This is part 1 of a series. This story is "FICTIONAL."
"Come in and have a seat Mrs. Jackson," Dr. Emerson said to her patient who was waiting in the waiting room.
After sitting down, Dr. Emerson introduced herself to the patient.
"Hello, I'm Dr. Emerson," As she put her hand out to shake Mrs. Jackson's hand.
"Pleasure to meet you Dr. Emerson."
"Pleasure to meet you too." Replied Dr. Emerson.
Dr. Emerson is a Psychologist who specializes in marriage counseling.
"How are you doing today?" asked Dr. Emerson.
"Ahhh.....Not too good actually Dr. I am having a really hard time with my husband and marriage lately. We have been married for over 20 years and it seems our relationship is getting just a little bit worse every year. I'm sure you have heard this a million times, but in the beginning it was great. We had a great relationship, but it seems that as the years pass his attention is focused more on other things in his life than me. He seems more content with hanging out with his friends and going out than he is with staying home with me."
"I see," replied Dr. Emerson. "Continue please."
"When he is home, all he does is watch TV and complain about his job. In the beginning of our relationship he used to help out with chores around the house, but that slowly faded as the years went on. Now he basically just lays around like a lump!"
"Have you tried to sit down and talk to him about your feelings?" Asked Dr. Emerson
"Yes, I have, but he just says that I am "overreacting," and that everything is fine."
"What does he do for work?" Asked Dr. Emerson.
"He is an executive at a large company."
"I see." Replied Dr.Emerson.
"Don't get me wrong Dr., he is a hard working guy when he is at work and he provides for us monetary wise, but when it comes to our relationship it seems like he is on vacation."
"I understand. Well, since this is our first session together I am going to suggest that you start from the beginning with him. First, sit down again and have a serious talk about how you are feeling about him and your relationship. Then, try and come up with a sort of plan for you guys. For example, if you do the cooking he has to clean the dishes, or vice-versa. Try and designate a day that is reserved for just the two of you. Pick a day like Saturday when you are both off of work and go see a show together, or go out to dinner. Make the focus of that day solely on the two of you. Give that a try and then come back and see me in two weeks. Let's start there and if that doesn't work we can talk about some other things that you can try, or maybe you guys can come in together and we can discuss it further.
"Thank you Dr." Mrs. Jackson said as she rose from her seat to shake the Dr's hand.
"My pleasure." Replied Dr. Emerson.
Dr. Emerson sat back down in her chair after Mrs. Jackson left and began to cry.
"How can I give advice to other people when my relationship with my husband is just as bad!!" She thought to herself as she cried.
Mrs. Jackson's relationship seemed to be an exact mirror of the relationship she has with her husband. After crying for what seemed an eternity, she pulled herself together and began to get ready to take her next patient.
"I don't know what to do!!!!" cried the patient in her office, but Dr. Emerson's mind was wandering and she wasn't even paying much attention to the patient in her office. It had been months since she heard anything from Mrs. Jackson, and she was wondering what had happened with her and her husband.
When she was done with her patient, she walked her to the door and opened it for her. "See you next week," she said to her patient as she walked her out. To her surprise Mrs. Jackson was sitting in her office.
"Mrs. Jackson! "Dr. Emerson said with a surprise.
"Sorry to just come in without an appointment, but I was in the area and I wanted to talk to you."
"No problem." Replied Dr. Emerson. "That was my last patient for the day, so I am free. Come on in to my office."
They both sat down.
"So, how's everything been with your husband?"
"Great!!!" She replied with enthusiasm. "Things couldn't be better right now."
"Wow! That's quite an improvement in a relatively short amount of time." Replied Dr. Emerson. "I guess that talk really helped huh?'
"Well, not exactly." Replied Mrs. Jackson with a smirk on her face.
"See, I tried what you had suggested, but I didn't get anywhere with it. I had to take a let's say, "non-conventional" approach to my problem." Hahahahahah She laughed
"What do you mean by that?" Questioned Dr. Emerson
"Well, after trying what you said and it not working, I was at work the next day and I guess my frustrations just got the best of me and I started crying uncontrollably to my co-worker. After she calmed me down we met up during our lunch break and I explained everything that was happening. She just listened to me for almost an hour, and then went on to explain how she basically had the same problem with her husband as well, but she found a way to change his bad behavior. She said that a lot of people that she has talked to have this problem in their relationship. I guess it is unavoidable as time goes on in a relationship because sometimes people lose interest in each other, but it usually seems to be the male that loses the interest. She tried the whole talking to him thing as well, but to no avail, so she hit the Internet for help and found some interesting information that other women have posted on there. Needless to say it has worked for me and I just wanted to stop in and tell you thanks for your help, but we are doing fine now."
Mrs. Jackson got up to leave.
"Wait!" What is it that you had to do?" She questioned.
"I really don't want to get into it, because like I said it is a very "unconventional" way of solving a problem, and you are a Dr. so you probably wouldn't approve."
"Wait Mrs. Jackson. Please tell me what you did! I'm embarrassed to say this because I am a Dr. and I do this for a living, but I have the same problem with my husband. I have tried the whole psychologist approach and it isn't working!" She explained on the verge of tears.
"I am really lost on what to do!"
"I understand Dr." She said as she tried to reassure her. "Have a seat and I will explain what I did to solve my problem."
"Thank You." Replied Dr. Emerson.
"Have you ever heard of Operant conditioning?" Asked Mrs.Jackson
"Yes, I have."
'Well, that's basically the basic principal of our "unconventional" solution. I had to basically train him to understand that if he wanted something, he had to give something."
"I don't think I follow." Said Dr. Emerson
"See Dr. Guys are very primal type of beings, not like us girls who need a lot of affection and things like that. A guy's main concern is having sex and having an orgasm. Have you ever noticed that when a guy wants sex he will do basically anything to get it, and once he gets it he could care less and loses interest?"
'Yeah, I think every girl has noticed that."
"Well, that can be a very powerful tool that you can use to get what you want. Understand?"
"Yeah, I see what your saying, but how do you do that? Just give him more sex?"
"No, actually, the exact opposite. You only give sex when he deserves it. You know, kind of like when you give a dog a treat when he does something you want him to do, same principal."
"Yeah, but won't they just masturbate if I don't give him sex?"
"Yes, they will and that's where the "unconventional" way of solving this problem comes in. Have you ever heard of a chastity device?"
"Yeah, for girls, but not for guys."
"Well, they make them for guys too, and it is a must! Now, you will have to get a little creative to get him to put it on because obviously he is going to say no, but once it is on he is going to be all yours. Then, once it is on I can give you some tips on how to enforce it, because it is going to take a little while for him to accept this new role."
"So, what do you think? Sound like something you are willing to try?"
"Honestly, it sounds a little crazy because our relationship and sex life has always been kind of on the "vanilla" side, but I would try anything right now! Our relationship has been bad for quite sometime."
"Where do I get one?"