Attitude day #6 was apparently the last straw....
It was last Saturday. We did the normal run the kids around to sports busy
morning thing and then for once, something very unusual, we didn't have any
other plans for the day.
I was excited to spend the day at home.
However, Jordan had other plans... he wanted to shop for some winterizing
items he needed to seal up some of the drafts we get in our old home.
I didn't want to go with him.
#1 I was
happy to have a day to spend at home.
#2 It wasn't anything I wanted to shop for.
#3 Jordan had said something that really hurt my feelings earlier that day.
Somehow that afternoon we had gotten on the subject of DD. (never a good
thing for us... always ends up in an argument) Jordan was fussing about me still not doing something I was
really procrastinating on. Earlier that week he spoke to me about it also. I
had told him I just lacked the motivation to get it done and asked him to “help”
me get motivated. He said, I will give you tasks to do. You do them and you
will be rewarded... You don't you will be punished. Perfect:) Ecstatic I agreed immediately.
The week continued on. Jordan never assigned any "tasks",
I didn't bring our agreement up and the task was left undone.
Saturday Jordan decided he was going to scold me about it. He teased
that I just want him to tell me what to do and for him to “make” me do
it. He said, "Your an adult I shouldn't have to tell you what to do. You know what needs to be done!"
His words hurt. I thought he had been serious about our agreement earlier that week.... Apparently not. What he said was the truth. That is what I want.
Unfortunately he didn't understand why I would want/need that. Tears sprung to my eyes. I didn't argue with him though... I just
continued on with my day... acting as if everything was ok.... feeling broken.
Not long after that incident, Jordan was telling me to get ready, we were going
shopping.
I told him I didn't want to go. Even told him he had hurt my
feelings... Which he ignored of course... he probably didn't even have any idea how he hurt my feelings... and insisted we were going.
Reluctantly I complied and together as a family we went to multiple stores
looking for what we needed. I was distant but respectful..... Until…. he
insisted I try the middle seat in his new truck. He wanted me to sit close to
him. I refused. Reminding him he had hurt my feelings.
"How?" he asked looking at me as if I was crazy. "Now I said slide over here!"
I was angry now... he should know why my feelings were hurt.
I ignored the warning glares... the repeated commands... but
not the
"I will deal with you later!"
"No... You won't," I hissed. "I'm an adult!!!
Remember that Jordan!!!!"
The remainder of the ride home was silent.
I regretted what I had done. I was ashamed that I had defied
Jordan... especially in front of our children. We try to set a positive example of what a Godly
marriage looks like and I failed miserably.
There was no doubt in my mind that attitude day #6 was going
to be the end of our "Off" streak. I was in trouble. Big trouble and
it wasn't going to be for my attitude.
I was right. That night before bed I was
punished. We both felt better afterword's. We reconnected. All should have been right again.
I read a post on Learning Domestic Discipline this week, Inconsistency
vs Priorities,that made a lot of sense to me. A lot of times Jordan doesn’t
punish for things that I think he should so I think he is being inconsistent.
But… there are certain things that I know without a doubt I will be spanked
for. So maybe it isn’t inconsistency… maybe it is a difference in opinion of
what constitutes a spankable offence.
I wish Jordan understood/respected my reasoning for
wanting/needing DD better. I wish he read my blog and the stories I write (after all they are a clear look inside my heart and mind) but
this is a new lifestyle for him, one that he isn’t as educated about or as concerned about as myself.
I asked him for this and I will try to be grateful for each step in the DD
direction that he takes us.
So far, since the punishment, he has taken on a much more
HOH’y tone and fortunately for me I like it:)-
