sub's Rights

Rights, as a Submissive

I have the right to set limits, and expect them to be respected.

                      I have the right to adjust these limits at any time, with notice to you. I have
                      the right to expect you to push them, to force me to create new limits and
                      boundaries.

                      I have the right to privacy. I expect you to be concerned about time we
                      spend apart, but I expect you to understand that I am a person, seperate
                      from you, and thusly having problems and situations in my life that I will
           not need your help with.

                      I have the right to expect you will respect me for my independence and not
                      criticize me for it. I have the right to ask you for help, should I need it. I
                      have the right to be trusted, providing I have earned it, and I have the right
                      to expect you to believe I am an intelligent, caring and loyal person.

I have the right to ask things of you, and have you listen to my requests.

I have the right to ask for your attention, without having to misbehave to
get it.

I have the right to ask you to contribute as much to this relationship as I do.
As long as my requests are submitted respectfully,

I expect you to consider them as you would from any friend or colleague.

I have the right to question your motives, should you deny my requests, as
long as I do so with the proper respect.

I have the right to expect you to administer your punishment with care and
caution.

I have the right to use my safewords at any point, should I feel them
necessary.

I have the right to get up and walk away from a scene if you have crossed
the line.

I have the right to expect you to respect my desicions, and not think less of
me, or abandon me for them.

I have the right to speak up if I feel our relationship is not giving me what I
need.

I have the right to tell you what I need, in a respectful manner.

I have the right to expect you to understand my reasons for doing so, and
the right to expect you to listen with an open mind.

I have the right to walk away from the relationship if we cannot come to a
common ground on these issues.

I have the right to expect tenderness, love and understanding after a scene
is completed, should it be what I desire.

                      I have the right to ask you for that tenderness if I've had a bad day, or if I
                      just feel the need for closeness. I understand that there will be times when
                      you and I will disagree about this - when you will want a scene, and I will
           not.

I have the right to call for a talk about this, and to expect you to listen to
and consider my reasonings.

I expect you to have the final word, but I expect you to wholeheartedly
consider my feelings, whatever they may happen to be.

I have the right to expect our relationship to progress, for trust to
continually be renewed, for our souls to be as close as our bodies are.

I have the right to tell you if I need more from you, and I expect you to
respect my decisions about what I want and need.

I expect you to want the relationship to progress, unless decided otherwise
before hand.

                      I expect you to understand that deep trust often breeds love, and I expect
                      you not to repell me if I tell you that I love you. For, my master, I will love
                      you, should our relationship move ahead, should our trust continue to grow.

                      I have the right to expect you to tell me, at any point, if you do not feel you
                      can return those feelings, so that I may decide what I want and need. For it
                      is your pleasure that adds to my own, makes it real. And mine, that adds to
                      yours.