Thank you for that, no one's ever explained it that way to me or that I have an actual option to the humiliation part. To be honest is easier for me to define what I don't like because that's a much shorter list and that's I'm not really good at tasks per se that that go outside the bedroom, I'm not into severe pain but I don't mind some, and I'm not into humiliation.
Hi, welcome,
and as others said any interest in a way of playing has absolutely nothing to do with being a sub
Being submissive means simply to enjoy someone else being in control while dominant is if you enjoy to be in control of someone, that is it.
There are for sure some common interests, like humiliation or pain, they are in no way needed or are part of every dynamic. I had a almost 3 year relationship with a sub where humiliation was no part of it at all for example.
Also there is another aspect and that things are not 100% or nothing. So most subs will fall somewhere in the middle, like for example with pain for you, with some aspects being fine and others not, part of getting to know each other is finding these lines and talking about it.
<and a big part of being new is to learn where these lines are for yourself
No 2 subs or 2 Domes will have the exact same interests.
A big part in looking for a partner is finding a person that matches what you are looking for, from both sides
The same goes for "only in bed" it is not super uncommon to do it only in bed and again more a matter of finding a partner that sees it the same way than "doing it wrong".
A Dom that is very dominant in every day life will just not be a good match then and you want to look for one that is not dominant outside the bedroom.
There also lies a bit why i am not a big fan of the alpha male idea, I can see where it is coming from , and there are some truths in there in principle but it tries to squeeze people in just 2 categories and that is simply not how reality works.
And also not how D/s works. There is no "the way a sub is" or "the way a Dom is" ... there are only good and bad matches
P.S. Just something that came to mind . This disconnect can even go further , for example i know a Dom that loves pain and will order subs to spank him. He is still a Dom and the sub is still a sub ... it is about control not what you do