Bill Collier sat at his breakfast table that Sunday morning in a cheerful mood. The storm that had passed through the night before had finally cut through the wilting humidity that they'd been experiencing and made the weather that morning very pleasant.
He was also still feeling very satisfied from the previous night's exertions in bed with Trudy. Ever since he had decided to take Marion Thornton's advice earlier in the week and take his wife and daughters in hand, he felt that the household was on its way to a more even keel.
On Wednesday night at dinner, while Jake and Rose were out to dinner and a movie, Gertrude had informed him that she's spoken to the manager at Ayers Department Store who had agreed to a twenty percent discount on the new dining room set that she desired. She'd given him a deposit to hold it and it would be delivered next week, with the balance due upon delivery.
Bill had been furious that she'd gone behind his back and done something that he'd expressly forbidden. There was absolutely nothing wrong with their current set which had been a very expensive gift from her parents when they had married. It was of a timeless design and would never truly go out of style and he had told her that she would have to contact the store and cancel the order.
At that pronouncement, not only his wife but his two daughters began to argue that they NEEDED the new set because it was so modern and elegant, that he was truly behind the times when it came to what was fashionable in a home and that he was mean for denying their mother this wish. The straw that broke the camel's back was when his fourteen year old daughter, Agnes, spoke to him very rudely for the second time in less than a week, proclaiming him to be an unreasonable old fuddy duddy and that he was absolutely ridiculous.
The last statement had even earned the young lady a remonstrance from her mother who said that she was never to address her father in that way, but the damage had been done. Bill threw down his napkin and pushed back his chair, demanding they all follow him into the library.
Once they arrived, William Collier proceeded to inform the three women that he'd had enough of being treated like an insignificant part of the family and that his only use appeared to be to provide them with the money that they so dearly loved to spend. He was, as of that moment, reclaiming his place as the head of their household and that a few long overdue changes were going to immediately be made. He informed them that from now on he wouldn't put up with impertinence as he'd experienced that night and that there were consequences to their actions. He ordered his daughters out of the room but told them to remain in the hallway outside until he had summoned each of them back.
Once they were alone, Bill sat his wife down and informed her that he was going to administer a spanking to her for her actions that evening. As she looked at him in disbelief, he calmly explained that she was to be an example for their daughters in her attitude towards him. She had been blatantly disrespectful towards him in front of them and, as a result, paved the way for them to follow suit. While Betsy's comments were bad enough, the attitude that Agnes was developing was intolerable and had to be curbed immediately.
Trudy had listened with chagrin, unable to believe that her husband was actually serious. But, she did realize that he had a point about Agnes, who was becoming much too fresh, even for her taste. The remark that she'd directed towards her father had been unacceptable and, having to face the situation honestly, Trudy knew that she had been lax in taking steps to curb the girl's tongue.
And, even the situation about the new dining room suit had gotten to the point where it really wasn't about the furniture anymore, but more about who would win the battle of wills. She felt a bit ashamed as her husband asked her what kind of woman withheld marital intimacy over the issue of a few sticks of furniture.
But, a spanking?!!? She knew that her friend Evelyn Thornton submitted to this form of correction in her marriage and had even told her that she preferred it to long, drawn out arguments. She knew that Eve felt that it made their marriage stronger but Trudy was a much different kind of woman. However, looking into her husbands set features, she realized that this was a different side of his personality as well. It was clear that there was no compromising on this decision and that she and the girls would be expected to abide by it. So, he once again clearly and succinctly explained the reason for her spanking and then, resting his right foot upon a low footstool, instructed her to lie across his lap.
She had reluctantly done so and felt incredibly awkward and ridiculous with her behind raised up in the air as she draped over his leg with her legs and arms resting on either end of the couch. He pulled her skirts up and instructed her to lift up so that he could pull down her drawers. She looked over her shoulder at him as if she couldn't believe he was serious and that was when she felt the first whack of his hand against her behind. Grasping her firmly around the waist, he delivered a dozen stinging slaps to her posterior, resulting in the screeching that he had been expecting, and then instructed her once again to lift up. Deciding to comply after all, she did as he bid and a moment later her drawers were around her knees and she was receiving the first spanking that she'd had since she was twelve years old!
Bill steadily slapped his hand against his wife's flesh for a good ten minutes, watching her progress from the indignant screams of protest as she kicked and twisted, to pleading with him to stop as she tried to wiggle away from the seemingly never ending smacks, and then, finally, simply being reduced to loud sobs as she lay limply over her husband's lap, resigning herself to her fate as he spanked her white, nicely curved behind until it was an impressive shade of red and radiated enough heat to rival a cookstove.
Deciding that she had taken all she could, he pulled her drawers back up, smoothed her skirts down and sat her on his lap until she quieted down into the occasional hiccupping sob. He wiped her tears away with his thumb and told her that he'd taken no pleasure in his actions but that it was for the good of the family. He told her that she would call the department store the first thing in the morning and cancel the order for the dining room suite. And he also informed her that he expected them to resume marital relations that very night, as he loved her very much and had missed their intimacy. He finished by making the point that while she had felt physical pain from the spanking, he had suffered from feeling that he was unappreciated and insignificant in their eyes for several years and he hoped that tonight would be a new beginning for them all.
To his surprise, she had soberly looked at him as he spoke and then nodded her head in agreement to comply with his wishes. When he had finished talking she looked at him with regret in her eyes, having had no idea that her sometimes selfish words and actions had made him feel this way.
He then had called the wide eyed girls in individually, knowing that they'd clearly heard what had just taken place, and had a similar talk with each of them, informing them of the new order of things in the household. He administered the same punishment to them, allowing them to leave on their drawers to preserve their modesty this time, but stating that if he had to spank them in the future that it would be on their bare behinds. He had Trudy stay in the room with him so that there would never be a question of impropriety and delivered the first spanking that either of his daughters had ever experienced, amid much screeching, wailing and general blubbering. Betsy had at first protested that she was too old for such a thing, but had been shown otherwise when, held in a firm grasp, she had been reduced to sobbing like a five year old. Agnes couldn't believe that her Father actually intended to go through with it until she had suddenly found herself tipped across her paternal lap with her skirt flipped up and her behind in just the position to receive a good dose of old fashioned discipline. She had quickly discovered that no amount of leg kicking and fanny wiggling slowed the firm hand that meted out the punishment and she squalled like a banshee. When he had finished with each of them, he sat them on his lap and told them that he loved them and that he only wanted to see them grow up to be good, respectful girls.
As he looked back on things, Bill had seen the beginnings of new attitudes in the girls, as well as his wife. And he also looked back on the renewal of the marital relations with Trudy, smiling as he thought of the spirited lovemaking sessions that they'd enjoyed over the last few days. He and his wife hadn't screwed this much since their honeymoon!
"Now, don't you look like the cat that swallowed the canary?" Trudy said, interrupting his thoughts. Looking at her, the thought crossed his mind that she had definitely been in a better mood for the last few days as well.
