ChatteParfaitt
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Joined: 3/22/2011 From: The t'aint of the Midwest -- Indiana Status: offline
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Yes I have given out a writing punishment, but not lines, I agree that it is childish and doesn't seem to have much point. *MY* punishments, rare as they are, always have a point. An example: My current sub completely broke protocol in a public setting. This was not a training issue, we have been together for years and he is quite beautifully trained. He made some comments that were clearly meant to test my authority in a public setting. Although I will allow some brattish behavior from this much loved boy, there is a time and place and this wasn't it. I made him write an essay on why he purposely chose to test my authority so inappropriately. (He is a masochist and thought he'd get a bad beating, which he would love. He knows so much better now.) The writing assignment was very difficult for him, and I did not spare him in the least, it took several revisions before I was satisfied. I thought it was a highly appropriate punishment, as he had to THINK and REFLECT upon his actions, and then relate that information to me in an acceptable format. It was great fodder for endless conversations about our dynamic for weeks afterward.
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