Mothers Know Best
By M.C.
When two mothers find out that their sons are bullies in school, they decide to handle the problem in an unusual and unique way.


1) Thursday Morning at the Office of the High School Principal

As Nancy and her longtime best friend and neighbor Jennifer anxiously waited
outside of the principal's office of the high school that their sons attend,
they wondered why had they been called in. What could be the problem? Was is
low grades? Truancy? Or, God forbid, drug use? What could have prompted the
principal to request this meeting with them on such short notice? As they
pondered this, the door to the principal's office opened and they were invited
to come inside. "Good afternoon Nancy and Jennifer," the principal began
(because she also lived in their neighborhood and they had known one another
for a number of years, the three women were all on a first name basis), please
come in and take a seat so that we can begin our discussion."

After Nancy and Jennifer sat down, Nancy asked the principal, "What is the
purpose of this meeting Alice? Is there a problem with our sons?" Alice sighed
and said, "I'm afraid so. Because your son Rick and Jennifer's son Jeff are
not only the largest and strongest boys in our school and now seniors, as well
as the stars of our football team, they both seem to have let it go to their
heads this semester and have begun to harass and bully many of the other
students." "I've already spoken to the coach of the football team about this
issue but he doesn't seem willing to take the problem seriously. In fact his
response was to simply say that 'boys will be boys'. So, if you're unable to
convince your sons to somehow change their behavior towards the other students
here, then I'm afraid that I'll be left with no other choice other than to
suspend both of them. And if they were suspended from school, Rick and Jeff
would, therefore, be ineligible to play on the football team - which would
undoubtably have an adverse effect on whatever hopes that you and your sons
might have regarding their receiving a football scholarship to play for a
university."

After a pause to let what she had just told the two women sink in, Alice
concluded, "Now, I understand that it can't be easy for the two of you as
single mothers to raise your sons on your own while at the same time running a
business (both Nancy and Jennifer became widows when their husbands, who were
business partners, tragically died in a plane crash several years earlier).
But although I do sympathize with your situation, you have to understand that
as the principal of this high school, I simply cannot allow this kind of
behavior to continue unabated. I sincerely hope that the two of you can work
out a solution to this problem so that I won't have to suspend your sons."

As Nancy drove Jennifer back to their homes, both women were quiet; no doubt
deep in thought about what they had just heard and pondering what they should
do about it. After Nancy had parked her car but before they got out, Jennifer
suddenly brightened up and said, "Nancy, I think that I may have found a
solution to this problem." Then she grinned and added, "In fact, if my plan
works out the way I hope it will, then we might also solve that other problem
that we've been worried about regarding Jeff and Rick - you know, about their
girlfriends. Hopefully we can kill two birds with one stone. Now, listen to my
plan." Half an hour later Nancy and Jennifer emerged from the car and began
walking towards their homes (they lived right across the street from one
another); and as they did so, both women had smiles on their faces.

2) Friday Afternoon

As the two large boys walked home from their school after football practice
that Friday afternoon, Rick turned to his best friend and neighbor and said,
"Jeff, my mom sent me a rather strange text message about an hour ago. It said
that we should meet her and your mom in your garage as soon as we get home. Do
you have any idea what this is all about?" Jeff shrugged his shoulders and
replied, "I received the exact same message as you did Rick; and I'm just as
clueless as you are. But I guess we should go and find out."

When Rick and Jeff entered the garage, they were greeted by an unexpected
sight - a makeshift wrestling ring had been set up with thick mats laid out on
the garage floor. But what was even more unusual were the two fairly large and
well-built girls dressed in shorts and sweatshirts limbering up and shadow
boxing inside while Rick and Jeff's mothers were observing from the side.
"What in the hell is going on here?" they both wondered. They didn't have to
wait too long for their answer.

"Well hello there," Nancy called out when she noticed that Rick and Jeff had
arrived. "Glad you boys could make it." When Nancy and Jennifer noticed the
confused looks that their sons had on their faces, they began to laugh. "We
decided to have a little wrestling contest this afternoon between you two and
Carol and Joyce. They are currently the strongest and best wrestlers that we
have in our gym (more on this in a bit). So Jennifer and I thought that it
might be kind of fun to see just how well they'd do pitted against two big,
strong, rough, tough, macho football players like you guys. Call it a 'Battle
of the Sexes' if you will. So, what do you say boys? Are you game?"

