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Padriag -> RE: Post punishment emotions/future misbehavior (7/8/2006 8:52:28 AM)
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ORIGINAL: sharainks My question is, so early into things with them, if the only way she can continue to see him in these terms is after severe punishments is there a probability of future very poor behavior to try to maintain these feelings she has now? Any and all input welcome. The short answer is yes, its possible. The punishment could be inadvertantly reinforcing the wrong behavior or could begin to do so. However, it could also be the catalyst for her to more fully submit. A submissive will not submit to someone she does not respect. This woman, I suspect, did not respect her husband as a dominant because she had always seen him as "nilla". This act of punishment, which was over the top, may have been the very catalyst needed to get her attention and force her to re-evaluate how she sees her husband. Her response could be viewed as evidence of that change in perspective, that she does in fact now very much view him as her dominant. So while the punishment may very well have been the right thing for him to do, it may still have consequences down the road that will have to be dealt with. Meaning that while she now respects him as a dominant, he still needs to ground her perspective in reality so that her expectations don't become unrealistic. People are complex critters.
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