Birthday Spankings

Birthday spankings. Ah the memories. I was born on April 4th and, yes, we had a birthday party for me this year; and yes, you guessed it — I got spanked (more than once!).

I know — BIG surprise, right?

Anyway, my birthday party got me to thinking — where does this tradition come from? I know why my friends and I continue to do it — but what started this tradition in the first place? These are the kind of questions that keep me up at night…

So, me being me, I decided to look it up. And while no one seems to REALLY know where the tradition of birthday spankings comes from, here are some of the theories:

1. It’s based on the slap on the bottom most infants get from the doctor on the day they’re born. Personally, I think that’s kind of dull; and since we don’t know how long this practice has been going on (although we do know it’s been a long time), I doubt this is the true beginning.

2. It may relate back to a Chinese custom. During the Chinese New Year, holiday celebration spankings were administered to get rid of bad luck. And, of course, who can’t use lots and LOTS of good luck.

3. Birthday spanking might be loosely tied to the Romans who had a spring festival, called Lupercalia, where it was the custom to spank/switch young girls in the belief it would give them longer life and fertility. The ancient Germans and Druids also had similar customs of whipping women/young girls for the same reasons as the Romans. I’d just like to add that, if today’s celebration does stem from these early roots, I’m really glad we have moved to an all-inclusive system of spanking for men as well as women.

4. And then there is a superstition (no one seems to know where it’s beginnings lie) where it was considered back luck if the birthday celebrant was not spanked, because it was believed to “soften up the body for the tomb” (eww!). And it was considered bad luck if someone was not spanked for their birthday.

And while I’m not particularly fond of the idea of preparing for death while celebrating life, it does seem that all customs include some form of bestowing luck and remembering birth. As has been handed down, it’s common for people to receive birthday spankings for each year of their life. And then, depending on the crowd, beyond that number, there’s spanking to grow on, to live on, one to eat on, one to be happy on, and yet another spanking to get married on … you can be very creative with this one.

I know of two really good birthday spanking techniques I’d like to share.
1) As noted above, the birthday boy/girl gets one spank for every year of their life, plus one to grow on, etc., on down the line. (Often, tops will either assign a bottom to take the spanking for them, or give their submissive their spanking).

2) The other technique I like to use is the accumulative method:
It goes something like this: For Year 1, start with 1 spank; Year 2, 2 spanks; Year 3, 3 spanks… This delivers a really nice birthday spanking, especially to some of those 20-somethings who think their age (or lack thereof) will prevent them from getting a really good spanking. Of course, if you’re in your 30s or older, you probably won’t be sitting comfortable for a while (especially if you’re receiving birthday spankings from more than one person). Oh well.

Happy Spanking,
T

Here’s a link to a fun poll about birthday spankings.

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