I was never spanked. Threatened to be spanked a lot. But mostly the sheer volume of my mother yelling at you made to stop whatever you were doing.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Nov 05, 2007 7:30:58 am PST #493 of 10001
hip deep in pie
juliana - Nov 05, 2007 7:34:52 am PST #494 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CaBil!!!!
I think I was spanked, but at an age too young to remember, and probably for something like running out in to the highway. My dad had a much more effective way of tearing me down verbally.
Jesse - Nov 05, 2007 7:36:29 am PST #495 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I hope I didn't suggest that my dad was a monster about it.
God, not at all. Sometimes I think the best (and hardest) thing anyone can do is to try to do better than their parents, no matter how "good" or "bad" their parents did.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 05, 2007 7:37:02 am PST #496 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Also- Happy Birthday CaBil!
Stephanie - Nov 05, 2007 7:40:24 am PST #497 of 10001
Trust my rage
sophia, I do think it is unusual but you can get a "no police record" from most police stations.
megan walker - Nov 05, 2007 7:41:19 am PST #498 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Happy Birthday CaBil!!
Sophia Brooks - Nov 05, 2007 7:41:59 am PST #499 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
sophia, I do think it is unusual but you can get a "no police record" from most police stations.
I had no idea! The things I learn from Buffistas....
Scrappy - Nov 05, 2007 7:42:42 am PST #500 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We got spanked once in a while. Not with a belt or hairbrush or anything. My dad did smack me upside the head a couple of times that I recall, for mouthing off--which is not good, but his parents beat him regularly, so it was a huge improvement. I know he felt bad about it and apologized when I was older, but it only happend a few times, and each time I had been REALLY pushing the limits, so I don't feel bad about it.
Dana - Nov 05, 2007 7:44:01 am PST #501 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I was spanked, but it stopped pretty early. Probably around the time my parents discovered they could punish me by forbidding me to watch that day's syndicated episode of Star Trek.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 05, 2007 7:44:03 am PST #502 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I was spanked a few times, nothing too intense. My dad used a belt on me once, which I think was understandable in the context of his upbringing (large brood of kids behaviorally similar to Hal & Lois' on Malcolm in the Middle, frequent switchings). But Mom pointed out that I wasn't committing arson or digging Burmese tiger traps for the mailman like he and his siblings did, and took over the discipline from that point onward.