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30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House They let the cat walk on the table during meals and eat off of people's plates.

When I gently nudged the cat away from my plate the mom went off on me for "interfering with the free will of a sentient being". I was terrified. She was screaming and furious. I was maybe 10 at the time.

I ADORE my cats and do give them tiny tastes of safe people food. They are well cared for and have free run of most of our house. But they aren't allowed on the damn table. (Which means they only do it when we aren't looking, lol.)

acorngirl , cottonbro Report

Final score:

304points

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Demi Zwaan 2 years ago

Oh yuck. I once visited a cat breeder that I wanted a kitten from and she had coffee creamer in an open container on the table and the cats would jump up and lick from it. And then she'd get coffee and use the creamer from the container! I did NOT get a kitten from her.

107points

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House My friend and I all went to our rich friend’s house to play. Then they said they needed to do something and would be back in an hour. So we all just played in the room and waited. Turns out the entire family had lunch and just locked us up in the room so they wouldn’t have to feed us. Once we found out we all felt hurt and decided to never play at their house again.

EeveeV4 , Ketut Subiyanto Report

Final score:

287points

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Lyone Fein 2 years ago

What a,holes

175points

Redditor u/LiterallyEkam revealed to Bored Panda the inspiration behind their question on r/AskReddit that netted them over 66.2k upvotes. They saw an incredibly bizarre situation while visiting a friend and this got them thinking about how we all see things very differently.

“The event that inspired me to post the question was when I saw something I would not consider normal at a friend's house. I saw my friend kiss his dog on the lips and when I asked him about it he thought it was something other people did normally,” they told me.

Obviously, the redditor found this behavior very weird (and odds are that many of you Pandas do, too). “I had seen others kiss their dog but not directly on the lips in the way I saw. I found this peculiar and I wanted to find out if others have had similar experiences.”

According to Ekam, they never expected their thread to get so popular. “I didn't think there would be many people who had such interesting stories,” they complimented their fellow Reddit users for being honest and sharing their experience with everyone else.

Went to friends house as a kid. Sitting at the dinning table for lunch. House phone rings. Everyone falls to the floor around me including the mum and dad. I'm the only one left sitting there. The dad informs me that I now must answer the phone. "Hello... Johnson's house". I hold the phone out to the dad. "Ummm it's for you". Everyone laughs. I am so uncomfortable. The next time that phone rang. I was the fastest to the floor I can tell you that. Such a fun loving family. Loved going around there!

itastecolours Report

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281points

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Gail Nicholson 2 years ago

LOL I would just answer the phone and have fun with that! "I'm sorry they can't come to the phone right now, there's been an earthquake..."

110points

Friend’s amputee grandpa demanded to watch everyone in the bathroom when they went. He had a mirror so he could watch you. When I didn’t fall for that, they put shampoo in my hair so I’d have to take a shower. Noped the F out and called my mom. Friend didn’t think it was odd.

mcnicfer Report

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244points

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Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

Ewwww! What. The. Hell.

201points

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House One of the first times I met my husband's family, I was over at their house and husband gestured for me to sit down and be comfortable. Their house was really very cluttered. Not quite hoarder cluttered, but close. They had a couple of couches facing each other and then some other chairs. Not knowing the 'rules,' I sat on one of the couches, which had a lot of stuffed teddy bears on it. OMG, you would think I had sat down on live bears. There were probably 20-30 small - medium stuffed bears on this couch. Husband's mother and twin brother both visibly reacted as if I had damaged the bears. (Not antique bears either). That was when I was told that the couch was for the bears, and only for the bears and that no one was allowed to sit on the bears' couch. Just the bears. The bears all had little beaded necklaces with their names on them to tell them apart because they were all the same brand and style.

floridianreader , catawiki Report

Final score:

235points

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Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

That's almost unbearable.

187points

I was very curious to get Ekam’s take on why people don’t recognize peculiar behaviors for what they are and what we can do to take a more objective glance at our own daily habits.

In Ekam’s view, it’s all about building habits that we no longer think about. “I think that people grow up seeing and doing these behaviors which they perceive as normal because they are used to it,” they told me, adding that some folks might simply not have been taught that it’s something other people do.

Ekam said that expanding our social circle and experiencing different lifestyles can help us get a different perspective on our own lives. “The only way to be self-aware of our quirks is to spend more time around other people and learn their behaviors.”

Just because we’re different, however, doesn’t mean that we should automatically aim to readjust to what we see as ‘normal’ and usual. Doing so would mean that we’d give up what makes us unique. What makes us individuals. What makes us… well, ‘us.’

“I don't think people should aim to iron out their quirks. It's what makes us different, and unless it's damaging to others, we should accept each other for it,” Ekam said that the only habits we should consider changing are the ones that actually harm others.

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House More of an attitude. I remember waving the cigarette smoke away from my face and her dad saying not to because it was "rude". I was prob 8 or 9 at the time and I grew up in a smoke free home so someone blowing smoke in my direction wasn't at all normal to me. And worst, somehow I was the rude one.

fuber , Sabine R Report

Final score:

231points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

Wth...absolutely no. That's not weird that's just plain rude.

105points

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House My friend had ANTS in her bed. They were crawling all over the headboard, pilows, sheets, blanket, just everywhere. she got offended when i started to kill some of them. remind you, we were having a sleepover. never again.

brooklynboykins , T5717CTcindyr Report

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229points

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KJ 2 years ago

I am getting itchy just thinking about that bed.

99points

Here's an "I was that family" story. My Godmother (who was practically an aunt) ran a fairly successful daycare out of her home in the 90s. She was a first generation immigrant to the US, whose parents came to the New England area from Ireland. My two younger brothers and I spent a lot of time at her home and I was generally the oldest child there.

