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Celeste43 -> RE: Biting and Punishment??? (9/27/2007 1:24:11 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Missokyst Biting is a nasty habit I never let my kids engage in either. Unless there is a life or death reason to bite, I would never bite someone I was involved with, intimately. Not with malicious intent. Say, no, say your safe word if you have one, say I am not in a good mind to play right now and I might get violent. But unless you mean to harm, do not bite. I have bitten. I did it to break free of someone trying to harm me. I have also broken fingers, noses, ect.. to defend myself from harm. Biting is something I would react to with violence. Then wipe my hands of it, and move on. I don't know why the OP bit, other than not being happy. To me, that didn't feel reasonable. Communicate first. Biting, is a last resort, imo. Kyst quote:
ORIGINAL: Celeste43 Well if she pushed too far, attempting to break a limit, she might feel that she deserved to have you protect yourself from her. Although I don't recommend biting that deeply, as the human mouth carries all sorts of nasty germs. Punishment in this case would be for her to respect your limits and you to pay the ER bill for not telling her to stop before it came to this point. The op doesn't really give much info. But I interpreted the term 'pushed' to mean in relationship to limits. Here I get to have my limits and he doesn't get to break them without my agreement. Obviously this was my interpretation as filtered through how it works in my relationship. But a lot more info is needed before anyone could really offer a suggestion. Oh and crankiness here? Depends why I'm cranky. If he kept me up half the night then he knows I'll be cranky and he has to expect it. I don't handle sleep deprivation at all well. So if he causes it then he knows what my reaction would be and punishing me for reacting in a way that is normal for me is not appropriate. If he doesn't want me cranky then he doesn't cause sleep deprivation. Actually different sleep schedules are our longest unsolved problem, he gets by happily on 5 or 6 hours sleep and really believes the rest of the world should also. I need 8 or 9 to be at my best. Telling me I need less sleep is like telling a diabetic they won't be ill for eating a pound of Godiva. Mind over matter doesn't work in this instance.
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