i think that everyone's definition will be different based on their own interpretation of the terms and/or lifestyle. personally, Master and i consider myself a slave even though i work fulltime outside of our home and do all kinds of things that 'traditional' folks don't equate with being someone's slave. Quite simply, this is just the term that we have chosen to describe me - in reality, it is our relationship and interaction with each other that describes our relationship, not some preset vocabulary and all the 'ideals' that go along with that term...