RosieRad:
And that sounds healthier than the submissive partner intentionally misbehaving or sabotaging goals to get spanked.
That is precisely why the 'maintenance' practice developed. When improving behavior is a genuine goal, it is counterproductive to misbehave intentionally.......and yet because many (though not all) DD submissives start out as spankos and as such, retain the 'need' for spanking on occasion even as their real behavior improves, this policy let's that need be filled while not jeopardizing the progress a couple is otherwise achieving. I know this to be true in my case with Rosa, and I have talked to dozens of other DD people and it is very common for Tops, no matter how much they like giving a spanking, to genuinely resent intentional misbehavior. It is not at all uncommon to hear these Tops say that to be provoked or manipulated with intentional misbehavior is cause for very unpleasant consequences....again making some sort of recentering through 'maintenance' that much more effective.