When Rick and Jeff hesitated in responding to Nancy's question (or challenge)
for them to wrestle against the two girls, Jennifer repeated it - only in a
slightly less subtle way than her friend had phrased it. "You're not telling
us that you two big, strong, rough, tough, macho guys are afraid to wrestle
against these two much smaller girls now, are you?" Then to further bait their
sons she added, "It wouldn't be because you're afraid that they'd beat you
now, would it?" Carol and Joyce started to giggle when they heard her say
this.

I think that at this point I should include a little background information:
When they were younger, Nancy and Jennifer had both been body builders as well
as trained martial artists - in fact that's how they first met one another.
About ten years ago they decided to pool their financial resources together
and opened up a gym specializing in teaching females of all ages how they can
acquire self-confidence through both physical strength and martial arts.
Through the techniques that Nancy and Jennifer have perfected over the years,
(which include weight lifting, conditioning as well as training in various
forms of martial arts like tai-kwon-do, jujitsu, boxing and wrestling), Nancy
and Jennifer train their female students how become more confident and
assertive women. Over the years their joint endeavor has proven to be a
tremendous success, both financially as well as in helping numerous females in
reaching their goals. It's an achievement that both women are understandably
very proud of. Carol and Joyce are just two recent examples of what Nancy and
Jennifer strive to achieve with their female clientele.

Not realizing that their mothers were expertly setting them up, the two big,
strong boys swallowed the bait - hook, line and sinker. "Very well then, "Jeff
said. "If it's a wrestling match you want mom, then it's a wrestling match
that you're going to get." Then he added with his usual arrogance, "But just
don't be too surprised if somebody gets hurt in this silly little experiment
of yours." More giggling could be heard from the two girls standing inside the
ring after he said this. The wrestling match now having been settled, Jennifer
and Nancy sat down on two chairs that they had placed beside the ring to
watch.

Rick and Jeff removed the sweatshirts that they were wearing and began to
climb into ring. As they did so, Carol and Joyce tied their long, pretty hair
back into ponytails (Carol's hair was blond while Joyce was a brunette) and
prepared to face off against their male opponents. If either of the girls was
apprehensive about their upcoming match, you certainly couldn't tell by
looking at them. Though not nearly as large nor as muscular as Jeff and Rick,
Carol and Joyce were by no means petite. They stood five feet eight inches
tall and weighed in at around 150 pounds. Both 17 year-old girls had very well
defined (though not overly muscular) arms and legs - the result of several
years of intensive training at Nancy and Jennifer's gym. And, in addition to
that, they were well versed in various forms of martial arts. In short, Carol
and Joyce were both strong, fit and well trained - which is why their mentors
felt confident putting them up against their big, strong sons.

3) The Match

As Rick and Jeff approached the two girls in the wrestling ring, they were
somewhat surprised to see that both Carol and Joyce had smiles on their pretty
faces - it was as if they were actually expecting to have fun! It must have
struck the boys as being a little bit surreal. After all, they each stood a
good six inches taller than the girls did and outweighed them by around eighty
pounds. And that's not to mention that both Rick and Jeff were very
well-conditioned athletes and the stars of their high school football team. So
why were the two girls smiling? The answer to that, unfortunately for them,
was not long in coming.

Thinking to make quick work of their female opponents, both Rick and Jeff
reached out to grab them. But, much to their surprise, the girls were well
prepared for this and, with a speed that left them stunned, grabbed their
large arms by the wrists and, in two perfectly executed ju-jitsu maneuvers,
managed to twist their arms in such a way that they were able to place them
behind their backs and pin both boys up against the ropes. If they had wanted
to, Carol and Joyce could have broken their arms in this position by applying
more pressure as the boys were virtually helpless now. But, fortunately for
them, that was not their intent. So after holding their two large opponents in
this position for a few moments, the girls released them. "I'm afraid you'll
have to do better than that if you guys want to defeat us," Carol teased. She
and Joyce then looked over at Nancy and Jennifer who were watching from the
side and smiled; and they smiled back.