When I was about 8 years old, she started to have me make her her favorite drink. Gin and tonic. She drank these ALL DAY, while running her home daycare. At age 8 I knew...how to mix cocktails, that forks were better for stirring than spoons, and that large plastic bottles of gin were cheap and low quality.

This went on for years, on pretty much a daily basis, until my family moved out west. My Godmother kept her daycare running until she died (I'm sure of health problems relating to alcohol). I was 15 when she passed and I'm in my 30's now. I honestly went most of my life thinking NOTHING of it until I became a father a couple of years ago. At which point I was like... "How the f**k did anyone let her have a daycare?"

Academic_Bar9792 Report

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209points

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El muerto 2 years ago

is good to learn a trade early, there are probably plenty of daycare centers that'd need a good bartender

115points

However, at the end of the day, we really should be putting our own comfort and happiness first, not that of our guests and acquaintances. At least according to relationship and dating expert Dan Bacon, from The Modern Man project. Recently, he told me that it’s impossible to please everyone with the way you have your home designed and organized, so instead of stressing about this, we should be unapologetically ourselves.

"A man’s home is part of what people initially use to judge his social status and character. However, how he behaves and acts with the people who come over to his place says so much more about him," Dan told Bored Panda that our homes and how we act greatly contribute to how people look at us.

"A man might have a perfectly tidy, well-designed, and stylish home, but be very nervous and try too hard to impress people who come over. So, rather than seeing him as a cool, confident, successful man they can admire and look up to, most people just perceive him as a nervous, insecure guy with a nice place. Alternatively, they may see him as a guy who tries hard to please others with material things because he's insecure about himself and doesn't feel good enough in their eyes,” Dan explained to Bored Panda.

#10

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House I'm going to say Medium Rare chicken. Had dinner at my friends house when I was 10. They said the blood made it delicious, I tried to politely ask if I could microwave it a little longer, which offended them and resulted in a lecture of how they ate people during WWII in Romania and how lucky I was to have medium rare chicken...

captainredbeered , numbcorns Report

Final score:

198points

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KJ 2 years ago

You also get the privilege of spending lots of time on the porcelain throne at best.

134points

#11

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House They had a room where they would just let their dog crap on the floor. It didn't look like it was cleaned often.

inline_asmurai , Ethan Hu Report

Final score:

195points

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ShadowLand 🇨🇦 2 years ago

That's disgusting. 🤢🤮

117points

#12

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House I am doing part time freelance nursing atm. One of the cases i attended was a rather large house in the middle of nowhere for an elderly man. When i was let in by his caretaker, i saw the old man lying in a box which was disguised as a bed. I was told it was because the family knew he was on his last legs and eventually he will pass on so the box was his pre-coffin for the undertaker to take to the parlour and its a norm for their family to do this. Creepy but that wasnt even the worst part, while i was waiting for the antibiotic drip to complete, i looked out the window and saw the backyard of the house, all the coffins of deceased family members were all above ground and you could open the window to see them in the coffins,preserved from the day they died. They were only lowered into the grave once the decomposition begun despite the preservatives. Apparently, it was part of their beliefs and family traditions.

ScienceofFish , cottonbro Report

Final score:

188points

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Anaïs 2 years ago

now THAT is creepy :o

91points

Part of being a good host, however, means letting others speak. We shouldn’t be hogging all of the attention when we have guests over. "Remember that most people care more about themselves than other people. So, allow people to talk about themselves, rather than always trying to be the center of attention,” the expert said.

"Also remember to not try to oversell yourself or your place, to hopefully gain people’s approval. Be confident and secure in who you are as a person and let your surroundings provide additional clues about who you are and how you approach life."

The expert stressed the fact that we should always do whatever we want when it comes to our homes. We have to feel happy where we live, not focus on trying to impress everyone. So while some people might thrive only in tidy and perfectly clean environments, others can be confident in more of a messy home.

#13

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House So my friend's family has a shrine for her grandma, when I first saw I was like “oh, she probably passed and this is a way to commemorate her” (since we also have a little “shrine” for my grandma). I was on Facetime with her later on that night when I got home and asked about it, and turns out that her grandma is VERY much alive and healthy. She explained that she thinks her family is a cult with her grandma as the leader and idk every time I go to her house I freak out just a tiny bit

evelxn , Anupam Report

Final score:

183points

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Casey Burns 2 years ago

Your friend might just be looking for a sacrifice....

73points

Lolztallestmidget , Pavel Danilyuk Report

#14

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House I grew up as a Jehovah's witness and my mom pushed me to be friends with people within the religion. One girl was only allowed to talk to people within the religion so she was homeschooled. She was was allowed to watch one movie or one tv show a day rated g-pg with approval. Three of us, aged 16, watched Lion King 2 then her parents made us go to bed at 730 in the summer. She also wasn't allowed to have any posters on her wall as that was viewed as idol worship. Her parents came in to "approve" our prayers for the night. I left feeling super bad for her.

Final score:

176points

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TJay 2 years ago

I grew up in that cult as well...I'm now a born again atheist

227points

#15

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House My friend had nine siblings, and whenever we ate at their house, he always told me to 'protect my food.' He literally covered his plate by surrounding it with his arms. His brothers kept stealing food from the younger ones, and their parents didn't do anything to stop them! It was just normal.

Prudovski , Kevin Malik Report

Final score:

172points

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Evil Little Thing 2 years ago

I grew up in Utah and some of the kids I went to school with had BIG families. Like upwards of 20 siblings big. They ALL guarded their food like this.

