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<aa n="1832">"No" means "take me"</a>
<aa n="1014">A beginners' guide to spanking</a>
<aa n="197">A breakdown on the road to intimacy</a>
<aa n="813">A brief introduction to Taken In Hand - from a Biblical perspective</a>
<aa n="1843">A childhood memory</a>
<aa n="528">A consensual, non-controlling journey</a>
<aa n="1012">A deep and satisfying marriage</a>
<aa n="2027">A deeper connection</a>
<aa n="1043">A difficult wife</a>
<aa n="1726">A dominant man brainwashed into submission</a>
<aa n="1384">A few thoughts on crying</a>
<aa n="686">A gentle giant who loves and serves the woman he leads</a>
<aa n="786">A good leader accepts that he is only human</a>
<aa n="2432">A good marriage is a threesome</a>
<aa n="2256">A good use of force</a>
<aa n="1634">A happy end to marital deadlock</a>
<aa n="1814">A high-dominance woman taken in hand</a>
<aa n="2031">A kiss on the hand</a>
<aa n="834">A lifetime of denial ends</a>
<aa n="131">A love letter</a>
<aa n="1253">A man in charge needs to be firm and steady</a>
<aa n="1143">A man leads with love and kindness</a>
<aa n="1121">A man released from his pseudo-beta torment</a>
<aa n="2248">A man who is in control - of himself</a>
<aa n="1252">A man with a backbone can be very soothing</a>
<aa n="1471">A marriage of understanding, passion and pregnancy</a>
<aa n="1875">A mysterious compulsion to obey</a>
<aa n="29">A need for control</a>
<aa n="148">A new journey</a>
<aa n="2047">A question of commitment - will he be there when she needs him?</a>
<aa n="432">A reality check for critics</a>
<aa n="325">A relationship of equals</a>
<aa n="877">A risky strategy but it worked for us</a>
<aa n="601">A small but touching act of kindness</a>
<aa n="1408">A smile man</a>
<aa n="590">A strong willed woman wanting a man to lose against</a>
<aa n="593">A sword-wielding female warrior taken in hand!</a>
<aa n="969">A Taken In Hand relationship reaches beyond the couple</a>
<aa n="684">A woman must know that her man cares</a>
<aa n="1871">A year of new management</a>
<aa n="166">About Schmidt: choose engagement, not withdrawal</a>
<aa n="60">About the site owner</a>
<aa n="672">Abusive men: Hedda Nussbaum's list of red flags</a>
<aa n="301">Accommodating needs can't be done by the book</a>
<aa n="245">Actions speak louder than words</a>
<aa n="613">Acts of love</a>
<aa n="2236">Advice for husbands beginning to take charge in their marriage</a>
<aa n="2557">Advice for women: how to find and marry Mr Right - step 1</a>
<aa n="1727">Agreements are a two-way street</a>
<aa n="344">Alpha male dominance</a>
<aa n="2349">Alpha male in life clueless in love</a>
<aa n="812">Alpha males and the women who love them</a>
<aa n="830">Alternative therapy</a>
<aa n="47">American Beauty meets The Surrendered Wife</a>
<aa n="2056">Amid chaos, a quiet dignity</a>
<aa n="231">An 1897 woman's “ideal of manhood”</a>
<aa n="635">An alpha female bares her throat only to her mate</a>
<aa n="487">An etiquette in the relationship</a>
<aa n="1685">An expression of his authority</a>
<aa n="504">An iron hand in a velvet glove</a>
<aa n="23">An overview of Taken In Hand </a>
<aa n="2083">An unexpected benefit of our Taken In Hand relationship</a>
<aa n="455">And Adam knew his wife</a>
<aa n="1427">Are Men Necessary?, by Maureen Dowd: a book review</a>
<aa n="1923">Are there hidden power dynamics in your relationship?</a>
<aa n="1907">Are you getting through to her?</a>
<aa n="659">Are you paying attention? Are you really connecting?</a>
<aa n="575">Are you submissive to all men or to only one man?</a>
<aa n="735">Are you the Conan the Barbarian type?</a>
<aa n="243">Are you under misapprehensions about Taken In Hand?</a>
<aa n="299">Are you worth your weight in gold?</a>
<aa n="1740">Are your labels preventing you from seeing what you have?</a>
<aa n="1838">As the head of our household I put my wife first</a>
<aa n="352">Asserting dominance physically forcefully</a>
<aa n="551">Attention to detail</a>
<aa n="1231">Attracting girls as a nice guy with a capacity for violence</a>
<aa n="253">Authority in a Taken In Hand relationship</a>
<aa n="1938">Availability and rape</a>
<aa n="1400">Back in the swing of things</a>
<aa n="774">Barbie is the doll, Ken is just an accessory.</a>
<aa n="696">BDSM . . . kink with some psychological payoff</a>
<aa n="1294">BDSM practices in our Taken In Hand relationship</a>
<aa n="454">BDSM rituals and rule-bound relationships</a>
<aa n="1922">Be careful when she relaxes her defenses</a>
<aa n="2307">Be patient!</a>
<aa n="393">Beauty is in the eye of the beholder</a>
<aa n="407">Beauty is skin deep; sexy is forever</a>
<aa n="532">Being able to be open and honest about my feelings</a>
<aa n="920">Being open to possibilities</a>
