This page is a bit like those 'unsolicited testimonials' which used to be published as a part of old  magazine advertisements. This form of promotion was satirised in an advertisement for soap which was published at about the turn of the century: it consisted of a sketch of a miner, covered from head to foot in black coal dust, sitting at a desk, pen in hand. The caption read, 'I first used your soap four years ago, and since that day have used no other'.

Anyway, I couldn't resist presenting a sample of the letters I received praising our 2000 Christmas Annual.

Dear Susan,

Thank you. The effort you have put into this annual is tremendous! I think it's the best petticoated site I've ever seen on the internet. I have only read a few articles and essays and it is highly accomplished and well-informed. The story behind my drawings was just right. For petticoat discipline enthusiasists it is a real treat. I'm so glad it is up and running: I have had no problems with the URL at all.
Love, and a Happy New Year!
Paul

Paul's work for 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly' has been exemplary, and as far as I am concerned he is the best petticoat discipline artist working today. I think that his preferred medium of pencil and wash gives his work a special innocent charm which is perfect for the subject matter. To me, its 'sketchy' style is far nicer than the more 'hard-edged' work of Juan, Prim, Prissy etc. And his scenes are homely and realistic, not overstylised and extreme, as are the pictures of some petticoat discipline artists.

However, a lot of work goes into the production of Paul's pictures. Their simplicity, from the viewpoint of time and preparation, is deceptive. Look at the brilliantly rendered expressions of the girls in the third picture for 'Tony's Humiliation in Frilly Petticoats'. That cannot be achieved in just a few minutes sketching.

In 2001 Paul will be posting his own web site. This will be very exciting, as he has a lot more material than I have made use of. I will inform readers when it is published.

Dear Susan,

Thank you for the e-mail. I have just started reading the new P.D.M. annual and am so happy with it, it is the best Christmas Annual I've ever had. As soon as I saw the section 'Dummy Discipline Digest' I just knew I was in for a treat, and I was not dissapointed. I have my own collection of dummies, which I use every night.

I can't wait to get into the kitchen, and turn the oven on, and put my best frilly pinafore on, so I can try out the recipes. When I was a little boy I used to help Mum in the kitchen baking and cooking; she even made me my own little frilly pinny like hers. There is nothing like the warm smell of the oven when I've been baking for Mum and me. I just love to wear my apron around the house (I have about ten, but I love my white frilly one with the cross-over back straps that tie in a bow the best). Some of the pictures are a treat, I love to see boys and girls in white frilly aprons and pinnies. Anyway, back to my reading, and thank you so very much for your publication: I do look forward to reading it every month. So bye bye for now, and I hope you have a very lovely Christmas.
Phil

...and also:

Dear Susan,

I am so looking forward to the next 'petticoated monthly', I loved the Christmas one so, and thank you for all your effort to make us so happy by producing such a good magazine. I loved the letters, especially 'Dummy Dum Dum Discipline' and all the others where the men are made to use a dummy - I'm still made to use one now, I have to buy my own from the local shop where the girl assistant often laughs and says, 'Have you come for your dummy?' I've made some of your Susan's petticoat tails, I loved Christmas because, as I was off work I could spend lots of time at the cooker in my frilly pinafore, i just love it when Mum lets me do some baking. I served them to her in one of my pretty hostess pinafore aprons.
Anyway, it's off to bed now, so goodnight Susan.
Bye,and love from
Philip

Thank you Philip, and I am very glad to hear that you used to help your mummy in the kitchen when you were little - and still do, apparently. And how nice of her to sew you a frilly pinafore of your own - a pity there are not more mothers like her in the world.  Don't forget the caraway seeds when you make the petticoat tails by the way. Some modern recipes leave them out.

That must be very nice for the girl at the shop to know who the big baby is. Certainly there were some very interesting letters in 'Dummy Discipline Digest'.

