Darlene and Eddie were really excited about their upcoming taping of Life Swap as were Max and Delilah. Darlene worked full time and her husband Eddie stayed home with the kids. Eddie was a submissive husband whose wife ruled the house. Eddie even had an apron that he wore when doing housework that stated, “Mom Knows Best.”

Max and Delilah were the opposite of Darlene and Eddie. Delilah stayed at home, raised the kids and worked eight hours a day at a “work from home” job. Max worked in construction and when he came home he not only did nothing around the house, he actually made more work for Delilah.

The limos dropped off the wives and as usual they endured the first week of living by the other wife’s rules. There was tension in the house but both newly aligned couples could feel that the rule changes would be the point where things got ugly. While things got a little hostile in the newly formed Eddie and Delilah match they got downright ugly in the Max and Darlene match. At least that was the case until Darlene had a few words with Max that rearranged his way of thinking.

Eddie’s transformation to Delilah’s way of life was not nearly as difficult. Although he was a stay at home dad who now had to go earn a living he was naturally submissive and took to obeying Delilah as he had obeyed his wife. He fought against her job choices and some of her other decisions but for the most part he passively submitted to her even allowing some of his favorite possessions to go up in flames.

After the rule change Darlene put Max in charge of cleaning, cooking, taking care of the kids and the eight hour a day work from home job. She sat with her feet up and yelled out for Max to keep working. Outside of the house but with the cameras rolling Max was defiant and said he could take anything Darlene could dish out. However, he was cracking on the inside. He was beginning to wonder how his wife was ever able to put up with all the work and stress but did not want to admit this to anyone. After two days he collapsed from exhaustion on the couch and fell asleep.

Darlene knew he was breaking but she also knew he wasn’t quite ready yet. She needed to rob him of some more sleep and hopefully crack him in some other way as well. She went up to the couch, kicked it and said, “You haven’t made the kids’ lunches yet. Get your fat redneck ass up and make those lunches.”

Max climbed off the couch and swore at Darlene but he knew he had to abide by the rules or he violated the contract he signed with the network. As he walked towards the kitchen Darlene pulled out the apron she had made for him. It was the same one her husband wore at home. During the rule change Max had thrown it and said he would burn it before he wore it. She watched Max walk off in defeat and said, “Max, you forgot your apron. You stand still and I’ll put it on.”

Max thought about fighting but that would mean another thirty minutes of arguing and all he wanted to do was get some sleep. He stopped, raised his arms and said, “I can tie it myself.”

Darlene said, “I know you can Max, but I want you to know who is in charge and it sure isn’t you.”

Max allowed Darlene to tie the apron on him and went into the kitchen to make the lunches. Darlene was pleased at how quickly he was learning to submit to her. All she had to do now was get a few moments alone with him away from the camera’s eye. But a big break took place that she could not have possibly anticipated.

The following morning Max was working on his wife’s computer when he stumbled onto her diary.

Darlene was talking to the camera and said, “Look, my first goal is to get Max to appreciate what his wife does and my second goal is to get him to help around the house. I can’t expect him to serve his wife the way my husband serves me but any positive changes I can make while I’m here will make me feel better about my decision to come onto this show.”

Just as she said this Max walked into the room crying with real tears streaming down his face. This shocked everyone in the room including Darlene who had expected him to break but not to this extent. She said, “What’s wrong little Max? You can’t handle a little housework and lost sleep?”

Max said, “I had no idea she was that unhappy. If she was that unhappy why didn’t she tell me? Why didn’t she just tell me?”

Darlene said, “What are you talking about Max? Have you lost your mind?”

The cameras were rolling now and Darlene had to find out what Max was talking about and had to somehow get him alone. Max said, “I found Delilah’s online diary and she hates being married to me. She said every day with me is like a day in Hell and she thinks death would be better than the rest of her life with me.”

The one place the cameras do not go is the bathroom. Darlene hugged Max and out loud she said, “Oh my gosh I’m so sorry Max.” Then she whispered in his ear, “Tell me you have to go to the bathroom and I’ll meet you in there in two minutes. Leave the door unlocked. We need to talk.”

She broke the hug and Max said, “I need to go to the bathroom” and left the room.

Darlene waited two minutes and said, “I can’t wait for him to finish. I am going to go use the other bathroom.” Then she left the room too.

