Real Life Stories - November 2008

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Although I keep details of my relationship from most of my acquaintances, I have told one very close friend about Timothy and she enjoys coming over for a nice lunch or dinner, which he cooks and serves very respectfully. He is actually very proficient in the kitchen and enjoys serving food, which looks good as well as tasting good. She teases him unmercifully about his domestication and he always ends up beetroot red with humiliation羞辱 — shame given on purpose by the time she’s finished. In a strange way, I know that despite his blushes he loves the whole thing and looks forward to her visits with a mixture of excitement and apprehension.

When we talk, as we do often Timothy tells me he has never been happier and I believe him. He is an intelligent and well-educated man and I enjoy having him around to confide in and relate to. It is good, also, to have a man about the house after all these years.

From my viewpoint, although I still have problems with my daughter who can’t understand what is going on (but who I believe is gradually coming round to accepting things as they are) I feel the happiest I have been for years - certainly since my husband died and I believe that your work in helping women to achieve this lifestyle can only do good in the long run.

One of your recent correspondents commented that ‘it’s good to be Queen’ and I couldn’t agree with her more.

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