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anxiousjellybean , Karolina Grabowska Report

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed My mum used to pay me to be my own babysitter between the ages of 10-14 or so. The rule was that as long as I didn't make a mess and I'd put myself to bed by the time she got home then I got $10 in the morning.

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402points

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Nina 1 year ago

That's pretty smart ^^

168points

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Any of the kids (7 of us) can play with any toy that is left out. The owner of the toy can't take it back until whoever's playing with it is done. If the toy is put away in the owner's room, permission must be asked.

JetScootr , Polesie Toys Report

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359points

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Nina 1 year ago

I think it's a smart rule though, teaches to take care of your things and not leave them laying around

170points

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed My parents would check my and my brother’s teeth for “sugar bugs” every night after we brushed our teeth, before we got in bed. If they thought we were trying to skip brushing our teeth they would tell us they could see the sugar bugs in our teeth and would make us go brush again. My brother and I were so convinced these sugar bugs were real we would constantly ask when we’d be able to see them, my parents always told us only people 13 and older could see them, but by the time we got to be 13 we had completely forgotten about the sugar bugs in our teeth.

I love thinking about creative parenting tactics like this, I’ve even used that one while babysitting a fussy kid who doesn’t want to brush their teeth/get ready for bed and it helps a lot.

batman1227 , Shalev Cohen Report

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273points

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Banana Duck 1 year ago

My parents would do little voices of the sugar bugs being scared of my toothbrush and then screaming as they were brushed away

104points

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed When I was really young I had a “night night bell”. It was this old clay bell(?) that hung in the kitchen, and when I had to go to bed I got to ring the bell and everyone would come say goodnight and then I would go to bed. Not really a rule, but a weird little ritual in our house.

motorbike-t , Anirban Biswas Report

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249points

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Allison B 1 year ago

The only thing I can think of is maybe it was done to make sure the kid got to bed on time and/or to make sure they were safe and in the house before bed

47points

Ushouldknowthat , Zeeshaan Shabbir Report

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed No curfew as long as I told my mom where I would be. I was always honest bcs I loved being 16 with no curfew.

Final score:

238points

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Petro Roos 1 year ago

We had this too! As long as we dropped her a "still alive" message when we went out, all was good! OH and CALL HER if we got stuck somewhere!

111points

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Maybe it's not a "house" rule. But when I was six my mom told me that if a behaved she would let me skip school on Saturdays and Sundays.
One day my teacher said "see ya Monday" and I knew

missdontcare_ , Ivan Aleksic Report

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237points

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Nina 1 year ago

Smart mom. Now where did we get those trust issues again though

107points

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed We weren’t allowed to eat anything without first asking. Even a glass of water, we were required to ask first. When my boyfriend and I started dating, I would ask his parents if I could eat or drink something if I was hungry or thirsty and it was a hard habit to break when his mom told me I could literally eat or drink anything (other than the alcohol).

It was so weird to just go into the fridge or pantry without permission. I sometimes have to fight the urge to ask my bf if I can eat OUR food in OUR apartment.

When I went to my parents house over Christmas, I was reprimanded for getting an apple without asking first. It’s just all so weird but it used to be so normal.

bigmacnpoet , Athena Report

Final score:

235points

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Sasha Grace 1 year ago

Food I can understand but water?? That's not right.

158points

If you ever ran out of toilet paper whilst on the toilet, you had to sing the "Stranded" song or else no one else in the house would bring you a roll.

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226points

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Jojo 1 year ago

This is awesome 😂

74points

#10

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed My family had a thing we called the food blanket. When we’d eat casual meals, we’d lay a blanket on the living room floor and eat on it, like a picnic. My parents didn’t want to get any food on the carpet. Instead of “set the table,” my mom would say, “go lay out the blanket.” I remember being really confused when I learned every family didn’t have a food blanket.

llamallama-duck , Alex Andrews Report

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209points

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Nina 1 year ago

It seems like a fun way to eat though, having a indoor picnic :)

112points

#11

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Not being allowed to leave the table until your meal was finished. I remember eating at a friends house and looking really uncomforable trying to finish a food I didn't like, only to be told, "You don't have to finish it if you don't want to." Mind blowing.

MollyWhingo , Angela Mulligan Report

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201points

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Thor Haugen 1 year ago

I think a lot of us grew up with that rule.

144points

#12

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed If I got hurt doing a certain activity I wasn’t allowed to do that activity again.

My mother ended that rule though when I broke my wrist snowboarding when I was 16 and didn’t tell her until a month later when I couldn’t move my wrist at all and it required surgery with a bone graft to repair.

_njhiker , Tom Claes Report

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201points

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Royal Stray 1 year ago

That just sounds like a rule waiting to backfire, kids get hurt doing stuff, that's part of being a kid

20points

#13

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed I wasn't allowed to take a shower if I was home alone.