The cameras were no longer rolling but Darlene knew they would come looking for them soon. She let herself into the bathroom and threw her arms around Max again. She held him and rocked him the way a mother rocks her weeping child. Max cried and cried and let his body relax into her loving hug. Then she said, “This wasn’t supposed to happen Max. I just wanted you to appreciate your wife more.”

He said, “I do now. I really do.”

She said, “You have been in charge for so long but didn’t you like not having to make all those decisions? I know I pushed you to the brink of exhaustion but it felt so good to let me be in charge. All you had to do was make a lunch, sweep a floor, wash a dish and so on. You had more work but your tired little mind did not have to be bothered with so many decisions. The weight of the world was lifted from your shoulders and while you thought you would hate it you didn’t hate it did you?”

Max said, “But it isn’t right letting a woman be in charge of my house.”

Darlene said, “Look me in the eye and tell me you didn’t hate it. Don’t tell me what’s right or wrong with me being in charge. Tell me it felt good to have the weight of being in charge lifted from your shoulders.”

Max looked into Darlene’s eyes and felt a yearning for her that he had not felt, that he never thought he could have felt. He had hated her from the moment she walked into his home and now he was staring into her eyes and feeling closer to her than he had ever felt to anyone in his life and more passive than he had ever felt. He said, “Yes Darlene, it felt good to have the weight of being in charge lifted from my shoulders.”

Darlene felt his resistance to her words dropping. She knew he wanted to make love to her and was struggling with those feelings. She knew he was confused about his role in life and she knew his mind was more receptive to her suggestions than they would ever be. She said, “And it felt good to let me know that too didn’t it?”

He said, “Yes it did. How do you know so much about what I’m feeling?”

Darlene said, “The eyes are the windows to the soul Max. Look into my eyes and I will tell you what else you are feeling. Look deep into my eyes and allow me to make a few suggestions for improving your life.”

Max did not just look at Darlene’s eyes, he looked deeply into them and felt as if he was falling into them. Darlene made her eyes widen and said, “My eyes are so relaxing and it feels so good to look into them. You are very open to my suggestion now because you realize for the first time that I am not here to best you in a competition of who is in charge and realize now that I am here to make your life better. So just take a deep breath and as you exhale allow all the stress and tension of the last week and few days slip away leaving you more relaxed and more open to my words.”

Max thought her choice of words was strange but he felt so relaxed and so comfortable with her. It felt good to be away from the glare of the cameras and he wanted so badly to hear what she had to say to make his life easier. He took his deep breath and as he exhaled he felt like he could just lie down right there in the bathroom and go to sleep.

Darlene recognized the signs of a man well on his way to hypnosis land so she smiled knowing it would soon all be over. She said, “I can see you are feeling so sleepy now. I pushed you hard and the stress of the day sustained you but as that stress slips away so too does your ability to hold those heavy eyes open. My words are having such a calming effect on you and as I speak of sleep and submission you know all you want to do is sleep and allow me to be in charge. So let’s get started and allow you to get that sleep that you so desperately want and so desperately need. Are you ready to sleep and let Darlene be in charge?”

Max still had his eyes open and he was still vaguely aware of his surroundings but the reality was he had already handed control of his mind over to Darlene. Counting down was a mere formality but Darlene thought she would go ahead and do it anyway just to deepen her hold on him and so he would be consciously and subconsciously aware that he had allowed her to hypnotize him.

Darlene said, “I am going to count backwards from five to one. Each number I speak you will grow ten times sleepier and your eyes will grow ten times heavier. By time I reach the number one you will have allowed your head to fall forward onto my shoulder and you will be deeply asleep and deeply hypnotized.”

Darlene counted from five to one and as she did Max realized he had really screwed up and allowed this to happen. He had let her wear him down and his moment of vulnerability had let her past his defenses. But he felt so good, so relaxed, so comfortable and happy that any thoughts of trying to fight it seemed ridiculous. As his eyes closed and he relinquished control to Darlene he smiled. Darlene saw the smile and was not surprised as she thought all men desired a woman to submit to.

Darlene said, “You are deeply hypnotized now and will obey me without question. This is not only for today but for the rest of your life. Do you understand my submissive little Max?”

Max said, “Yes Darlene.”

Darlene said, “I am your mistress now and you will address me appropriately.”

Max said, “Yes mistress.”

Darlene had no intention of retaining the mistress title but making a previously dominant man call her mistress only further weakened his will and made him more receptive for what he was about to hear.

