This is a rewrite of a story I posted a few years ago. It needed a lot of clean up; I hope you enjoy it.
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Back on Track
Joe E Hartley
October 2017
Janice pulled into the parking lot, parked in her normal spot, gathered her purse and briefcase, got out of the car, locked it, and headed off to another boring day at work. There was no excitement in her life anymore, nor has there been for the last several months.
She opened the main door and walked down the hallway to her office.
"Good Morning, Janice," a voice called out as she forced one foot in front of the other.
The voice belonged to Kevin, her co-worker and the one person who seemed to understand her problem. They had been friendly ever since she started working there two years ago and was the one who actually noticed that she seemed depressed several months ago and had asked her about it. She initially denied that anything was wrong, but when her "under the weather" mood continued week after week, Kevin had become increasingly more insistent that she tell him what was bothering her. It was only last week that she had finally broken down and told him that she wasn't happy in her marriage.
"Morning," Janice responded with as much energy as she could muster.
"Hard night?" Kevin responded with a note of sympathy in his voice. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"I'm embarrassed," she said sheepishly.
"Come on in. There is nothing to be embarrassed about, this kind of thing is very common after you've been married for a while," he said.
"I really don't care how common it is. I can't live this way much longer. Didn't you say something the other day about how some people deal with this?"
"The problem that many claim after a few years of marriage is the sameness. There is no more excitement, no more thrill. Sex is just the same day after day and it becomes boring. That's never good," he answered. "I had this same problem in my first marriage and luckily found a way to add excitement."
"What did you do?"
"Are you aware that a lot of men want to feel in control and dominant to the women in their lives? With today's society that has become more and more difficult and that causes the man to feel worthless and less than what he thinks a man should be. Also, a lot of women want to be subservient and dominated, but today's society doesn't accept that either."
"I guess that's true, I just want him to take charge, but he won't," Janice said close to tears.
"Does he know this?"
"He's the man. He should know it?"
"What have you done to inform him that he is the one in charge?" Kevin queried.
"What do you mean? We are a normal couple and do normal things. I cook and he takes out the trash. We share cleaning and shopping. He does the yard because I don't know how, but we share almost everything."
"So you treat him as an equal?"
"Well, sometimes he does need some direction," she responded.
"Do you see why he might not feel that he's the one in charge?"
"I guess so, but does that mean he doesn't feel dominant in bed too?"
"It most definitely could. Have you ever been spanked?"
The question shocked Janice, it didn't seem to be any part of the conversation, but somehow she felt a heat rising. She hesitated for a long while and just looked at her co-worker first with an expression that might indicate the offense she felt, then softening as she contemplated the question and why she was suddenly uncomfortable, then her expression reflected her rising desire.
"Not since I was a child, why?"
"Have you ever considered being spanked?" He asked.
Again, the uneasiness rose in her, but along with that was a feeling of something taboo, but highly desired and secret.
"Not really, "she responded feeling the heat rise across her face. "I think it's time I got to work," she almost ran from Kevin's office down the hall and into her office. She closed the door and busied herself in work.
She had plenty to do, but couldn't get the vision out of her head of her bent over her husband's lap and him spanking her bare ass for not washing the dishes after dinner.
Janice had a hard time focusing and noticed her nipples tightening as she again heard her husbands voice in her head asking why she hadn't finished washing the dishes. She felt the moisture between her legs as she imagined him sitting down then motioning for her to come over. She saw herself leaning over his lap and him raising her skirt. (She never wore skirts, but in her mind she was wearing one now) She heard the displeasure in her husband's voice as he noticed her panties. She blushed as she stood up to remove them in her fantasy and then learned back over to receive her punishment. She knew it would be more now that she'd been caught wearing panties.
She actually had an orgasm at work as she imagined his hand striking her butt time and again.
As soon as lunchtime arrived Janice walked down to Kevin's office again.
"Let's say that I have considered being spanked," she blurted out.
"Okay," Kevin responded. "Would you like to go to lunch and talk about it?"
They headed out towards the deli as they had many times before, ordered their lunch and found a secluded spot to chat.
"How does the idea of being spanked make you feel?" he asked.
Janice felt she had to be honest with him and said she felt aroused, more alive, and much more feminine.
"I thought you might," he said. "Most of us fantasize about being in more primitive roles. How do you think your husband might respond?"
"You know, I think he might like the idea. He does seem a bit resentful at times when I ask him to do things."
"There is a club I go to on occasion that might show you and your husband what it's like for him to be a bit more sexually dominant and you a bit more submissive. I'd love to take you both there sometime and answer any questions you might have." Kevin offered.
When Janice got home, she couldn't wait to talk with Robin, her husband. She expected him home in a few minutes and she had rehearsed what she wanted to say all afternoon. She fixed them both a drink and as she heard him drive up, she met him at the door. She handed him his drink and asked, "How was your day?"
His surprise was obvious as was her recognition that it was these little things that had been missing for a long time in their relationship.
He responded, "I actually had a good day, How about you?" he took his drink and took a sip. "This is good, thank you," he said. "Are we celebrating something?"
"Well, we might be," she said leading him into the living room.
She started by talking about how she felt they had lost their way in their relationship and how hopeless she had felt. He agreed that work and obligations had gotten in the way of them focusing on each other as much as they used to.
She moved the conversation forward by saying that she thought they both had fallen into the trap called normal. "I am beginning to hate being normal," she said.
"What do you suggest?" He asked. "Am I not doing enough around the house?"
"You have been wonderful and I think that's the problem. In this modern world we are all equal in all matters. That's great, but sometimes I want a caveman who just takes what he wants, but that's considered wrong these days."
"I'm not sure I understand what you are asking for?" Robin said tentatively. The word caveman gave him a powerful clue about what she was talking about, but he doubted if she really meant it. Sexual aggression by men had been defined as the most despicable thing possible; it was in the news often as men often went to prison or lost jobs due to their sexual urges.
"I'm talking about the bedroom, but more than that. I know you can't just turn it on and off at will, that's why I've been talking with a coworker, who has done this before and has offered to show us the way. Apparently there are clubs for people with problems similar to ours."
Robin looked confused as he asked, "you're not talking about those fetish clubs where people wear leather, rubber, and chains are you? I'm not sure I would like being tied up and beaten. Would you?"
"I don't know," she said thoughtfully, "but a bit of spanking might be interesting."
"I would never hit you. That is the worse thing a man can do, to a woman," Robin said.
"Not hitting exactly," she responded, "but how do we know we don't like something until we try it?"