Babalon asked Jon Jacobs:

>>> btw: since you've brought up the UPE stuff and used certain examples, i'd like to ask: do the folks you consider to have done UPE have a signed durable power-of-attorney allowing the Dom/me to have *legal* control over things like the finances, real estate, etc.? <<<

In the great Usenet tradition, I'm going to answer a question meant for someone else. And the answer is... Me! Me! Me! I mean I know me, of course . I heard about this idea from some other ASBer and was so taken by it that I immediately told Donald. He, too, thought it would be a romantic affirmation of the reality of our relationship (much like a couple who has lived together happily for a decade finally decides to do the wedding thing) and had one drawn up by his lawyer. As soon as we have some spare time, we're going to have a little ceremony with just our closest pervert friends (and one notary public) and then frame the thing so we can hang it proudly in our library.

While this little piece of paper will change nothing about our relationship (he already controls all of that anyway), I think it's wonderful way for a dominant and submissive (who normally have to stay closeted) to declare their joyous union to the rest of society (or, at least that small portion that comes in contact with our library...or with our legal dealings--g). It may be the closest I ever get to screaming "In yo face!" to the vanillas of this world. But then again, it may not...like Mary said in another thread, it's time to smelt our ammunition, oil our guns, and prepare for a long, hard fight (at least I think this is what she said). I would only add: ...before the means to fight is wrest from our grasp.