Lesley and Penelope - Ten Years After

LESLEY AND PENELOPE - TEN YEARS AFTER from Lesley

Dear Helga,

Browsing back through old files I realised, to my mild astonishment, that it is now 10 years since I first started to contribute to PDQ. I can still remember, in my early tentative fumblings through the internet, coming across a site entitled "Petticoat Discipline Monthly" and sitting agog through letters from contributors whose lifestyles in many ways mirrored my own. I also realised that here was another way to torment my husband/maid Penelope, by the threat of exposure of his petticoated status to the whole world!

He was mortified when I first showed him my first letter and picture that appeared in PDM, particularly so when I showed him the late Susan MacDonald's comment that she had never seen a man "so thoroughly petticoated". That may well have been the case, that picture of him in his lovely frilly pink satin blouse and pinny, so beautifully made by my dressmaking friends Ros and Kay, was one of the best I ever took.

I can still remember the look of absolute horror on his face when I first showed him what he was going to be wearing to serve the select little band of my friends that gathered to see the unveiling of this stunning outfit. As I tied the pinny in a big bow he was close to tears and was close to collapse as I propelled him, petticoats rustling beautifully, into the room where my friends awaited Penelope's "public debut". It was that day that I really realised that I had him under complete control, there was no limit to what I could accomplish with my petticoat discipline. As readers of this site over the past 10 years will have seen, this has been demonstrated on many occasions!

In those early days, with the help of my friends' dressmaking skills I got him in to some spectacularly frilly and feminine outfits, as shown in some of the attached archive pictures. What on earth he must have felt like in these ultra feminine creations I can only imagine, like most self-respecting ladies I would never wear such a thing! The point was, of course, to bring home to him I had it in my power to make this successful, previously typically macho, man look totally submissive and ridiculous as my whim took me.

Click to Enlarge Each time that a new outfit was to be unveiled the effect on him was a wonder to behold as he pleaded most pitifully to be spared further humiliation. He never was, of course. He was always paraded, frills and petticoats on full view, before the small group of my mother, sister and a few close friends at some pretty hilarious coffee mornings. After all, as I explained to him, as people had gone to the trouble to design and produce such lovely outfits for him, it was only fair that they got to enjoy seeing him wear them! You will notice that most of the outfits were in pink, which I felt was the perfect colour to bring home to him his new status and banish any macho tendencies that might remain. These events were really special occasions in the process of the establishment of my total petticoat discipline regime. The ladies teased him mercilessly as he was compelled to act as the perfect maid, curtsying and constantly being required to adjust his petticoats, retie the bow of his pinny, straighten his stockings, all the ultra-feminine actions which he found so debasing. This was, of course, very much part of my plan to ensure his complete subjugation. PinkSatin

My life became absolutely idyllic. A successful businessman by day, earning a good salary to ensure a comfortable lifestyle became, in all non-working hours, a dutiful and obedient housemaid. It is important to emphasise that Penelope was in no way feminine by nature. Initially using his fascination with silk and satin undies to ensnare him I had patiently developed the situation where he associated wearing knickers, stockings and other undies, or a pinny to help around the house, with super sexual rewards - until I closed the trap!

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It was, of course, fear of exposure that enabled me to tighten the noose - the thought of the, then quite mild, pictures I had carefully amassed of him in undies or a frilly pinny being shown to anyone terrified him and ensured his total obedience. Ironic, of course, that it was that very obedience that led to his pictures in far more humiliating outfits being available to the world on the web! Public outings, as described in several of my letters over the years, are a great trial for him - which makes it all the more enjoyable for me!
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He has been exposed to many shopping trips, a visit to the cinema and, best of all, this year a whole weekend away as Penelope. I particularly enjoy taking him into charity shops and making it obvious that the dress, skirt or blouse we are looking at is for him! The lady assistants usually find this hilarious, which obviously adds to my enjoyment and his humiliation. When we moved home a couple of years ago he may have thought that his life might get easier, however, the pure chance that we would move next door to another petticoating devotee, my friend and neighbour Jane, has opened up whole new dimensions to our relationship.

This is an important point. I would advise anyone in a petticoat discipline relationship to ensure that it is always progressing and being refreshed. In our case I have never lost sight of the importance of sexual enjoyment to our life, without which it would be, I think, difficult to maintain the level of control that I can exercise. Our relationship has always been highly-sexed and it was Penelope's strong sexual desires that enabled me to gain control of our lives so completely, it follows then that to keep that control I need to ensure that the rewards for his labours are worthy of his efforts.

Introducing some new item of clothing, or some new method of humiliation never fails to excite (him and me). The great difference of course is that I now control our sex and, more often than not, am very much am very much in the "driving seat". Woe betide him if he fails to satisfy my demands, however I find that a good session in petticoats invariably results in him rising to the occasion and the more excruciating his torment, the better his performance. It is humiliation that really produces the best results in him. As a figure of authority outside the home I think that perhaps he craves, possibly at a sub-conscious level, a submissive role in the home as a mental relaxation. Submission is certainly the key, the "maid" type of outfit almost always produces better results in him than other attire and, even when put into the frilliest of blouses and the most extravagant petticoats, it is the frilly pinny, which I suppose he sees as a symbol of servitude, that always seems to "break" him and see him, as it were, resigned to his fate.

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It is also important to stress that Penelope is petticoated, not feminised. I have no intention that he should behave as, or be seen as a woman. No, this is a petticoated man, the idea being that he is displayed as a symbol of my absolute authority, so much so that I can force him to wear the most humiliating and feminine outfits whilst carrying out whatever tasks I decree. In public of course I do not, in the interests of public order, insist on him wearing his more elaborately humiliating outfits. He is permitted to wear more everyday female attire as you will have seen in the various pictures I have shown over the years. It is one of my great amusements that, once he has accepted that there is to be no escape from whatever activity I have planned, he pleads most pitifully for me to make him look as feminine as possible before we leave the house - lovely! As you will have seen, whilst I am happy to make him look reasonably presentable, he is very much a man and would not pass close inspection as anything else. This ensures that when we are out he remains in a constant state of trepidation, and is always very excited when we return home!

Twelve years ago, after our children had left home I did, I confess, wonder how our marriage would progress. I could never have believed then that my successful, sport-loving husband would be spending much of his time 12 years hence very much confined to the home in petticoated servitude whilst I enjoyed the fruits of the lifestyle that his career has provided! Looking back over the twelve years or so that I have used petticoat discipline on Penelope I have wondered on several occasions how he has let himself get into this wonderful (for me) situation. He must, at a subconscious level, enjoy his role and even the many humiliations, certainly, as I have pointed out, his sexual performance seems to increase in direct proportion to the extent of his humiliation, it is certainly far better and far more considerate than was the case when he was much younger. For my part I cannot recommend too highly the benefits of establishing a petticoat discipline regime with the man in your life. We have, from my point of view (and I believe, Penelope's) a totally successful marriage, as strong now as we near middle age as at any time. I live a life of great comfort, my every whim thoroughly cared for by a devoted male who is totally faithful, absolutely obedient and very thoroughly petticoated!
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I hope you enjoy the "archive" pictures, they bring back many happy memories for me and I hope will inspire some of you ladies to emulate my success with your own partners.

Very best wishes,
Lesley

Thank you for your letter Lesley. Our most faithful readers have admired your success for these past ten years and it is you dear lady that is an inspiration. I can't thank you enough for continuing to share examples of your remarkable marriage. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to both of you.

Helga
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