I'm not "into" pain, but we've tried erotic spanking. I think spanking only works if one of you is into being spanked and the other is into spanking. I let my husband spank me for a solid 5 minutes. My ass was pretty red. We both pretended to enjoy it, but when the 5 minutes was over we both agreed to never do it again.
But trying new things is about keeping sex exciting. You will find several duds. Keep trying.
