Ooh, the Field Museum has an exhibition of Maps now through early January.
'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.
My parents smacked the shit out of us. I even got a fat lip, once.
That Unshelved is so awesome! Except you should make them run a correction about your hair color...
Allyson, that is totally surreal, and amazing.
That Unshelved is so awesome!::nods::
Who here got spanked by their parents?
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And it only cost me 2 bloody noses, 5 years and $25k in therapy bills to deal with it.
We don't spank Em as a rule, but we have on a few occasions and the first time I did, it made me physically sick to my stomach.
I'll admit to swatting both kids, but more in a HEY, I NEED YOUR ATTENTION, THAT WAS BAD/DANGEROUS, than in over the knee, bare-butt punishment spanking.
Once they were old enough to reason (ok, still questionable), that stopped and on came the words.
I don't have any vivid memories of being spanked, but I think I was. I definately know I have father approval issues, even still, but that was mroe of me never living up to his expectations than him trying to keep me in line with "you have disappointed me" type situational guilt.
My sister and I got spanked a couple of times but it was like the End All Be All of Threats. So, mostly threatened, a few times delivered. I can't remember if it was bare handed or with the aid of the back of a hairbrush ever.
Dude, Allyson, that's definitely worth framing. Very cool!
And I want to go to the map exhibit at the Field Museum. Pout. Stupid geography, making things too far away.
When I was really young I discovered that being spanked while wearing diapers didn't hurt a bit. My only fear was my mother would discover this fact.
My mom usually used a wooded spoon for spankings. Once it broke while she was spanking my older brother, and he laughed at her...