The diaper position is one of the more interesting spanking positions. Some find it erotic… which can be good or bad depending on what kind of spanking you’re going for. Others find it embarrassing… which again can be good or bad. There are many-many variations to the diaper position too.

Here are some pictures that we’ve collected through the years…

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How long have you been involved in the online spanking community? How did you first find it? Where do you spend your time online? How important is the internet to your spanko side… what would be the impact if you suddenly didn’t have it?

We had big time internet issues here this week and ended up off-line for a couple of days. Got us thinking about how much the internet has to do with our connection to spanking… and thus, the topic of this week’s Roundtable. A big thank you to everyone that took the time to share. Really enjoyed the discussion.

Let’s get things started by taking a look at the Quick Response Poll results.

How long have you been involved in the online spanking community?
Less than 3 months. ~ 3%
3 to 12 months. ~ 6%
1 to 2 years. ~ 18%
3 to 10 years. ~ 52%
More than 10 years. ~ 21%

Not a lot of online newbies! Nearly 3 in 4 have been involved in the online spanking community for at least 3 years. Imagine that newbies are far less likely to take the plunge and vote in the poll or leave a comment though.

To get more insights into the topic we move to the comments. Some good ones too… and an extra thank you to those that made the special effort. We do appreciate it.

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Hermione said: I discovered the community exactly three years ago. My husband told me about spanking pictures and videos on the internet – I had never considered the possibility. I started searching, and found a wonderful world I never knew existed.

The cyberworld is now extremely important to me. The friends I have made and the online life I have are in some ways more important than my real-life vanilla one. At least the online life is more interesting and fulfiling.

What if I didn’t have the internet? Don’t even go there!

~Know what you mean about “online” friends. It’s easier to be open with them from the start… and thus the connection with them is that much bigger.~

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munchkin said: I discovered spanking stuff online in I believe about 1996 or 1997. For a while I read stories on things like “Bernie’s Spanking Page” or whatever it was called back then. A few years later I got involved on alt.com for a while, though it wasn’t really what I would have liked, it’s the best I could find at the time. I became actively involved as far as joining in on discussion boards probably in the last, I dunno, 8 years or so ago. I started out with that on SIN, and have since moved to other sites like Bottomlines, Fetlife, and Spankolife.

The online community is very important to me. Honestly spankos make up most of my social network, and most live in other states (or countries) so without the internet I would lose almost all of my social outlet.

~Yep, most of our social network is made up of spankos too. Living in a tiny-tiny town where the focus is NASCAR and church it’s tough to find local vanilla friends… nevermind other spankos. So like you we have friends across the nation, so not being online would be really tough.~

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iggy said: I put 3 to 10 years, but now that I’ve written this novel in response to the query I think it might be longer than that!

I honestly am not sure the first time I started looking online. I know it was before I even got a computer. It was sometime when I was living in Calgary — my parents had recently got a computer and internet and when I would come back to BC to them for vacation I’d sneak online to look.

The first things I found were the Eastern European severe stuff. That would be enough to scare me straight for a while (read: next visit). I’d wonder what sort of sick person would do a search that would bring up results like that and wonder what was wrong with me for looking up that stuff. Eventually I stumbled onto Bernie’s Spanking Page and web ring and there were a whole bunch of sites that weren’t crazy brutal. I was still convinced the cops were going to come pounding on my door though.

Then one visit, I came back…popped my “Bernie’s” search query into yahoo and *gasp* it was gone!!!! I was seriously convinced I was on some sort of list of pervs for looking at the site and that I was going to be arrested at any moment. I sort of stopped looking at that point and it was a couple of more years before I got my own computer. My boyfriend at the time had made me feel pretty bad about being a sicko into kinky shit so I didn’t start looking again for a while yet.

