Dear Helga,

I feel honoured that you would like something from me to include in your delightful monthly online magazine.

When my friend Rebecca first started to feminize her husband Steve, I know that the main reason was because of Steve's mistreatment of staff at work, and in particular me as his secretary. She may have had other reasons too, of course, but Rebecca and I go back a long way and have been best friends since we were at school together, and I was glad to see the end of the bullying at work. I was also pleased to have some sort of control over him at work, and it was my idea to call him Melanie when he is dressed up.

Rebecca told me one day that Melanie was going to receive a weekly beating and that she would like me to be part of the punishments because of the way this all started. I was pleased to go along with Rebecca's wishes, and I secretly liked the thought of smacking my boss. To begin with it was a little haphazard in the way we punished Melanie, and the number of smacks was always a little random. Eventually, the two of us came up with a plan, that we now stick to every week.

Each of us keeps a book of times when Melanie displeases us. My book is exclusively work related, for instance if (s)he doesn't like the knickers I have chosen for him to buy himself when we go out lunchtime, and makes that fairly obvious, I will mark it down as a demerit. If (s)he does not behave femininely enough when (s)he plays the part of my secretary first thing in the morning wearing just knickers and bra, then that is a demerit. Any sign of even slight bullying of any member of staff is a definite demerit.

By the end of the week, I usually have about 15 demerits. Meanwhile Rebecca has collected her own, which is always more than me, naturally. Melanie is then dressed in her yellow punishment outfit and is read out the various demerits from the week, and is then told how many smacks/swats she will receive. By now she is already showing signs of bursting into tears.

She is then tied by her wrists and ankles to her punishment stool. She cannot move from the position, and her bottom is a nice height for smacking. Rebecca always starts with about ten hand smacks, by which time there are already tears. Then it is my turn. I have tried various implements, including my hand and sticks of various thicknesses. I have now settled on "natural" weapons as I use either bind weed, which is very whippy or nettles, which leave a sting. I always end by using holly, which Rebecca has growing in her garden.

Rebecca then normally finishes off her beatings with a hairbrush or hand mirror. Then, Melanie has soothing cream applied to her bottom and is allowed to wear a pink outfit, rather than the yellow one.

The Friday following the November PDQ was slightly different from normal. As it contained Melanie's lovely letter about his September experiences, we made him read the letter out loud before his punishment. Then after Rebecca had finished and Melanie was untied, Rebecca allowed me to put some fresh holly leaves into Melanie's knickers, then she had to sit down for ten minutes on a hard kitchen chair. She really did squirm whilst we made a drink. Only then was Melanie allowed to have her cream applied, get dressed in pink and have cuddles from Rebecca and I.

I appreciate this opportunity to write to you.

Angie (Rebecca's friend and Steve/Melanie's secretary)

Thank you for your letter Angie. They are both so fortunate to have you as a friend and thank you for your detailed description of your imaginative approach to Melanie's punishment.

Helga