Touching the Property

Master has a rule that generally, I'm not supposed to let people touch "the property". In this case, the property refers to me. Quite simply it means that I'm not supposed to have physical contact with people. To be honest, its a rule I am quite happy to follow since I am not someone who particularly enjoys physical contact.

I have a very hard time with physical contact. I am not "huggy" with most people and my friends and family accept that about me. About the only person I actually like touching me is Master. I love him touching me. I crave him touching me. I also like a certain amount of physical contact with the kidlets although I tend to find that harder to handle than  I do having Master touch me.

Master is also a realist. He is aware that some physical contact happens. For example, I'm allowed to shake hands or if there is accidental physical contact that's not really breaking the rule.For example, when we went to purchase a vehicle recently, I was allowed to shake hands. That makes things a bit easier, socially. It tends to cause raised eyebrows when you are concluding a deal and won't shake hands with the salesman.

Random contact that is in any way intimate is not allowed. By intimate, I mean hugging or being overly touchy-feely. Unfortunately, even when I try and avoid that, sometimes situations come up when that happens unexpectedly. And when it happens its really, really unappreciated by both Master and myself.

Last week, a person who was doing work on the heating system where I work came up to me while I was on my break. I did not know this person other than having chatted with him once or twice over the course of the repair job. I was on my break and this man felt like he should get my attention by hitting me in the back of the head. I normally wear my hair in a bun as per Master's orders so my head was cushioned. It was still a totally NOT cool thing to do.

When I told him what had happened, Master was livid. I wasn't very happy either. He wasn't livid with me though. I hadn't invited the physical contact and I certainly didn't appreciate it. Its just frustrating to both of us that people think they can simply put their hands on someone else. It certainly doesn't make me feel better about physical contact either.