Once I started looking again though I once again fell into the top hits all being the really brutal stuff. Eventually I stumbled upon “Taken in hand” which still wasn’t what I had in mind, but at least wasn’t scary brutal. From there I got a link to SIN and went over there (just looked, that was in 2004). I joined SIN and immediately quit when I got my first SINmail. Took me a while to get up the nerve to join again, but I eventually did. Then I quickly got bored with the stie cuz I wasn’t interested in cruising people’s profiles, chat scared me, I didn’t want to watch their videos and I wasn’t interested in reading the stories. Then one day I was bored and decided to read a story and discovered that the “stories” link wasn’t just stories at all. It was a whole forum with serious discussions and fun discussions and I was HOME!!!!

I never intended to ever post. I was just going to read. Then I posted once…and it was addictive! Of course, I was never going to meet these people or have friends. Then I made friends. Then I went to TN and met people. Then I got spanked! Most of those people I am still friends with today.

I’ve moved on from SIN which is sad because for a long time it was my home on the internet and where I felt most comfortable. Nowadays I spend time on Bottom Lines, spankolife, fetlife, I blog when I feel like it, pop into friends blogs and generally flit about.

I seriously doubt I’d have ever gotten spanked without the internet. I’m probably the only girl on the face of the planet who has only gotten spanked outside of her own country.

Like munchkin, the spanking world makes up a lot of my social network. I do occasionally go into a break mode and other things come in and fill that void (like facebook or playstation)…what can I say…I like my fun! If the internet were to suddenly disappear, probably all my chances at getting spanked would disappear right along with it. So, we don’t want that to happen!!

~Your journey is an interesting one for sure… and it shows the difference between the internet now and say 10 years ago. It’s much-much easier to find the non-scary stuff these days.~

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Bonnie said: Hi Todd and Suzy, I checked “More than Ten Years.” I think it’s been about fifteen, although I began as a lurker. I followed a winding course from ASS/SSS newsgroups to Delphi forums to long defunct discussion boards to sites like Bernie’s and Wulfram to Yahoo groups and finally to blogs. At that point, I decided, “I can do that,” and dove right in.

Today, I focus my online time on blogs, both mine and others. I visit places like Fetlife, Spankolife, and MySpace, but my heart lies here in the blogosphere.

The internet is very important to my spanko side. For this aspect of my life, these friends are my peer group. Blogs provide a never-ending source of inspiration, innovation, and confirmation. I believe that relationships must be regularly refreshed and thrive on novelty. Thanks to our playful, clever friends, that isn’t a problem for Randy and me.

If we didn’t have the internet? Well, life would be a lot less enjoyable.

Thanks for a great question!
Bonnie

~Your journey online is similar to Todd’s… and there are actually a lot of folks from those old newsgroups that have made their way into the modern online spanking community. It makes one wonder how much bigger this community will be 10 years from now.~

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Pixie said: I’ve been a member of the online community ever since I first discovered groups and forums back when I was in college. That was how I first found out there were others out there like me that had a fascination with spanking. Bless Google.

These days, I’m not nearly as active in groups but I do lurk on a couple forums. I am also an avid blog reader. I’d say aside from working on PB related things, I spend the biggest chunk of my time reading spanking blogs.

Of course the internet is pretty key to my spanko side. It’s how I stay connected to the majority of spankos that I know not to mention that it’s essential for me to be able to blog and update PB. It would mean a total life overhaul if it was suddenly unavailable for an extended period of time!

~For those that found spanking online within the last 10 years or so, chances are they did so with the help of Google. Easy to use search engines have been a huge help to the online spanking community. Without them… the path Iggy took back in the day would still be the familiar one.~

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Suzy Says: I would say I’ve been involved in the online spanking community since 1996 because that’s when I first was chatting with Todd about spanking and with his assistance and my curiosity I started exploring the online spanking group sites and being involved in online spanking topic threads on message boards. We attended our first Shadow Lane spanking party in 2006 in Las Vegas and that really opened up more doors for further online spanking communities and offline ones as well.

I spend most of my time online chatting with my online friends which are 95% spankos.. I check out FetLife and BottomLines and chat on Yahoo Messenger, the most. I spend some of my time on blogs, mine and others. I also spend a bit of time online planning our trips and parties. With a relatively tight budget, pre-planning costs and locations and lodging is always financially beneficial.