93points

"If you enjoy placing a lot of importance on your home because it means a lot to you, then do that. If you only see it as a place to live and want to focus your attention on other things, you should do that. You can never impress or please everyone, no matter what you do. Just look at celebrities as an example. They have millions of people who love them and millions who hate them,” Dan said.

"The same applies to your home. You will never make it, furnish it or arrange it in a way where everyone loves you for it and wishes they had it. Some people will love it, others will like it and some will hate it. So, just enjoy doing what you want to do. That’s the only way you’ll truly be happy."

#16

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House My brother (about 6 at the time) came home from a friend's house upset and confused and my mom figured out that the kids' parents had been watching p**n openly in front of the kids. Needless to say, he wasn't allowed back.

OtherwiseCriticism , cottonbro Report

Final score:

168points

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Casey Burns 2 years ago

That's bad on so so many levels.

129points

#17

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House Saw my friend spit in their house, straight onto the carpet. I didn't go back.

kb1878 , Ravi-Ranjan-Goswami Report

Final score:

165points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

I'd like to unread this.

141points

#18

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House They let the dogs and cats into the basement to go to the bathroom even though they had a fenced in back yard. The whole house smelled, even the kids when they went to school.

anonymous , thedodo Report

Final score:

162points

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ShadowLand 🇨🇦 2 years ago

Ok, I just can't.......

50points

#19

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House Had a friend who’s family lived on a huge property and kept cows for the property tax exemption, not odd.. he told me to come by and get some purple ringers he collected for me.. invited me in to meet his parents and I swear to god, there was a fullsize cow chilling on one of their couches in the livingroom. That sight was way more wild than any of the hallucinations later experienced. Really nice people though lol..

Veg305 , goliaththecow Report

Final score:

158points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

Once the house didn't smell and the place was clean...can I pet the cow? Lol

80points

#20

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House I had a friend when I was 13-14 who’s family didn’t speak at all when they ate dinner. The first time I ate there I tried to make conversation and got a super weird glare and shake of the head from the mom. After dinner was done everyone would just go back to doing whatever. I remember thinking at the time while I ate in awkward silence “why would anyone want to eat like this everyday? I come from a family of 8 where dinners were chaos so maybe I was conditioned too far the other way.

Butwhytwo , cottonbro Report

Final score:

151points

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Otter 2 years ago

That was actually a tradition Iin parts of Britain and Ireland, I think it died out during the 20th century. But yes, not that long ago, there were places where everyone considered it rude to talk over a meal.

60points

Indra Servo 2 years ago

No wonder their food is so bland, you can't ask people to pass salt

5points

Lynn Morello 2 years ago

Is Actually. And We brought it with us to Australia.

0points

Tee Witt 2 years ago

I have never heard of this and I am British?

0points

Jo Davies 2 years ago

Very sad. Might as well eat apart.

16points

Wesley Lucas 2 years ago

Right?! I have always admired my ex MiL and the fact that every single evening, at 6 pm, there was a fully home cooked meal with several sides waiting on the table for her husband, kids, and whoever else happened to be there for dinner. Conversation was the entire point of having everyone around the table together. A dinner in sullen silence would be absolutely depressing.

12points

UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago

Similar thing when I was a kid. First meal at a friend’s house, I’m yakking away and thought my friend was oddly quiet. When he finally responded to me, his dad snapped, “Richard. The table is for eating, not for talking.” I knew Rich for years after that. His dad was a f*cking a**hole.

12points

Emo Sloth 2 years ago

In my house, if you're under the age of 18, you don't talk when eating. At all. Doing so would actually result in punishment. Up until literally right now, I didn't know that it was weird to have dead silent meals.

10points

Aria Whitaker 2 years ago

Wow. Yeah, this is one of the first times I am learning that people eat in silence. On purpose. Is there a reason?

8points

My O My 2 years ago

When you turn 18 you are allowed to engage in conversation?

3points

ZAPanda 2 years ago

whaaaaat why?

2points

Emo Sloth 2 years ago

I dunno. It's normal for me.

0points

Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

I lived across the street from such a family, whose two daughters I was friends with. Ate dinner there once. Not a single sound at the table except for chewing. It was creepy, especially since my parents were academics, and dinner table conversation was always lively and interesting.

8points

El muerto 2 years ago

it's common in some places to eat quietly, you are suppose to just eat, sometimes to get kids to eat the full plate...I think it was more common some more religious households, until mid 20th century.

7points

Tee Witt 2 years ago

Eating quietly is not the same as total silence

0points

Marco Conti 2 years ago

Look, every family have their rituals and habits. Fine. But if your ritual is perfectly silent dinnertime, the least you can do is tell a guest beforehand, not shake your head in disapproval. They had to know that their little ritual is not shared by 99.99999% of the population.

6points

Karis Ravenhill 2 years ago

Misophonia. It's my foolproof excuse for not ever being around other people when they eat, unless they'd like stabbed in the face with a fork.

6points

ZAPanda 2 years ago

yeah I have that too but it is super specific - namely, people smacking their lips. Fortunately no one in my family does it.

5points

James R. Jones 2 years ago

I'm 71, and grew up in a house in the north of England where talking during meals was forbidden.

3points

Erica Cochrane 2 years ago

in my house, it's diffiuclt. my dad grew up not talking during meals but my mum grew up talking through meals, so he gets annoyed because she talks, she gets annoyed because he wont. i like to talk during a meal, so i just talk to mum and try to leave dad alone as much as i can.

2points

Arctic Fox Lover 2 years ago

I remember reading Flat Stanley for the first time, and for some reason the mom was a huge stickler for the rules, so no talking over dinner, use very proper and fancy manners during basically every occasion, say "That is I" instead of "That's me", don't say "hey" as we're not horses, etc. I was really confused like "Does anybody actually do this any more?"

