This is the first email I recieved 18th August 2008Dear Mistress Raquel,
Congratulations on being the first (that I know of) dominatrix in Thanet with your own website. I've looked through your website and so far am very impressed.
I'm a male masochist, and live in Thanet too.
I don't usually see dominatrixes, for various reasons, but you seem like a very good, open-minded, and skilled one, and if I change my mind on the matter, I will get some money together, and pay you a few visits for a few sessions.
Best wishes P
This is the next email I recieved (this twat assumes I must be a lesbian????)Dear Mistress Raquel,
I can't be a FULL-TIME slave to anyone, as I have other people and talents in my life, which I have a love, loyalty, and responsibility towards. I could be a part-time masochist for you, possibly on a regular basis, but I don't feel comfortable agreeing to this, or giving any details out about myself at this stage. I also don't do any kind of unpaid or paid manual work.
Whilst I liked your website, something made me feel very uncomfortable about it, and that was the fact that there are no clear photos of you, but rather mostly an assortment of dominant and submissive women, engaged in bondage and other BDSM activities together. This makes me wonder, how much you really are into sexually dominating men for pleasure, or whether you are more lesbian in sexual orientation.
The rather vague photos that there actually are of you, in the gallery on your site, seem to me to be very submissive poses and expressions, with your head cast down, forward or at an angle, and your eyes looking up furtively or submissively, as I am usually a very good reader of character in facial expressions and body language.
I have mixed feelings about dominatrixes, but one thing that I dislike about dominatrixes in general, is that on their websites, there are no addresses or locations of where they work or practise. I wonder why this is the case, as dominatrixing doesn't involve sex, is not prostitution, and is not illegal. I think that dominatrixes need to organise, wise-up on this, and change this about their websites and profession, as it's not a very open, or user-friendly way of interacting, with masochist clients and people.
Please don't take my comments personally, because I do have some very pro views about dominatrixes as well, and in some ways have a lot of respect for what you all do, but I just wanted to be frank and honest about my first impressions.
Best wishes
So I decided to give the guy a bit of insight to me and my god was it a mistake this was my reply!!19th august 2008
I was submissive for 8 years prior to becoming domme, also, I have someone
who doms me still!
The pics are showing what I can and cannot do!
Your "critisisms" are noted, the reason I do not want to give out my address, is because I get "stalkers" Freeloaders!
I am not a typical domme, you can see that from my website, what makes me different is that I have never deemed myself "above" my subs, Plus, I do not make loads of money from this and I have a private life...
I made the website, myself, from scratch, and I have constant interaction with my customers.... I fulfill their dreams often,> And I am more than sexually Dominant, I am clever, I am a Mother, I have a Bsc in Architecture and I have personality... Mistress Kent is my Alter Ego And I love her!
Then he sent me this...... 19th August 2008
Mistress Raquel,
Thanks for telling me about yourself.
Of course, everyone is much more than one work role and their sexuality.
I am a musician, and a published writer, but I am a pure masochist and submissive sexually towards women, I always have been, and I am not a switch in any way.
I write articles on masochism/BDSM, but mostly on mental health matters, as I have my own findings and theories on the causes/influences and cures to mental health problems. I am diagnosed with some mental health problems myself (Wait, this is the bit where he tries to get me to feel sorry for him), but I have always maintained that my masochism is not a mental health problem, although a psychiatrist once stupidly and ignorantly described it to me as "self harm".
My mental health problems, are that I occasionally suffer from some depression and anxiety, and I hear voices. They have been negative and intrusive voices in the past, and can still be at times when I experience anxiety or stress, but now I mostly hear positive, supportive, caring, friendly, and educative female voices. Still, my psychiatrist says that I am "mentally ill" because I hear voices. I do have some mental health problems, but I tend to reject the term "mental illness" because it's too medical and biological, as I believe that mental health problems are also caused by the environment and society.
P
I sent him a reply to say thanks for the in depth view into his persona...gave him my rates etc and then he thinks he can now move in for the kill!!!
There's absolutely no way I can afford to pay you £100. I'm on a very low-income/benefits, and only get a certain amount of money over, to go out socialising once or twice a week. What I was going to do, was to ask my mate Bill to send me a cheque for £50, so I could see you at least once, because he takes pity on the fact that I am a masochist, and has always said that if I find a local dominatrix, that he will give me some money for her; but I had no idea that you charge £100 an hour. I thought that you said you wasn't into making tons of money? Anyway, a big part of the idea of me fulfilling my masochist fantasies, was to make you money by performing my extreme masochism in front of special and select audiences.
Then I said my rates are my rates and that he is a bit cheeky.... this is the reply i recieved!
Well, I'm very sorry that we have to part on such bad terms, because we could have learnt and gained a lot from one another. You closed your mind off about all this, and reacted with ignorance and animosity.
I had no intention of being cheeky.
Maybe I was right all along, that most dominatrixes are for rich people in society, and inherently conservative about sexuality in general, and about changing society with regard to more BDSM freedom for everyone. I suspect that this is what you really found 'cheeky'. It's a fact that most dominatrixes are too individualistic, unorganised, and all jealous of each other, so I can see why you took offence to me saying that I liked to be public humiliated by a group of dominatrixes. I won't be seeking any dominatrix services in the future, and have learnt a few things along the way.
Thanks for reading!!! x
Mistress