Dear James,
Thanks for all your notes. I'm glad you're fine (although some of your notes don't sound that way to me.
Sorry, I forgot, yes, Paolo (the 29 year old Argentinean Indian, black semi-curly hair in pony tail down to his bottom, Rual's older brother) got switched across that beautiful and unblemished, tight bare bottom Monday night in down there -- just something that had been building up and finally explored. I'm not perfectly clear on the type of switch, though I understand it's more like a small leather strap, thin one, that's been a bit traditional in that part of the world. He'd just been getting more and more edgy (I guess that's the word), letting things slip, and forgetting things. One night apparently they just all added up and it was time.
The much older gentleman he is staying with had stayed in touch and handled it. I've known the guy for years and years and had made those arrangement for Paolo to stay with him, and sure, I wanted a place for Paolo where there'd be someone around to help him through the morass of red tape in his formal education program and where he'd be safe. The gentleman was aware how close Paolo and I are and the fact that I've been spanking him while he lived here, though not that often in the later months. The guy gave him a room and a part time job funds his food in the gentleman's rather expansive home in the centre of that capital. He's a retired Professor, aristocratic in his own right, immigrated from Europe long ago, and used to spank his own kids years ago when I worked on some things there. His kids are now all grown and successful adults. He's not brutal or cruel, but he is a gentleman of good traditionally old European standards who expects those in his household, especially one 29, will treat his hospitality with respect and not take advantage. In fairness, he'd told Paolo he would, if he felt he needed to, provide discipline should Paolo's behaviour warranted it and I'd also discussed it with him before Paolo moved in there. I'd warned Paolo he was expected to behave and he and I had agreed the overall situation was a good one for him there. After that I finally agreed with the gentleman before Paolo moved in. There shouldn't have been any occasion for surprise, but apparently there was.
All in all, it was nothing especially unusual as Paolo hadn't been spanked or corrected in what, four months or so, anyway since he arrived there and it was clearly going to happen one of these days anyway. Possibly Paolo simple began to assume too much? I don't know what the final precipitating incident actually was and Paolo was too upset on the phone that night to really tell me, but whatever it was, the older guy just had had it about it and had Paolo strip, got his attention and got him going real good with the strap and then spanked him rather formally. And very well.
He's quite fine, though apparently, a few welts appeared and that's not something he's used to. I simply don't do that, as I think you know. Paolo said by phone the guy's elderly houseman was there when the guy decided it was time for Paolo to strip down and go over a high stool and then his lap. And the guy has now set up a space in the attic for this purpose - news to me. Paolo's real concerned. He'd apparently proclaimed boldly to his younger brother, Rual, before he left for Brazil that he was too old anymore. Oops! Wrong again.
Age has nothing to do with it! He knows that now.
Sure he cried it out on the phone and cried much more than I'd have expected, but, well, it was just time, that's all, and so Paolo got a spanking. >p>Interesting, though, that when a guy's been educated with corporal punishment for awhile, there just seems to be a time that develops when they need it occasionally again. Niwat said something very similar about a month ago.
Cal