Furious now, Rick looked at his friend and screamed, "Let's charge these
upstarts and pound them to the mats Jeff. After all, they're just girls." Yes,
they were just girls. But as the two large boys were about to find out the
hard way, Joyce and Carol were also very strong and extremely well-trained
girls; trained, ironically, by their very own mothers. As Rick and Jeff closed
in on them, the two girls charged forward, leaped up high into the air and
wrapped their strong legs around their opponent's necks and began to squeeze.
Once again surprised by the girl's speed and perfect execution, the stunned
boys were forced backwards and fell to the mats. Both Rick and Jeff found
themselves lying on their backs while Carol and Joyce were on their sides and
facing each other.

In desperation, the two large high school football stars tried to pry Carol
and Joyce's legs apart; but the girls scissors proved to be too strong for
them. Try as they might, the boys just couldn't break free. Every ten seconds
or so the girls would ease up on their scissors a bit thus allowing Rick and
Jeff to gasp for air before tightening their legs again. And, to further add
insult to injury, Carol and Joyce started to have a casual conversation with
each other while they held Rick and Jeff in place - about their hair! "What do
you think Carol? Should get my hair trimmed? I think it might be getting a
little bit too long."

"Oh no Joyce; why on Earth would you want to do that? I mean, your hair is so
pretty the way it is. It's so soft and fluffy. And I especially like the way
it curls up at the end; it's so cute. No Joyce, I wouldn't do anything at all
with your hair. I like it just the way it is." Although the girls could
clearly hear Rick and Jeff grunting and gasping as they vainly struggled to
free themselves from Carol and Joyce's python-like legs, neither one paid much
attention to them and calmly continued with their conversation. "What did you
think of that pretty blue dress we saw at the mall yesterday Joyce? Do you
think that it would look good on me? Should I buy it?"

"Yes I do Carol. I would definitely buy it if I were you. I think that blue is
the color that you look your very best in." By now the two large, strong boys
that had been helplessly trapped in-between Carol and Joyce's muscular legs
had stopped trying to free themselves and their arms fell to the mats. The
girls then released them and allowed the boys recover. They stood up and again
smiled over at Nancy and Jennifer. "You go girls!" Jennifer shouted out as she
and Nancy gave their star pupils the 'thumbs up' sign, then they slapped each
other five.

It took several minutes for Rick and Jeff to recover. But when they did and
finally managed to get back on their feet again, they were furious. For not
only were Carol and Joyce outwrestling them in front of their mothers, but by
carrying on a casual conversation with each other as they did so they were
humiliating them too. And this, the proud high school football stars simply
could not tolerate. So as Rick and Jeff angerly approached the two girls to
resume their match, Rick completely lost it and threw a punch at Carol - and
that proved to be a big mistake, for both boys.

"Oh, so you boys want to box now, eh?" Carol said after she deftly ducked
under Rick's wild haymaker. "Very well then, let's box a little bit shall we?"
Carol and Joyce bunched up their hands into fists and began to pummel their
much larger, but far slower and less skilled, male opponents - again by using
the skills that Rick and Jeff's mothers had taught them over the past several
years. Not only were the girls' rapid and well placed punches connecting and
the boys were unable to block them, but when they did managed to throw a punch
of their own, Carol and Joyce either blocked or simply avoided them.

Amazingly, because they didn't want to hurt the boys any more than they felt
was necessary (and certainly not in front of Nancy and Jennifer), both Joyce
and Carol pulled their punches. In other words, the two smaller girls were
battering the strong, tough high school football stars around the ring while
using only about half of their strength to do it! But the boys were so totally
outclassed by the girls superior boxing abilities that it hardly seemed to
matter. Simply put, Carol and Joyce were giving Rick and Jeff a royal ass
kicking!

And while they battered their large opponents around, Carol and Joyce also
resumed teasing them. "Gee Joyce, these guys sure do make great punching bags,
don't they?" Her friend giggled and replied, "They certainly do Carol. Maybe
their mothers can bring them to our gym someday for our workouts. That way the
other girls can use them as punching bags too; tee, hee, hee."

