Jes,
Good for you. I'm pleased to see the supportive responses for you here.
I stayed with an old JW "friend" for a few days some years ago. He asked his 13 year old daughter to do some household chore and she dropped her shoulders and dragged her feet on her way out of the room to go do it rather than springing up to the chore with delight.
That displeased my friend.
He went to the kitchen and got the wooden spoon. Made her drop her drawers, bend over his knee and he spanked her bare bottom right there in front of me.
It wasn't about discipline. It was about humiliating her in front of me. My own face was red from embarassment.
I was less of a man then, and to my shame I said and did nothing, except leave his house that evening.
I'd like to think that now, knowing better, I would do something.
Badger, we all grow and gain strength at different rates. When you are ready to lift a weight, you'll know how it must be done.
Eric