She said, “That’s better my pet. The cameras are waiting for us my submissive little boy so we need to hurry. When we go back out we will have an open conversation in front of the cameras where I will suggest you stop fighting me and give my way a try. You will accept and as you continue to do chores and obey me you will feel even more submissive and will long for a woman’s control. Is that clear my obedient little man?”

Max felt any resistance to her slipping away as she used terms like obedient little man, submissive little boy and other words designed to establish his submissiveness. He felt, more than ever, that he needed a woman to control his life. And he knew the best way to do that was to accept her will right in front of everyone right in front of the cameras. As these thoughts flooded his now very receptive mind he replied, “Yes mistress, that is clear.”

Darlene said, “You will awaken when I count to three and will not recall being hypnotized. You will not call me mistress when you are awake and will call me Darlene again. You will only remember that we came in here to chat so I could convince you to give my way a try since your way had almost ruined your relationship. But tonight, after the cameramen leave, you will come to my room to talk. When I tell you to sleep and obey you will return to this hypnotic trance so I may further train you and reprogram your mind.”

Darlene counted to three and said, “I’ll see you out there in two minutes.”

She went out in front of the cameras and said, “Where is Max? Is he still in the bathroom?”

The cameraman said nothing so she looked at the camera and said, “I hope he takes my advice and gives my way of life a try. I think he will be happier. I think he will be much happier if he learns his place in life.”

Max came into the room and looking confused he said, “Who are you talking to?”

She said, “I was talking to the television audience.”

Darlene walked over to Max, put her finger under his chin and held his eyes with her eyes. He felt like he had done this before and immediately felt very submissive towards her. Then she said, “Are you feeling better now?”

Max shook his head yes and said yes. Darlene took his hands into her hands and said, “Instead of fighting me tooth and nail why don’t you just give my way of life a chance. What can it hurt? I have been riding you because you refused to do anything but if we work as a team with you obeying me I think you will be pleasantly surprised.”

Max said, “Okay Darlene, let’s give your way a shot. I will obey you.”

Everyone in the room was so shocked to see Max give in that the cameraman let out an audible “holy shit” that had to be edited out of the show.

The rest of the day Max did whatever Darlene told him. To publicly reward his behavior Darlene went over and assisted Max with whatever task he was attempting to tackle. In front of the cameras she would say, “See how much easier it is when we both work as a team.”

By the end of the night everyone who had been filming this show was astonished at how easily Max had given in but attributed it to him finding her online diary. The evening wound down, the cameras left and Darlene went off to the guest bedroom. A few minutes later it hit Max that he really needed to talk to her. This had been one of the best days of his life and he needed to understand why. He went to her room and knocked.

Darlene said, “Come in.”

Max went into her room and said, “Can we talk?”

Darlene said yes and motioned for him to come further into the room. He said, “I never thought I would say this but today was the one of the best days of my life. I am really confused about how I feel about women being in control and even confused about how I feel about you.”

She smiled and said, “You mean to say that if I invited you to spend the night with me you wouldn’t say no?”

Max felt inferior, submissive, and an intense desire for Darlene. He could not deny it. Darlene saw this and suddenly felt desire she had not anticipated. She had lured him to her room only to further brainwash him but now that he stood before her with his tail between his legs she started thinking about fun things to do with him. He said, “Yes, but I still love my wife.”

Darlene said, “Of course you do. But you want to know what it is like to get on your knees and lick my ass don’t you?”

Max said, “My gosh no. I just meant I wanted to be with you.”

She smiled and said, “Actually you would love to kiss and lick my ass right before I have you lick my pussy. All you really have to do is sleep and obey.”

Max felt his knees give out and as he began to lose balance Darlene quickly slid a chair under his butt. Then she said, “You are back under my control now slave and will obey. You learned today how good it is to submit to your woman didn’t you?”

Max replied, “Yes mistress, it felt very good.”

Darlene said, “Then when I tell you to lick my ass your only response should be to get on your knees and do as you are told. From this point forward anytime your wife tells you to do something you will respond saying yes dear, anything you want. Then you will immediately obey the command. You no longer care about your own wants and desires and feel that your only true purpose in life is the happiness of your wife. I am your wife for the remainder of this show and these feelings of submissiveness and obedience apply to me until the day we swap lives back out. Do you understand my little play toy?”

Max said, “Yes mistress.”

Darlene said, “Then I shall whisper more commands into your ear as you worship my wet pussy. You will awaken on the count of three and will lick my ass until I snap my fingers. When I snap my fingers you will announce that you belong to your wife and then you will lick my pussy.”

