Getting the belt

@DADDYDEAN Did he use his belt or a real strap?

Although he did use belts earlier on, he also found I rather stiff and fairly thick piece of old leather strapping or binding where he worked that he knew right away would make the perfect "lesson teacher" and fashioned a good grip handle for it in his workshop. Believe you me my brother and I were not happy campers when we first got introduced to it. It was probably a half an inch thick and it was probably close to I would estimate about 3 in wide. But since it was so stiff and sturdy oh my God it imparted an absolute infernal red hot burning sting like you just can't hardly put into words. That's why my brother and I sometimes referred to it as the fire starter! And not with a smile on our faces either! It was just awful when we knew we were going to be in for it with that awful piece of leather.

@DADDYDEAN Did he have a certain room and position he would put you in to use it?

@Musicman well yes it usually took place in our bedroom. Where it would be private although I guarantee you our house and screeching in the loud crack of the belt landing on our bare bums could be heard all over the house.. but yes it was pants and under drawers down laying across the bed and strap on bare bottom for best results!

@DADDYDEAN It sounds like he took it seriously. Did you make him do it often? How long did you usually have to wait for him to come home? What did the waiting do for your stomach and your nerves?

@Musicman HAHAHA you already know what it did for my nervous stomach and my nerves overall. LOL it wore it to a frazzle. And usually if I knew I was in trouble when I got home from school or if it was earlier in the day it may be several hours with it hanging over my head knowing what I was going to get when Dad got home.
And even then sometimes we still had to wait me and my brother. Because he would come in and eat dinner then read the paper and maybe watch the evening news. And even then he might even have his shower first before he finally get around to getting to it. And all the while you couldn't do anything but just wait and worry. Trust me the anticipation and Dread was murder

@DADDYDEAN I completely understand. So at what age did he stop? Did he continue as long as you lived at home? What ever happened to the strap? Do you or your brother have it today?

@Musicman well sir my last strapping from my dad occurred about 2 weeks away from my 18th birthday and about 2 months before I graduated high school. And yes I definitely did deserve it! Very much so it fact. And no we never could find out whatever happened to it. After my dad passed away and we were going through some of his things some years ago, we never could find it. I suspect maybe that our mother may have disposed of it. But if she did she never would own up to it. So it's just MIA and I guess we'll never find it.

@DADDYDEAN Well, at least you admit to deserving it. My dad mainly used his belt. Personally I think kids could benefit from spankings all the way through school. As with you I know I could have and definitely deserved a few I never got. Did your mother ever spank?

@DADDYDEAN Would you have preferred to be disciplined by her as a teenager or your dad?