Where it all began?

Once upon a time, a girlfriend and I had teased each other about things like spanking, mostly from articles in magazines and newspapers, not taking it seriously at all. After a very long period of time we both thought it might be interesting to try a few mild hand spankings. At first it was her on the receiving end and I was OK with that. It was very occasional and we didn't talk much about it. After quite a while, she suggested that I should "submit" to her at some point, without being specific. She wanted me to agree without me knowing what she had in mind. I told her I would think about it. Eventually I agreed to be the spankee on a trial basis and submit to her. It was both silly and clumsy at first. After months of false starts and occasionally laughter, I agreed to a series of F/M spanking lessons with a variety of implements and positions. It eventually reached the point where it was a total turn-on for both of us and we looked forward to 3 to 4 hours or more of spankings, both M/F and F/M.

We both agreed it was a good education and we are both now very comfortable discussing our interests and such.

When I was 18 someone showed me Janus magazine and told me where there was a private shop. I remember bouncing in there and several sheepish looking men sidled out the back door when I loudly said, 'I want to read stories about spanking.'