One question that comes up again and again is the privacy issue when the DWC wife has children or guests in the house.
Dear Ladies, as a dedicated DWC wife I often find it necessary to punish my husband as soon as possible after any offense. I prefer that he gets it before my anger subsides. As a registered nurse let me state that there is a biologic anatomical basis for the term "drowning out" sound. There is a tiny little muscle attached to the ear drum called the "Tensor Tympana". As sound waves enter the ear canal this muscle tightens pulling tension on the ear drum according to the level of sound. This prevents damage to the sensitive "hair cells" in the inner ear. A good analogy would be the springs around a trampoline. Imagine fresh eggs beneath a trampoline that need to be protected like the hair cells. If a small child bounced on the trampoline the eggs would be safe. But if a sumo wrestler bounced high enough, he could stretch the tramp enough to crack the eggs. To prevent this one would have to tighten the springs around the trampoline to offer sufficient resistance. This is what the Tensor Tympana muscle does. But the important point is that while the sumo wrestler is bouncing on the trampoline a small child's bounce would have minimal impact due to the increased tension on the trampoline.
When I don't want to wait to punish Don, I simply turn up the TV and summon him to his studio and lock the door. I then use a hickory switch which only makes a slight whistling sound and a little thwack on his bottom (Kay's Suggestion). Don absolutely hates the switch and it's not long before he's dancing around begging me to stop. Sometimes I give Don a switching early in the morning before the kids wake up. First I turn on the radio or TV in their rooms just enough not to wake them. Even a slight sound will activate the Tensor Tympana muscle and make a distant switching totally inaudible. Then Don & I go downstairs and I feel totally confident in my ability to give him a very severe switching without any let up. Of course Don has to keep his voice down, but that's his problem.
Well, I hope I wasn't too technical, but I really wanted to give the other wives the confidence to let their husbands know that they can be severely punished at a moments notice. This will prevent husbands from trying to get away with bad behavior while guests are around. Good luck!
Jane