Sorry brwneydgirl, I wasn't very clear. Initially she gave me six strokes to replicate the traditional school punishment of "six of the best". It was this (six of the best) I was referring to when I said it wasn't "nearly as bad" as I thought it would be. She asked me after the six strokes if I wanted to continue and I said yes. The additional 6 strokes were far more painful, especially the 11th and 12th stroke, those strokes had an accumulative effect.