<aa n="609">Being Taken In Hand doesn't mean being silent</a>
<aa n="100">Being taken in hand is hot!</a>
<aa n="712">Being taken in hand was really rather super</a>
<aa n="1245">Being with a stronger man allows a strong woman to relax</a>
<aa n="1561">Being yourself</a>
<aa n="999">Believe it or not, she really wants you to assert yourself!</a>
<aa n="2060">Bewitching Samantha</a>
<aa n="71">Blanket consent</a>
<aa n="1220">Blossoming in his arms</a>
<aa n="79">Blush and Gary, by Gary</a>
<aa n="1186">Bonded by rape</a>
<aa n="333">Brought to submission</a>
<aa n="1103">Call for posts</a>
<aa n="1994">Can a taken in hand woman be sexually subordinate and sexually aggressive?</a>
<aa n="2582">Can I still take charge if I'm not a superhero?</a>
<aa n="464">Can physical chastisement cure bad habits?</a>
<aa n="355">Can two dominant individuals have a good relationship?</a>
<aa n="522">Can you be in charge without turning into her mother?</a>
<aa n="373">Can you be Taken In Hand if you're not submissive?</a>
<aa n="2180">Can you protect her, cherish her and handle her?</a>
<aa n="2020">Cat whisperer</a>
<aa n="190">Change of heart</a>
<aa n="1630">Changing for him - pleasing for me</a>
<aa n="331">Changing for myself</a>
<aa n="2356">Checking his suitability</a>
<aa n="246">Chemistry is indispensable</a>
<aa n="50">Cherishing the family: little things have big effects</a>
<aa n="2143">Choice Theory saved my marriage</a>
<aa n="1975">Circumventing consent in a Taken In Hand relationship</a>
<aa n="785">Closing the gap</a>
<aa n="952">Coming unravelled (or not)</a>
<aa n="315">Communication</a>
<aa n="1926">Communication doesn't have to be explicit, direct or verbal</a>
<aa n="501">Communication, consent and connection</a>
<aa n="251">Consensual rape as a gift of control</a>
<aa n="727">Consent makes all the difference in the world</a>
<aa n="599">Consent, control, connection</a>
<aa n="2148">Control yourself and keep your legs closed!</a>
<aa n="1854">Correcting possible misconceptions about Taken In Hand</a>
<aa n="550">Could micromanagement work for you, too?</a>
<aa n="224">Could this kind of relationship be for you?</a>
<aa n="247">Could you be a slave, owned, property?</a>
<aa n="294">Craving protection, learning to trust</a>
<aa n="32">Creating an unbreakable bond of love takes time</a>
<aa n="1638">Crossing a hurdle</a>
<aa n="1892">DD relationships - the view of a mental health professional</a>
<aa n="121">Dealing with a man who doesn't do as he's told</a>
<aa n="277">Decades of discipline, decades of happy marriage</a>
<aa n="657">Different strokes for different folks</a>
<aa n="1135">Discovering who we are</a>
<aa n="2585">Do I have to be a control freak to take my wife in hand?</a>
<aa n="680">Do the right thing - be the captain of your ship</a>
<aa n="805">Do with me what you will</a>
<aa n="2559">Do women really want to defeat men?</a>
<aa n="76">Do you 'meet as equals' or 'establish roles from the outset'?</a>
<aa n="125">Do you have a commanding presence?</a>
<aa n="1019">Do you have the patience to make your marriage work?</a>
<aa n="579">Do you have these vital qualities women want in a man?</a>
<aa n="769">Do you have unrealistic expectations?</a>
<aa n="533">Do you need more attention in your relationship?</a>
<aa n="1999">Do you show your appreciation when she obeys?</a>
<aa n="140">Do you tell your beloved that he or she is exceptional?</a>
<aa n="169">Do you think he doesn't have it in him?</a>
<aa n="219">Does being taken in hand mean not saying what you think?</a>
<aa n="180">Does it have to hurt to be Taken In Hand?</a>
<aa n="1386">Does she want a Taken in Hand relationship?</a>
<aa n="483">Domestic discipline (DD)</a>
<aa n="350">Dominance and forcefulness, and violence</a>
<aa n="349">Dominance, integrity and needing to feel superior</a>
<aa n="860">Dominant men: D/s vs. Taken In Hand</a>
<aa n="25">Dominant to the last</a>
<aa n="1831">Don't be an "if only" person</a>
<aa n="281">Don't forget your whip</a>
<aa n="1493">Don't frighten the horses</a>
<aa n="12">Don't go into your cave, get out your preferred implement!</a>
<aa n="212">Don't tell anyone I'm here!</a>
<aa n="192">Don't tell me to leave my baggage at the door</a>
<aa n="465">Don't wait too long to tell her</a>
<aa n="182">Each relationship is a unique work in progress</a>
<aa n="102">Each to his own</a>
<aa n="1044">Effect positive change by acting as if...</a>
<aa n="1558">Egalitarian dating vs accepting gifts graciously</a>
<aa n="2303">Embracing each other's darkest secrets</a>
<aa n="383">Embracing my inner adult</a>
<aa n="286">Empowering dominance</a>
<aa n="1159">Enjoying consensual sexual aggression</a>
<aa n="554">Enjoying our relationship</a>
<aa n="2071">Entitled to all of her husband</a>
<aa n="75">Equality isn't all it's cracked up to be</a>
