This book is a map to help others design their own personal protocols. It is a book that provides countless tips and techniques for Masters so they can clarify how they, themselves want to be served. The book gives details about how we (within our relationship) translated those wishes into elegant service.
In our experience, a protocol manual is much more than documenting rules of service. Writing a protocol manual helps you examine and refine your relationship and your relationship management style. The very process of creating a manual such as this reveals the kinds of service Master really wants from the slave and the kinds of service the slave can actually deliver. In that light, writing a protocol manual is an exercise in clarifying the intent of your relationship.
This is largely a book on how to do a high protocol dinner and the correct way to wash dishes, polish silverware, and all that stuff. I don't even have a formal dining room or area. I tossed my dining room table out during the pandemic so I could play VR games. I really wanted to know how to make intentional protocols that enhanced my relationship. This could have been an email.
When I first started this book, I didn't exactly know what I would be reading. I thought it would be a book about creating protocols and was a bit surprised when I realized that this is the protocol book for M. Jen Fairfield and Dr. Bob Rubble. This was an extremely interesting read and even though this book wasn't what I thought it was, this book is worth for those who are interested in creating a protocol in their power exchange relationship. It's a great idea to give people an idea of how to set up protocols of their own.
The format: chef's kiss. Their specific protocols: Not quite right for us.
My wife and I have been working on a relationship protocol manual for some time and the style of this one is one that we will likely mimic. In particular, the elements about concepts and perspective resonated with me.
Does contain dated language referring to Bob's "Aspergers" which would now be called ASD or autism.