Talking isn't always easy

Sometimes I get tired of talking to people who say things to me like "why don't you just tell Das to do ..."  or "in the real world people don't really own each other..." or the various other things I sometimes hear. What frustrates me is how often I hear these things from people who have a fair amount of knowledge of M/s so you would think they would have a clue. If they were vanilla I could understand it better.

I totally get why some M/s people really only socialize with other M/s people, it can be difficult to maintain friendships with people who insist on not seeing the choices you make in your relationship as an actual way of living and reducing it to playtime or a shared characterization that can be dropped at the slightest inconvenience. Enslavement isn't about legalities so while no if I ran away the sheriff wouldn't be bringing me back at this point I wouldn't run away. I am very much owned and this is real life. The very idea of me telling Das to do anything is quite giggle worthy. Hell he didn't take orders from his parents when he was a child, he certainly isn't going to start taking them from his slave now, laughs.

Generally I enjoy talking to these people until something like this falls from their lips sometimes even in a conversation that has nothing to do with M/s directly. I get to where I feel like I am previewing my words in my head before I say them instead of allowing conversation to flow naturally in order to circumvent this kind of thing b/c  it can wear me out. I have many a moment where I wonder if I should let a comment go or if it is worth it to try and correct their idea. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't but most of the time I feel like it's a waste of breath. I'm not really sure how much of not understanding people do is willful and one thing I am sure of is no amount of talking will change someone's ideas if they are determined to have them.