Without the internet, our spanking time would decrease substantially. We’d still have our one-on-one spanking erotically and disciplinary, but the basic playful spanking wouldn’t be near as frequent as it is when you read, talk, interact and play with others online and offline.

Sometimes when I’m feeling pouty and neglected ;-P I whine to Todd about all the online time we spend but then he reminds me of all the benefits we enjoy with our spanking friends and how much we share together reading, chatting and exploring the internet and I realize I’m just being moody and that I have probably now earned a spanking for all my whining and so it’s all good

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Todd Says: I first found the online spanking community in the early 1990s when I first got online. In fact, that was before I owned my first computer. I assumed that there was spanking stuff online… and that was certainly the case. I found spanking related message boards on AOL and different newsgroups, as well as some of the early spanko sites (like Bernie’s Spanking Pages) that featured pictures and video clips.

I can recall opening up a 10 second video clip and then going downstairs and doing my laundry for half an hour… and then going back upstairs to see if the clip was ready to watch. lol, it was exciting stuff!

The newsgroups were my focus back then though. I mostly lurked, but did leave the rare comment here and there. Read just about everything I could find though.

In time the newsgroups drifted from spanking to a series of impossible to follow personal conflicts between posters (”flame wars”) and then an endless amount of spam… and quit reading. The same sort of flame war stuff hit the AOL boards too and another online spanking source was lost. That left finding pictures, videos and the sporadic site… and that didn’t hold my focus in any consistent way.

It wasn’t until blogs took off about 5 years ago that I again got interested in the online spanking community. Not only did I again find real people that had a real interest in spanking… but they tended to be *happy* and lead full lives (ie, they weren’t looking to endlessly argue online). I liked how pictures and videos were part of blogging, and how much easier high-speed connections made viewing them.

From there I found lots of new spanking related sites. Yahoo Groups and other message boards, FetLife, SpankFinder, the different pay sites (like Punished Brats)… Yahoo and other char forums. It’s a large collection and I enjoy them all for different reasons. Blogging… both writing here and reading elsewhere… is what gets the largest amount of my online time though.

I would definitely miss it if my online time were suddenly lost. I’d miss it a lot. I’ve made and built many friendships online and while several of them have crossed over to ‘real life’… keeping in regular touch is still focused online. Would miss that the most. Don’t see that happening though.

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All the pictures from this week’s Roundtable Wrap-up come from SpankingOnline. Excellent site with frequent updates.  Discreet billing at as little at $13 a month.  Plenty of free material too, so well worth checking out.

Sarah Silverman is a spanko. We’ve known that for some time. She’s long peppered her different comedy routines with spanking references and jokes. She tells one about being “thankful” to her parents for spanking her growing up. Not because it made her a better person or anything like that, but rather because she now REALLY LIKES being spanked!

That’s just one (poorly retold) example. There are many more, she makes lots of references to spanking. Pretty much always with her being spanked too. The occasional random spanking mention could be brushed aside pretty easily. With Sarah though, as often as she brought it up and the way she talked about it… we both knew that she was a spanko.

Alec Sulkin is another possible spanko. The case isn’t as strong. He’s a writer and producer on the animated series “Family Guy.” Lots of spanking… and BDSM in general… references on the show. Even though they go for the cheap joke, still seemed like there was a decent chance there was at least one spanko on staff. Why not him?

Well, it looks like Alec Sulkin and Sarah Silverman are indeed both spankos. And… they are a new couple.

Here is a clip of Sarah Silverman on David Letterman. Funny stuff…

The topic of other people’s ideas has come up on some blogs recently. We thought for this weeks FlashBack Friday we’d look back to 2007 for a good example of us borrowing an idea… and giving proper credit in the process.

Enjoy!

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Our good friend Bonnie over at My Bottom Smarts has an occasional feature called ‘Keyword Chaos’ that we really enjoy. As the name suggests, Bonnie lists some of the crazier keyword searches that have led people to her blog. She adds some humorous commentary to go with the search phrases, and creates a very fun blog post.