<aa n="854">Equality through Taken in Hand?</a>
<aa n="1401">Erotic pregnancy and afterwards...</a>
<aa n="165">Ever-deepening total love</a>
<aa n="1805">Exercise authority</a>
<aa n="887">Exit To Eden: the movie</a>
<aa n="1982">Explicit consent - finally!</a>
<aa n="690">Familiarity breeds contempt</a>
<aa n="92">FAQ (answers to frequently-asked questions)</a>
<aa n="1715">Fascinating Womanhood and me</a>
<aa n="1718">Fascinating Womanhood and the ideal woman</a>
<aa n="510">Fear</a>
<aa n="1039">Fear of domination</a>
<aa n="112">Feeling the dragon's fire</a>
<aa n="839">Feeling thrilled by the prospect of being taken in hand</a>
<aa n="912">Feminine submission and traditional language</a>
<aa n="2114">Fierce women</a>
<aa n="2619">Fifty Shades of Grey, by E L James: a book review</a>
<aa n="835">Films with Taken In Hand overtones or references</a>
<aa n="706">Find your voice and speak</a>
<aa n="14">Finding a good man</a>
<aa n="640">Finding my way home</a>
<aa n="760">First there were the boys... then there was Bobby</a>
<aa n="78">First year trials</a>
<aa n="1026">Flying by the seat of your pants</a>
<aa n="721">Force majeure</a>
<aa n="354">Force of will</a>
<aa n="846">Foreplay</a>
<aa n="2090">Forget 'ideal' - look for the real</a>
<aa n="1769">Forget femininity!</a>
<aa n="2081">Freedom in letting go</a>
<aa n="2507">From abject loser to young man</a>
<aa n="693">From BDSM to Taken In Hand</a>
<aa n="1190">From clues to a wonderful reality</a>
<aa n="2120">From exhausted single mother to happy Taken In Hand wife</a>
<aa n="218">From vague awareness to a beautiful relationship</a>
<aa n="623">Full circle</a>
<aa n="821">Getting it right takes time</a>
<aa n="723">Getting To "I Do", by Patricia Allen: a book review</a>
<aa n="1496">Getting your rocks off</a>
<aa n="798">Girl alpha seeks all man alpha</a>
<aa n="885">Give me intensity or give me death!</a>
<aa n="132">Give new love a chance</a>
<aa n="507">Give the right impression?</a>
<aa n="542">Given a choice between two men ...</a>
<aa n="918">Giving each other what we need</a>
<aa n="561">Giving my best to my man who put his foot down</a>
<aa n="607">Giving up control is not easy</a>
<aa n="1315">Good communication</a>
<aa n="606">Greater humility, less defensiveness</a>
<aa n="625">Greetings from a Spanish Taken In Hand couple</a>
<aa n="1917">Growing old colourfully</a>
<aa n="1128">Growing up</a>
<aa n="1193">Handle with care... and honor and fidelity</a>
<aa n="98">Hands-on approach</a>
<aa n="149">Happily married to a dominant man</a>
<aa n="184">Happy living in fear of a man?!</a>
<aa n="434">Has feminism gone too far?</a>
<aa n="412">Have you captured her mind?</a>
<aa n="584">Have you found a proper balance?</a>
<aa n="1857">Having consent to take her whenever you want assumes that you will act wisely</a>
<aa n="1018">He isn't interested in or capable of taking you in hand?</a>
<aa n="389">He owns it all...</a>
<aa n="2313">He was horrified but now he is very happy</a>
<aa n="229">He who dares, wins</a>
<aa n="572">He's in charge. . . but I do it my way</a>
<aa n="869">He: An Irreverent Look at the American Male, by Florence King: an excerpt</a>
<aa n="151">Help! The one I love nowadays rarely wants sex!</a>
<aa n="1663">His word is final</a>
<aa n="910">Holding coats and opening doors</a>
<aa n="2008">Holding the hand that spanks me</a>
<aa n="2305">Hoping for a happy marriage?</a>
<aa n="1167">How are things different from before Taken In Hand?</a>
<aa n="544">How badly I want this; how difficult it is to ask for it</a>
<aa n="414">How can a strong woman signal her submissiveness?</a>
<aa n="939">How can I be sure he's monogamous?</a>
<aa n="235">How can I be sure that she wants to be taken in hand?</a>
<aa n="1077">How can I persuade him to take control in our relationship?</a>
<aa n="119">How can you submit when you feel <i>frustrated</i>?</a>
<aa n="2457">How cool is that?</a>
<aa n="567">How do I broach the subject of Taken In Hand?</a>
<aa n="745">How do I find a take-charge man who will want a Taken In Hand relationship?</a>
<aa n="641">How do I know whether Taken In Hand is right for me?</a>
<aa n="555">How do we get started?</a>
<aa n="1003">How do you maintain control in little ways?</a>
<aa n="915">How do you make housework more fun?</a>
<aa n="702">How do you relate to one another publicly?</a>
<aa n="1518">How does she respond to sustained eye contact?</a>
<aa n="232">How I became submissive</a>
<aa n="1426">How I discovered what I need</a>
<aa n="106">How I feel before, during and after being spanked</a>
<aa n="127">How I met my husband, and how that impacted my life</a>
<aa n="2341">How I overcame my obsessive-compulsive disorder</a>
<aa n="133">How I turned the fantasy into reality</a>
<aa n="773">How is this different from other male-led relationships?</a>
