Counting Strokes
Bonnie asks these questions during her Spanko Brunch this week:
Have you and/or your partner counted strokes during a spanking? If so, did it enhance the experience? To what extent is counting a regular part of your repertoire? If you haven’t counted before, would you consider doing so? Why or why not?
I have counted strokes before. That tactic is actually employed more during punishment than any other time during play because it’s hard for me to float away and absorb the pain as pleasure if I have to concentrate on the number. In punishment though it makes the strokes more mentally painful too as I have to count each one, knowing that I have done something to displease my Master. “Hitting it home,” so to speak.
Hopefully Master won’t consider counting as part of the regular play repertoire as it’s just jarring to me rather than a good feeling. I’d actually consider saying anything other than counting. Even if it was a thank you each time or a yes, Master. I just think it’s the mental act of counting that is a turn off for me.
–luna
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I agree. Counting is absolutely no fun at all. It makes me stay very much ‘in the moment’ as well and I can’t just slip off. But then, if a Dominant didn’t want me to slip away he’d better not be giving me pain in any way!
I once had a Dominant who was giving me birthday spankings. He’d never played with me before and half way through he asked me how many that was. Major assumption to go with a major asshole. My Dominant at the time informed him that I’m not trained to do that and he should have told me at the outset if he had wanted me to do it.