I used to be a member of a forum where all the submissive people there all insisted that they were slaves and not collared subs. They were all under the impression that being a slave was "better" than being a sub, and because I consider myself to be a sub and not a slave, that I didn't belong on that forum. They basically told me that because I didn't consider myself owned property, that because I didn't greet my Master every day, naked and kneeling, because I wasn't Master's footstool while He watched the evening news, that I wasn't really in the lifestyle. I attempted to get it through their heads that my D/s/BDSM lifestyle was just as valid as theirs. But there are only so many times you can post your own opinions and ideas and be ignored. So I left them behind and found this site.

Just because I consider myself a sub and not a slave does not mean that my own lifestyle with my Master is not valid. It does not mean that I do not belong in BDSM or D/s. Being a slave is not "better" than being a sub. Like Borgs slave has said, they are just different ways to live. And when it comes down to it, they are labels. But it has always been human nature to put labels and names on everything, unfortunately.