Basic Thoughts on DD in FLR

I believe in the use of punishment rituals, including corporal punishment, to have a strong relationship and maintain household order and good discipline. I am very interested in domestic discipline (DD) as part of my view of traditional relationships in female led relationship (FLR).

My experience with FLR began some 10 years ago when I dropped by to ask my neighbor Brenda a question about the shrubs on the property line. I went to the back door to ask about cutting the bushes we shared. I knocked on the door but there was no answer. As I started to leave I heard a loud voice. I waited thinking Brenda was coming to the door for me. However, she was not headed to open the door for me, instead I witnessed through the curtains her administering a punishment session with her partner Paul. She sat in a chair in their dining room (which was out of sight for me) and Paul appeared from a far dark corner of the kitchen completely naked. He stood in front of where she sat and began reading from a notebook. I couldn't hear all that he said, but basically he was offering details of his offenses for the week. He closed with a request for punishment and a thank you to Brenda for caring enough to keep him disciplined. He closed the notebook and handed it to Brenda. He walked with his head down into the area I know was their laundry room. While I was unable to see anything that happened in that room I could hear the sound of a strap or belt striking flesh and the cries of Paul as he received these stripes. I was mesmerized by the whole event because I what I knew before this was the care and devotion Paul usually lavished on Brenda. Literally he called her his queen and the heart and soul of their home. When I saw them out in public, even a casual moment at a neighborhood picnic, Brenda often looked at Paul with eyes filled with caring, love, and desire. I looked at their public relationship as one of love and devotion. This event left me curious was that public display just an act?

I never asked Brenda directly about the discipline session I witnessed, but I did ask her if she viewed her homelife as a model for relationships. She very matter-of-factly told me her mother had always run her home with a "soft hand in a leather glove." I asked what that meant and she said it is important that a strong man knows he is only as strong as he is willing to respect the woman in his life. Also, c***dren must know they must always show respect in their home or suffer consequences. I did not press with any more questions, but I held this in the back of my mind as sensible relationship advice.