2points

Missey Covan 2 years ago

One must not speak with food in mouth. Lived it and yes it is very uncomfortable. Also you must eat everything on your plate (that is edible). Children in Africa are starving you better eat. How is my eating food helping someone in another country.

2points

Alicia Miller 2 years ago

I had a friend whose family didn't allow any drinks during dinner. You could get a glass of water after eating but nothing during the meal. Always thought it was weird

2points

Panda-riffic 2 years ago

I hope they all knew the Heimlich maneuver to help out when you're choking!

0points

SAF saf 2 years ago

idk...both extremes seem annoying.

2points

Dav Carro-Ripalda 2 years ago

Andrea Camilleri's Detective Montalbano hates talking while eating. It distracts from the pleasure of savours and flavours

1point

Yeah, you heard 2 years ago (edited)

I don't find this weird. I don't like talking to others much during a meal. They ask me a question when my mouth is full, and i have to do the whole *point at my mouth so they know i'm chewing* thing, while they wait for me to finish chewing. Hate that. Isn't it odd that talking with one's mouth full is considered rude, but NOT talking during a meal is also considered rude. When my food is in front of me, I just want to eat it, not talk. Of course, I *do* talk to others, as I know *they* want to talk, but personally I'd rather just eat, and leave the chit-chat for before or after there's food on the table.

1point

Steph 2 years ago

Totally agree with you! Enjoy your meal without distraction- we are a very lively family, my boyfriend has such a hard time to concentrate on our conversations and eating at the same time. It IS REALLY HARD FOR HIM and I hate family members making fun of him

1point

oddkiddo 2 years ago

Some people do that out of religious beliefs. To properly honour "God" and be thankful for the meal. Do not if that applies here. Some house tyrants with antisocial personality disorders do it as well for control.

1point

Thomas 2 years ago

One of my uncles was like that: no one could talk during the meal and he was playing classical music. Fortunately, he mellowed out a lot with age

1point

Romenriel 2 years ago

Our family has popular science debate at almost every meal, I know it's crazy but hey, it at least keeps the conversation going.

1point

Mark Kelly 2 years ago

My grandma was kind of like that when me and my siblings decision here but then again sometimes we'd get a bit rowdy. She would still talk but when it got too animated she didn't like it

0points

Tamara Arden 2 years ago

I grew in a family where we talked at the dinner table as it was the only time (apart from watching The Goodies, Doctor Who and Hey Hey It's Saturday) when everybody was together at the same time. We would fill each other in on our day.

0points

Lynn Morello 2 years ago

Not dead yet. If you are eating you don't talk. There is nothing worse than talking with a mouth full of food.

0points

Riley Quinn 2 years ago

Silence vs. chaos. I prefer light conversation that veers away from confrontational topics. We can always fight after the meal.

0points

Radek Suski 2 years ago

*whose family....

0points

Olga Dremina 2 years ago

"When i eat I'm deaf and mute" was a rule for kids no-one seems to follow. I guess it was actually to prevent choking.

0points

Dodo 2 years ago

I was always fairly silent at meals as a child. Especially when my grandmother visited. The adults would always talk about things that I wasn't supposed to join in with. I was an adult by the time my grandmother passed but I still felt awkward talking in front of her at the dinner table.

0points

Marco Conti 2 years ago

I'll bet. Didn't you just say she passed? I'd feel a bit strange too if your deceased grandmother joined us for dinner.

0points

#21

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House A friend in high school had all the normal pictures in the hallway. Family in various places/vacations etc. But there was one of his dad on a pier with a fishing pole. On closer inspection hanging at the end of the pole, like a large fish he had just caught, was HIS MOTHER! Fully nude and hanging upside down. Just like a fish. My friend refused to talk about the picture.

Wrshpkraut_1 , Travis Isaacs Report

Final score:

149points

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Lyone Fein 2 years ago

That's a hoot

53points

#22

15 years ago. Visit a friend house who live in san Francisco around 3rd street (bad neighborhood area) . Upon entering pass by the kitchen 4 gas stove flame was in full blast not cooking anything, no vent, you can literally see a big burn hole in the ceiling all the way thru the 2nd floor room. His mom was upstairs one of those rooms far away from the bottom floor kitchen, watching tv in full blast. Long story short. They are basically using their gas stove as a centralize heater for the whole house. Im a certified fire safety director at my work. This almost gives me a heart attack.

manks2016 Report

Final score:

147points

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Kimi Tomminello 2 years ago

Run!!!!!!!

34points

TraditionalEye4686 Report

#23

Went to a sleepover at this girls house and her mom was obsessively taking pictures of us all night. At one point, we were watching a movie and my friend passed out and her mom , I s**t you not, pulls out a huge newscast-type heavy duty camera and starts recording her daughter sleeping for a solid 5 minutes .

I have trouble sleeping and so that night when us kids were in the bedroom to sleep, I was on the floor, just staring at the wall in the dark. I was facing away from the door, laying on my side. I hear the door creak...some footsteps and then the darkness of the room lit with a sudden flash. I got up just in time to see the door close. I know it was her mom taking pics of us. The weirdest part to me is that it was about 3am when that happened...meaning the girl's mom either had an alarm or just stayed up that late in wait....

Final score:

143points

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TheVioletDragon 2 years ago

That is weird as s**t. Maybe just trying to take pics, but still creepy, especially of someone else

75points

#24

This happened when I was like, 6. I needed to use the bathroom at a friend’s house and he led me to his parent’s bathroom. The place was filled with crap of all sorts. Boxes, magazines, an inflatable pool, lots of other stuff. You could barely get in there. He pulled out a drawer from the installed cabinet by the entry way and said to pee in there. I thought he was joking until he went ahead and peed in there himself. I couldn’t argue with that, so I too peed right in there. Then he shut the drawer and we went and played more ninja turtles. I have no idea what became of that drawer/house/family.