I also learned at age 7 that other households closed the bathroom door when using the toilet and keeping it open was weird. I learned that by keeping the door open at a friend's house, a friend walked by the bathroom, saw me, told their mom, their mom called my mom, and all of a sudden the new house rule was we close the bathroom door when using the toilet.

gothchrysallis , kevin Baquerizo Report

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197points

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Royal Stray 1 year ago

I can understand the shower under a certain age since small children might slip and fall, but over a certain age refusing your child privacy when they're naked or have their pants pulled down should be considered some kind of abuse.

165points

#14

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed If you don’t get A’s you don’t eat at the table. I legit thought this was normal until I had dinner at a friends’ house and my friend brought home a devastating report card. His parents were so supportive and loving..

anon , Taylor Flowe Report

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188points

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Nina 1 year ago

Wow, no pressure at all O.o

89points

#15

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed When I got in trouble I was put on "reading restriction" as a punishment. I loved to read as a kid (still do!) so it was an effective punishment at the time.

CharlieChooper , Pixabay Report

Final score:

176points

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Ashlyn 1 year ago (edited)

My parents did this too. They stopped it about a year ago tho. (They did not take my books away thank goodness but they said I couldn't read until I got ungrounded 😭)

44points

#16

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed We weren't allowed to watch anything remotely sexual like if people were kissing on screen my mom would freak out and run to cover the TV with a pillow and go "blah blah cough cough" loudly until it was over.

Once I tried to see a pg13 movie with my friends and my mom cried and my dad called me horrible for making her cry. I was 14.

Dameunbatido , Erik Mclean Report

Final score:

167points

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Sarel Seerower 1 year ago

I was also raised by manipulation. It really messes with you.

150points

#17

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Haiku night dinners.

Some nights we spoke in haiku

And *only* haiku

bronwen-noodle , fauxels Report

Final score:

165points

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Niall Mac Iomera 1 year ago

That sounds tedious. I can't believe you did that. I'm sorry for you.

194points

#18

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed When I was sick I couldn't be in my bed because it would make it dirty. My mom put a towel in a corner on the hardwood floor and I had to stay there until she deemed me better enough to use my bed.

Zenosparadox1 , cottonbro studio Report

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157points

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Nina 1 year ago

Wtf...

292points

#19

My father never let us talk around the dinner table. Once when I was 15 I asked everyone around the table how they were doing and how their day was. My dad got up angrily after hurriedly finishing his meal and said: "I can't stand people talking around a meal, if I wanted to talk to you I would."
We finished our meal in silence.

Morb2 Report

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142points

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devotedtodreams 1 year ago

Wow, this is just sad. I remember dinner time being a time of talking to each other (whilst eating too, of couse). My Dad would often be the one to ask: "So, did anyone hear or read something interesting today?" It was not uncommon for a simple little thing to morph into a long discussion. Good times... I miss them.

203points

#20

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed We weren't allowed to get into the fridge or the cabinets without asking permission. My family was very poor and we had a limited food budget, so eating something without permission very possibly meant eating one ingredient of a meal my step mother was planning on cooking within the next few days.

I went to friends' houses and they just ate whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted.

badhairguy , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

138points

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Jojo 1 year ago

This must have been hard ❤

87points

#21

I grew up with 6 siblings. In the TV room, there we more people than couch seats. We had a rule that you couldn't steal someone's seat if they got up to go the bathroom, get a drink, etc.

My parents instituted it because of all the fights that would happen over seats. We all instantly realized how great a rule it was. No more arguments, but more importantly, your seat was safe for the night.

I never thought it was a "normal" rule as defined by the OP, but it is a great rule that every family should have.

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134points

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JoNo 1 year ago

We had to "save" our spot on the couch by saying "save" and hitting the spot with your hand before leaving, as if hitting a button. If you did not save the spot, it was up for grabs. Maybe that's why my brother became a programmer?

101points

#22

No sliced bread in the house. Like my parents were perfectly normal in every other sense. But I think my mom assumed the uncut bakery bread at the grocery store was better quality or healthier or something? Anyway, I remember going to a friend’s house at like 13 years old and making a sandwich with pre-sliced bread! It was awesome! So much easier! My friend and her family laughed at my revelation but I’m not kidding it was a game-changer. I’d been cutting my own slices for years and they were always slightly uneven and it made making sandwiches or having a piece of bread a bit of a pain. I went home and immediately demanded sliced bread. It took a bit of convincing but eventually my mom caved to my demands. To this day my parents still prefer unsliced bread but whenever I visit my mom will go to the store and buy a sliced loaf just for me.

hclorin Report

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129points

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Nicola Roberts 1 year ago

The best thing since sliced bread. No wait...

105points

That emo Girl 1 year ago

Bread is the best thing since bread as well XD

10points

Heather W 1 year ago

Sliced bread was the greatest thing since Betty White.

