User: T.

Presumably this was against budgeting rules, if you think it warrants punishment.

In which case, what were you thinking when you bought it?

I can't see how you could "accidentally" buy it. You must have known you were breaking the rules when you did so.

You're welcome.

Any chance of seeing her writing a description in the thread in question, like I suggested?

Well, I thought I'd give her a fair chance to come to you first before drawing your attention to http://www.misterpoll.com/forums/22932/topics/155715

Of course you may also just come to a different conclusion as to her motivations than I, and others in that thread, did, which is up to you.

I'm curious about Cindy, and wonder if you would mind describing her general behaviour to us, as she's clearly a contrast with the troubles we know you have with keeping sally and penny in line?

You say she doesn't get into trouble. I'm very impressed by that - I consider my gf to be very well behaved indeed, but that doesn't mean I never need to take a hairbrush to her backside now and again.

Do you mean that Cindy never gets into any sort of trouble at all, or that it's rare enough and minor enough that her husband can deal with it sufficiently without interference from elsewhere?

Do you have any routine requirements that are intended to keep her in her place (and as such would count as discipline, but not as punishment)?

How would you say she reacts to the punishment of her SILs; taking advantage of her being in a position to gloat and tease freely, painfully aware that it could after all happen to her if she slipped up, somewhere between the two, or something else?

We aren't hearing much from them already. Is there a reason why they've not been around?

Penny,

What exactly does it add to the discussion to point this out?

Sure, it does depict the humiliating aspect Sally describes in more detail, but surely describing your own experience could do that even better?

Are you saying that there is some aspect to Sally's experience that differs from yours in a manner significant to the matter at hand which means that you can better respond here by describing what has happened to Sally than what has happened to you?

Somehow I doubt that. This reads much more like more of your gloating, and you know where that's got you in the past.

I expect that confessing to your gloating will give you a first-hand experience that you can describe in even more detail than Sally's punishment. I look forward to reading it some time this week. You know that I know who to discuss this with if needs be, and I'm sure you can figure out that if you don't confess and your betters hear that you had a good chance to do so, that it won't make matters any better for you.

Your gloating may help serve to take Sally down a peg when she needs it, but it mostly serves to give you something to inflate yourself with at her expense when you know you can be just as big a spoilt brat as she can and every bit a hussy as she can too. At least Sally can be charming when she's not being arrogant, which is something we rarely see from you. Really, you may think you are impressing people when you talk about Sally like that, or putting yourself on a level with those with authority over both you and her, but you just come across as a bit silly and more than a bit unpleasant.

We both know you need taken down a peg or two too, and I expect few delays in your making sure you get what you deserve, young lady.