<aa n="115">How it felt to be taken in hand for the very first time</a>
<aa n="2264">How long does it take to adjust to Taken In Hand?</a>
<aa n="1544">How my dress has changed</a>
<aa n="581">How my husband makes me melt</a>
<aa n="1557">How my husband set me free</a>
<aa n="2529">How my husband took me (in hand) </a>
<aa n="348">How my husband took my clothing choices in hand</a>
<aa n="1998">How my mousy man became a lion</a>
<aa n="566">How often do you have sex?</a>
<aa n="1047">How our relationship has changed</a>
<aa n="288">How should a woman dress?</a>
<aa n="54">How Sleeping Beauty found her prince</a>
<aa n="263">How Taken In Hand exorcised my inner demon</a>
<aa n="1345">How Taken in Hand has transformed my wife</a>
<aa n="1683">How Taken In Hand makes the mundane erotic</a>
<aa n="2228">How to avoid making your life with your wife a living hell</a>
<aa n="28">How to break it to a new man</a>
<aa n="1842">How to find out if a man wants a Taken in Hand relationship</a>
<aa n="1997">How to get stuff done around the house without nagging</a>
<aa n="1945">How to make your marriage good when life is bad</a>
<aa n="951">How to not to please a Taken In Hand customer!</a>
<aa n="1054">How to read this site</a>
<aa n="2079">How to understand and appreciate a woman</a>
<aa n="20">How we got past the year from hell</a>
<aa n="1002">How we have stayed happily married for over 30 years</a>
<aa n="666">How we stopped fighting and became happier together</a>
<aa n="1249">How we stopped the escalation of verbal hostilities</a>
<aa n="328">Human alpha, beta, and omega males: the reality</a>
<aa n="2403">Husbands getting started at taking charge</a>
<aa n="256">I am a strong woman but I want to be taken in hand. Is this normal?</a>
<aa n="2511">I am an animal!</a>
<aa n="1215">I blame the knee-jerkers</a>
<aa n="138">I don't want to be a servant or slave</a>
<aa n="1779">I don't want to be submissive!</a>
<aa n="101">I fear I have awoken a sleeping dragon</a>
<aa n="826">I love obeying my husband</a>
<aa n="1317">I never learn</a>
<aa n="108">I want it all, and I want it now!</a>
<aa n="128">I want...</a>
<aa n="124">I want... to be possessed</a>
<aa n="513">I was drawn to his old-fashioned ways</a>
<aa n="1450">I won't settle for anything less</a>
<aa n="2426">I'm not supposed to tell you this...</a>
<aa n="37">I'm so lucky to have found the right man</a>
<aa n="568">If I asked for the moon...</a>
<aa n="990">If you want to use an article from this site...</a>
<aa n="2144">If you want your wife to give you respect, give her love</a>
<aa n="1646">Imagining my marriage as one long road-trip</a>
<aa n="739">Impregnation</a>
<aa n="594">In defence of books like Fascinating Womanhood</a>
<aa n="338">In defence of brats everywhere!</a>
<aa n="552">In my room</a>
<aa n="61">In praise of Fascinating Womanhood</a>
<aa n="633">Is a Taken In Hand relationship for everyone?</a>
<aa n="749">Is a Taken In Hand woman a downtrodden doormat yes-woman?</a>
<aa n="495">Is chastity overrated?</a>
<aa n="1099">Is discipline a necessary component of a Taken In Hand relationship?</a>
<aa n="870">Is he driving you mad?</a>
<aa n="658">Is he head of the household?</a>
<aa n="191">Is he one of the good guys... or not?</a>
<aa n="41">Is he who (or where) he says he is?</a>
<aa n="463">Is it a mistake to spank when angry?</a>
<aa n="2085">Is it ever OK to FORCE your wife to do something?</a>
<aa n="1246">Is it real?</a>
<aa n="668">Is it true that a man shouldn't need to get physical?</a>
<aa n="788">Is she afraid of losing control? Topping from the bottom?</a>
<aa n="930">Is spanking always sexual?</a>
<aa n="965">Is spanking necessary in a taken in hand relationship?</a>
<aa n="628">Is Taken In Hand a form of BDSM?</a>
<aa n="643">Is Taken In Hand a moral matter?</a>
<aa n="648">Is Taken In Hand a political matter?</a>
<aa n="719">Is Taken In Hand about discipline?</a>
<aa n="655">Is Taken In Hand about dominance and submission?</a>
<aa n="57">Is Taken In Hand bad for women who were abused in childhood?</a>
<aa n="1375">Is Taken In Hand control real?</a>
<aa n="1095">Is taking his wife in hand self-sacrificing for the man?</a>
<aa n="689">Is the discipline focus limiting your relationship?</a>
<aa n="1725">Is the idea of fairness causing trouble in your relationship?</a>
<aa n="592">Is the man's authority real if consent can be revoked?</a>
<aa n="134">Is there consent?</a>
<aa n="38">Is this a victory?</a>
<aa n="193">Is this really consensual?</a>
<aa n="116">Is your new man dominant, domineering, or a dithering wimp?</a>
<aa n="536">Is your relationship abusive?</a>
<aa n="587">It is working as advertised!</a>
<aa n="1602">It takes two to tango</a>
<aa n="1040">It's all my parents' fault!</a>
