Dad Broke My Whistle
By Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78833)
East Tawas, Michigan
July 16, 2023 11:04am CST
Yes, this is another childhood memory that I've never forgotten. Dad used to take his family for a Sunday drive in the car.
This was something we always enjoyed, spending quality time together with Mom and Dad. Sometimes we saw deer frolicking out in a field, a farmer's cattle up beside a fence or horses grazing in a pasture.
I was about five at this certain time and had just learned how to whistle. Standing behind my father on the drivers side, I proceeded to hang my face over Dad's shoulder. I loved my dad!
Two times he forewarned me, "Kharla, please stop whistling in my ear." But, the third time(I'd forgotten again) my father's right hand came up and effectively smacked me in the mouth:(
Hey, this jogged my memory, it worked perfectly after this happened!
Yup, Dad had broken my whistle. It stopped abruptly, I didn't need another reminder.
Photo: Borrowed from Pixabay
Yup, Dad had broken my whistle. It stopped abruptly, I didn't need another reminder.
Photo: Borrowed from Pixabay10 people like this
10 responses
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jul 23
Dad was very strict, we were never allowed to oversteps bounds with him! Mom? Yes, she was a softy with her four children.
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@JudyEv (381813)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul 23
@kobesbuddy It's often like that in families - or at least it used to be.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jul 23
@JudyEv Dad never put up with anything, he was a strict disciplinarian.
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Oh oh.@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Jul 23
Yup, Dad was serious, I found that out:)
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Jul 23
That third warning wasn't verbal and it worked!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Jul 23
Yes, and as I got older, Dad and I became best of friends. We shared God's love, for 56 years:)
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jul 23
A smack like that would stop anyone from whistling. I guess you also broke his patience.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Jul 23
Yes, I certainly did break Dad's patience:)
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
17 Jul 23
I was the recipient of a slap if I misbehaved. I was a very well behaved child. Enjoy your day.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jul 23
And I learned at a very young age, how too be well behaved. My father was the law!
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
17 Jul 23
@kobesbuddy Nowadays you have to be so careful how you discipline your children.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Jul 23
@LindaOHio Taking time out, to think about what the child did wrong. I worked at a daycare center and this means of discipline is useless! A spat on their butt, they will remember it. We could never do this, or I would have gotten fired.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
17 Jul 23
I have a memory me and my sisters would sit in the backseat and if we saw a semi truck we would give them the signal to honk their horn we got quite a few until our dad said stop it iit is distracting me but they laughed about it
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
18 Jul 23
@kobesbuddy We have a few ansI always punch my boyfriend lightly in the arm and say slug bug something my aunt use to do with her husband
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Jul 23
We used to look for VW bugs and then count them. Now, there aren't very many Volkwagons left!
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jul 23
Dad usually slapped our butts, buy while driving a car he couldn't do that.
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Jul 23
The third warning was enough, I didn't forget after this!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jul 23
I was spanked for many things, that today are considered OK. I was afraid to misbehave!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Jul 23
@RubyHawk My mother gave threats, but she never spanked us. Dad was strict, he spanked our butts!
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Jul 23
@kobesbuddy I couldn’t count the spankings and whippings I got. My mama laid it on.
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