Mom angry that male vice principal spanked child

[Tigress DEM]

17. My folks raised me "Dr Spock" the guru, not the Vulcan. Then I'm 16 and my Dad threatens to spank me

I pulled a butcher knife and said, "I don't THINK so, Dad." As a parent, and grandparent now I can understand why he got upset, but at that point in my life, I was young and full of myself. I told him, "You are just going to have to trust me to do the right thing because you DID raise me right. You are NOT going to change all the rules now."

I was a really good kid, but I was hanging out with some that were getting into trouble. Not sure what he and I were disagreeing about, because the whole thing between him and me changed at that moment and that is what got anchored in my brain. We still had an awesome relationship and even his death doesn't fully diminish it. The fact that he let me get away with talking to him like that hurt his pride a bit, but it made me trust him more.