We don't give away family. Those who do are assholes

I am in favor of night lunch

Hugs, OP.

Where my seasoning?

Yep!! We did!! Lol

Don't forget the pinch to grow an inch.

REALLY depends on who's doing the spanking, and the spirit in which it's intended.

Birthday Bumps. Someone took you under the arms and another person under the knees and they would bounce your butt on the ground once for every year. Sometimes an extra one for good luck.

Our house was "a pinch to grow an inch"

Yeah, but it wasn't like actual spanking, it was just extremely lightly patting on the butt.

Everyone did it. Teachers too.

Punches- we got punched and always one for luck.

We got our ear pulled by my Grandpa for the number of years old we were.

WE always did ! You had do go thru spanking machine! Awe all lined up, and teh birthday person had to crawl thru and got spanked!

And a pinch to grow an inch

My mom and dad did "birthday spankings" too, but they were totally fine and nothing like real spankings! Also they stopped once we got older. They would lay us across there lap and *pretend* to spank as hard as they could but just hit their other hand creating a loud clap...one for each year and a pinch to grow an inch haha

The teachers used to line kids up in school, and send you through the "tunnel" between kids' legs to get spanks when I was young! If I ever did that as a teacher, I would have been brought up on charges! I hated it.

The spanking machine when I was growing up in the 70's was a big thing!! All the kids at your party lined up and you walked through a human tunnel getting walloped by all of them.

Heck, our TEACHER did it in class!

lol I remember this. my 1st grade teacher did this in the late 90s. then wed all get cupcakes.

kinda creepy if you think about it

oh I can remember kids trying to do this at SCHOOL like WTF keep your abusive traditions to YOURSELF!!!!

That's just abusive---on you BIRTHDAY???

the nuns always did it to us kids

My grandparents did this, everyone else I knew just did a clap for each year and one to make you grow, after you blew the candles out.

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We did! More like joking around spanks, nothing painful, and it stopped around 6 yrs old.

We did and that wasn't the only time. Any excuse to smack us (usually me as I was the oldest) they took full opportunity and then some

wait, what?

Yes but we also had a pinch to grow an inch after it

We did.

https://www.ranker.com/list/birthday-tradition-history/melissa-sartore

Doesn't sound appealing or fun to me!

And a pinch to grow an inch

just got 54 2 weeks ago. This is where it sucks to be the oldest in the house

Not unusual.

Everyone did this when I was growing up, we weren't spanked but hit hard on the back. We called it the birthday 'bumps' one for each year and one for good luck. Dad would announce it was time and everyone would chase you, pin you down and dad would give you your bumps. I hated it.. I'm Scottish buy I'm pretty sure it was common all over the UK.

I remember it being a thing that happened, but more than maybe once i don't think it happened to me specifically.

Same here!

My kindergarten teacher did this.

And a pinch to grow an inch

After the "spanking" was a (gentle) pinch to grow an inch.

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