Monday, April 8, 2013

He Did It and Is This Normal?



I'm not even sure where to start with this one. I've had a million post titles run thought my head: Saddle Sore, Shaken not Stirred, My Place...I finally settled for what you see up there, and at the point that I am writing this, I'm not even sure what it is.

My mind is in a confused jumble of emotions I don't know how to begin to process. I guess I should explain what happened...

Hubby took me in hand last night. He stepped up big time. He said he had time to think and he knows what I need. He lectured and spanked, lectured and spanked, and lectured and spanked some more. He said so much last night that I can't begin to remember it all. I'm not even sure how most of you remember what's being said as you are being spanked.

He told me so much; everything I needed to hear. Not necessarily what I wanted to hear, but I needed it. It was encouraging, supportive, stern, loving, and controlled. He spoke carefully, definitively, about how he was going to lead our household and start setting things right.  He talked about how we need to start reading the Bible with the kids and start living like God would want instead of squandering what He has given us. He talked about how we need to be an example to our kids, how I'm not always going to want to do what he needs me to, and how sometimes he may get frustrated, and how that may mean consequences, and how I am stronger than I give myself credit for, and how he's watched me for 12 years and knows me and what I can handle and knows what I can't.

In the end, he pulled out the wood paddle with the holes to help drive his point home. He calls it "the closer", but based on my reaction to it, he wants to call it "the defibrillator". It stings like crazy!!! He spanked relentlessly and I went into a panic. I lost control. I couldn't be still. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think of anything. I was confused and in an adrenaline tailspin. It was the tipping point. I'm not sure when, but he stopped the spanking and laid on top of me and I started to cry. It's wasn't the cry I expected. I thought it would be a culmination of all the guilt I was carrying. I thought it would be the guilt that pulled me into tears. But it wasn't. The panic, the adrenaline... I couldn't catch my breath and the tears came between gasps.

I felt a deep remorse, a desire to make things right. I cried "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" over and over again. He held me tightly and comforted me. He was the strong man I always needed him to be. He did everything right. He is amazing. I want nothing more than to please him. And maybe that's why I was crying. I was stuck in a rut where I knew I wasn't pleasing him and I'm not sure I wanted to. He pulled me out of it and put me in my place. No, not "my place" as in where a woman belongs or some nonsense. He put me in the place that I belong; the safe, warm place where I can relax because I know that he's got me.

This morning, I am filled with so many emotions and I'm not sure what they all are. I feel liberated and excited. At the same time, I feel tentative and sober. I feel afraid because this is a new change and I hate change. But I need this change. I need it desperately. I feel like I want to cry and rejoice all at once. I feel alive. I feel connected, not just to him, but to others too. I want to go around hugging everyone. I feel what he wanted me to feel; empowered.

I'm grateful to Hubby for spanking me to tears. Honestly, I didn't think it was possible. I'm afraid it will happen again, and yet I need it to happen again and again and again. I need to be pushed over the brink and to fall into his safe and loving embrace. I need to push and feel his strength in return.

So there you have it. DD is in full force. We are back in the saddle, this time with the intention to ride it out, for as long as we both shall live. The veil has been lifted. He is HoH. I am TiH. I am his fully, completely.

But what is this jumble in my head? Is this normal? I don't remember being able to feel more than one emotion at a time and yet it feels as though they have come out all at once. Do you know what I mean?

(((hugs)))

21 comments:

  1. Sounds like a beautiful connection between you, and the confusion is just the breaking down of all your walls, which is the point of it all, really and why you feel so overcome with love. Thank you for sharing this intimate connection.
    hugs!

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    1. Is this really what happens when walls come down? I guess I've had them up so long I don't know what's behind them.
      I truly feel so grateful to be able to share it with friends like you. (((hugs)))

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  2. Wow, It sounds like once you let go and resigned to be happy with the way things were......he took over full steam ahead! Great post...I know you are confused about your feelings but you did a really good job of sharing them. Thanks for that.

    Betsy;)

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    1. Thanks Betsy! I didn't even share half of the feelings. It's been a struggle to even think at all today. You ever feel so totally obsessed over something that no amount of distraction will keep you from thinking about it? I think I haven't been in years. Craziness!
      ((hugs))

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  3. Yes, sweetie,I know exactly what you mean. It is a wonderfully terrifying place. What a amazing connection between the two of you....
    All the things you are feeling are valid and important, in my experience, I just let them come...its not like you can hold them back anyway.
    I usually feel like I need to be inside his skin with him.....and yes, it is not a subjugation, it is a liberation.
    hugs and love
    lillie

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    1. Oh Lillie! I feel like I got strapped into a roller coaster and can't get off. I'm not a fan of roller coasters. But this is so different from my normal control mode. It's a good thing I trust him implicitly.
      ((((((hugs)))))))

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  4. Sounds like this was such a turning point for both of you! I think all the emotions come with the territory:) ((hugs))

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    1. I'm sure they do. I just don't have the lay of the land. Yet... (((Hugs)))

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  5. What Lillie-Belle and Tess said. And I need to be inside War's skin, too :) Not much to add, except my affirmation, yes, it's completely normal. It's probably all the things we practiced so hard to suppress over the years. It is liberation, for ourselves and our psyches.

