[martinidon]

Wow, my father would still be in prison if they arrested you for spanking with a belt when I was growing up. My father had this “skinny” alligator belt and man did it hurt! Of course there were also the “switches” which we were required to go pick before our punishment was rendered. I had 4 brothers and there was no need to trim the hedges in our backyard because they were always picked clean!

[dagoofyfoot]

Wow, my father would still be in prison.


As most of ours from the baby boomers generation. Back then pissing your your father off was something to be feared.

Not like todays kids who have a "in your face" kind of reckless abandon when it comes to misbehavior.

When I was young, even for standards in those days my father crossed the line, kind of like in the movie "Goodfellas" where Henry Hill's dad whips the crap out of him with a belt, and all he says is, "Everybody has to take a beating now and then". But in our house nobody ever thought about calling the cops.