A tourist is visiting New York City and asks a native, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” The native answers, “Practice, practice, practice.”

There are things we have done that require consistent practice. The most obvious example is anal play. Just because I could manage a dildo 1-3/4 inches in diameter a couple of months ago, doesn’t mean I can handle it now. If, on the other hand, I am penetrated one or two times a week, my ability to take insertables increases as my body learns to accept larger items.

I think this is true for all sensation play. Spanking is similar. While, it’s true that I can never “get used” to a spanking — it will always hurt as much each time — I can learn to hold still through the pain. A spanking that would make me hide under the bed a few years ago, is manageable now. It hurts just as much as before; well maybe not as much, but still hurts. The point is that I’m trained to hold still despite how much it hurts. That’s why maintenance spankings are useful for me.

Mrs. Lion has a goal in mind when it comes to maintenance (training) spankings. She wants me to learn to hold still through a long, painful, punishment-level spanking. During my maintenance spanking on Saturday, I started trying to wriggle away. When I did, she asked,

“Do you want me to start all over again?”

I got back into position. She’s figured it out!

It’s all about education. For example, repeated anal insertions with increasingly wider plugs and dildos doesn’t stretch the anus. It’s being trained to relax more and more. Fisting is a process  of “teaching” the bottom’s bottom to accept the top’s hand up to the wrist. Mrs. Lion has tried sporadically without success. There is no doubt she can teach me if she wants. It will take time and a lot of initial discomfort for me. Multiple sessions with wider and wider plugs and dildos prepare me for her entire hand.

Both top and bottom require training. As the bottom, my training is more uncomfortable than Mrs. Lion’s. But that’s the role I’ve chosen.

 

 

 

njoy prostate plug
This is the plut I used last night. It’s designed for prostate stimulation. I didn’t realize this isn’t so much a plug as a prostate toy to be moved in and out.

Sometimes the Box O’Fun doesn’t work out so well. Lion’s first pick last night was menthol rub. Nope. Not again. I let him pick a different card. Hands tied plus another choice. Okay. Butt plug. Hmmmm…. Those two don’t really go together. We jettisoned the hands tied card and just went with the butt plug. Unfortunately, the butt plug I chose was oddly shaped and didn’t stay in very well. We decided that’s why it was in the spare room in a box.

Even after the butt plug came out Lion wasn’t very excitable. His tummy had been bothering him and I’d offered to put off playing for another day. He wanted to try. It’s not like we don’t do something almost every night. We can always pick up where we left off. We can also play on a non-Box O’Fun night. Nothing says we can’t either try the box again or one of us can suggest a form of play. I suggest ball tying. Just putting that out there.

This all depends on how Lion feels tonight. His tummy is still bothering him. Is it work? Is he worried about something? I don’t know. What I do know is that I’m right there with him no matter what he’s up to doing. Does he need to lie perfectly still? We can hold hands. Does he want to snuggle? I’ll be on one side and the jealous dog will be on the other. Does he want to play? Let’s do it. No pressure either way. No need to apologize if things don’t go to plan.

I spoke too soon. Perhaps I did not escape my cold unscathed. It’s hanging on. I want to go back to sleep. Lion was still all stuffy this morning too. We just want to be under the blankets together. Of course we always want that.

I’m thinking just because I may not feel well enough to do anything, it doesn’t mean we can’t do anything. It depends if Lion feels up to things too. But I think perhaps he can handle a butt plug tonight. Because he’s been sick I will give him the option of postponing the festivities. We can start out with the small Njoy tonight or whenever he feels up to it. Then we can move up to the larger Njoy. He’s been able to handle fairly large dildos in the past so the larger Njoy probably isn’t much of a stretch. Pun intended.

I usually forget that I can shove a butt plug into Lion even on nights I don’t feel up to doing anything else. It still shows him who’s in charge with minimal effort. I wouldn’t do it if I just didn’t feel like playing. That feels like a cop out. I don’t want him to feel that I’m bored with playing but here’s a consolation prize.

On the other hand, I don’t see anything wrong with putting the butt plug in and still playing with him. I know it makes things more difficult for him when he’s plugged. All the clenching he does in anticipation of coming is complicated by the plug. An orgasm doesn’t feel quite as nice. It’s a good thing he likes a little pain with his pleasure.

Aside from pegging him, I had no other real plans for Lion once I got him in the sling. I knew the beginning and the ending but not the story in between. It didn’t take me long to figure it out though.

Spanking Lion when he’s in the sling is not the easiest. It’s an awkward angle and I can’t really use a paddle. It’s a good thing my hands are used to whomping him. I think I started off with my first-timer swats just to get him used to the idea. It wasn’t a punishment spanking. I was going for love taps. Real love taps. But I accelerated to harder swats soon enough.

I stopped from time to time to play with my weenie. I’d get him hard and then go back to spanking. Maybe it wasn’t the ideal way to do it but that’s the way I decided to do it. I did get him fairly pink but I’m sure I could have gone on longer. As I said, It’s an awkward angle. Maybe sometime this week I can spank him on the bed where I have more leverage.

Lion knew he was going to have a happy ending. He knew it was going to be oral. He just didn’t know what would happen before then. He enjoyed himself, aside from the pegging, which Lion endured with flying colors. Yes, he might have enjoyed it more if I had kept spanking him but he’ll never argue with an oral orgasm.

As promised, Lion is locked away again. He probably won’t be horny tonight so we’ll just snuggle. By tomorrow he should be regaining his horniness enough to be unlocked and edged. For now he’s back in the zoo.