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Day 2: B is for Brating

6/2/2014

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No, all my posts aren’t going to be about spanking. No, really I promise! But this is what came to mind, so here goes.
Brating

My husband loves the term brating. Don’t ask me why, he thinks it’s funny. Have you ever heard someone say a word and you can tell they’re putting quotation marks around it?
There you have my husband.

Here’s an example, heard recently:

Him: Could you stop being so difficult? Oh, excuse me, stop brating. 

Well, excuse me while I roll my eyes. Yes, we’re the perfect, loving married couple. ;)
 
Here’s a secret: my husband doesn’t like to spank. He doesn’t, in fact, like domestic discipline. Yes, we practice, but it can be trying for both of us at times because of that fact. He likes the end result, but he doesn’t like having to set rules and he certainly doesn’t like to enforce them. My husband, like many others, I’m sure, doesn’t understand the appeal it holds for me, and I believe it makes him uncomfortable. Ah, the things we do for love. No matter how many times I explain--and I know he tries--it doesn’t make much sense to him. 

So when he slacks off, what do I do? What do all naughty/good girls at heart do? I act out, I test, I push, and yes, as he says, I brat. Sometimes, all it takes is him walking into the
room and presto-chango I’ve turned into a first class brat. It catches him off guard, it perplexes him, it annoys him. Yet, he handles it the best he can. 

In the books I write, the men always know just what to do. My husband is not one of those men, but we’re working through the kinks of living in the real world. Oh, to be a work of
fiction. And while I promise myself I’ll stop brating, chances are if the day ends in y, it’s 50/50 who I’ll be when he walks in the door.

**wanted also to use this time to let you guys know about a book I have releasing, "The Marriage Pact" which should be available on Amazon later today! So excited to share an excerpt with you tomorrow!! **

7 Comments
Ruth Staunton
6/2/2014 12:33:05 am

Been there. It's actually kind of a test of mine when getting to know a new guy. After awhile, I've been known to intentionally brat just to see if he can handle it. Not that I ever admit that to them. ;-) Congats on the new release!

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Felicity Nichols link
6/2/2014 03:19:43 am

NEW RELEASE! What? I want!


Love the term brw! Brating! Genius!

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Kathy Heare Watts
6/2/2014 03:37:37 am

Brating, yes, that is a great fitting term!

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Han van Meegeren link
6/2/2014 04:16:55 am

Ah, if life was just a book, huh? But it isn't and you guys are making the best of it. That is really wonderful, Dinah. My beloved is not often brating, but then again, I like rules. Always have. Used to have so many of them I forgot them, just like your husband sometimes does. Now we have less rules, but those we do have, I try to be alert of them all the time.

Ah, it's hard work, but somebody has to keep that girl in line :-)
Loved your post and looking forward to your book, Dinah.

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Rhonda Ralston Griffith
6/2/2014 05:14:26 am

I like that word:) Brating, that's probably how my hubby would describe me:)

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Celeste Jones link
6/2/2014 05:46:36 am

Another book? Wow. Good for you.

Fun post. I bet you are rather bratty!

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Stevie MacFarlane
6/2/2014 11:43:55 am

I'm late getting around tonight. Congrats on the new release. I really like the term bratting. Kind of puts things in perspective lol.

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