<aa n="86">It's like this, beloved: I need to be spanked</a>
<aa n="188">It's not about blame, so forget ‘fairness’!</a>
<aa n="1657">It's not because he's infallible</a>
<aa n="1495">It's not really natural for either of us</a>
<aa n="2566">It's NOT too late to stop living in conflict with who you are</a>
<aa n="2069">Jeopardized daily</a>
<aa n="1852">Journaling: another way to talk</a>
<aa n="146">Journey into true submission</a>
<aa n="842">Keep your sense of humour!</a>
<aa n="535">Keeping the lines of communication open</a>
<aa n="266">Knights earn the name</a>
<aa n="1717">Laura Schlessinger vs Helen Andelin on how to treat your husband</a>
<aa n="7">Laying the groundwork for other possibilities</a>
<aa n="171">Leadership, strength, emotional intimacy</a>
<aa n="2251">Learning from the British army ethos</a>
<aa n="275">Learning the ropes</a>
<aa n="673">Learning to be more assertive can take time</a>
<aa n="626">Lessons from a Taken In Hand girl</a>
<aa n="1682">Lessons from my marriage for wives wanting their husband to take them in hand</a>
<aa n="33">Letter to a potential partner</a>
<aa n="1168">Letting myself go</a>
<aa n="94">Liberated through submission</a>
<aa n="1322">Life with Woman and How to Survive it, by Joseph H. Peck: a review</a>
<aa n="524">Linguistically submissive</a>
<aa n="827">Listening isn't weak</a>
<aa n="1671">Living the fantasy 24/7</a>
<aa n="420">Look for love</a>
<aa n="201">Looking into the mirror of life</a>
<aa n="427">Love and fear</a>
<aa n="858">Love Is A Decision, by Gary Smalley: a book review</a>
<aa n="2288">Loving the missionary position may be your first clue</a>
<aa n="1262">Loving, supportive and kind control</a>
<aa n="880">Magnificent man or merely male?</a>
<aa n="903">Make each other feel the luckiest person alive!</a>
<aa n="129">Making it explicit versus keeping it implicit</a>
<aa n="1758">Man of Steel and Velvet by Aubrey Andelin: a book review</a>
<aa n="1251">Men demanding sex</a>
<aa n="1177">Men serve and lead, women receive and obey</a>
<aa n="557">Men taking responsibility</a>
<aa n="2598">Military discipline or the softer approach of a southern gentleman?</a>
<aa n="1097">Missing my husband’s control</a>
<aa n="418">Mistakes made in forming relationships</a>
<aa n="405">Monogamy</a>
<aa n="2430">Movie review: Stardust</a>
<aa n="226">Moving into a Taken In Hand relationship</a>
<aa n="1079">Mr Darcy, Mr Knightley and the Taken In Hand ideal</a>
<aa n="31">Ms. Damen [should be] taken in hand (I jest!)</a>
<aa n="198">My deep dark secret</a>
<aa n="824">My experience of taking my wife in hand</a>
<aa n="51">My fascinating journey</a>
<aa n="1131">My first Taken in Hand experience</a>
<aa n="1149">My friend, my lover, my rock</a>
<aa n="1024">My full and complete surrender</a>
<aa n="610">My husband and I face the world as a team</a>
<aa n="2429">My husband being in charge helps in stressful times</a>
<aa n="1939">My husband is my master but I am no slave</a>
<aa n="519">My husband's calm control makes me feel submissive</a>
<aa n="630">My intellectual equal wanted me to take control</a>
<aa n="787">My life, my choice</a>
<aa n="429">My marriage is a safe haven</a>
<aa n="58">My perfect guy, and the marriage he has given me</a>
<aa n="958">My Review of Laura Doyle's "The Surrendered Wife"</a>
<aa n="2572">My testing is of myself not his control of me</a>
<aa n="2076">My treasure</a>
<aa n="448">My wife cherishes me</a>
<aa n="868">Narcissistic dominance vs Taken In Hand dominance</a>
<aa n="737">Natural flow</a>
<aa n="1290">Needing my wife</a>
<aa n="200">Never do without sex again</a>
<aa n="96">No helpless hysterical heroines here!</a>
<aa n="91">No more waiting!</a>
<aa n="1414">Nostalgic? Not a bit!</a>
<aa n="1049">Not a lower-case girl</a>
<aa n="809">Not all men will get it unless you explain</a>
<aa n="1899">Noticing and noting the positive</a>
<aa n="450">Now I want my husband all the time</a>
<aa n="73">Obedience</a>
<aa n="1867">Obedience - a curious and perverse pleasure</a>
<aa n="34">Obedience and autonomy</a>
<aa n="189">Offering an olive branch</a>
<aa n="656">On being a man</a>
<aa n="819">On being the servant-leader in my relationship</a>
<aa n="934">Our journey through BDSM to Taken in Hand</a>
<aa n="351">Our new beginning</a>
<aa n="1144">Our type of Taken In Hand marriage</a>
<aa n="147">Out of control, insane, driven by our emotions? No way!</a>
<aa n="390">Ownership as bonding</a>
<aa n="1203">Passing it on</a>
<aa n="2304">Passionate conquest</a>
<aa n="802">Patience, integrity…and being a little sweet always helps</a>
<aa n="1437">Pleasing your man makes you feel more lovey and lusty</a>
<aa n="1062">Pornography prevents and corrodes relationships</a>
<aa n="767">Power connectivity</a>
<aa n="546">Practical hints for men - handling a strong woman</a>
