Expert: arani_CsA - 8/21/2008

Question
QUESTION: recently i have heard about a self-sale where a consenting slave was purchased by an owner...are you aware of such things?

ANSWER: Hello...

Thank you for coming to me with your question.  i hope i can answer it to your satisfaction.

A submissive always has the choice of leaving a relationship; a slave does not.  She willingly gives up that right when she takes her collar.  In the M/s community, it's not at all unusual for ownership of a slave to be transferred from one owner to another.  Sometimes the slave is bought and sold, sometimes the slave is given away, or a Master might make provisions in his will for ownership of his slave(s) to be transferred to another person.  In fact, my former owner made a gift of me to my current Master.

Such things may not be strictly legal transactions.  But in the minds of those involved they are just as meaningful and significant as the buying and selling of a car, for instance.  A very wise and experienced Master once explained to me his opinion that there are three kinds of ownership, when it comes to slaves.  One is like the sandwich that is in the office refrigerator.  He may enjoy that sandwich very much, but when it has been used he has no more use for it.  Another is like the car that he might spend a great deal of time looking for and purchasing, but that he might keep for only a few years before he exchanges it for another one.  And the third is like a home that he might buy only once in a lifetime, and accordingly spend a great deal of time and work to take care of.

Not every Master/slave couple come together with the intention of "till death do us part."  And, unfortunately, sometimes M/s couples break up just as vanilla couples do.  And sometimes a Master does die; personally, i think he gives his slave a wonderful gift when he makes provisions for her care after he is gone.

Of course, this is CONSENSUAL slavery.  Slaves that are sold or given away, or bequeathed, to another, do usually have a say in what happens to them.  For instance, when my previous Master gave me to my current one, he did so only because i asked him to.  We both knew that our relationship was a temporary one, and his only concern was that i found someone who would love me and look after me.  Then again, some slaves don't want to have a say in how or when they are disposed of.

I hope I have given you enough information to answer your question.  If you have more questions, please feel free to send them my way.

arani_CsA,
devoted property of Clampius_Arelius

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QUESTION: thanks for the thoughtful answer...the idea of being sold is very appealing to me because it establishes the property relationship and ensures that the Owner has an investment...

how common are sales where a substantial amount of money changes hands?

ashley

Answer
Hello...

i don't really have much knowledge of the details of such sales.  Usually they are private matters, known only to those parties involved.  But the monies exchanged are usually very small, more of a symbolic token that property has exchanged hands.

This is just one of the differences between slaves and submissives.  A submissive retains the power to leave a relationship any time she wants; actually, there are many who say that the submissive is the one who has the true power in a D/s relationship for that very reason.  She can specify what she will and won't do, and how she is to be treated.  As a result, many Dominants put their subs up on a pedestal and escalate their value to keep them from leaving.  They glorify the "gift of submission" when a slave's Master could care less about that gift.  The slave's absolute and total surrender is something that is taken from her, rather than given by her.

A slave is so much under the psychological control of her owner that she can't even think of leaving.  Regardless of how he treats her, she craves that very treatment and feels she deserves it.  To put a high price on her would be contradictory, and something most would not want.  Actually, many slaves (myself included) thrive on the belief that we are the lowest of the low, and hold the very lowest position on the totem pole of humanity.

arani_CsA,
devoted property of Clampius_Arelius