Darlene counted to three and Max knew what he must do. His mistress waited on her elbows and knees to have her ass licked and he immediately, without hesitation, inserted his tongue and began licking. The more he licked the more he wanted to submit. Yet he knew in a few days it would be his wife on her hands and knees and he would be lucky enough to begin making up for all those years of neglect. Darlene snapped her fingers and as she sat down Max went to his knees and began licking her pussy.

She said, “Easy boy, be more gentle. Women are not like men and we like to start out slow. Now kiss it instead of licking. Good boy. Now switch back and forth. Oh yes, that’s better.”

Darlene trained Max in the art of pleasing a woman and when she was finished with him she said, “You will not make love to me as that is reserved for your real wife. You will remember how to please a woman and will eagerly pursue your wife asking and begging for permission to please her. Since you were so good in bed when you wake up in the morning and the cameras are rolling I will openly reward you for your obedience yesterday by offering to allow you to go back to sleep.”

Darlene knew this would be the final test. When she offered to let him go back to sleep in the morning he would either eagerly accept her offer or he would thank her for the offer and ask for permission to work around the house to make her life easier. If he did the latter then she knew her work was done.

Max woke up in the morning and wondered what that strange taste in his mouth was. As he became more aware of his surroundings he recalled going into see Darlene and licking parts of her body where he never thought his tongue would ever go. Then he smiled knowing he had given a woman pleasure. He quickly got dressed, went to the kitchen, put on his apron and started cooking breakfast.

Darlene came out in her night gown and robe and when she saw Max cooking she said, “Hey Max, I have decided to reward you for being such a good husband yesterday. Why don’t I finish breakfast and you go back and get some sleep.”

Max rubbed his eyes and everyone could see Max was struggling with something. He looked confused and then suddenly looked peaceful as he said, “Thank you for the offer Darlene but with your permission I would like to take care of everything today. A woman’s place is to have her husband take care of her.”

Darlene smiled and said, “Of course Max, if that is what you want.”

A week after the show Darlene got a surprise call from Delilah. At first she thought she was calling to thank her but instead Delilah said, “What did you do to my husband you femmonster! He is been turned into a total wimp that follows me around begging to do anything I want. I hate you! I want my husband back.”

Darlene said, “Calm down Delilah. Can we meet somewhere? I can fly in and meet you for dinner. I need to explain.”

Darlene flew to Delilah’s home city, met her for dinner and immediately took the liberty of drugging Delilah’s drink. As the drug took effect Darlene said, “My husband worships the ground I walk on. Just look at the big shiny ring he bought me. Isn’t it lovely? You can have beautiful things like this too if you just relax and listen to what I have to say. Can you relax and hear me out?”

Delilah felt a comfortableness with Darlene she had not expected to feel. A warm tingly feeling came over her and as her eyes fixated on the ring she said, “Sure, I’ll hear what you have to say.”

Fifteen minutes later Darlene said, “And when I count to five you will awaken with no memory of being hypnotized. You will return home the vibrant, dominant woman you were intended to be. You will rule your household and make your husband submit to you as we discussed. Is that clear dominant superior female?”

Delilah said, “Yes master.”

Delilah drove home so happy she had met Darlene for dinner and got a better understanding of her husband’s newfound feelings of submission. He was still her big strong man outside the house who could provide and protect but when he came home at night he was her big submissive teddy bear who would willingly do anything she commanded. As she pulled onto her street all the different things she wanted her new man to do and do to her ran through her mind. And she realized she was really going to like her new husband.

When the episode of Life Swap finally ran on network television Darlene and Eddie snuggled up to the fireplace to watch while Max sat at Delilah’s feet giving her a foot massage. As they watched the show both husbands had comments.

Eddie said, “That lucky guy. He is so happy since you lived with him for two weeks. Plus his wife seems really happy too.”

Max watched in horror at the way he had once treated his wife. He said, “I can’t believe I treated my goddess, the love of my life, the way that I did.”

Delilah said, “I can’t either. Watching that show makes me want to punish you again. You know what that means don’t you teddy bear?”

Max said, “Yes mistress, it is time to be disciplined.”

Max dropped his pants as Delilah patted her knee and said, “Then get over here and assume the position.”

As Delilah administered Max’s punishment Max thought how lucky he was to have Delilah to keep him in line and Delilah thought how lucky she was to have signed them up for the show.