Responsibilities of an OL submissive?

[sub_sequent]

denuseri, i must start by saying that i respect you a lot. In fact, i always read a thread if you had responded in.
But i must respectfully disagree (to a degree) with you.

You said:
Actual submission in real life in no way shape or form comparable with pretending submission via typing on a keyboard. It is as different as mountian climbing is to climbing the rock wall in the gym"

I agree with this totally. They are totally different. But one is not less valid than the other. Just because it is not your choice for your life. For many it is.

Not everyone can get to the mountains to climb... But the wall at the gym is still a thrill and good excercise.
But both have rules and safety measures.

Maybe the most important: the emotions experienced in OL relationships are not less real.
It may be different... But surely no-one can say the other's feelings are less true or valid.
And that may be point worth underlining: Emotions are awakened in an OL relationship. Research i read recently suggested that 2 out of 8 marriages in 2008 started OL.

( I do admit to being rather inept with roleplaying. And i see OL play more as tasking than RP. Maybe someone with experience in this can give an opinion on the emotions awakened in RP)

You also said:
"If you have respect you get all the rest (honesty, honnor, responsibility etc) in it's wake."

While, again, i want to agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment, many broken hearted people will testify that respect, while given, might not always be recipocated.

But, agreed. An OL submissive needs to be respectful.