The collar means a lot of things to different people. What it meant to me goes so much deeper than ownership. To me it was so much more than offering my submission:
It was the giving of my loyalty. Knowing I would never cross a line and dishonor the bond of the collar.
It was trust in my Dominant that he had my best interest at heart in all his decisions when related to our dynamic.
It was devotion and the giving of my heart, fragile as it may be, entrusting him not to shatter it.
It was the giving of control in so many aspects of my life, with the trust and expectation that he would never hurt me or destroy the gift that I gave freely.
In all this I cherished the bond of the collar and what I thought it meant.
Never take the collar lightly. For some it has so much meaning and emotion behind its significance.