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mwmisses4289

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26. Yeah, our butts got it only once with either open palm or wooden paddle.

Reply to Fil1957 (Reply #24)

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 10:47 AM

21 hrs ago

The wooden paddle was from that toy that had the ball on a rubber band. When we broke the rubberband...well.
That lasted until we hid the paddle, parents couldn't find it for months. They switched to grounding us instead.

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