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My
View of Domestic Discipline by Michelle |
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I have always known that I wanted to be married to a dominant man; a man who is the "head of our home" in the old-fashioned sense. I have been attracted to this type of man from a very early age. Before marriage, I had relationships with two highly dominant men. The first man broke my heart and the second man regularly beat me. I gave everything I had in me to please and appease both of these men and expected little in return. I did not demand-and therefore did not receive-respect. These experiences turned me into a full-fledged feminist. There was no way I was going to let anyone control me or tell me what to do. In retrospect, I know that deep inside was a scared little girl who never wanted to experience that kind of pain again. I began growing and changing and building a strong self-esteem. I met my husband in 1991 and it was as if I was hit by a whirlwind. He had that combination of strenth and kindness that can sweep a traditional woman "off her feet." We married within six months and had two children. Before we were married, my husband and I sat down together and made a list of "rules" (for lack of a better word). I told him that I would be happy to follow them and would be a submissive and obedient wife and that I trusted him to lead our family. My resolve in this was based on our Christian religion as well as the desires I felt in my heart. But, then, real life happened. I submitted to my husband only when it pleased me. For his part, my husband felt disrespected and began to become a "go-with-the-flow" kind of guy. He didn't want to make waves, so he pretty much let me run things. He was no longer the "take charge" kind of guy that I had hoped for. I disrespected him and our feelings wavered. Because we are nice people, we forged a kind of partnership in which we co-parented and were basically friends. Neither of us would ever divorce. But I began to wonder, "Is this what I have to look forward to for the rest of my life?." I began reading some websites and while I wasn't interested in the BSDM aspects of the sites I entered, I was strangely enthralled by the dominant/submissive lifestyle as well as domestic discipline. I broke down one day and told my husband
what I had been reading. I told him that I needed him to take charge
of things and that I felt I needed some type of domestic discipline.
He was a little resistant at first because we really had been getting
along fine and he didn't want to "rock the boat." Then
I began to point out the ways in which I demean and disrespect him.
Even though I have never been a yelling, screaming, pushy type of woman,
I have learned how to be manipulative and I really love my husband and
my marriage. We have gone from sex perhaps once a |
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