Dear Susan,
 
Just a note to say a big thank you for all the effort that you put into the special Christmas edition of PDM. I especially enjoyed the 'Dummy Discipline' supplement. Although I was already familiar with some of the letters, it was good to enjoy them again. The dummy is indeed a powerful symbol, or 'icon', of babyhood, and is the ideal method of humiliating the male, even more so than the feeding bottle. The link to the German site that sells adult dummies was interesting, although there does not seem to be any way of actually paying for purchases. If anyone has actually managed to order any from this site I would be interested to hear about it!
Best wishes - Saffy

I haven't looked at that site in great detail. I was disappointed that they did not appear to make dummies in the babyish colours that a lot of my readers prefer. But obtaining good dummies suitable for the nursery discipline of fully grown males is difficult, so I thought that the link would be helpful. If any readers can help Saffron please write to me.

Dear Susan,

The Christmas edition is absolutely wonderful and is a beautiful Christmas present – It is going to take me ages to read it all properly. It is my lunch hour and after I have finished this thank you letter I’m going to try Marcia’s puzzle – I promise not to cheat –
I think maybe you should not have posted the solution until next month!

I am taking time off from today and will be travelling to Devon for the Christmas period – I am not sure if we will return here for Hogmanay. I shall be able to retrieve my older stories for typing and forwarding but this won’t be in time for the January edition as I shall not have any computer access until I return. No doubt you are well organised already for January.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and looking forward to serving you and the magazine in 2001.
With love from,
Julie Anne

Well, make sure you are back by January the third, when the office reopens. You will be expected to meet Spinner at the works gate, and show him the ropes. With all the new readers we are getting, there will be quite a few new members of the office staff in 2001.

Dear Miss MacDonald,

I just had to write you to thank you for all the hard work that went into your December issue. I am very proud you were able to use the letter I forwarded to you ('Our Little Sister Linda'), and if I come across any other letters that I think are up to the same quality as those in 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly', I will type them up and forward them to you. I am a male, however I did spend several years working as a secretary, and sometimes it's fun to imagine that I'll be initiated into the PDM typing pool (do the ladies in the typing pool have any use for trainees or mascots, or is that one of those 'males need not apply' positions?)

But what a cornucopia the December issue is! I've been reading it and reading it, and still I haven't finished! I love the puzzles, the stories, the essays, the photos, the illustrations by Paul, the color paintings by Juan, the old fashioned Victorian images ... Peter F.'s book sounds very interesting, I must order myself a copy asap. I was going to send you instructions on how to line up your letters properly for the word search puzzle, but I see some other readers beat me to it. I hope there will be more puzzles in future issues - how about a crossdressing crossword puzzle?;)

And of course, the marvelous letters, that remind me that being forcibly petticoated is not just a dream, that it really happens to some lucky men on a daily basis. Who knows? Perhaps I'll win that dreamy lace-trimmed pinafore, then catch some lady's eye while I'm washing my windows ...(sighing romantically)

I also hope that you will continue to include fiction in your monthly issues. If so, I would like to provide you with a short story or perhaps a puzzle in the months to come.

Thank you again for a truly smashing issue.
Love,
Spinner

I have reproduced my letter to Spinner welcoming him to the staff. Since petticoated.com is expanding, we need more typists, and Spinner will be a welcome addition, and will help ease the workload of the current girls. I think I can promise everybody plenty of overtime in 2001.

Well Spinner, your short story and puzzle will be very welcome, and please do get something ready in the next few months. The stories in the Christmas Annual were extremely popular; I can tell that from the page-by-page breakdown of the site statistics, but my editorial policy is unchanged. This magazine is for publication of essays, articles, and letters regarding petticoat discipline, together with readers' comments and discussion of the letters. It is not a story magazine, and things like the stories and puzzles will remain a very special treat in the Christmas Annual.

This means that the stories will always be of a very high quality, and a few will be especially illustrated with the superb drawings of Paul. Look at it this way: a really rich Christmas pudding with brandy sauce is one of the most popular treats at Christmas dinner - but you wouldn't eat it every day of the year, would you?

I received a story, 'Punished in Pretty Tights', from Janice, which was meant to be in this year's annual. However, it was mislaid amongst the daunting amount of material I had to organise, and was not edited and prepared for publication. Nevertheless, Janice will be in the running for the pinafore, because the story was contributed, and I originally intended to publish it. It will appear in the 2001 Christmas Annual, illustrated (providing all goes well) by Paul.

