Originally Posted by
Hagbard Celine
If only you knew the half of it. I got whipped, spanked, hit and beaten with everything from belts, hick'ry switches, fly swatters, shoes and kitchen spatulas. All it did was teach me to use my anger instead of my words.
Seriously though, I did get whipped with all of the above and I think it did make me more temperamental/have a shorter fuse than I would have if my parentals had been cerebral with their punishments instead.
I'm not sure i buy that.
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