FAQs - "Reluctancy" Edition

  It's time for another set of questions that come up regularly.  Before we get started, my first recommendation is that you grab yourself a snack and a beverage before you begin reading.  This entry is a long one.  Get comfortable.

On to the questions.

How do I tell my husband he needs to spank me harder?  And once he understand he needs to spank harder, how do I get him to actually do so?

  It shows a lot of maturity on a wife's part to actually want to be spanked harder.  For those reading this that may think their fellow DD wife is crazy for wanting this, let me briefly explain to help you understand why a wife would want to be spanked harder.

  A wife that wants to be spanked harder understands that the pain from the spanking is the correcting influence on her negative behaviors, and understands the pain from a spanking will help her to think before she acts.  When her behaviors are corrected and she's thinking before she acts, she's a smarter, safer, and better wife to her husband, and a better mother to her children (if she has children).  The current way her husband is spanking her is not giving her these things to the extent both her and her spouse are looking for, therefore nothing is really improving or getting accomplished.  She wants to be spanked harder as a means of improving the way DD is practiced in her marriage, which, upon accomplishment of that, would improve the overall happiness and harmony in her marriage and home.

  Now it doesn't sound so crazy, right?  It's the mature, responsible, and correct thing to do if the current way a couple spanks has little to no effect on influencing her behaviors for the better.

  As with everything else in a healthy DD relationship, this situation needs to be approached and handled somewhat delicately.  If a wife approaches her husband and basically tells him how to spank, he may take it the wrong way and see it as her questioning him in some fashion.  So rather than saying something like, "this isn't working...you need to spank me harder", there's a more delicate way to ask your husband to increase the intensity of your spankings.

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  "Honey, when you have a minute, I'd like to talk to you about something.  There's no rush on it, just whenever you have some time."

  Respectfully saying this first lets him know that you have something important on your mind, and still allows him to decide when you two discuss it. 

  "I appreciate you taking a minute to talk to me about this honey.  It's not easy for me to say what I'm about to say, but it's something I've been thinking a lot about lately, and something that I think will really help us if you decide to do it.  Obviously Domestic Discipline has really improved our marriage.  I think we both can agree on that.  It has been wonderful so far, and you're doing a great job of helping me get on the right track, and of keeping me on the right track.  I do have a small suggestion I'd like you to consider, because I really think it would help me a lot.  While the spankings are definitely helping me, I'm just not afraid of being spanked like I think I should be.  Since I don't fear them as much as I probably should, I'm thinking we may need to spank a little harder than we are.  It's up to you, of course, but I think spanking me harder would really help me to think before I act and help me to behave better for a longer period of time.  I know it sounds crazy, but that's really how I feel.  What do you think?"

  I put some parts of that in bold so I could make a couple of points - these parts in bold are doing two things: 1) they're still deferring the decision to him, which is how a DD marriage works, and 2) it's stroking his ego, and letting him know that he is helping you and he is doing a good job of leading the marriage, even though you're making a suggestion on how to improve your spanking practices.  Husbands like those two things.

  After he gives his thoughts on it, continue discussing it and continue making your points as to why you want to be spanked harder.  Getting spanked harder would help you to think before you act, it'll help to improve your behavior, it will help you to cry which is therapeutic, etc.  Whatever you feel.  Keep using the word "help".  Men naturally like to "help", particularly when the person they're helping is their wife.

  As far as him actually spanking harder, well, that's obviously his decision.  You can't make him do it.  But, you can encourage him to do so, and once he agrees that it needs to be done, you can stress the importance of him following through with it.  Stress how important it is to you and let him know you can handle it.  If he's having some hesitation issues, I recommend you both read this.

I presented this lifestyle to my husband and he's reluctant to do it.  What can I do to get him to see how this would be helpful for us?

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  The more information you can provide to your husband about the Domestic Discipline lifestyle, the better.  If you just can't seem to put it into the right words, find web pages that best illustrate how you feel about the lifestyle, and web pages that best illustrate the benefits of it.  There's no such thing as too much information when it comes to something like this.

