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\n Long, long ago when I was still a swinging single girl, I remember going out on dates with a mission: to find out if the guy of the month was \u2018the one.\u2019 I recall bringing up ever so gently \u2014 or not so \u2014 subjects surrounding the future of my fantasy family and watching these guys\u2019 faces tighten with the fear of commitment as they\u2019d try to politely answer my innocent but leading questions, without getting in too deep.<\/p>\n

I may have been doing it subconsciously, but I was not the kind of single girl, future wife and mother that wasted my time on a guy that didn\u2019t share the same fantasy of having a family. I\u2019d ask horrible questions like, \u201cWhere do you see yourself in 10 years?\u201d \u201cDo you want to have children?\u201d \u201cWhere will you raise your family?\u201d \u201cDo you believe in open marriage?\u201d \u201cWill you raise your children religiously?\u201d and \u201cWould you ever spank your child as a form of discipline?\u201d<\/p>\n

Particular answers would have been major dealbreakers, so I felt I was doing everyone a favor by saving us all a little time and heartache. I got my answers time and time again as I went through the dating process. Keeping it light and simple wasn\u2019t my forte because I knew what I wanted \u2014 and that was a family. Until Ron, I may have scared a few men with my straightforward approach.<\/p>\n

When Ron and I started to date, I performed my usual \u2018feeling out\u2019 of the marriage and children issue. He didn\u2019t run scared and he still doesn\u2019t scare easily. I\u2019ve gotta tell you ladies, it was so refreshing. We were off to a good start! Thankfully, he was as eager about the whole \u2018future\u2019 thing as I was. On our romantic dinners, he\u2019d entertain my probing questions with heartfelt answers and allowed me to fantasize with him on our future together.<\/p>\n

He handled it all with such grace and as time went by he emerged as the family man I had always dreamt of. That is \u2026 until one terrible night when the subject of spanking came up. Not the adult version! The kind that some parents feel is a useful tool in laying down the law.<\/p>\n

Now, you must understand why I always seemed to be bringing up this issue. For me, I knew that it would be a problem and so I\u2019d find myself seeking that answer time and time again. I was shocked when Ron said that he absolutely had no problem with the idea of spanking \u2014 but only if it was necessary. For a couple that had only been dating for several months, it was surprising that dinner turned into World War III.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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