Heather Young

When I was about 7 or 8 I was invited to a sleepover at a neighbors house. This was a family we had known for years and their two daughters were close in age to my sister and me. Anyway, we were being loud after "light out" and the dad came down and said if it happened again we wouldn't like it. Well, it did happen again and he came stomping down the stairs - this big, intimidating father. He told me, as the oldest, to come into his study for discipline. I followed him and he said "I'm going to smack the desk with my belt and I want you to cry and scream like I'm spanking you". I was too terrified to cry or scream when he hit the desk so he laughed and said "Oh, go back to bed but you girls had better be quiet". We were quiet after that!

Because the parents were friends of my parents I never told my parents about that scary experience until this year. My mom was shocked and said that I should have called her or at least told her the next day.

Heather


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