Here are a couple from Learning Domestic Discipline that may help:

• What is Domestic Discipline?
• Spanking vs. Abuse: Clearing Up Misconceptions
• Discipline Spankings vs. Erotic Spankings
• Domestic Discipline Pros and Cons
• What IS and What IS NOT Domestic Discipline

  There are plenty of other DD blogs that have wonderful information about DD as well.  Search around, read a few blogs, and find some posts that best illustrate how you want DD to work in your marriage and share those with your husband.

  With that said, I have a recommendation that I often give couples in this particular situation, particularly for the wives in this situation.  That recommendation is this - even if he isn't on board at first, start living the DD lifestyle anyway without his help for the time being.

What does that mean?

  Well, you have an idea as to what it means to be in a Domestic Discipline marriage.  Forget the punishments for a moment - I'm talking about your vision of a more calm, more stable, more harmonious marriage and home.  What are you NOT doing that would get your home functioning that way?  More importantly, what are you NOT doing that would make your husband happier?

  Whatever those things may be, have the self-discipline and self-motivation to do them on your own, if only for a short while.  Even if you only do it for a month, give it a try.  You'll need his help at some point, but for now you'll have to do it without his help until he's on board with the lifestyle.  If you don't regularly cook meals, start doing so every day.  If you procrastinate the laundry, dishes, household cleaning, or anything else you know would make your husband happy by doing them, put yourself on a daily regimen.  When he asks you to do something, just say, "sure honey, I'd be happy to" rather than give him some snappy response.  Whatever it is, start living the way you envision your DD lifestyle to be and stick to it.

  He'll notice the change, trust me.  And he'll love it.  When he comes to that point, let him know this is what a Domestic Discipline lifestyle is, and you want his help in making it a part of your lives forever.  Let him know you can't do it forever without his help.  You need him there to get you back on the right track when you veer off course from time to time.

  He'll be much more willing to give the lifestyle a try when he's experienced the benefits of it first hand.

My husband and I agreed to incorporate Domestic Discipline into our marriage and it has really helped us.  He was doing great with his part of it, but now he doesn't seem like he wants to practice anymore.  He's let a lot of the rules go, and I don't know how to have him step up.  What do I do?

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  Boot camp.  You may hate that answer, but boot camp is the best way to combat this problem.   You both need to agree to boot camp, of course, but there's no doubt in my mind boot camp would drastically help this problem if both spouses take boot camp seriously and are wholeheartedly committed to it.

Here are the Learning Domestic Discipline boot camp resources:

• Domestic Discipline Boot Camp Basics
• Boot Camp book available at Lulu.com 
• Boot Camp book available at Amazon.com (for Kindle owners)

  For those of you new to the site, the boot camp book was written by me (Clint). 

  Unfortunately you can't make your husband do anything he doesn't want to do.  If he doesn't want to practice the lifestyle anymore, then he doesn't want to.  It's as simple as that.  You can encourage him to reconsider, but if he isn't 100% committed to a better marriage by having this lifestyle a part of it, then, sadly, there isn't much a wife can do about it.  All I can recommend is that the wife keep encouraging her husband to reconsider his decision, and continue living as though DD IS a part of her marriage, as described in the previous question.  That, assuming the husband appreciates it and it makes you both happy, of course.

Is it wrong of me to ask my husband to spank me?

  I wrote a guest post addressing this problem over at Knowing Your Roles (my wife's blog).  For my answer to this question, stop by my wife's blog and check out this post.

 My goodness that was a long post.  If you made it this far, I thank you for taking the time to read it all.  These, once again, are terrific questions and difficult situations to be in.  If you're in these situations, you certainly are not alone.  These questions come up regularly.  I hope these answers will help those of you dealing with these things.  As always, feel free to share your thoughts, opinions, questions and comments in the comment section below.

More FAQs:

• "Changing Dynamic" Edition
• "Husband Accountability" Edition

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FAQs - "Changing Dynamic" Edition

  I've been getting a lot of repeat questions recently, so I've decided to do another FAQ series here on Learning Domestic Discipline.  Clearly these are issues that many couples are struggling with/dealing with, and I'm happy to offer my suggestions/recommendations to hopefully help couples get past these problems.  Let's get right to them.

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How do I relinquish control/be more "submissive" to my husband?

  Changing the dynamic of a marriage can take quite some time to do.  If a couple is just starting out with the lifestyle, and the wife has had the strongest influence on the direction of the marriage for a number of years, it's going to be a long and difficult process to transition all of those responsibilities over to the husband.  The dynamic of the marriage is completely changing.  I think a lot of people expect this transition to be almost immediate, and that simply isn't realistic.  I just want people to understand that before I even answer this question.  It takes time, patience and understanding.