DoritoOnRepeatTho Report

Final score:

135points

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Casey Burns 2 years ago

This is disturbing.

83points

#25

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House When I was in high school, a friend asked me and two other friends to his house for dinner. His mom served homemade bean soup, which was very good. Toward the end of the main course, she brought out chocolate cake for dessert. She cut each of us a slice and plopped it into our bowls... in which we each still had about an inch of soup. Us guests exchanged puzzled glances, but the family dug right in, so apparently chocolate cake soaked in bean soup was an ordinary thing for them.

President_Calhoun , Liftarn Report

Final score:

130points

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Lyone Fein 2 years ago

Gets it nice and moist

38points

twostepsfrombutter , expressdigest Report

#26

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House Using a friend’s bathroom, ran out of toilet paper. Looked for a new roll under the sink and was HORRIFIED to see that used tampons were put into a paper grocery bag and just...left there. Had to have been years worth. There are no words.

Final score:

128points

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Karis Ravenhill 2 years ago

Had a woman rent my basement off me, for weeks this awful smell kept permeating through the house from downstairs (the AC/heat unit pulled air from the basement and pumped it through the house). Finally I cracked because the smell was making me nearly vomit. I walked into her downstairs apartment (without permission, my bad, just couldn't take it anymore) and found her bathroom trashcan LOADED AND OVERFLOWING ON THE FLOOR with used sanitary products. The smell was months of rotting period blood. She didn't think anything of it, thought my horrified reaction was hilarious. Promptly told her skank a** to leave.

20points

#27

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House We looked at a house where the current owners had small stone statues of angels next to every door and window. You had to move the statue to get through the door.

They said "we are Christian people".

We didn't ask.

exec_director_doom , amazon Report

Final score:

125points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

That seems to be the explanation for a lot of the weird behavior on this list.

111points

photopiperUX , theluciferprinciple Report

#28

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House One of my Ex's collected her finger/toe nails in little glass bottles. She put them on display over her bed.

Final score:

122points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

Why....just why? What's the end goal? Be a guess on "Weirdest Collections?

54points

#29

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House I had a friend in HS. We're still friends today actually. His mom was a hoarder. There were little pathways throughout the house but it was filled, from floor to ceiling, with junk. In the hallway to the bedrooms, she had stacked every newspaper she ever got. They were tied up in bundles. When you walked in that hallway he would caution to not touch the papers because if a row fell, it would take a couple hours to dig yourself out.

ferrariguy1970 , pxhere Report

Final score:

120points

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Casey Burns 2 years ago

Not the first time avoiding the news has been life saving.

98points

#30

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House I had a friend in high school whose mother was from Jamaica. His family would colon cleanse together every year. I guess it was customary from his mom's culture. So literally they'd take medicine to make themselves s**t their brains out for a day or two every year. Notable mention- they only had one bathroom.

_AVA_ , Filios Sazeides Report

Final score:

107points

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K 2 years ago

In my family it was a spoon of castor oil every Friday night tm clean us out for school Monday morning!

36points

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#31

I had a friend in middle school whose family was really into trophy hunting, something I didn’t know until I went to a sleepover at her house. Animal heads everywhere, but the weirdest part was she didn’t have sheets on her bed, just animal fur. She slept naked on the fur and had no idea it was weird. I faked a stomach ache and had my mom pick me up.

Final score:

46points

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Otter 2 years ago

Everyone used to sleep in just furs! Many centuries ago. That was totally normal, if you'd been visiting some Medieval aristocrats.

26points

#32

A roughly 4 feet long python roaming free around the room at a gathering with guests.

Snek was chill as heck but still…

Moar_Wattz Report

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45points

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Casey Burns 2 years ago

Is the name of the snake "Snek" or do you just spell snake as "snek?" Because I'm now and forever calling snakes Sneks.

27points

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#33

My uncle is 50 years old, he is retired and a millionaire. He never had a girlfriend. He spends his time with video games and prostitutes. His house is filthy, the smell is unbearable. In that beautiful house of his he has over 700 devils. Plush devils plastic devils glass devils big devils small devils. You name it he has it. It's all over the place on tables shelves and on the floor. He loves them.

molnarg1102 Report

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44points

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Otter 2 years ago

Those are some brave sex workers!

26points

#34

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House They walked around nude at home 24/7. He invited me over to play nintendo after school. When he had gotten in, he stripped down butt naked, and went to make a sandwich. Everyone else was already bare ass and loitering.

Krmsyn , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

43points

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Debbie Barnes 2 years ago

He should have told you his family were naturists before inviting you over.

61points

#35

The skull of their beloved dead family cat was sitting on a bookshelf.

“Oh, that’s our cat, Felix!”

ethnicWASP Report

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42points

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Guy MacGregor 2 years ago

Oh I like that! Won't do it, but I like it anyway.

22points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#36

A friends mother has a human skull sitting in her living room with a dollar bill stuffed between his teeth. Apparently she knew the guy.

deansprite Report

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41points

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Pumpkin Spice 2 years ago

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17points

#37

Wasn’t when I went to their house, but when I rode in the car with them! Everyone in the car had to wear a bike helmet while we were driving. Not THAT weird, but I’ve never seen another family do that.

Wwild16 Report

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41points

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Libstak 2 years ago

Actually That is totally weird and bike helmets are not the right shape for use in motor vehicles aka racing drivers anyway.

25points

#38

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House Everyone using the same bathwater. I was made to bathe in the same water the grandpa, sister brother, other sister had used. The parents went last.