So, to Spinner and others, start thinking of 2001 now. You have seen what smashing fun a good British Children's Annual  can be; they have long been one of the loveliest features of British children's culture. We all know how quickly twelve months passes these days, so working on something which will be a really creative contribution to the next annual needs to be done throughout the year. Leaving it until the last few weeks will be leaving it too late. And as for the crossword idea, well, if you can do it, that would be very special. But I warn you that it's hard for an 'amateur' to create a good crossword without leaving an awful lot of black squares!

Dear Susan,

I have had a look at some of the Christmas Annual including your essay. Very professional.  It sent me back to James Joyce and I tried to analyse why I do not like his writing.  I think it is because I am a straightforward writer who uses situations to hold the reader's attention, whereas Joyce seems to  want to to use flowery obscure language to achieve his effect.  Perhaps I am only jealous - I think it is a thumping good story.
Thanks for the great site, have a good Christmas and it you are ever in Great Yarmouth come and see us.
Maid Angela

Angela will have a volume of short stories related to petticoating released sometime this year. I will notify readers when it is published.
 
Dear Susan,

Well, I am honored/honoured, and it is so flattering to be quoted at the very beginning of your most extensive publication to date!  And, thank you again for your comments following my letter, also I will give some thought as to how I might best contribute to your February issue.

I would mention that in the December edition, while we each mention Eslynn, the reader cannot see for himself or herself the creations we're referencing.  Perhaps your next edition of 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly' might reference Eslynn's website at http://home.att.net/~eslynn

Now, as it happens, there was a terrible snowstorm and blizzard in Chicago last week.  Eslynn slipped on the ice and has a banged-up arm, so the production of pretty feminine intimates has temporarily slowed and, I suspect, Eslynn doesn't need a great deal of new business right now.  On the other hand, the production line has not stopped entirely, and I know Eslynn would be glad to have the significant boost that I am sure a mention on your Links page would bring.
Best,
Rob

Your letter was such a beautifully expressed appreciation of petticoating, and male submission in a loving home, that the quote deserved its place at the very head of the Christmas Annual. A similar, and equally beautiful, letter is in this edition: 'My Wife 'Wears the Trousers'. I have now added the link - Eslynn's ravishing undies are very like the best and most elaborate party panties of the 50s and 60s, and would be devastating for any poor male to have to wear. Still, that is what petticoat discipline is all about.

Dear Nanny Susan,

I must congratulate you on the absolutely marvellous Christmas Annual. I have printed the entire issue out and will have it bound to treasure for future reading. To you and all who assisted and contributed a heartfelt 'Thank you! and well done'.

Since I first stumbled over your site and felt comfortable enough with the tone and content which was apparent, I look forward with great anticipation to each new issue. How you find the energy and dedication necessary to put together each new issue is a wonder to me.

I am sure that I speak for many out here in cyberspace, (who have found a refuge and a haven at "petticoat discipline"), when I say that it is without question the most professionally presented, and thoughtfully composed, periodical available on the subject of petticoat discipline. I wish you a wonderful new year and health, happiness and contentment for 2001.

I have unfortunately encountered a problem now with accessing the site as the country where I live and work, the UAE enforces fairly strict censorship and has blocked access. I was greatful that I could still access the annual through the geocities site, but I will certainly miss the anticipation of opening each new issue.

With your permission I will contribute a few more stories this year and hope that they bring pleasure to your many readers.
Christopher

Well Chrissy, you are the lucky contributor who was drawn as winner of the 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly' pinafore competition. I intend posting Christopher paper copies of the magazine, and will do this for any readers who, through work commitments, are compelled to live in a censorious society for a period. I do not want my devoted readers to miss out on the monthly interest of this magazine, which is now an institution to many people, I am proud to say.
 
Dear Susan,
 
I have just finished reading the Christmas issue of your super publication. Thank you for working so hard for all of us who enjoy the
softer side of life, and the beautiful clothes that you and your correspondents describe. I hope one day to correspond with Baby Bunting and her mummy, and perhaps even meet them if I am really lucky.
 
I have included a few pictures of Roberta for you to see. I don't expect you to publish them, but I thought you would like to see the
'other side' of me. They were taken at Mummy Hazel's Nursery, a place I used to visit very frequently, but haven't been able to call
at for some time now.
 
