I was called the Compassionate Domme because of this, but I never, ever had a complaint and dropped men, who look like Mr. Clean in the flesh, to their knees in ecstasy of pain. All of my favorite subs still beg me to come back after 5 yrs of retirement. I was the last public Domme who followed the traditional rules of etiquette and was trained by established Masters/Mistresses, here in Colorado. The only exception was my apprentice and she never got quite up to my level of work. The Fetish scene has gone way underground, the House Doms at the fetish balls are jokes and don't know what the hell they are doing, with nasty attitudes to top it.
I don't miss the scene - it has declined a lot in 5yrs. to something faddish and hip.
I dropped out when I realized that complete strangers knew who I was and my idiosyncracies as a House Dom - it creeped me out to be known like that. 
~Gealachtine
