Sounds like it did work on you Pete. You paused long enough to do the calculus, and made sure you got your moneys worth. That, to me..is parenting success right there. That's all I hope for and want them to take away from -any- discipline I use. Think about it, know the consequences, and if you still want to do it, well...fucking have at it. 
It's -always- my lack of patience and frustration behind spankings. I have zero patience for the shit I spank them for, and I'm entirely frustrated with my inability to talk them out of those things. Sticking shit in sockets, hurling projectiles at their siblings, playing on a state road, straddling barbed wire, stuffing kittens in the dryer...... Some of those things get a three count, most get a no count. OFC it's always done in anger, and I'd question the fitness of a parent that spanks their child with a smile on their face and a song in their heart.
It's -always- my lack of patience and frustration behind spankings. I have zero patience for the shit I spank them for, and I'm entirely frustrated with my inability to talk them out of those things. Sticking shit in sockets, hurling projectiles at their siblings, playing on a state road, straddling barbed wire, stuffing kittens in the dryer...... Some of those things get a three count, most get a no count. OFC it's always done in anger, and I'd question the fitness of a parent that spanks their child with a smile on their face and a song in their heart.
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