Quote Originally Posted by Aesop
My fellow dominants, I'm curious about what you do when and if burnout occurs. I know for me that it does happen from time to time. I just don't want to give orders or follow through on punishment right now. Sometimes it lasts an hour, sometimes it lasts a week, but it does happen. I deal with it by remembering my promises to my submissive and basically forcing myself to continue. I'm wondering if the rest of you have better ways to deal with those odd times when you just don't want to dominate anybody.
This is one of my more lucid moments, suggesting something you're probably doing already.

Take a break of a few weeks or more from play.

Plan to play on a specific date and time so that you don't have to deal with the asking and hinting.

Make it a standing date, structured to a certain degree with the exception of the activities that you, the dom, feel like doing. This plan is something your wife can count on, but with the understanding that if either of you don't feel like playing, there are no hard feelings.