  Being "submissive" is more of a mindset than it is a behavior.  A wife needs to be mentally willing to give over the "control" of the final decisions and the direction of the marriage to her husband.  That takes a huge amount of trust, and it's not easy.  It's an enormous step in the grand scheme of things, but it can be eased into with small steps.

  Start with small decisions and work your way up.  Something as insignificant as where you plan to eat that evening would be a start.  If you've decided to go out to dinner that evening, have your husband choose where to eat.  When he makes a decision on where to eat, don't get angry, don't question his decision, don't complain, don't offer six other restaurants that sound better than what he chose - support his decision.  You wanted him to make the decisions, so let him.  If he asks for your opinion certainly offer it, but defer the ultimate decision to him and follow his lead when he makes that decision.  This is just a small example obviously, but it illustrates what being "submissive" is all about.

  Being "submissive" doesn't mean your opinion doesn't matter, either.  I want to make that clear.  This is just an example, and again, if your husband asks for your opinion, share it.  Even if he doesn't, you can and should politely offer your opinion if you feel compelled to do so.  You can influence his decision, but you shouldn't make the decision for him.

  To relinquish control and be more "submissive", you need to put complete trust in your husband, you need to support the decisions he makes, and you need to be willing to accept any and all ramifications, good or bad, from his decision.  I'm not saying all those things are easy to do, but that's how to do it.

  By the way, I keep putting the term "submissive" into quotes because I hate that term, however I don't really have a better term to use when discussing this.  If you want to know why I hate the term "submissive", just Google image that term.  We're all adults, but don't say I didn't warn you.

Does the wife's opinion even matter?  How much of a say does she really have in a DD marriage/relationship?

  I put this question after the first one since it sort of plays off of it.  I'm a little surprised at how often this question comes up.  Yes, the wife's opinion matters.  Of course it does.  The wife should always express her opinion if she feels compelled to do so.  If she disagrees with a punishment, or disagrees with any aspect of a punishment, or disagrees with a decision, or if she simply wants to offer her two cents on any given topic, she absolutely should.  I feel like I've repeatedly expressed the importance of communication in a marriage on this blog, so I won't continue to beat that dead horse.  I'm sure you get it by now.  The wife's opinion matters, the husband should take it into consideration, and the husband should take her opinion seriously and make the best decision he can with her opinion in mind.

  With that said, it's important that the wife respectfully express her opinion.  If a wife offers her opinion in a hostile, condescending, rude, or obnoxious way, obviously that isn't going to help the situation.  I would hope it goes without saying that both spouses should be respectful to one another at all times.  Sure, emotions can run high sometimes, but if emotions are running high, take a moment to compose yourselves.  Get to a state of mind where you both can have a constructive, adult conversation with each other.  There's no room for anything other than that in any marriage, not just a DD marriage.

  As I said in the answer to the previous question, a wife can influence her husband's decision, but she shouldn't make his decision for him.  She has a say, and her say absolutely matters and should be considered in every decision the HoH makes.

My wife is experiencing her cycle right now.  Her attitude is terrible and her behavior is slipping.  How should I handle this?

  I understand emotions can get a little off balance during a woman's cycle.   Women can get irritable, rude, testy, disrespectful, among other things during their cycle.  It happens, but a woman's cycle is not an excuse to completely disregard the rules of the marriage and home, in my opinion.  It isn't a "no rules for a week" card to be redeemed every month.

  To put it bluntly - I don't recommend one single thing change when it comes to enforcing the rules of the home/marriage and carrying out the subsequent punishments for breaking them during a woman's cycle.  The last thing you want to do as HoH is be inconsistent with enforcing the rules, as I've talked about numerous times on this blog.  Consistency is key, even when the wife is going through her cycle.

  I do recommend, however, that the husband be a bit more understanding and sensitive to the wife's feelings during this time.  A husband should always be sensitive to his wife's feelings, but it should be magnified during her cycle.  She's more emotional during this time, and the husband needs to understand that and make the necessary emotional adjustments.

