I’m 65 years old and to this day my momma will tell me “boy, don’t think you’re too old for a switching.”
My reply is always the same: “yes momma, I’m sorry.”
Because I know if she thinks the situation warrants it she WILL get a switch and wear it out on my backside.
Momma don’t play at all.
We said, “yes, Ma’am and no Ma’am And please Ma’am, my oldest son thought her name was Ma’am.
My grandson says Ma’am and Sir and it is amazing what preferential treatment he gets even from his college professors.