Wandering the net today, and I figured my blahg would be the place to jot down a few of my brief thoughts. To spank or not to spank: The age old question, or so it seems: If you crave being spanked for punishment, would it not be more punishing to not be spanked? For some, … Continue reading Random Thoughts 1
Fiction: Sophie’s Discipline Journal
If you're like me, you have stuff around the house you haven't looked at for years — things you want to toss but, you just know if you do, you'll need that thing for something. The upshot of this neurosis is that one room of the house must be sacrificed to the god of storage. … Continue reading Fiction: Sophie’s Discipline Journal
Check Ingredients Before Buying
The other day I was enjoying nora's story on her blog and then, in a subsequent post, she asked for suggestions regarding new stories. This got me thinking about the different types of spanking narratives. I tend to want to categorize things to put them into perspective, so that could be taken as a warning … Continue reading Check Ingredients Before Buying
Fiction: Just Enough Rope – Part 3
Note of emphasis: This is a work of fiction. No prescription for parenting is intended or should be inferred. 3 Through the plate-glass window, the moon was a cradle in the southern sky. Jack Martin stood with regret, wondering how things might be different if he had followed his instincts and watched over her as … Continue reading Fiction: Just Enough Rope – Part 3
Fiction: Just Enough Rope – Part 2
2 “How fortunate that Emily has found such a hardworking study partner." Jack’s voice was an interruption to the chatter of forks and spoons and four people eating dinner. He was referring to Larissa Caruso, seated to his left at the Martin dining room table. “It has certainly helped her." Three places at the table … Continue reading Fiction: Just Enough Rope – Part 2
Fiction: Just Enough Rope – Part 1
This short story was inspired by a vignette written by nora over at Finding Strength in my Submission If parental discipline for adults is not your thing, then please avoid. Just Enough Rope 1 Two students stood talking under the sun in the parking lot at Valley College. One reached into her bag, pulled out … Continue reading Fiction: Just Enough Rope – Part 1
Fiction: Turning Her Over – Part 3 Fini
"You've had this coming for a long time, young lady." It really has been too long, but my mind is playing through the incidents I've been tolerating for the last few weeks. “Baby, don't do this." The voice is muffled by the cushion into which a face is buried, this bare woman’s body now upended … Continue reading Fiction: Turning Her Over – Part 3 Fini
Fiction: Turning Her Over – Part 2
Today she came home angry. It has been that kind of week, each day a crisis. Sunday ...Carrie was depressed, dreading work the next day. Monday …was managed, her nemesis had business elsewhere, but my wife still found herself caught up in what has become a sustained disappointment with her job. Tuesday ...was bad. Carrie's … Continue reading Fiction: Turning Her Over – Part 2
Fiction: Turning Her Over – Part 1
I was looking for a story with a particular theme and found this. It’s another husband-wife tale similar to the first story I posted, but with a different approach to discipline. I wrote it many years ago and, as such, it needed a rewrite to align it better with my older self today. It is … Continue reading Fiction: Turning Her Over – Part 1
Tantrum
A childish fit of rage. Have you been guilty? Do you throw regular tantrums? Just every now and then when things really boil over and you lose control? Is your tantrum thrown as a conscious manipulation to get your way? Or is it an irrational lashing out against forces you know you can’t control? Are … Continue reading Tantrum
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