Dear Nanny Susan,

I just had to write and praise your website that I recently came across. I realise that most of the letters you receive are from women, I had to let you know how much I, a mere male, have enjoyed it.

My own experiences of petticoat punishment are minimal (due in part to my father's views), my mother would occasionally make me wear a full length frilly pinny of hers when I objected to what food she served up - yes, I was a fussy eater (I now wear a pretty floral waist pinny from choice). The only other threat was that of sewing pink bows to my shirt tails as I didn't always tuck them in properly, however she never carried it out.

Despite this limited introduction I was delighted to see your advice on hankies as I believe that there is nothing prettier than ladies' hankies, and when I was younger I was jealous of those my sister had. I now have a collection of my own, mostly lace trimmed or covered in flowers, which I use all the time, with at least one up each sleeve like a good girl. I agree that it is getting more difficult to find places that sell them. I was especially pleased as I was beginning to think that my love of these was strange since I can find nothing on the web about those who fancy ladies' hankies.

I hope that if you publish this that others may realise they are not alone in enjoying what some view a punishment. Keep up the good work.
Yours respectfully,

Dave

Thank you for your contribution, Dave. Of course I do not think there is anything wrong with enjoying the petticoating experience – in fact I believe that those who do experience petticoat discipline for a prolonged period nearly always come to enjoy it, and find great relaxation and fulfilment in it. That is why I entitled the site 'Petticoat Discipline Monthly', and not 'Petticoat Punishment Monthly'. The experience can be enjoyed without the disciplinary value being lost, I think.

And thank you so much for your observations on handkerchiefs. Keeping your pretty hankie up your sleeve is very girlish, but for any male under full petticoating, the handkerchief, a flowered and lace trimmed one I would hope, should be kept up the leg of a pair of tightly elasticated bloomers, as many little girls did in the past. Of course its use should be controlled too, since, when I was a girl, ladies and nice girls were supposed not toreally blow their noses.

Shirt tails hanging out has long been solved by frilly lace trim (or the threat of pink bows in your mother's case), and I will be answering a query about that in a forthcoming issue. For a fussy eater, a pretty towelling baby's bib with a suitable inscription will work wonders too. I am happy to hear that you still enjoy wearing a pretty pinafore.
Susan