I had a friend — just a friend, honest! — and, for some reason, I have found myself thinking about something she said concerning her capacity to submit to her Mistress.

she was, I have to say, not meek! In fact, through a curious twist of fate (called corporate rationalisation/redundancy), she found herself not only her Mistress’ landlady but also her boss, having found the said unemployed Mistress a job as a waitress at the wine-bar where she worked.

What my friend said about her submission was: “If the bitch didn’t make me giggle, I’d bash her!”, by which I gather she meant that, as a self-confessed humiliation-slut, she was happy to suffer embarrassments beyond blushing and obey even her Mistress’ most unreasonable demands, simply because her Mistress had the knack of using her acute and yet deeply wicked sense of humour to make it mutually enjoyable.

It’s hard to put into words but, if you saw them together, you’d understand. Mistress would say DO! Her slave/maid would coyly say “No, I can’t! What here? Now?” and then do it. Then they’d both grin at each other as though sharing some private joke and frequently burst out laughing. I gather the bar-regulars, ignorant of the reasons for their good humour, nicknamed them “The Giggle Sisters”. You get the picture!

My question is, does anyone else use humour in that way? Has anyone found that humour (as in, laughing with not at) has made their submission easier?

I’m curious because I like mine happy (I miss hearing their laughter) and really don’t understand those who say that, to be serious about what I/we do, I’m supposed to wander round with a face like a wet weekend.

Thoughts? Opinons? Experiences?