Before you ask no it wasn't on a property, this was in a house with electricity and a shower.

Sproose_Moose , Sora Shimazaki Report

Final score:

40points

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Lyone Fein 2 years ago

This is how everyone used to do it, in the days before we all had indoor plumbing. It saves on both the water bill and the heating bill. So maybe they just didn't have the money to do it any other way.

25points

#39

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House Their living room had eight sofas in it. The room wasn’t that big and there was no other furniture. It was like a maze. Was told it was for the bible study they hosted at their home.

0nlyhalfjewish , CoWomen Report

Final score:

39points

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DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago

This isn't so bad...also the floor is lava would be easy.

33points

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#40

My childhood best friend lived with his grandparents, his grandfather was a clock maker (he mostly restored them.) Their large 2 story houses walls were covered in old restored grandfather and cuckoo clocks. Each one had a small sticker with a number so he could keep track of them all, the highest number I saw was over 700. I would say 25% of them were wound so every hour you were treated to a symphony of clocks.

I didn’t appreciate it when I was a kid but those clocks were fantastic pieces of workmanship.

farmerderpy Report

Final score:

39points

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Pumpkin Spice 2 years ago

11:59 A.M. "Aight kids it's earplugs time!"

26points

#41

When I was seven, I went over to play with a new friend and she asked if I wanted a snack. I said sure and we went into their playroom where there was a mini fridge just stacked with candy, full bars of everything, and she casually tossed me a pack of Rolos. Now, the house was a manufactured home— not a trailer perse, but definitely not like the usual house either. I know this doesn’t indicate how much money the family had, but this was not in an upscale neighborhood or house.

I marveled at A.) the largest amount of candy I have still to this day ever seen and B.) the fact that she and her siblings all just had free access to it at such young ages.

She was surprised at my surprise and asked what did I keep in my snack fridge. I told her I didn’t have one of those, and then it was her turn to be absolutely gobsmacked at the idea that I didn’t have a mini fridge full of candy just at my disposal and whim.

RuyiJade Report

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38points

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Andy Acceber 2 years ago

I've learned that it's not uncommon for some families with financial issues to absolutely spoil the children. The parents worry so much about the children being ostracized for their financial situation, they swing hard the other direction and excessively grant every possible demand made by the children that they can. (P.S. If you're a parent, learn to say, "No." In moderation, your children will thank you later.)

26points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#42

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House Serve ice cream with their hands.

sleeknub , Markus Spiske Report

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37points

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ElenaK 2 years ago

How?

14points

#43

At every meal, my ex's parents would set a plate on the table for the Dog. The dog would sit in a chair and eat at the table with the people.

WildRonin24 Report

Final score:

37points

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cb !!! 2 years ago

my family does this! my dog is a little havanese that loves sitting in chairs so we got him a designated plate and specific cushioned barstool

17points

#44

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House A framed hole in the wall. My friend had a mental breakdown once and punched a hole in their living room wall. Their mother framed it.

Mysterious_Creatures , imgur Report

Final score:

35points

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Otter 2 years ago

Of COURSE there's a stock photo of a framed hole in the wall on the internet!

38points

#45

My great aunt has had these toddler sized old ladies dolls scattered around her house for as long as I can remeber. They are ultra detailed, with human hair wigs, outfits that get changed semi frequently. They're dolls her late sister had made, so they are sentimental I suppose... But she sets them up in chairs all around the house. One of them she calls by her sisters name and is always sat up in a rocking chair in the living room. The more horror movies I watch, the creepier they become.

Razaleann Report

Final score:

35points

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LittleBrownWren 2 years ago

An older friend of mine was into dolls too. Sadly she passed away this year, but ten or so years ago when I used to visit her at her home she took me up to see her doll room. It was a spare bedroom with nothing in it but dolls, floor to ceiling, new and old, creepy porcelain ones and clowns and some life-sized ones-- there were hundreds of them. Maybe she sensed that I wasn't a doll person (cue speechlessness followed by nervous laughter) because she never took me in there again, but she did gift me several porcelain dolls when my daughter was born.

12points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#46

My friend’s mom walked around the house in just her underwear. No shirt, no bra, just her underwear...

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Final score:

33points

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Sheila Stamey 2 years ago

This happened to me one as an adult. I was working as an assistant for a man who did auctions, helping him get on the 'net, etc, and I looked up only to see walking behind him his wife who had just returned from work. (We were working on his laptop, in the kitchen) my eyes must have gone very big. He says "she's naked, right? " I said " almost" all she has on was a pair of transparent nylon panties and a see through bra lette thing. Now she was around 400lbs/28.5 stone. I'm a big girl. But honestly, it took her awhile to go by. Kind of like one of those Macy's balloons. I was astonished!! I from then on had a rule. No more in house consultant for that one. B

29points

#47

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House I had dinner at a friend's house once, when I Was like 7/8 and they didn't allow any drinks at the dinner table. I had to stand in the kitchen and drink my water when I asked for it.

royalsiblings , Lisa Report

Final score:

32points

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Dr. Carlos Dangercat 2 years ago

I'm sure this rule came about due to excessive drink-spilling by the kids and one day mom and dad had had enough!

20points

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#48

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House My friend's house featured a life sized cutout of thei sister (who was away at college) that was moved into a different place every time I was over.

Final score:

32points

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Casey Burns 2 years ago

We have one at work of an old coworker who retired. Hey. If you miss someone you miss someone. Don't judge us for it. He's still alive. He just made everybody smile when he was still working here.

28points

#49

When I was about 13, I babysat for a family who had a stack of Hustler and Penthouse magazines in each bathroom, just laying open on the backs of the toilets. The kids said, 'Oh, those are Dad's magazines,' like it was no big thing. Then they said, 'Mom keeps the grownup toys in her room. They're funny — want to see?'

