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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (67156)	12/18/1999 11:37:00 AM
From: MSB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I did get even. I decided early on I wasn't going to have children, and I wasn't going to get married. Well, I got married, but I let my intentions be known about children before hand. It wasn't negotiable. We have none, and hope we never do. I did all the things you did when you were young, too. I remember one instance when I was around the age of 5. Both my parents and I were in the back yard of our home, and I started to compound the word "God" with the word "damn". I have no idea where I heard the word or why I did it, but I did it 3 times past the verbal version of "don't do that". The fourth time I got a swat. I may not have learned why I shouldn't do it, but I did learn "not" to do it regardless. Some forms of punishment do not work with strong-willed children. If it does, why do we have prisons full of those who were once children themselves, because they got spankings as children? I don't even have a criminal record. Of course I guess there is always time. (My allotted online time is up for this part of the day) Edit: I remember thinking "when I am BIG etc., etc." A Tom Hanks reference?

To: epicure who wrote (67156)	12/18/1999 2:05:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

X, I can really relate to what you say here. I was also hit quite often by my father as a child growing up. And as Penni eluded to, I reached a point at 15 when my strength exceeded that of my fathers and finally said enough-is-enough! He never hit me again. My brother, a wonderfully bright sensitive person has always had a stuttering problem, I believe it's related to the way we were both punished as a child. But, taking a belt and welting you across the head for being 5 minutes late, or kicking you with a hard-toed shoe is quite a bit different than an occasional regimented spanking on the bottom. Michael