6points

BakeryBoo-sket 1 year ago

Maybe the best thing really is sliced bread, and people should stop trying to beat it.

3points

Amanda Rose 1 year ago

You mean its the best thing since Betty White

0points

Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago

The bakery will slice the bread for you "fresh" bread machine sliced.

10points

Charlene Woelk 1 year ago

I can see their reasoning. Sliced bread has preservatives and bleach and other stuff to make it last longer. It's not the healthiest option over homemade bread or unsliced that you would buy from the baker and should go bad after 2-3 days if made without preservatives. My mom made bread for years, but eventually got tired of it and bought sliced bread. I definitely noticed that I couldn't eat as much with the change and it doesn't sit as well with me. But everyone does the best they can. I try to buy a fresh loaf that I know I'll eat before it goes bad.

9points

Gale 1 year ago

You can freeze part of the loaf. The bread I buy is sliced but it doesn't haven't any preservatives and it molds quick if I don't either freeze or finish it.

2points

LeeAnne B 1 year ago

I love unsliced bread. Not easy to find these days.

8points

小呀小苹果 1 year ago

To be fair, the uncut bakery loaves ARE better than most pre-sliced "bread"

7points

Keksoli 1 year ago

I actually prefer to slice it myself. The already packaged sliced bread doesnt taste that good in my opinion and if I get the bread freshly sliced I feel like it dries out quicker. Maybe just my preference.

5points

Max Fox 1 year ago

Good fresh bread stays fresh longer when unsliced. C**p like wonder bread is so full of preservatives that it could be left out in the sun for three days, and still be soft and taste like industrial waste.

3points

Jessica N 1 year ago

My bf grew up in communist East Poland and he never saw sliced bread til he immigrated to U.S in 2000. He often waxes poetic about how much better the bakery bread was, over there the moms went to market early in the am for the day's food. I've baked fresh bread a few times for him but I think it's flavored with nostalgia, he said our flour must be different 🤷‍♀️

2points

BreakingSomethingProbably 1 year ago

It's very much the nostalgia talking. Mom's and dad's went to work mostly in the morning, not to markets. And sliced bread was to be found in most larger shops before 2000

0points

LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago

Some people (mostly older generation) thought the slices would dry out and go stale before they got used.

2points

Menno Lente 1 year ago

When taking "real" bread (flour+ascorbic acid, water, yeast and salt, optionally oil), this is the case. Americans are notorious for adulteration of their food (Wonder bread, do I need to say more?). A good bread is like the aforementioned "real" bread, unsliced, and cut with a hand crank operated circular bread saw. Keep it in a paper (waxed) bag: it will get stale faster, but will taste better until that time, and MOLD CANNOT GROW ON BREAD ANYMORE! Even when eventually become stale, it'll be perfect for french toast!

0points

Viv Florini 1 year ago

Homemade bread is even better

2points

2econdSelf 1 year ago

Debating sliced vs. unsliced bread; this is the most controversial BP topic ever 😂 I honestly love it.

1point

Couragetcd 1 year ago

Most stores will slice a loaf for you, the best of both worlds.

1point

Debby Keir 1 year ago

I hate the butter tearing the fresh bread, as I like it thinly sliced. My mother used to butter the loaf and then cut a thin slice - much easier.

1point

Mine Truly 1 year ago

"Wow, sliced bread is the best thing since... Since... Uh...."

0points

Deb Kski 1 year ago

I guess that makes your mom THE best thing since sliced bread!

0points

Kathy Kennedy 1 year ago

In almost 100% of cases whole loaf bread is baked in store when it comes to white and whole wheat - thus whole loaf equated to freshly baked.

0points

FireflyWifeyBoo 1 year ago

Buying him a sliced loaf is so sweet!

0points

HoneyDukes 1 year ago

This one is actually kinda wholesome

0points

meowi.anne 1 year ago

That's so cute

0points

Barbara Skolly 1 year ago

There is a Candian show called Murdoch Mysteries that takes place late 1800-early 1900s. They walk by a store that advertising sliced beead and a character quips "slice bread? Thats the best thing since...ever" lol

0points

Beetlejuice Locklear 1 year ago

Okay that last sentence redeemed it all, love is having things around not for yourself but for the ones you love even if you don't personally like it

0points

A Happy Doggo 1 year ago

My parents never eat white bread if that counts

0points

H. Nolden 1 year ago

In Germany you can buy a loaf of bread and let it get sliced freshly

0points

Pepinie Tojetajne 1 year ago

The whole bread is much tastier than pre sliced.

0points

kissmychakram 1 year ago

I am genetically incapable of slicing bread, or cheese come to that. I end up with ridiculously unwieldy wedges.

0points

Meowmeow 1 year ago

I also prefer fresh baked bread. The sliced bread, in the US at least, is laced with preservatives and added junk. At the bakery I go to you can ask them to slice the loaf with their machine.