GraniteAve Report

Final score:

32points

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Andy Acceber 2 years ago

Eh, I find the toy comment at least less awkward than my teenaged babysitting experience. I was babysitting a 5-year-old girl with a ton of energy. After many random games, she ran into her single mother's bedroom, announced she wanted to play cops and robbers, and emerged with pink, fluffy handcuffs on her wrist. It took me a while to find the key. I wish she knew those were "grown-up toys" and not to touch.

27points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#50

I went with a few friends to one of their families' houses for a birthday party when I was like 15. After eating, we settled in to watch a horror movie, and I looked around me to find that everyone in that family was sitting in the exact same "crisscross applesauce" position, slowly rocking back and forth. Something about it was extremely creepy.

Pollowollo Report

Final score:

29points

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Dodo 2 years ago

Isn't that a way of stimming for people with autism?

13points

#51

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House My grandparents have had a human-sized mouse on their stairs for as long as I can remember. It has a bonnet and an apron and wears a long floral dress and I’ve honestly got no idea where they got it from and why.

whambamwigwam , derawin07 Report

Final score:

27points

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Dorothy Parker 2 years ago

A mop or ironing board cover would be mg guest.

18points

#52

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House She had half a mannequin on her kitchen table that she dressed up. Just the head and torso no arms and legs. Said it was because she liked some movie and this woman in a box that had no arms and legs. The same girl had a man blowup doll that she dressed in clothes and buckled in her passenger seat in case someone wanted to car jack her. We called him Dan Dan the Rubber Man. She brought him in work so he wouldnt melt in the car. She was weird

truisluv , MIH83 Report

Final score:

27points

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K 2 years ago

Sounds like that movie boxing Helena

24points

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

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#53

30 Unusual And Disturbing Things These People Saw At Someone Else's House When I was a kid the neighbors tv was always at 75 percent volume or higher. They'd literally sit in the living room and scream at each other over the tv on blast.

RustyShkleford , AskGeorgiee Report

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26points

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Jo Davies 2 years ago

The Royle Family. One of the best shows ever. Have you had your tea?

10points

#54

One day many years ago my friends and went to several open houses in West Hollywood to see how people with a little money lived. The third place we walked into featured framed photos of the owner with Richard Simmons in every single room, including the bathroom. I guess the homeowner lost a lot of weight 30 years ago and was forever grateful. Richard’s eyes seemed to follow you wherever you went in the house.

queersatzhaderach Report

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25points

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ERIKA H. 2 years ago

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#55

An old school friend of mine invited me over to eat. They ate noodles with sugar. That's it. With a glass of water. He told me they are eating this pretty often.

ChiefKhalil69 Report

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24points

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Jo Davies 2 years ago

More sad than weird

43points

#56

When I was like 10 i had a friend that had a room that was just filled to the ceiling with trash and they just started playing in it.

Ghostshriek Report

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23points

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Ian Kelly 2 years ago

When you say “trashy what do you mean?

9points

#57

I shared a house with a bunch of people who regularly set their farts on fire. I don't know why. They just did. Even when they were not drunk. This appeared to be normal behavior for them.

CrunchityFrog Report

Final score:

22points

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Chinmayee Kalghatgi 2 years ago

Ever since i heard that farts were flammable, i wondered if anyone tried that so with this post, my question in answered

15points

#58

They had a huge outside trash can in their kitchen…

kellywithayy Report

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16points

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Pumpkin Spice 2 years ago

*ulp*

1point

#59

They kept their Christmas tree up all year with ornaments, but stored it in a walk in closet. It was their only Christmas decoration, so it only took a few minutes to decorate for Christmas.

hyacinths_ Report

Final score:

12points

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Jo Davies 2 years ago

We wrap ours up every year, with the decorations and all, and store it away. Take it out, fluff it up and good to go.

20points

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boredkoala 2 years ago (edited)

So these can be summed up into a few categories: (1.) Families with less money than OP; (2.) Families with a different culture than OP; (3.) Child abuse

16points

Daniel Marsh 2 years ago

(4) Crazy with no obvious harm [but possibly other manifestations], (5) Just simply quirky and don't give a f. I'm thinking of the cow on the couch, the college-student cut-out, the angel statues, the dog sitting at the dinner table, the snek, and so on.

11points

Marnie 2 years ago

4) Disgusting people who would be aberrant among people of any culture regardless of how much money they have. For example, letting dogs and cats relieve themselves in the basement, peeing into drawers in the bathroom, watching porn in front of children. There were quite a number of those.

1point

Mark Kelly 2 years ago

The different culture and child abuse can go hand in hand

0points

Julie 2 years ago

Has anyone known any folks who still set a place at the dinner table for a family member who has died. Plate, silverware and glass...no food, just the setting? I have a relative who does this and I find it disturbing, so I just wondered if other people do this.

12points

chrissy goodman 2 years ago

i kno someone who does this but only on holidays. i dont think its strange but if ur talking about everyday then thats a bit much. my family puts a picture of my grandpa in a santa suit on the tree at my grandmas house on christmas to make it feel like hes there with us but thats as far as we go. ppl have their ways of mourning some r more extreme then others. one of my friends thinks its weird i put the collar of my dog who died 4 years ago on a stuffed animal that looks just like him but its my way of mourning i still miss him. 17 years he was my best friend and i have pictures of my grandpa everywhere cuz he was my hero. mourning is dealt with in many ways .

11points

Seabeast 2 years ago

I've heard of it second-hand, but haven't seen it myself.

