Last week I received an email from a regular reader. Usually I enjoy hearing from people who read my blog, but this letter saddened me. This particular reader, who enjoys my blog for many reasons, had made the decision to discontinue reading it. The reason? My stories and vignettes of spanking activities with my husband had caused a high degree of envy; further reading would only increase that envy. (This reader would like to have a spanking relationship, but sees no possibility of that ever happening.)
In recent weeks I have noticed here and there that other bloggers sometimes indicate envy or jealousy over other bloggers' spanking activities. It's a shame. That's not to say it isn't a perfectly normal reaction in some circumstances, but it's still too bad.
I'm not immune to this green-eyed feeling myself. I have felt more than a twinge of jealousy when reading about ritual birthday spankings, roleplaying fun, swatfests in exotic locales, or any number of other scenarios that are just not likely to happen for me. Daily paddling? Only in my dreams. And you all know about my unsuccessful quest for the hour-long session!
We all write for many reasons, but I don't think that one of them is to make other people unhappy. And I guess that thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence is a pretty common way trap we all fall into from time to time.
So, what can I say? What comes to mind is the warning not to judge a person until you have walked a mile in his or her shoes. We all have our ups and downs; nobody's life is totally without some clouds to obscure the rainbows. I write to entertain, to amuse, and sometimes to inform. I have always tried to keep this blog upbeat and fun. But while everything I write is true, the posts are small snapshots taken out of the context of a much larger and quite ordinary picture. It's possible that if I shared other snippets, your reaction might be, "Oh, that's so boring", "I wouldn't want to live like that", "Ron puts up with more than I would" or "I'm glad I'm not her!"
So, dear readers, if you're reading this, I'm glad you came back.
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