<aa n="538">Practical hints for men - times of stress</a>
<aa n="540">Practical hints for men - you are allowed to enjoy it!</a>
<aa n="1091">Protective men</a>
<aa n="457">PUT women in their place</a>
<aa n="15">Quiet authority</a>
<aa n="422">Quietly taken in hand</a>
<aa n="36">Reaching out by offering yourself</a>
<aa n="1966">Ready and willing</a>
<aa n="671">Real life leadership or rules and rigidity?</a>
<aa n="1979">Reality is in the eye of the beholder</a>
<aa n="1142">Reassurance for those new to all this</a>
<aa n="2310">Recognition</a>
<aa n="441">Relationship and health versus productivity</a>
<aa n="1691">ReMorseful</a>
<aa n="1035">Resistance is futile</a>
<aa n="150">Resolving an internal conflict</a>
<aa n="734">Respect and responsibility</a>
<aa n="1775">Responding to his loving control</a>
<aa n="2058">Romance novels, good girls and mothers</a>
<aa n="82">Romantic rituals for the taken in hand</a>
<aa n="130">Safe</a>
<aa n="48">Safewords</a>
<aa n="1325">Saved by the spank</a>
<aa n="1849">Saying "no" as code for "I care"</a>
<aa n="1822">Saying "no", leadership and chocolate</a>
<aa n="1855">Saying so</a>
<aa n="1008">Saying things for effect</a>
<aa n="161">Secretary: the film</a>
<aa n="347">Seduction of the independent female</a>
<aa n="172">Seeking a Taken In Hand relationship?</a>
<aa n="451">Self-realization – the catapult</a>
<aa n="1754">Setting the record straight about punishment spanking</a>
<aa n="879">Shades of grey</a>
<aa n="597">Shall we dance?</a>
<aa n="203">Sharing the secret of our success</a>
<aa n="1705">She may not know it yet, but I'm taking her in hand</a>
<aa n="1423">She wants him to prevail</a>
<aa n="137">She wants to be taken in hand against her will?!</a>
<aa n="1941">Should love be willing to share?</a>
<aa n="1007">Si vis pacem, para bellum</a>
<aa n="1802">Sleeping positions, rituals and control</a>
<aa n="1056">SM / D/s / BDSM in a Taken In Hand relationship?</a>
<aa n="1339">So grateful - Taken In Hand has set us free</a>
<aa n="1874">Softly taken in hand</a>
<aa n="2097">Some advice for men seeking a woman</a>
<aa n="449">Some possible benefits of taking your wife in hand</a>
<aa n="158">Spanking as connection</a>
<aa n="1331">Spanking in anger</a>
<aa n="120">Spanking is the last resort</a>
<aa n="792">Stereotypes</a>
<aa n="1928">Stop living in denial and start becoming healthy</a>
<aa n="1543">Strap-on Epiphany, by Virginia Vitzthum: a comment</a>
<aa n="337">Strength and ceding control</a>
<aa n="213">Subjugation or submission?</a>
<aa n="840">Sublimated desires</a>
<aa n="252">Submission and security</a>
<aa n="936">Submission must be earned</a>
<aa n="1387">Superficially non-consensual but deeply consensual</a>
<aa n="93">Surrendered in love</a>
<aa n="233">Surrendering to the man I nearly destroyed</a>
<aa n="541">Switches do grow on trees</a>
<aa n="984">Take her in hand without lifting a finger</a>
<aa n="602">Taken In Hand - intimacy and romance</a>
<aa n="1605">Taken In Hand - the bare essence</a>
<aa n="1546">Taken In Hand - the view of a psychiatrist</a>
<aa n="2227">Taken In Hand as opposed to completely docile</a>
<aa n="255">Taken In Hand by an ardent feminist</a>
<aa n="703">Taken in hand by tenderness</a>
<aa n="2238">Taken In Hand for the fatally flawed</a>
<aa n="738">Taken In Hand has changed our marriage</a>
<aa n="239">Taken In Hand in a nutshell</a>
<aa n="638">Taken In Hand is about male leadership not spanking</a>
<aa n="1927">Taken In Hand is low-key and private, not a 'lifestyle'</a>
<aa n="384">Taken In Hand is not a lifestyle</a>
<aa n="2077">Taken In Hand is not fair but it is fun - and just</a>
<aa n="2052">Taken In Hand is nothing to do with patriarchy</a>
<aa n="615">Taken In Hand means different things to different people</a>
<aa n="222">Taken In Hand relationships are hot and close</a>
<aa n="2351">Taken In Hand relieves tension and increases goodwill</a>
<aa n="237">Taken In Hand saved our marriage from doom</a>
<aa n="1708">Taken In Hand through chronic illness </a>
<aa n="2278">Taken In Hand works best when it is organic</a>
<aa n="1801">Taken out of my anguish</a>
<aa n="1254">Taking her</a>
<aa n="341">Taking her in hand is not a contact sport</a>
<aa n="236">Taking her in hand when she won't ask for it</a>
<aa n="665">Taking it step-by-step making piecemeal changes</a>
<aa n="2471">Taking myself in hand: a personal journey with shared results</a>
<aa n="864">Taking Sex Differences Seriously, by Steven E. Rhoads</a>
<aa n="2059">Telling him things that you can't tell him</a>
<aa n="248">The alpha male and masculine power</a>
<aa n="168">The anchor of love</a>
<aa n="142">The appeal of a very feminine woman</a>
<aa n="570">The butterfly effect</a>
<aa n="778">The carrot or the stick?</a>
<aa n="90">The changes show! What should I tell people?!</a>