  These are good questions and difficult ones to answer.  They do come up a lot, so if one of these questions addresses a situation you're currently in, you most definitely are not alone in your situation.  As always, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions, or questions in the comment section below.

More FAQs:

• "Reluctancy" Edition
• "Husband Accountability" Edition

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Guest Blogger - The Wife's Viewpoint of Inconsistency...

  A few months ago, my wife and I had the pleasure of meeting Rogue (from the blog Rogue's Awakening) and her husband, Jared, as we were traveling through their neck of the woods.  We met up for dinner, shared a few laughs, and enjoyed a nice evening together with them.  As I've mentioned before, we've met a lot of people since the blog and the network were born, and one of the first couples we met were Rogue and Jared.  It was nice to put a face with their names, and I'm here to tell you they're both tremendous people.  We're happy to call them friends of ours.

  I recently asked Rogue to write a guest post for Learning Domestic Discipline.  She was kind enough to take the time out of her hectic schedule to write one, and I'm happy to share it with you all now.  As you'll find out (if you haven't already with her blog), she's a creative and talented writer with a unique perspective on the Domestic Discipline lifestyle. 

  The following words were written entirely by Rogue.  They have not been changed, altered, or otherwise manipulated in any fashion.

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  Hello, everyone!  A while back, Clint here asked Rogue about writing a guest post, something semi-informative.  She pondered over what to write, polled her friends, enlisted the help of Christina @ Red Booty Woman and came up with the topic of...

The Wife's Viewpoint of Inconsistency from her Husband and How if Affects her Life by Causing Stress and Possibly Shortening Her Life Span, and Lord Knows her Dear HOH would Not Want That to Happen.

  Personally, I find that a big long-winded and ridiculous (don't tell Rogue).  I mean, she's a simple down-to-earth gal.  Why not just title it "Be Consistent".  Done.

  I'll share with you a little secret about her, too.  She's been stressing over this post, wanting to get it just right, but every time she starts writing, old feelings resurface and she has to get up and walk away from it.  This has been going on for months now.  Finally, Christina said "make it fun".  Rogue looked inside herself, saw me lounging around, absolutely up to NO mischief (cough, cough) and said "All right, Dopp, take it away".  I was beside myself/Rogue with glee.  For those who may not know, I am Rogue's Doppleganger.  She keeps me under a pretty tight leash, so when she grants me time to play (or I manage to take over when she's emotionally exhausted) I am one Happy Dopp.

All that being said, let us begin...

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  First and foremost, your wife is very grateful that you agreed to embark on this domestic discipline journey with her.  You can imagine how vulnerable she felt when she approached you with the idea of using domestic discipline as a means of enhancing your marriage.  That you had an open heart and mind and treated her feelings with respect only increased her level of respect for you.  (That's what I call a win/win.)

  What she needs from you is to embrace whole-heartedly the concept of you being the Head of Household.  She is asking you to step into your rightful role and Lead your family.  Children or no, you two are a family.  Personally, I think she's very brave to hand over this kind of power.  She must really love you and trust you a LOT to agree that you should guide her.

  The most important thing you can do is be a man of your word.  If you say you will or will not do something, then do or don't do it.  Simple enough.  Don't let tiredness get in the way or become distracted by the porn on television.  (Wha?  They don't watch porn?  Huh.  Moving on.)

  Basically, she needs to know that she can depend on you, rain or shine...good and bad weather.  If she was caught in a snowstorm, you would go after her.  Right?  If you proclaim that a punishment is due, follow through on it.  If she doesn't agree with the upcoming punishment, talk to her, take a break, talk again if necessary before moving forward.  But most importantly, TRUST YOURSELF.  You should be comfortable that you are making the right decision.  While she doesn't want to be punished, she desires your forgiveness.  She needs to know the slate has been wiped clean and you two are moving happily forward.

  Listen carefully here...If she can't trust that you will keep your word, to put it plainly, she can't trust you.  Think about the message you may be sending if you punish for a behavior/action/inaction one day, but not another.  As the HOH, what message are you sending when a punishment is due, yet you fall asleep, you're busy or you forget?  Would it bother you to know that your wife is questioning herself (am I even worthy, does he love me)....or even worse, she questions YOU (is he truly a leader).