2points

Paula Marowsky 2 years ago

in some cultures it is very common. Even puting that family member clean and folded clothes on a chair and pretending to have normal conversations. It may help to not get depressed when mourning

1point

A.J Milne 2 years ago

This was entertaining, I would like to read one of these again

5points

Craig Silberman 2 years ago

whoa, those are some freaky families there; I can't imagine where they learned that stuff, but hope it didn't get passed on to their kids and their kids

3points

Suebee70 2 years ago

A neighbor was interested in an item I had for sale at my yard sale, but they were going to be out of town, and asked if I could bring it over to their house in a few days and they'd pay for it - so I walked over there with it in hand, expecting to make small talk, get the money and go back home. I didn't know them that well, just the usual neighbor stuff - a wave now and then, etc. Stepped inside their house to see an almost 7' tall white plaster cast of a large, naked man standing behind their big floor model console TV, with his "junk" basically resting on top of the TV. I had a hard time not staring at it, and my (female) neighbor noticed - she laughed and said, "Oh, we call him 'Victor' - the model was my husband." Husband was sitting on the couch leering at me at the time.

2points

chrissy goodman 2 years ago

idk if this would count but my own household. i grew up normally however my mom had a thing about judging ppl. on multiple occassions she would judge my friends. one friend had the goth look, one was black, one had some of their hair dyed purple and one was asian. my mom had something to say about all of them saying how they will have influence over me in a bad way. fast forward a few years of not listening to my mom she loves all my friends just bc they come from good families. my goth friends parents r both well respected ppl in the neighborhood, my black friends father is a heart surgeon and mother is an english college professor at a great college, my purple haired friend comes from a family of firefighters and teachers and my asian friend is top of the class and her parents r both successful business ppl. fast foward after college my mom was afraid of my cousin bc we found out he was gay. she stayed that way for awhile my dad just made faces about it. how i grew up normal and able to respect all races and all types of ppl i will never kno. i believe i was more influenced by my grandparents who loved everyone no matter who they were. my mom is better now and doesnt have issues or judge ppl as harshly anymore but she still has her upper class mindset. im just happy she more open bc it makes my life easier and makes her life less complicated since these days u can say the wrong thing very easily. back wen i was a kid the way she acted was rude but today it would b a horror show. im so happy i didnt end up some entitled upper class white girl. if it wasnt for all the friends i made and my grandparents i probably wouldve been. who knows tho mayb i just wanted to rebel and it turned out in my favor. ill never kno how i became the open friendly person i m but in glad i did cuz i went to high school with alot of ppl who had parents like mine some even worse and they r entitled rich kids still. they have fancy cars a fancy house all that. they show it on facebook constantly. im just different and lucky i guess u dont need fancy things to b happy. im married and have a great life and super happy. i feel bad for all the entitled ppl i went to high school with honestly. they probably dont interact with their family the same way i do. i already kno a few dont even see their family on holidays cuz they dont get along its just sad. and to think it couldve been me if i listened to my mom way back wen.

2points

Lovin' Life 2 years ago

People can be so weird but some of these were just out right disturbing

2points

Dorothy Finley 2 years ago

I had this one person I knew who's mom was an insane hoarder. They had a full room just of stuff. They had a snake in their mom's room so I asked to go see it and when we walked into her room and it was covered in bras everywhere and hanging from the bed frame.

1point

Mark Kelly 2 years ago

Glad my family was normal.

0points

Ida Petersen (Student) 2 years ago

I feel bad for some of these kids

0points

Jordi Hyden-Moore 2 years ago

I take it back! SO MANY of these were winners!!

0points

Shane S 2 years ago

Sometimes I forget how disgusting human beings can be. I don’t know how someone people live like that

0points

Marnie 2 years ago

Not sure why you got a downvote on this! (You got an upvote from me.)

1point

Tom Hanlin 2 years ago

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Memere 2 years ago

No, Jonas has been around for quite awhile. Most of the content on BP is reposts from reddit or twitter. I've not seen this particular one before, but then I don't use reddit or twitter, I wait for them to show up here, hahaha.

4points

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boredkoala 2 years ago (edited)

So these can be summed up into a few categories: (1.) Families with less money than OP; (2.) Families with a different culture than OP; (3.) Child abuse

16points

Daniel Marsh 2 years ago

11points

Marnie 2 years ago

1point

Mark Kelly 2 years ago

The different culture and child abuse can go hand in hand

0points

Julie 2 years ago

12points

chrissy goodman 2 years ago

11points

Seabeast 2 years ago

I've heard of it second-hand, but haven't seen it myself.

2points

Paula Marowsky 2 years ago

in some cultures it is very common. Even puting that family member clean and folded clothes on a chair and pretending to have normal conversations. It may help to not get depressed when mourning

1point

A.J Milne 2 years ago

This was entertaining, I would like to read one of these again

5points

Craig Silberman 2 years ago

whoa, those are some freaky families there; I can't imagine where they learned that stuff, but hope it didn't get passed on to their kids and their kids

3points

Suebee70 2 years ago

2points

chrissy goodman 2 years ago

2points

Lovin' Life 2 years ago

People can be so weird but some of these were just out right disturbing

2points

Dorothy Finley 2 years ago

1point

Mark Kelly 2 years ago

Glad my family was normal.

0points

Ida Petersen (Student) 2 years ago

I feel bad for some of these kids

0points

Jordi Hyden-Moore 2 years ago

I take it back! SO MANY of these were winners!!

0points

Shane S 2 years ago

Sometimes I forget how disgusting human beings can be. I don’t know how someone people live like that

0points

Marnie 2 years ago

Not sure why you got a downvote on this! (You got an upvote from me.)

1point

Tom Hanlin 2 years ago

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Memere 2 years ago

4points