Well, this gave us a great idea. Why don’t we do the EXACT same thing! Pretty clever, huh?

Here are 10 recent searches that we found interesting.

“snow white was severely spanked” ~ Grumpy and Sleazy are wanted for questioning.

“college female looking for disciplinarian spanking” ~ If she’s also looking for a couple of overweight 40 years olds… she’s hit paydirt!

“mother-in-law caned to death” ~ Yikes, surely a severe beating would have been enough.

“fictional story about being spanked with a real paddle with holes” ~ How about a real story involving a fake paddle?


“my husband makes me take down my own panties for a spanking” ~ Hey, he can’t be expected to do ALL the work.

“massage spanking while other people masturbate” ~ Sounds too kinky, even for us!


“What size of belt used to spank my girlfriend” ~ Depends on how big her butt is.

“hole in buttocks” ~ That’s one way to put it.

“please scream for the spanking paddle” ~ AHHHHHHHHH!

“my bottom smarts” ~ Now that’s a search that makes perfect sense! We heard she posts her own version of Keyword Chaos… you should check it out!

*Spanking &
the Internet*

We’ve been having internet issues this week and we’re hoping (really hoping) that they’re all worked out. Being online is a big part of our connection to the spanking community. Through our blog here and our friends blogs… message boards, chatting and Email… we’re able to stay in touch and be part of this “society” we share.

We both remember the days before the internet was widely available. Really weren’t part of any spanking community back then. The spanking we did was hit and miss… that is, asking a vanilla partner if they had any interest in spanking and hoping for the best (or at the very least that they didn’t freak out, lol).

We do know there was a spanking community though. It was just very-very small and hard to find. Things have certainly changed with the growth of the internet. Mostly for the good too.

Thought we’d talk a little about spanking and the internet this week at the Roundtable. As always, we welcome any and all to share. We’d love to hear from you so please don’t be shy.

Here are a few questions to get the discussion going.

How long have you been involved in the online spanking community? How did you first find it? Where do you spend your time online? How important is the internet to your spanko side… what would be the impact if you suddenly didn’t have it?

We invite you to leave a comment below, or if you like you can Email us at ToddnSuzy@yahoo.com and we’ll post your thoughts in the Sunday Roundtable Wrap-up.

Also have the Quick Response Poll and we do invite you to share your vote there too.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

How long have you been involved in the online spanking community? Less than 3 months. 3 to 12 months. 1 to 2 years. 3 to 10 years. More than 10 years. Current Results

We’re back online… finally… and here is the Diet Update, a day late.

We had a busy week but fun week here. It started with a trip to Alabama to see Suzy’s Dad and step-mom. They’re both doing real well and we always enjoy visiting them. We were real happy with our 16 year old son too. He was polite and mature and did a great job having adult conversations. Sometimes worry because… well, he can be a touch moody here at time, lol. And while we know that is just a phase… it’s nice to see how well he can conduct himself when he wants to (and needs to).

Of course, as always there was a huge breakfast and a really nice dinner during our stay. No shortage of snacks and good food either… nor lack of pressure to enjoy it.

Besides our visit with family in Alabama we also got to meet up with our good friends Dan and Munchkin and attend the Senior Bowl with them in Mobile. For those that don’t know, the Senior Bowl is a game between college football seniors from the North and the South… some of the best players in the country. Tim Tebow from the Florida Gators… from right down the road from our home here… was one of the players in this year’s game. We were excited to get to see him play in his final college football game.

The big thing about the Senior Bowl for the fans isn’t really the game though. It’s more the tailgate party before the game. So even though the game didn’t kickoff until nearly 4 o’clock, we arrived at a little after 8 in the morning and got things going.

Our group had 15 or 20 people in it and they were a lot of fun. It was about 50 degrees which wasn’t bad… but there was a stiff wind that made it feel much colder. We did have a tent though and that really helped. Also had a large barbeque grill that heated things up.

And the food… oh my goodness… so good. So much of it too. Not just meats either, but breads, chips, salads, sodas, desserts and one and on it went. There was lots of good eating to go with the good conversation.

