Aww bless
I only got hit once by my dad, that was enough to last me a lifetime. I learnt pretty quickly what level to take annoyance to before stopping and running! Hehe

EDIT: I hate those books. They're always called something like: Bruised, or Unwanted or Unloved.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:01, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

My dad smacked me and my sister once
and he still feels guilty about it.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:02, Reply)

Mine too!
He wasn't around much when we were kids so I think that's why he feels guilty about it. Shit I'd lose my temper too if I had three screaming children jumping around biting one another, I'm thankful he didn't kill us.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:07, Reply)

Aw, my little dad only smacked me once.
I did ram a sharp pencil through his guitar, so I'd say it was fair. Anyway, he burst out crying and made me toast and hot chocolate afterwards, thus negating the effects of the punishment. My mother would have done it properly. And called me a crank in the process.

EDIT: or "Granny, not the coathanger again."
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:03, Reply)

"Granny, not the coathanger again."
That's my favourite so far!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:07, Reply)

I haz a proud.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:09, Reply)

ha
"coathanger granny" - that was my dad before the proper beatings started (see below).

Except he used a leather glove - which was so pathetically painless it was laughable - my brother and i would always end up laughing instead of crying or repenting for whatever we had done.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:13, Reply)