re: OT: Did you get whipped/spankings as a child?

I got switched if I wasn't in bed by the time my dad was in bed but it never happened. It may sound strange but I simply didn't have the option to misbehave. It was simply a fact of life that I would do whatever I was told immediately no questions asked. I had to answer within 2 seconds and appear before my parents (running from the other side of the house) within 5-6 seconds. Not doing it was not an option. I was told not long ago that if I behaved like other kids, they would seriously have considered about putting me up for adoption.

I also had my nose covered up if I was breathing through my nose while i was sleeping as a practical joke and I got tickled till I was screaming and hyperventalating a few times.

When I got into high school, I got punched and slapped pretty badly a few times and I had stuff thrown point blank into my face twice. Still better than the verbal abuse I got at times from my mother which was honestly much much much worse.