Well, Gentle Reader, I think it's time to check in on the MOTH group again.
This one is difficult for me. It's so far from my real-world approach to women. Oh, I've disciplined my wives from time to time, but the kind of scripted, formal, ongoing, relentless treatment of women as, well, basically animals only good for a man's pleasure is just not me. Hell, I still open doors for women although I don't stand when they enter the room.
But I know there's a subculture out there that does live like that. Hell, back in the 1970s when my first wife and I were pretty deeply into the "swinging" scene, there was one couple who clearly lived that life. We were fascinated, of course, but beyond the occasional spanking, we never got deeply into it.
There is, however, interest. I just checked and the first three chapters of The MOTH Group story have a rating of around 4.3 stars, not my best but still strong. And, okay, I won't deny it. Like everybody else, there's that green monster that lives in my head that thinks it would be fun to make my wife do the
saltare doloris
, the "Dance of Pain," or to hear her
cantor doloris
, her "Song of Pain," as I laid stripes across her back with a whip. I'm not proud of it, but it's there.
So, let's peek in, you and me, and see what's happening this week with David and Arlene and The MOTH Group.
I actually like Fridays at work. There's an interesting sense of completion. This Friday I did my final proof and edit on the grant application, carefully reading it aloud in my office and making changes whenever my ear told me it needed fixing. Then I did the same thing with the junior planner's application. When I caught some really glaring errors I called her in and had her sit and read the damn thing aloud.
The form itself isn't really a problem. Everybody thinks getting grant funding is complicated, but it isn't. Just fill out the damn form, making sure EVERY box either has an answer or is marked "N/A" for "not applicable," and do your homework to make sure your narrative is supported by the data. Oh, and NEVER lie. You don't have to tell everything you know, and you can certainly pick and choose the data you use to make your case, but NEVER lie.
Anyway, the narrative she had written was solid except for some errors that just made a loud "KLANG" in my head when I read it aloud.
"Read the narrative aloud," I said, sitting behind my desk, doing my best to look formal and aggravated, something I do so rarely as to be remarkable itself.
Her eyes got big when she hit the first subject/verb tense disagreement, something like "it were," or "I are," I don't remember the details, and she said, "I'll fix it."
"Keep reading," I said.
Her eyes flashed anger but then I could see it hit her. This was what they call a teaching moment although usually that phrase is used stupidly.
When she finished, looking pretty sheepish by then, she said, "I'll have this fixed in an hour for your review."
I smiled for the first time.
"No need for me to see it again," I said, "it's good work except for the language problems and now that you've spotted them you'll take care of it."
She smiled and said, "Thank you."
"Do you understand, now, why I say it's important to read your work aloud?" I asked.
"Yes, Master," she said with a grin, "I have learned my lesson."
I chuckled and finished in my best, high, squeaky Master Yoda voice, "Good, it is, now off with you be."
That stuff out of the way, I wrapped up my own things and was done in time to get out a little early.
I was home by a little after five, and Arlene greeted me, as she always did on Date Night, looking like she would be at home on a college campus. Her hair was smooth and thick and very blonde, with no hint of the grey I sometimes suspected.
She was naked.
I always choose what she wears on Date Night.
Usually, I enjoyed selecting complex outfits that showed my bride off. I may discipline her but that doesn't mean I'm not head over heels, crazy, stupid in love with her.
But I thought for tonight it would be best to keep her available from the waist down so I selected her long-line torpedo bra. She hates that thing and says it cuts so bad she's surprised she doesn't bleed when I do the 22 hooks up the back.
But I like it.
The bullet cups stick her big boobs out but she's completely modest, with hardly any cleavage showing, the way the cups cover and support. Plus, well, I like the look as her extra flesh bulges around the tight garment.
Keeping with my complete above-the-waist-covered-up motif I selected her red turtleneck. Not only did it cover her from below her belly button to her chin, but the long sleeves ended in fingerless gloves so the only thing that showed when she had it on were fingers and thumbs. Of course, pulling the tight turtleneck over her head had required 10 minutes of repair on her hair, something I always enjoyed watching.
Below the waist, though, I tied her wrap-around skirt and had her step into her red mules, something she usually wore only around the house. Their five-inch high heels and single strap across the top of her foot made her walk very carefully or she'd step out of them. That was another look I liked.
I laid my hands on her shoulders and met her eyes.
"You are gorgeous," I said, and she actually blushed, as she often does.
"Arlene," I said, holding her eyes, "this is important. This is a big step tonight and if you want to say 'no,' it's okay."
She smiled, touched my lips with a fingertip, turned away, and went into the big walk-in closet.
When she came back she handed me a box, about the size of a shoe box, carefully wrapped in a brightly patterned paper with a big bow that I knew she had made herself, she loves wrapping presents, and handed it to me.
"I had intended to give this to you when we got to Thomas and Valerie's, but, well," she said and kind of wound down, "Oh, hell, here."
I really had no idea what to expect as I pulled the ribbon and tore the paper.
Laying on a pad of cotton balls was something I recognized, one of her "spurtles" from the kitchen. The spurtles, if you don't know, are kind of wooden spatulas. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes. If you're really interested, Google "spurtles." The one in the box was about a foot long including the handle, and highly polished.
She was blushing very red when she said, "It fits."
I suppose I could have stopped the smile that spread across my face, but I didn't try.
"David," she said, her hands light on my chest, her eyes flicking in tiny movements as she focused on first one of my eyes and then the other, something she did when she was fully concentrating, "I'm addicted. God help me, it really is that simple. You have addicted me. I'm terrified, but I
NEED
it."
"Arlene," I started, but she stopped me with a fingertip to my lips.
"David," she said, "I hate and fear the pain but I LOVE what you do to me. I can't explain it. Hell, I don't try to figure it out. I just know that even when I'm screaming, begging you to stop, feeling like I'm on fire and being torn apart, I love it."
She sort of wound down at that point.
"I guess you want to go ahead over?" I asked.
She giggled and play-slapped me on the chest.
"Please," she said.
Thomas and Valerie have a place in exurbia. You know, that area around any city past the suburbs where whole subdivisions are developed as a unit with curvy streets,
cul-de-sacs