The picture of me in the high chair, sitting quiety after eating lunch, shows me wearing my yellow satin dress & white satin pinafore,
with white knee socks & black Mary Jane shoes. What the picture doesn't show - because little girls should ALWAYS be modest -
is my white satin petticoat and yellow satin frilly panties.
 
The picture of me sitting on the cot shows me wearing one of my party dresses (in pink satin) and holding my favourite big bunny,
Flopsy.
 
The picture of me standing is in front of the playpen wearing a pink cotton print day dress and pinafore. All my dresses have been
made by Mummy Hazel and her clever lady helpers, mostly adapted from actual childrens' patterns that I buy from time to time.
She has just finished making me a party dress based on an American pageant design, but I haven't seen it yet. It has a crinoline
style petticoat, matching frilly panties and a big hair bow.
 
Take care and I hope you have a super, special Christmas & New Year.
Lots of love & big hugs,
Roberta

Most British readers will no doubt have heard of Hazel Jones's nursery. Hazel certainly knows all about big babies, and has been interviewed on British television a couple of times about petticoating and baby discipline. She also sells a range of pretty baby clothes, and her web site is: 

Dear Susan,

You have exelled yourself with the Christmas edition of 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly'. I was particularly charmed by the Christmas scenes from earlier, and, in my opinion, saner years. Detailing the delights of this edition I will leave to your many admiring readers, who are far more competent than me to describe them.

When your December issue appeared, it was a great relief to know that my monthly treat had only been temporarily delayed, but not curtailed. I am now securely hooked as a confirmed addict of 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly'. To me the irresistable attraction is, that I have the pleasure and privilege of reading about women who are such skilful exponents of manipulating men to do their bidding. In such a lady's competent feminine little hands, a self-opiniated man is quickly and efficiently deprived of all his silly male pretensions, and must then meekly accept her imposition of petticoat discipline. Any defiance on his part would just be a preposterous and futile gesture, as once she has put him in the restraint of a tightly laced satin corset, and he is exposed to the silky and sensuous caress of an ultra feminine petticoat, his capitulation in the face of these feminine powers is, of course, inevitable.

Inescapably locked into her rigid regime of petticoat discipline, the wayward male is stripped  of  the unseemly masculine traits of agression and arrogance...sweetly demure in his pretty girlie petticoat, he is delightfully transformed into a docile and sweetly submissive servant of ladies. The foregoing, from my perspective, is the general picture (and a very nice picture too) obtained from reading articles and letters from your contributors. Top accolades should be awarded to you and your contributors to 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly', because you and they are undoubtably sowing the seeds for the establishment of a matriarchal society.
As ever with respect,
Yours sincerely,
John.

It sounds like a very nice picture to me too, John, and I am hoping that 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly' can help bring it about in many homes around the world. Under loving but uncompromising petticoat government, our men will be happier, more relaxed, of more use about the house, and much more considerate and better mannered towards women and girls.

Pretty underwear, soft dresses, pinafores and other girlish lovelies are the very best way of ensuring this ideal situation. I know my female readers agree, and most of my male readers also!

Dear Miss MacDonald,
 
Thank you so much for your New Year's wish, and the wonderful job you did in editing my Christmas game.  I think the use of a bra
for selecting the prizes and forfeits was a stroke of genius.  
 
Where did you get the panties you pictured within the description of the game?  I know they would not be worn by a mature girl or
woman, but they are perfect for a sissy.   A yellow satin bra, the sissy panties covered with a sheer pinafore, plus lace socks and
Mary Jane shoes would be a wonderful costume for any sissy-in-training to do his house cleaning, while the mistress enjoys a cup of tea, and there would be no reason to hide if guest were to stop by for a chat.
 
I think you did a wonderful job of the Christmas issue.  I am sorry you had so much trouble getting it on your server.  I am sure you
work long and hard and I want you to know I appreciate your efforts.
 
