That evening I approached Mum and asked her if we could talk – she had always said I could come to her with any problem.
I explained what had happened to the girl, and that I seemed to be the only one in the group who had never had my bottom smacked. I asked Mum why she had never spanked me. She replied that I had always been rather a good boy, and in her opinion had never deserved a spanking, and anyway I was now way past the age where she would consider such a punishment.
Now, here’s the thing. When all your friends have experienced something, curiosity takes a hold, almost to the point of stupidity. I asked Mum if she could spank me regardless, so I knew what they were all talking about. I felt I’d missed out.
Her answer stumped me. She asked me: “If a friend of yours put his finger in a mousetrap and he said it hurt, would you then do the same?”