The actual game was pretty good too, well at least the first half was. We had seats near the 50 yard line and a prefect view. Got to see Tim Tebow up close. The North was leading 17-13 at the half… and… the temperature was dropping. It got down to 40 and that was just too cold for us. We left at halftime, as did many others. The North team went on to destroy the South anyway, so we didn’t miss much. Did have a great time though and a big thank you to Dan and Munchkin for inviting us.

Then after we got back to Florida and home the week closed out with a visit from R and S (from Rambling Thoughts). They’d been down here visiting family and getting some business stuff taken care of. On their way home they stopped to see us.

They’re both doing real well. R… who had a bit of a health scare recently… looked and felt great. We had a lovely visit with them. And, of course… we had a couple of nice meals. There was a dinner here and then a lunch the next day at BubbaQues, which we’ve talked about before. They have some interesting decorations on the wall, including a few things that would make interesting spanking implements (pictured at the very top left).

They also have lots of different barbeque sauces, including Rump Roaster… you can see R in the background.

No spanking during our busy week, but that was perfectly fine. We had a great time seeing family and friends. Really did enjoy ourselves.

As you can probably guess though, the diet didn’t go real well. We did expect that.

Things are back to normal here now though. Not a lot going on this week and we’re already back on track diet wise. 

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Friends Update

Carye: No update from Carye this week, but we’ll be sure to catch you up next week.

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Jean: Jean had a mixed week. Some problems with a few rules… and success with others. It seems like she sometimes slips a bit when we’re out of touch with her… like we were this week thanks to our Alabama trip and then the internet issues when we got back.

Good news though… we will be seeing Jean in less than two weeks at our private Valentine’s Day spanking party on Ocala. Should be a fun time. Hopefully Jean will be a good girl and keep herself out of trouble between now and then too.

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Courtney: Courtney has been enduring a winter storm. There has been lots and lots of snow which is quite pretty… but it certainly has made it tough to get out of the house. Even covering the somewhat short distance to work as been a challenge. Beyond that commute, it’s been all in-doors time. That doesn’t make the diet easy for Courtney. Too much sitting around at home can lead to too much snacking.

And too much snacking can… and in this case did… lead to a discipline spanking being earned. That spanking is coming tonight. Courtney isn’t looking forward to it on the one hand. But on the other, she’d just like to get it over with and move on to the new week with a clean slate. We understand that feeling… and wish her luck (and a soft pillow).

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N~ (from Living Domestic Discipline): N~ continued her success this week with a very nice 2.2 pound loss. She also followed all of her rules and thus avoided a discipline spanking. Great news! She really has been on a good roll lately.

Hubby K~ also had a solid week. He was down 0.6 pounds for the week. Good news all around… which is what we like to hear.

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Iggy (from Perceptions From the Edge): Iggy has been doing good with her “maintain” plan. Over the last two weeks her weight has fluctuated by less than a pound. That’s exactly what she wants right now, so that is good news.

The plan is to enjoy the visit she has with her best friend next week… then get back into the diet swing and again work on losing weight. We really like setting aside time to maintain. It allows Iggy a little break to focus on other things, while not letting diet progress slip away.
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Korey Johnson (from Spank Notes): Still no update from Korey… hope all is okay and that we hear from her soon.

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Good luck to everyone in the coming week.

If you’re interested in the Spanking Diet, we’d like to invite you to check out the Yahoo Spanking Diet Group. It’s a great group. Over 200 members now… lively discussions with lots of encouragement and idea sharing. We’d love to have you!

All you need is a free Yahoo account that lists your ~adult age~ in your *public profile*.

Always feel fee to Email us at ToddnSuzy@yahoo.com too… we always enjoy talking with new like-minded friends.

Just a quick note here…

Our internet is out here at the house. All of Florida’s Communicom customers are off-line right now. They’re saying it should be working again “soon”… but who knows what that means. It’s already been close to 36 hours. Hopefully it will be sometime today though. Until then… be good!