  Fact is, guys, she knows you love her, she knows you were tired, but that doesn't prevent the hurt that she feels from your inaction.  As a matter of fact, over time, it chips away at the respect she feels for you.  She is your Forever, dude.  You don't want to screw that up.

(I won't even bother to toss out here that you made her cry.  Oops!  I did already?  Sorry.  *grimace*)

  Now, I'm not one to spread gossip, but rumor has it that some HOHs simply become discouraged with their wife's behavior, especially in the beginning stages.  I'm going to say this quietly...REMEMBER, SHE CONSENTED TO THIS LIFESTYLE.  That doesn't mean that it isn't hard for her (ever put yourself in her shoes), but it's different and scary.  If you believe that she's testing you (and she may well do it subconsciously) call her out on it.  One of the most positive benefits from the dd lifestyle is honesty.  Don't be afraid to make 'no testing' a rule and hold her to it.  If you are unsure of yourself, sit her down and talk about what you're seeing.  She may be completely unaware of what she's doing.  Communication is key.

Take a good look at your wife.  (Seriously, go ahead.  I'll wait here.)

  Isn't she beautiful?  And she's yours and she loves YOU.  She knows you're human (contrary to what you'd like her to believe) and she knows you will falter (yeah, she's seen your many sides, too).  Look at her again.  You've seen her laugh, cry, happy, sad, frustrated, tired...but she keeps moving.  All she needs is a pair of strong, unfailing arms to fall into at the end of the day.

Your arms, Big Fella.

  So let me encourage you to give your HOH-ness an honest effort.  You can be a good-hearted, good-willed man and still enforce your authority.  That's what she is looking for.  She knows it is hard for you to spank her, especially to cleansing tears, but when it's over and done and she's wrapped in your arms, she feels safe, secure and very, very loved.  (You might be able to convince her that you DO wear a cape.)

  NO one said it would be easy, but we all know it's worth it.  I'll leave you with one last reminder...Happy Wife, Happy Life.

(claps hands together)  Okay, my job here is done.

Doppleganger out.

  FYI, Rogue is not having an affair with Clint or Chelsea or Christina.  Jim either.  That should cover all the bases there.  Hmm, maybe I shouldn't mention bases.  Rogue is not now, nor ever has had, an affair with anyone.  RD

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  This is Clint again, and I'd like to thank Rogue and her Doppleganger for this excellent post.  The message is a clear one and one that I certainly agree with.  If you haven't stopped by Rogue's Awakening, I encourage you to do so.  Rogue is a talented writer that gives a great (and funny!) perspective on all things DD.  And, as I mentioned before, she and her husband are both great people.

  If you'd like to write a guest post for Learning Domestic Discipline, please express so in the comments below.  Also, unless specifically asked, I will not respond to comments on this blog entry.  Any questions on this entry will be answered by Rogue on her own time.

Other Guest Blogger Posts:

• The Woman's Perspective -- Written by my wife, Chelsea
• The Woman's Perspective: "What If My Husband Breaks A Rule?" -- Written by my wife, Chelsea
• Guest Blogger - Handling Angry Spankings -- Written by Christina from Red Booty Woman

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Posted in: Consistency,Domestic Discipline Marriage,Guest Bloggers

We Have a Winner!

  Last month I wrote a post celebrating Learning Domestic Discipline's birthday!  Within that post we offered to give away one free lifetime membership to the LDD Social Network.  All you had to do to enter was comment on how the blog, network, or book has helped you in some fashion.

  Many of you had tremendous things to say about Learning Domestic Discipline, and I can't express my gratitude enough to those who took the time to express their appreciation of the blog, network, or book.  Thank you all so very much!  There were 22 total entries (not counting me, redhiney who commented twice, and one member of the network who asked not to be entered into the giveaway) but there can only be one winner.  That winner is...

ETHAN!!!

  Commenter #5 was the winner, and that commenter is Ethan!  Congratulations Ethan!!  Please contact me at LearningLDD@gmail.com to claim your prize.  We'll get you all set up in the network!

  If you missed out on the giveaway, don't be discouraged.  We're still offering a 2 for 1 network promotion until May 12th, and in addition to that, all the network rates have been lowered.  You can still join and take advantage of this promotion before it's too late!  Click to join now!

  Thanks again to all who entered into the giveaway.  Your support of the blog, network, and book means the world to me.  Here's to another successful year for Learning Domestic Discipline!