<aa n="179">The coming battle</a>
<aa n="1904">The committed marriage</a>
<aa n="836">The crooked path to where we are</a>
<aa n="496">The dance of consent</a>
<aa n="122">The difference between dominant and controlling</a>
<aa n="210">The difference between dominant and domineering</a>
<aa n="44">The dual failures of men</a>
<aa n="225">The dynamics of our Taken In Hand relationship</a>
<aa n="381">The erotic power of the unshackled man</a>
<aa n="159">The Eskimo analogy</a>
<aa n="152">The exquisite pleasure of childlikeness in a woman</a>
<aa n="228">The F-word</a>
<aa n="215">The face, the mask, and the dream</a>
<aa n="2073">The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan: a book review</a>
<aa n="1929">The few times she has actually talked about it</a>
<aa n="1973">The final step</a>
<aa n="2317">The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman: a review</a>
<aa n="652">The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman: book review</a>
<aa n="265">The freedom to be an alpha male: the joy!</a>
<aa n="1173">The Future of Men, by Marian Salzman, Ira Matathia and Ann O'Reilly: a book review</a>
<aa n="244">The hazards of self-sacrifice and impossible standards</a>
<aa n="136">The healing power of taking her in hand</a>
<aa n="2554">The heart of an alpha wolf</a>
<aa n="490">The importance of conquest</a>
<aa n="65">The impossibility of installing a spine in a pansy</a>
<aa n="214">The joy of the master-queen dynamic</a>
<aa n="1668">The King of the Dark Chamber, by Rabindranath Tagore: a book review</a>
<aa n="2074">The long journey to Taken in Hand</a>
<aa n="1072">The making of a dominant man</a>
<aa n="2289">The man needs to be the pursuer</a>
<aa n="950">The man ordering for the woman in restaurants</a>
<aa n="1556">The man who doesn't give a stuff about labels</a>
<aa n="822">The missionary position</a>
<aa n="230">The nature and effects of consensual non-consent</a>
<aa n="906">The Night Porter: movie review</a>
<aa n="18">The night that changed our marriage for ever</a>
<aa n="1028">The NOW Habit</a>
<aa n="199">The paradox of the master and the queen</a>
<aa n="143">The paradox of the strong and submissive woman</a>
<aa n="1649">The passion of the tango</a>
<aa n="45">The path</a>
<aa n="1013">The power of a woman who submits to her man</a>
<aa n="1812">The power of the feminine "please"</a>
<aa n="732">The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands: a book review</a>
<aa n="322">The resistant woman</a>
<aa n="254">The sexuality of ‘non-sexual’ dominance</a>
<aa n="442">The soothing effect of vowing to obey</a>
<aa n="820">The subjection of women</a>
<aa n="489">The submissive alpha female</a>
<aa n="175">The Surrendered Wife, by Laura Doyle: a critique</a>
<aa n="26">The sweetest “Benevolent Dictatorship” ever</a>
<aa n="40">The Taming of the Shrew</a>
<aa n="438">The Total Woman, by Marabel Morgan: a book review</a>
<aa n="815">The unexpected benefits of surrendering control</a>
<aa n="144">The Virgin and the Gipsy, by D. H. Lawrence</a>
<aa n="1736">The ways we do things</a>
<aa n="861">The word “anah” in brief</a>
<aa n="257">The worm turns (a little late, but better late than never!)</a>
<aa n="262">There is no knight in shining armour</a>
<aa n="1357">Things can change</a>
<aa n="1189">This man</a>
<aa n="1687">This man's authority just IS</a>
<aa n="1538">This place in my life feels right</a>
<aa n="1894">This site no more? New host</a>
<aa n="264">Three different experiences of rape</a>
<aa n="1156">Three female film characters I admire</a>
<aa n="74">Throw out the rules!</a>
<aa n="1109">Thy Rod and Staff, by Edward Anthony: a book review</a>
<aa n="259">Timeshare taming</a>
<aa n="2565">To be a man in a Taken In Hand relationship is to be the engine in a ship - if you’re not running then the boat isn’t going anywhere</a>
<aa n="241">To be taken</a>
<aa n="8">To let go</a>
<aa n="1293">To promise or not to promise?</a>
<aa n="862">Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding: an excerpt</a>
<aa n="794">Too feminine?</a>
<aa n="583">Too much of a good thing?</a>
<aa n="21">Total obedience?</a>
<aa n="11">Tradition, feminism, Victoria and Albert</a>
<aa n="456">Trials and errors – appeasement for anger</a>
<aa n="482">Trust is what makes my relationship so special</a>
<aa n="1611">Truth and life</a>
<aa n="1425">Two different women...</a>
<aa n="2287">Two years and counting</a>
<aa n="1378">Under new management</a>
<aa n="295">Understanding</a>
<aa n="425">Using the word “love” in writing about relationships</a>
<aa n="604">Violence in the garden</a>
<aa n="511">Virtues of the lowly switch</a>
<aa n="284">Wanting a masterful man</a>
<aa n="678">Wanting the impossible dream - a man in charge</a>
