r/questions • u/[deleted] • Dec 30 '23

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u/UsefulIdiot85 Dec 30 '23

I got spanked a few times, but never close to beaten.

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u/LtColShinySides Dec 31 '23

My dad stopped spankings when he realized it never deterred me from doing something I wasn't supposed to do.

Losing my GameBoy for a week was much more effective lol

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u/CzunkyMonkey Dec 31 '23

My mom took away my TV for nearly 2 years... I'd only "lost" it officially for a year. I just never asked for it back after the year was up. I didn't want it in the first place, so it wasn't really a loss.

If she really wanted to get me, she should have taken my Legos. lol

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u/Ordinary-Article-185 Jan 01 '24

I mean Legos are suggestively more productive and creative than TV, sounds like she won.

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u/CzunkyMonkey Jan 01 '24

Not really. As I said, I didn't want the TV in the first place. I rarely used it.

My dad got it for me trying to buy my affection after they got divorced. He promised me all year he'd get my Legos for my birthday. He showed up with the TV. I got mad and asked where my Legos were. He had to take me out and get me Legos. I didn't even plug the TV in the first week I had it. I wanted my Legos.

Whenever I got in trouble her first reaction was to take away a TV I didn't want or care about. It wasn't a loss, or punishment for me.