to me, but they would never search themselves. Not sure what to make of that. Well, this certainly rambled. LOL But it was sort of fun, describing the caterpillar-to-butterfly story i experienced. fillepink Thumbnail Image
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