<aa n="2070">Watch what she does, not what she says</a>
<aa n="964">We should consider ourselves so lucky</a>
<aa n="1432">We were virgins when we married</a>
<aa n="591">We're not all submissive!</a>
<aa n="705">Wedded bliss</a>
<aa n="440">Wedding vows – I promised to “obey”</a>
<aa n="1846">What a man gets from Taken in Hand</a>
<aa n="2075">What a man!</a>
<aa n="488">What being taken in hand means to me</a>
<aa n="968">What causes contrition and crying?</a>
<aa n="1601">What control means to me</a>
<aa n="114">What do you mean, you want to be taken in hand?!</a>
<aa n="167">What does the man get out of it? Many things!</a>
<aa n="113">What easy-to-say word gives every lover pleasure?</a>
<aa n="49">What happens when he makes a mistake?</a>
<aa n="186">What I get out of it</a>
<aa n="2212">What if he is horrified by the idea?</a>
<aa n="1045">What if she is not interested in being taken in hand?</a>
<aa n="1050">What if your wife feels scared and vulnerable?</a>
<aa n="814">What is a Taken In Hand relationship?</a>
<aa n="1027">What is the alpha male's secret?</a>
<aa n="545">What is the secret recipe?</a>
<aa n="564">What it is that we do</a>
<aa n="164">What kind of site is this? D/s? TPE? CP? DD? ABCD?</a>
<aa n="227">What Taken In Hand has done for our marriage</a>
<aa n="313">What Taken In Hand is, and what it is not</a>
<aa n="2235">What Taken In Hand requires of you as a husband</a>
<aa n="153">What the woman gets out of it</a>
<aa n="332">What women don't want</a>
<aa n="480">What women need to know about men</a>
<aa n="729">What women want</a>
<aa n="394">What works for us</a>
<aa n="565">What would you do if your wife damaged the car?</a>
<aa n="19">What you need to know about Taken In Hand</a>
<aa n="1848">What's in a name?</a>
<aa n="145">What's in it for the man? Freedom!</a>
<aa n="1931">When a man takes charge, his wife no longer rejects him sexually</a>
<aa n="39">When I'm in overdrive...</a>
<aa n="730">When is implicit consent enough?</a>
<aa n="1037">When love transcends a weight issue</a>
<aa n="216">When rape is a gift</a>
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<aa n="1934">When visual pornography makes a wife feel devalued</a>
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<aa n="761">When your love doesn't want to get married</a>
<aa n="1">Where are all the strong men?</a>
<aa n="1441">Where these men come from...</a>
<aa n="369">Which comes first? Dominance or submission?</a>
<aa n="13">White hot intensity and boundless joy</a>
<aa n="1965">White-hot absolution</a>
<aa n="1127">Who cares what others think?</a>
<aa n="1046">Who is the sexiest woman in the world?</a>
<aa n="103">Who needs forbidden fruit when you have this?!</a>
<aa n="260">Who says you have to be submissive?</a>
<aa n="1225">Who Stole Feminism? by Christina Hoff Sommers: a book review</a>
<aa n="986">Who wants a slave?</a>
<aa n="857">Who's afraid of the big, growly lion?</a>
<aa n="72">Whose job is it?</a>
<aa n="97">Why a man might be reluctant and what to do about it</a>
<aa n="642">Why are Taken In Hand relationships so intimate and connected?</a>
<aa n="2041">Why being married beats playing the pickup game</a>
<aa n="126">Why being taken in hand helps</a>
<aa n="517">Why did it take us 20 years?</a>
<aa n="539">Why do some prefer a Taken In Hand relationship to a conventional relationship?</a>
<aa n="2268">Why do some rules work but not others?</a>
<aa n="962">Why do Taken In Hand folk reject the D/s label?</a>
<aa n="118">Why does being taken in hand work?</a>
<aa n="2553">Why does it work?</a>
<aa n="1733">Why does physically taking your wife in hand work?</a>
<aa n="467">Why is BDSM so popular?</a>
<aa n="1807">Why is commitment important?</a>
<aa n="194">Why is real punishment spanking erotic?</a>
<aa n="639">Why is the Taken In Hand dynamic so powerful?</a>
<aa n="547">Why is this desire so powerful?</a>
<aa n="56">Why men start and why they stop</a>
<aa n="2029">Why she wouldn't talk about it - and why she is talking about it now</a>
<aa n="234">Why Taken In Hand isn't actually unfair</a>
<aa n="1821">Why the "Wow!"?</a>
<aa n="1703">Why we rejected rules and punishment in our Taken In Hand relationship</a>
<aa n="1964">Why won't he spank me when he's angry?</a>
<aa n="290">Why would a women want to be spanked?</a>
<aa n="395">Why would anyone want to be controlled by a man?</a>
<aa n="104">Why you should not withhold spanking!</a>
<aa n="99">Why you shouldn't mention the 'M' word</a>
<aa n="2045">Woman whisperer</a>
<aa n="497">Women need to know when NOT to do as they're told!</a>
<aa n="291">Women want men who are more dominant</a>
<aa n="874">Women who take responsibility for their own actions</a>
<aa n="1780">Work - don't be afraid of that four letter word!</a>
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