By now Rick and Jeff were all but beaten. Carol had Rick backed into one of
the corners and was playfully punching him at will, easily overcoming his
feeble attempts to defend himself while Joyce had Jeff in pretty much the same
position in the opposite corner. The girls glance at each other, grinned,
shrugged their shoulders, punch the boys a few more times for fun and then
stopped. "I think that the boys have had enough for one afternoon," Joyce said
as she looked over at Jennifer and Nancy. "I really don't see any point for
Carol and I to continue beating them up anymore than we already have."

"You're right girls," Jennifer said. "I think that we can say that the fight
is now officially over. Both of you were just wonderful and we couldn't be any
prouder of the way you performed (remember it was their sons that the girls
had just beaten up). Now, Nancy and I are going into my house for a little
while to have a cup of coffee so that you can have some private time alone
with the boys and maybe straighten out some of the things that we discussed
with you yesterday. So girls, our sons are all yours. But please try to be
gentle with them; after all they're just boys (wink)."

"Don't worry, we'll be gentle with them," Carol said and winked back,
"provided that they cooperate and do what we asked of them that is." She then
looked over at Joyce and both girls smirked. "We just want to have a friendly
little chat and explain a few things to them," Joyce added. As Nancy and
Jennifer were leaving the garage, they noticed that Carol and Joyce had
grabbed the two chairs that they had been sitting on during the match and
placed them inside the ring.

4) After the Match

Nancy and Jennifer took their cups of coffee and sat down at the kitchen
table. From where they were sitting they didn't have a clear view of what was
going on between the girls and their sons inside the garage, but they were
close enough to hear some of it. For a couple of minutes everything appeared
to be quiet. And then Nancy and Jennifer began to hear SPANK! SPANK! SPANK!
SPANK! SPANK! And, if they listened carefully enough, they could even make out
what sounded like Carol and Joyce - giggling.

Then they began to hear a very different sound coming from the inside of the
garage, the distinct sounds of Rick and Jeff - crying! As hard as it might be
to believe, their two big, strong, tough, macho football playing sons were
literally being spanked to tears by the two much smaller girls. But neither
Jennifer or Nancy seemed to be the least bit surprised or concerned by this
though. To the contrary, they both began to laugh and slapped each other five
again. After the crying sounds died down they decided to wait another thirty
minutes before going back into the garage.

When Jennifer and Nancy returned to the garage they saw their two large,
strong sons draped across Carol and Joyce's knees while the girls sat on the
two chairs; Rick over Carol's knees and Jeff over Joyce's. Their training
pants and underwear had been pulled down to their ankles and their rear ends
were very red. Both boys appeared to have been crying. "Well girls, how did
your friendly little chat with our sons go?" Jennifer asked.

"Oh it was wonderful!" Carol replied. "Not only were we able to convince your
sons to stop being bullies at school, but we also persuaded them to break up
with those pompous and conceited cheerleaders and become our boyfriends
instead. We put into practice exactly what you suggested that we should do
yesterday. And you were right - there's nothing like a good spanking to help
boys and even men see things more clearly."

"I definitely agree with Carol," Joyce added. "After we threatened to spank
them in front of the whole school on Monday, they quickly saw the wisdom of
our offer and agreed to our terms. We then made sure that they broke up with
their girlfriends by making them do it with their cell phone speakers on so
that we could listen." Joyce then giggled and added, "For some reason they
weren't very nice about it, and I wonder why; tee, hee, hee."

"That's right Joyce," Carol continued. "They were indeed very rude; and such
language. I think that next week you and I will have to have a little chat
with them and teach them some manners. Perhaps a good spanking is in order.
But enough about them. I think that this new arraignment will be great. Rick
and Jeff need strong, tough girls like Joyce and me to keep them in line, and
we need good-looking hunks like them for boyfriends. I believe it's going to
be a win-win situation for all of us."

"That's wonderful news!" Nancy exclaimed. "So why don't you girls take your
new boyfriends back to your homes now so that you can get all get better
acquainted with one another. But try not to do anything that's too naughty, if
you catch my drift (wink)."

"Why thank you Nancy; in fact that's exactly what we'll do," Joyce said and
winked back at her mentor. She then bent down and, seemingly without too much
effort, lifted the 230 pound Jeff up over her right shoulder while Carol did
the same with the equally large Rick. Then, after wrapping their strong arms
around the boys' legs so that they wouldn't fall off their shoulders, Joyce
said to Carol, "Let's take these boys to my house. My parents will be away for
the entire weekend so we'll have the whole house to ourselves." And with that,
the two girls walked out of the garage carrying their new boyfriends over
their strong shoulders, giggling with each other as they did.

