Difficult

I've been having a lot of trouble with some of the rules, just as I thought I might do.
Have received a couple of spanking in the past few days for repeat offenses - using phone while driving, eating when I'm not supposed to and failing with the personal hygiene.
I think this has discouraged wife a bit and she feels it's not having the desired impact - it is, as I'm not doing these things anywhere near as much as I used to, but she can't see that when I'm out all day.
We discussed this morning implementing reminder spankings in the mornings before I go to work, essentially to top up the discipline so I will feel it throughout the day and be reminded. After last night I have definitely not been using my phone today while driving as I am feeling it today.
My only problem is if the reminder spanking is with the wooden spoon - as on a bruised bum that's gonna hurt - though of course that's the point, so it's up to wife, as always

Rules

Well, be careful what you wish for, especially when your HoH reads your blog. Today was not a good day with regards rules.
I forgot to brush my teeth, I used my phone while driving out of habit, then I was talking back and arguing the toss about things. I also forgot to put the bins out this morning, and swore in public (quietly).
So tonight wife informed me that it wouldn't be corner time, I'd get a spanking. Over the lap I went and the spoon came down on my already sore and bruised behind. This was a lot shorter than the last one but my tolerance was not high at all. I was feeling awful for having broken all the rules and I was quickly screaming out apologies. At the end I was breathing very fast and after a cuddle, I started crying, which I think shocked wife a little and she wasn't sure what to do, but she told me she loved me and that I would do better.
And I will do my best to live up to her expectations. I never realised quite how much I do wrong

Aftermath

So, following on from the last post. Our new dynamic has taken effect. My bottom has been very sore from my "clean slate" spanking.
I've heard the saying that you "can't sit for a week". For me, sitting isn't too bad. The actual act of sitting hurts a bit, and getting up again. But once I'm down It's ok. It's if you shift around that it hurts. And walking. That hurts too. So walking several miles through a busy city yesterday really didn't help.
The redness has gone down to a funky pattern of bruises now, which I think wife is happy with.
Yesterday I got in a small amount of trouble - I had used my phone while sitting in traffic. Not actually driving, but - and I didn't realise this - it's still illegal and still a rule break. Good to know. Wife was cross with me, as well as that I argued the toss about it, and I got some corner time, which was very embarrassing.
Not sure though, while corner time was bad, not sure if it really *felt* like I'd paid for it. Maybe something to talk to wife about, using the non spankings as an enhancement to spanking rather than a substitute.
Anyway, in trouble today for forgetting to brush my teeth. Twice. Hopefully mitigated slightly that I admitted it off my own back.
So we shall see what happens. Blogging this while stopped at a service station having a rest on my way to a job, so should probably hit the road again.

Beginning a new life with a clean slate

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog about This Thing We Do - Domestic Discipline. This will be my place for writing my thoughts and feelings. My wife, who is my Head of House, will be checking here regularly to make sure I am posting things.
We have entered in to this dynamic at my own request, as I feel I need to feel accountable for my actions and suffer consequences when I do wrong.
Tonight we hashed out the contents of our formal agreement which you can see on the "Contract" tab - this may change as we go forward, and takes effect from tomorrow morning.
So, to go in to this dynamic with a clean slate, we decided that a decent spanking to expiate and atone for all the things I have done wrong over the previous 8 years of our marriage.
This is the first serious spanking I have received and oh...my...god. I have had play spankings before and let me tell you that in the context of play I would have safeworded about 20 seconds in. I'm sure as serious punishment spankings go it wasn't all that bad but for our first, that was serious stuff.
Wife wasn't all that sure to begin with, but once she had me over her lap and started, all the things that had pissed her off previously started coming out.
After a while she stopped, and we talked, and both realised we were still holding on to some stuff, so over I went again. Thank god for biting on pillows or my howling would have brought the house down.
Turns out there was a lot that we were both holding on to.
So, on a 1-10 scale of badness, I'd rate this as a 6.5 - there could definitely be worse but I do not want to experience it.
Tomorrow my rules kick in, and there are plenty that I will have trouble with, so I imagine I will be feeling the wrong end of the wooden spoon again soon - I will do my best though.
I will be keeping an account of all my punishments in the diary tab.
So to sign off, wife was really quite impressed with what my poor bottom looked like - bright red!