I was concerned about the letter from the man from Georgia who said he was 70, and had had a stroke and was not able to enjoy
dressing.  I am very thankful that I have good health but my years are ticking by, and come February, I'll reach the big 70.  Would you please drop this person an e-mail and give him my e-mail address?  He might enjoy corresponding with me.  You do not publish
addresses in your publication which is good, but in this way if he is as lonely as his letter indicate, he may wish to contact someone
else.
Cissy Williams

The picture of the yellow knickers was sent in by Pansy Frills. They were certainly very elaborate! Cissy's letter shows the kindness and thoughtfulness of 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly' readers generally, and I have passed on the address to Theodore. And to you, Cissy, a very happy birthday for next month.
 
 Dear Nanny Susan,

 Thank you or a wonderful Christmas present. This is by far the best of a wonderful series of PDM. I thank you with all my heart for taking the time to produce such a wonderful magazine for us. Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. May all of your dreams and wishes come true in 2001.
Hugs,
Susie

Dear Susan,

Just a quick e-mail to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and all he best for 2001. And thanks for a great site during 2000 - it IS the best on the net.I have not yet read all the items in the Christmas edition , but it is great, and it is obvious that you put a big effort into it. We must all be thankful for that.
We are over to Perth tomorrow and back on 28th - I'll send more re the annual then.
Best Regards,
Barry

Susan,

The page looks much better now, doesn't it? Glad to be able to help.

I just showed my wife where you mention my name on this page (thanks). She teased me about reading this site while she was putting ornaments on the tree (I had just finished sawing off low branches, putting it up, and stringing up the lights). I guess I will go and help her, us both in our matching panties and heart nighties.
With love and hugs,
Bobby

Thank you so much for that help, Bobby, the 'look' of the site is so important to me, and I hated those columns of letters wobbling all over the place (Bobby advised me to use a fixed width font for the word puzzle, rather than the Arial that is my usual font, and in which I originally posted the puzzle). As you can read above, Spinner, my newest employee, also intended pointing this out to me, but you got in first.

You wonderful wife obviously has an excellent sense of humour, and could see the fine irony of her decorating the Christmas tree, whilst you were reading 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly'. But obviously she wouldn't really mind, especially after you had done a lot of the heavier work of preparing the tree yourself.

It sounds like a lovely marriage. Please write, and tell us more about your home life, in 2001.

Dearest Susan,
 
    The Christmas Issue...is truly a joy to behold!
 
    So many...thanks...for so precious a present!!
 
    May the Blessings...and Happiness be yours this Christmas Season!!
 
    And A Very Happy New Year!!
 
    With deepest affection, and respect, for all of your time, and hard work.
 
    Love,
 
    David

Thank you David for that praise, which was like a series of New Year's fireworks exploding. I hop you have a very happy New Year too, and continue to enjoy and learn from the pages of 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly'.

My Dear Miss Susan,

The December issue was so good! I dearly loved the portraits contributed by Carole Jean. The pretty boy-girls at school prettifying each other...Oh my! The maid being made up by her sissy friend! I do feel faint. Mommy let me print both pictures and hang them in my room.
Prissy

Your mommy is very kind to you Prissy, and I trust you are a good maid for her. A very happy 2001 to you both.

Dear Susan,

Great job on the December issue. Covered many areas, and was most interesting. Thank you for a job well done!!! Once again, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Best regards,
Dr Al

Dear Miss MacDonald,

Your Christmas Annual is really superb.  Please keep up the good work in 2001.
Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
Celia

Readers should note that Celia will have a letter published in the February issue. She is a very 'strait-laced' lady of traditional religious convictions, and keeps her husband under full chastity discipline with panty girdles and other foundation garments.
 
...and a 'telegram' from Tammie:

OH WHAT A GREAT MONTH FOR ALL OF US SISSYS AND BABYS THIS ONE IS BIG AND I DO MEAN BIG DONT KNOW IF I WILL EVER GET TO THE END THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH SUSAN
HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A GREAT NEW YEARS
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

(covers ears) If we ever need to replace Miss Gribble, whose stentorian cry of 'TEA'S UP!' exceeds in decibel levels the come-ons of an old-fashioned bookmaker on Newmarket Heath, then Tammie would be the girl for the job. Thank you Tammie - and believe me, I really appreciate all  the thanks. It makes the work worthwhile.