5) The Evolution of a Devious Plan (this goes back in time a bit)

Carol and Joyce live only two blocks away from Rick and Jeff and they are all
the same age. For a number of years now the girls had secret crushes on the
large, strong, jocks - Carol on Rick and Joyce on Jeff. But although both
girls are fairly attractive as well as great athletes and extremely good
students, they weren't what you'd call 'classical beauties' like the
cheerleader type of girlfriends that Rick and Jeff preferred. One day recently
after their workout at Nancy and Jennifer's gym, Joyce and Carol confessed to
them about their true feelings regarding their sons, which Jennifer and Nancy
were delighted to hear.

Neither Nancy or Jennifer were happy with Rick and Jeff's choice of
girlfriends - they found them to be pompous, conceited and not very bright;
not exactly the type of girls that mothers want their sons to be with. So
Carol and Joyce's revelation was music to their ears. The question for Nancy
and Jennifer then became how could they arrange for everything to work out the
way they felt was best for their sons without appearing to be manipulating
them. It was the meeting that they had with Rick and Jeff's high school
principal and Jennifer's brilliant idea that finally got them to put their
plan in motion.

Nancy and Jennifer met with Carol and Joyce that Thursday afternoon after the
meeting at the principal's office and explained the situation about their sons
bullying behavior to them - something which they already knew about. They also
told them how dissatisfied they were about Rick and Jeff's choice of
girlfriends and how they would much prefer that their sons had strong,
confident and smart girls like them instead. And since Joyce and Carol had
already told them about their feelings towards their sons, Jennifer felt that
it was the perfect time to explain her devious plan to them and how it might
be able to solve all of their problems in one fell swoop.

"But do you really think that Rick and Jeff would want us for their
girlfriends after we finish beating them up and humiliating them?" Carol
asked. "They're both strong and tough guys," Joyce added. "Would they really
want to be with girls who are both stronger and tougher than they are? It
would be a massive blow to the fragile, male egos that all boys seem to have."

Jennifer smiled. "And that's exactly the point girls. Unless you two can
totally destroy those male egos of theirs - as Nancy and I believe you can -
then I'm afraid that nothing will ever change in the current situation, either
for you or our sons. Your desires will remain unfulfilled and our sons will
continue to be with those slutty girlfriends of theirs, who, mark my words,
will dump Rick and Jeff once your mother (Alice, the high school principal
that Jennifer and Nancy met with that morning, also happens to be Carol's
mother) suspends them from school and they are subsequently dropped from the
football team. After all, there's no prestige for those girls in having our
sons for boyfriends if they're no longer the stars of the football team; is
there? They would - to use a tired and worn out old cliché - drop Rick and
Jeff like hot potatoes."

At this point Nancy decided to inject herself into the conversation. "So
girls, I'm afraid that it's crunch time for us here. If we want what's best
for Rick and Jeff, as well as for the two of you, then I think that we all
know what has to be done. If you girls follow Jennifer's plan tomorrow
afternoon, then I believe that every- thing will work out for the best. I know
that it's a bit of a gamble, but given the alternative I think that it's a
gamble worth taking." And after giving the matter some thought, both Joyce and
Carol agreed to give it a shot. After all, what did they have to lose? Except,
perhaps, Rick and Jeff.

6) Epilogue

As Jennifer and Nancy watched Carol and Joyce carry their sons out of the
garage and begin walking towards Joyce's home, they looked at each other and
smiled. "Well friend, it looks like that plan of mine worked out perfectly
today; don't you think?" Jennifer said proudly. "We not only took care of our
son's bullying problem, but we also got them to break up with those slutty
girlfriends that neither of us felt were any good for them. And now Jeff and
Rick will both have strong, tough, assertive and loving girlfriends who will
help guide them through their lives - just as good girlfriends should."

"I couldn't agree with you more Jennifer. Your plan did indeed work out to
perfection. So, why don't we go back inside and celebrate what has been a
rather successful afternoon."Â Hand -in-hand, the two lifelong friends went
into Jennifer's home - and straight into her bedroom.