Oh good. You.

There is a particular reaction I think a submissive should aspire to earn from me.

“Oh good. You.”

Not surprise that you've appeared again.

Not What does he want this time?

Not even simply, He's a good submissive. He'll do what I ask.

Oh good. You.

Because there's a point where I stop being pleased only by what you do for me and start being pleased that you're the one doing it.

Of course you're attentive.

You remember things I've said. You notice what I want. You follow through. If I give you an instruction, I don't have to make managing your submission another item on my to-do list.

And yes, you send.

I like money. I'm certainly not going to pretend otherwise.

But plenty of people are capable of transferring money into my account.

There's only one you.

And if we've found that particular kind of chemistry, that starts to matter.

I know how your brain works. You know enough about mine to recognize when I've just had a wonderfully wicked idea.

I know which buttons I can press. I know which ones make you light up. I know when I can push, when I can tease, and when something I've said is going to live rent-free in your head for the next three days.

You give me room to actually enjoy being your Dominant.

I don't have to manufacture an experience for you while you sit there waiting to be entertained. I get to play.

Your enthusiasm makes me more enthusiastic.

Your reactions make me want to poke at you again.

Your submission gives me ideas.

And sometimes I see your name and immediately think of something I want to do with you.

That's fun for me.

I think that gets overlooked in conversations about financial submission.

Yes, I want your money.

Yes, I want your obedience, your attention, your service, and your desire to please me.

But none of those things require me to pretend that the person giving them is interchangeable.

The best dynamics aren't.

There's a difference between appreciating what someone gives me and genuinely enjoying the person who is giving it.

There's a difference between knowing someone will obey and getting a little flicker of delight because this particular submissive just showed up.

That's the reaction I'd want to earn if I were on the other side of the slash.

Not:

Oh. He sent.

Not even:

Good. He always follows through.

But:

Oh good. You.

Come here.

I've been wanting to play with you.