    It sounds like you are in a good place, and in very good hands :)

    (((hugs)))

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    1. Thank you June. I look up to everyone here so much. I'm so blessed to have friends to share with. (((Hugs)))

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  6. I remember the first real punishment spanking I received, I wrote a post about it too because I felt like I was on a merry-go-round. My emotions might be described differently but they were whirling by so quickly I couldn't focus on one specifically. It wasn't so much the spanking now, as I've had worse, but the words and the situation.

    To be honest, I said I wanted to climb in Barney's skin after too...but for me it took over an hour before I reached that point. I am still not great to go from spanking to mushy in an instant. I have realized it in MY normal.

    Whatever your normal is, may you take comfort in it. I am so hopeful for you.

    willie

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    1. oh ps....guess he got the lecture thing right :)

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    2. We all deal with these things in our own way. I turned to Hubby immediately because, even though it was he who weilded the imlement of my undoing, I asked him to do it. I needed him to be strong for me. And he was. He was amazing.
      And yes, he figured out the lecture thing. Oh my goodness! It was intense.
      (((hugs)))

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  7. I'm so glad he did this for you b/c it was the connection you have wanted for so long. I hope you can hold onto these feelings as he finds his way.

    I love, love, love that feeling afterwards where I just want to be as close to him as possible. It's where two become one and those moments should be remembered and celebrated.

    It will be interesting to see how this affects you this week and if you start feeling really motivated. Good luck lilmisses!

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    1. Sorry I missed your comment Susie! I tried to respond a couple times on my phone but it wouldn't go through and then I just plain forgot. :(

      I would've been motivated I think, if he didn't have to leave the next day. Oh well. We are doing what we can now.

      ((hugs))

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  8. I've been reading the very start of your blog with great interest. I think it'll take quite a few sessions to get fully in the picture, but you seem to have come a long way in a very short time - well done you! You certainly have my admiration for some of the 'implements' you have in your arsenal. For a man who never wanted to spank, all I can say is "Wow!"

    I'm glad you got your reconnective surgery (LOL) and that you are in a good place. For me, the emotional rollercoaster takes a lot of getting used to. TTWD is different for all of us, but the emotions seem pretty much a given. I don't recollect every having wanted to get in my husband's skin with him, but I 'always' have need of his loving arms, hands, body, in fact anything, on the outside of me afterwards. The feeling of closeness is indescribable.

    I am very interested in your weight loss motivation. I have to lose a stone and Starman has mentioned in passing that I need to ensure that he loses weight too. Weighing in time is getting closer and he is hopeless - just snacking on crisps and biscuits etc all the time, and it's five spanks for any extra pounds he puts on before we even get to considering my gain or loss! Just glad we haven't got your implements! (LOL)

    Many hugs

    Ami

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    1. Hi Ami!

      Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. See the comment above for what happened.

      I do love to be close to Hubby afterwards. And he employs almost all of the implements we have. It's amazing how different they all feel.

      I had to look up what a "stone" was in pounds. Us goofy Americans and our own little system. In your terms, I need to lose almost 6 stone(s). I don't have any motivation other than I want to see my kids grow up. Eating the way I do is not only physically detrimental, but also harmful to my mental health. It's not easy to raise kids when you are depressed and tired all the time. If I actually got spanked for it, I would've been well on my way by now.

      ((hugs))

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  9. I don't have a lot to add except that I am so glad he is taking back the reins and putting you in YOUR place... my heart has been breaking the last few weeks as I have seen you struggling... I am glad you are able to feel his love and care through his servant leadership. :)

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  10. Hey LM, I'm so glad you are back in the saddle and that you had the reconnection you were hoping for. It sounds as though it was a real turning point for you.

    I understand all of these emotions totally. Felling wonderfully connected and liberated and at the same time tentative and unsure. Ttwd is such an emotional rollercoaster.

    So happy to hear you seem to be in such a good place.

    Hugs,
    Roz

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    1. Did I mention I hate roller coasters? Lol.

      Thanks Roz! (((hugs)))

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