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Appreciating My Wife

  If you're a follower of this blog, you're probably expecting the new Couples Challenge post that starts each month off with an exercise of some sort intended to build upon and strengthen your marriage.  Now that each month has it's own Couples Challenge (since the blog is now one year old), I decided to do something a little different this time around.

  I hardly ever get personal on this blog.  The only time I do is in the comments, and even then it's a rare occurrence and I generally do not disclose a lot about my wife and I for numerous reasons.  I'm still not going to get too personal, but I am going to open up a little bit.  I think now is a good time to do so.  I'm shaking things up a little.  I hope you don't mind.

  My wife's birthday was this past week.  We were able to do some of the usual birthday stuff, but we've both been so busy that it wasn't exactly the birthday I wanted to give her, or the birthday that she most certainly deserved.  Every year since we've known each other we've gone to Las Vegas (romantic, I know) for her birthday, but for numerous reasons we were unable to do so this year.  It's actually become somewhat of a tradition for us to go to Vegas for her birthday, and I know she was a little disappointed that we couldn't go this year.  I was too.

  But, my wife took it in stride and handled herself well through the disappointment of it all.  For those of you that know my wife a little more personally, I'm sure that doesn't really surprise you.  My wife handles even the most disappointing situations well, even when she's under an incredible amount of stress due to both of our schedules right now.  Missing out on Vegas this year wasn't an "end of the world" type of thing by any means, but we sure do have a lot of fun when we go and it's unfortunate we weren't able to go this year.  Sorry, honey.  I'll make it up to you somewhere down the line.

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  This all got me thinking.  I know a lot of wives would handle this kind of disappointment great just as my wife did, but I also know a lot of wives wouldn't.  Even though a Vegas birthday trip is a luxury, it's still something that has become traditional for us each year, meaning we both look forward to it each year, and it means a lot to us to have that "just us" time on vacation.  The way my wife handled that disappointment made me realize just how lucky I am to have such a reasonable, understanding, and supportive wife.

  This got me thinking some more.  I remind my wife how much I love and appreciate her regularly, but I still don't think I do it enough.  I know there are times where I take her for granted.  A lost Vegas trip and how my wife handled the disappointment may seem trivial to you, but it isn't to me.  It means a lot to me to know that my wife can take something like that in stride and stay positive about the situation without missing a beat.  This attitude - which is a great attitude - is an everyday thing from her.  It doesn't come and go.  It's always there.  It's incredible, really.  She rarely gets discouraged, she rarely gets upset, she rarely gets frustrated, she rarely gets rattled, and she NEVER gets angry.  I've talked to enough couples to know that's pretty rare.  And I'm so thankful for it.

  My wife is the most incredible person I've ever met.  Honest to God, she is.  A lot of husbands will say that without really thinking about it or wholeheartedly meaning it, but I mean every single word of that.  She's absolutely incredible.  She inspires to be a better husband, father, and man every single day.  She brings out the best in me.

  Honey, I love you.  With my whole heart.  And I appreciate you.  You may think all the little things you do every day get overlooked and under-appreciated, but they don't.  I'm just not the best at making sure you know they don't get overlooked.  I promise you I'll work on that.  Happy birthday sweetheart.  You are, without a doubt, the best thing that every happened to me and the reason I am the man I am today.  I'm so lucky to have you in my life.

  Personal entries may or may not become a monthly part of Learning Domestic Discipline.  I suppose it depends on the feedback of this post.  I wrote this post because it's important.  I wrote this post because it's how I feel.  I wrote this post to perhaps help other men understand that they need to appreciate their wives a little more than they do.  I wrote this post because I absolutely love and cherish my well behaved, hard-working, incredibly smart, stunningly beautiful wife that I've been blessed to spend the best six years of my life with.

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  I know this is random, but I wanted to post a couple of reminders before it's too late.  We're giving out one free lifetime membership to the LDD Network, and the winner will be announced on May 10th.  To enter, just comment on how the blog, network, or book has helped your marriage on this post.  Current paying LDD Network members can enter as well, if they'd like.

  Also, we're currently running a two-for-one special for network memberships, and this promotion expires on May 12th.  All the rates of the network have been lowered as well, making now the best time to join if you're thinking about doing so.  You can read more about it here.

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