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It seems to me that punishment spankings should be shorter than play spankings. Maybe that’s obvious. Maybe not. If you read accounts online, it seems like a punishment spanking can reach 100 swats with the spankee’s butt being purple and too sore to sit on for days. If any of the internet accounts are to be believed. I suppose it’s possible some are accurate.

When I swat Lion as punishment, I don’t think I’ve ever gone over twelve swats. I know I should do more, but for the most part, he doesn’t seem able to handle it. Lately, he rolls over after four swats. The point is, these are hard swats right off the bat. There’s no warm up. It’s punishment. There usually isn’t a warning shot.

With play, of course, you start out slow. Let him get used to the feel of being spanked. Maybe start out with your hand. Give a few rubs now and then. Build up gradually to the punishment sized swats. It’s quite possible he’ll wind up with some bruising and it may be hard to sit for a while.

Even if the accounts of purple butts and not being able to sit are true, it’s not what I’m going for. Lion may have other ideas, but I don’t want to hurt him that much. If he wants me to go further, then we have a problem. I thought the purpose of punishment was to make him not want to do whatever it is he did. Since he’s only spilling food or interrupting me, he doesn’t need a purple butt. It’s not like he killed anyone. It’s true, I could swat harder. I could do more swats. There’s plenty of real estate between what I do and a purple butt.

We both need to work on it. I can’t really tie Lion down at this point because of his shoulder. He’ll have to learn to stay still on his own. Besides, if he can’t stay still for the paltry punishment I’m giving him now, how could he ever stay still for a purple butt?

[Lion — This is a subject that comes up fairly often. Since we do play spankings, there needs to be a way I know this isn’t for fun. The spanking blogs by people I know are for real (“Strict Julie Spanks” and “A Spanking Marriage“) advocate, long severe spankings. As Julie pointed out, she allows her husband some input to moderate intensity. From my perspective, spanking is learned at both ends of the paddle. Severity is decided by Mrs. Lion. I would suggest that a longer spanking is required for repeat offenses. The point of spanking is, as she says, to stop me from repeating undesired behavior. How much of a spanking is needed to do this is learned by increasing intensity if I repeat an offense.]

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Lion insists he didn’t say I don’t hit hard enough or long enough. He insists that wasn’t one of the reasons for his request for combination punishments. I think he’s wrong. He said until 2.0 shows up, he thought we should try spanking and then standing in the corner or a soapy mouth. He did.

I think he changed his tune when I came at him with a mean paddle last night to administer his punishment swats. I allowed him to get as comfortable as he could with the shoulder and then I whomped away on his butt. After the fourth one he was moving out of the way. He said it hurt a lot. Good. That’s the point. After a few more swats he was telling me about the sore spot that I shouldn’t hit anymore. I told him the bruise that usually gets raised was back. After a few more he said we were done. Really? Are we? It’s a good thing I had already reached the level of pain I was looking to achieve. Then I had him stand in the corner for about five minutes.

I’m still not sure about having him stand there, but it did give me a nice view of his red cheeks. He said it made him concentrate on the pain. I guess that’s the point. Stand in the corner and think about what you’ve done, young man. But in this case it was think about your sore buns.

Lion suggested that some men are required to hold a coin against the wall while they stand in the corner. This seemed extreme to me. I found a small notebook that has a padded cover. I figured it would be softer for Lion’s first foray into corner standing and because it was thicker, it would be easier to hold than a coin. He did drop it but that was because he had an itch. He was worried he’d have more swats coming to him for dropping the book. I wasn’t prepared to do that since it was the first attempt. Maybe I will in the future. I haven’t decided. I haven’t decided about the whole combination punishment thing. It was hard enough for me to agree to spanking him. Making him stand in a corner or washing his mouth out with soap might be too much on the this-is-ridiculous scale.

That said, I’ll probably do it anyway. That’s what I do to keep Lion happy.

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I got a lot done yesterday. Manscaping, laundry, some cleaning, general things that needed to be done. Lion did a lot too. He cooked dinner and was on his knees a lot for manscaping. By the end of the day we were both done for. Lion was in pain and I was just looking to relax a bit.

Needless to say, we didn’t play. We started to snuggle but Lion needed ice so we wound up holding hands and watching TV. Not the worst thing in the world. Maybe not what Lion had in mind, but nice just the same.

I’d reminded him at the beginning of the evening that he had some swats coming to him. He’d walked out of the bedroom without asking permission and he also ate first at lunch. Both times he said he didn’t realize he’d done it. And when I reminded him, he got a little belligerent. I knew he was in pain so I let it go.

This morning Lion reminded me it’s punishment day. He knows I owe him swats. He asked if it would just be a spanking or a combination punishment. I’ve never done a combination punishment. Once, I made him stand in the bathroom in the dark for five minutes, but that’s the extent of my alternative punishment. He says it will make more of an impression on him than a short spanking will. Apparently I don’t spank him hard/long enough to get my point across.

I guess it’s just one more thing I don’t get. However, I am nothing if not stubborn when it comes to doing things to Lion. If he wants a combination punishment, he’ll have one. Tonight, after his swats (which may or may not be hard or long enough to remember) he’ll stand behind the bedroom door, staring at the paddles hung there and contemplate life as it pertains to said paddles. I may even give him a quiz as to the location of certain paddles to see if he’s paid attention.

Yup. 2.0 keeps popping out.

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On the way to work this morning I was thinking about the tawse I used on Lion last night. I don’t like it. There’s nothing wrong with the quality. It’s well made and it does deliver a mean message. The problem is with me.

First of all, it’s too long. I choke up on it past the handle to make it more manageable. I’m sure I could get used to it, but for now I’m trying to have a little more control over where those tails land. When Lion was “training” me how to use different implements, he made it seem like he would be irreparably damaged if the cane hit anywhere but that sweet spot right there, or if the flogger wrapped around him. From pictures and videos I’ve seen since then, it seems thighs, the back, sides, anywhere is fair game. However, I still try to stay within the confines he set forth all those years ago.

Second, I like knowing where I’m hitting. I know Lion won’t shrivel up and die if I miss my mark, but if I’m aiming for that spot and I wind up way over there I’m not happy. Lion isn’t either, but that’s besides the point. I think that’s why I usually stick to paddles. I’m pretty sure that solid thing is going to land where I want it to land. Floppy things like floggers and straps seem to have minds of their own. I aim there and they wind up somewhere else.

There is a “cure” for this. I can get a tawse/strap/flogger that’s the correct length, for starters. I do have smaller floggers, but they are not as heavy and must feel like a mosquito landing on Lion. The other thing I can do is keep practicing. So what if I land the occasional errant hit. Lion’s got a tough butt. He can take it. Practice makes perfect. Maybe we need a floppy implement weekend. I’ll have to pencil Lion in.

[Lion – I think we can fix this. My thighs and butt are open territory. I will help Mrs. Lion with technique. “Choking up” on a tawse isn’t a good idea. I think that I have to be in a different location. There has to be enough room for a full swing.”]