0points

Got Myself 4 Pandas 1 year ago

I prefer the fresh baked bread, but I get the shop to slice it for me, otherwise it ends up in about a third of the slices and crumbs everywhere

0points

Sasha Grace 1 year ago

Bread knives are NEVER sharp enough! So annoying. We never had sliced bread; it just wasn't a thing in the 3rd world country I grew up in - well, not that I was aware of. But it was great cause sometimes you just wanted 1 thick chunk of bread and butte but sometimes you wanted a sandwich.

0points

Jods 1 year ago

I can’t even slice a tea cake in half without one half looking like a wedge. I blame bread knives. Get me to hand saw a plank in half and I can do it perfectly.

0points

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#23

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed My mom freaks out about hearing commercials on TV. The second it goes to commercial break it has to be muted. She also mutes it if she thinks it's about to go to commercial, even though sometimes she's wrong. And she doesn't really pay attention, so she doesn't notice a lot of the time when the commercials are over so she leaves it on mute when the show is back on. It's very difficult to watch TV with her.

Final score:

105points

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Ace 1 year ago

I can relate to this. These days with IPTV it's always possible to skip or pause when advert breaks come on, and I'm quite a master at hitting the +30sec button the exact number of times for ad breaks on some common channels. I'd even change channels and come back later to what I'm watching if it's in real time broadcast and I can't skip them.

33points

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#24

I come from a large family. Any time we'd order pizza, we ordered a few different kinds because, obviously, there were different preferences. Any left overs were left in their respective boxes and placed in the oven.

I did that when I lived with a couple of roommates and of course their reaction was: "I just burned this box. Why was this in the f*****g oven?"

Justgivme1 Report

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100points

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Ample Aardvark 1 year ago

Where else does anyone keep leftover pizza apart from the oven? It'll be eaten for breakfast the next morning anyway!

64points

#25

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed I had SUPER laid back parents but there were a few certain things that they were randomly crazy strict about.

No gum.
No play doh.
No cereal with sugar as one of the top 3 ingredients.
No Simpsons.

I had basically no rules growing up, but those four things would make them lose their goddamn minds. I still get anxious when I’m chewing gum and I’m 35.

SiFiWiRi , Ivan Samkov Report

Final score:

94points

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

We weren't allowed to watch Simpsons either, after certain incidents...

57points

#26

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed We weren’t allowed to walk in our dining room unless we were using the room for a special occasion. The carpet always had that “just vacuumed” look so it was a dead giveaway if anyone walked across it.

secretagentsquirrel1 , Spacejoy Report

Final score:

91points

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Sussy 1 year ago

Weird

64points

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#27

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed If you couldn't find something, and you asked someone for help (sibling or parent) and they found it for you, they got to punch you in the arm.

dahaoab , engin akyurt Report

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85points

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AwesomeLeoWife 1 year ago

I get very frustrated when husband/children call me because they can’t find something then I walk in the room and instantly see it. But punching? No

14points

#28

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed My dad made a rule that I had to kill seven flies a day during my summer break.

mosaicevolution , Jin Yeong Kim Report

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81points

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That emo Girl 1 year ago

!!??

52points

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#29

First thing upon coming in the house you have to change into clean pants and wash your hands. (Guests were exempt from the pants rule but not hand washing). If you took your shoes off while you were out you had to change your socks as well.

Final score:

75points

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O-O 1 year ago

We usually have a shower when we come home but if we are too tired we just wash our hands and change clothes

27points

#30

No singing at the table, unless it's a birthday.

Still to this day I don't cope well with quiet, but I guess when I was a kid the karaoke party never stopped. It was a good rule, but not necessary for most households

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59points

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Allison B 1 year ago

I'll be honest I'd hate to hear someone singing at the table all the time especially if it was a kid. I'm very sensitive to noises and especially high pitched screeching children. I like my peace and quiet. Hence why I can't stand kids for more than a couple minutes.

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#31

This is 100% true! Visitors were never allowed 'inside'. So if someone wanted to come by to play or just hang out, you had to go out to the yard to entertain them no matter if it was night or day. Likewise we weren't allowed to go into other people's homes. I've had so many conversations on porches.

round_the_corner Report

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23points

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Nicola Roberts 1 year ago

I'll be honest I'm not a huge fan of visitors. No idea why, I blame my parents. I always say I make a much better guest than I do a host.

14points

#32

No “swearing” which includes the obvious as well as “stupid”, “idiot”, “shut up” and “fart”

primordialsuper Report

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21points

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Vermontah 1 year ago

Same here because "nice people" don't say those things. My mother used to say Fudge and yuck so the next family reunion when I was 7 I told a room full of family how I invented the F word. Wow did that room get quiet.

11points

#33

If my sister or I made a mess in our bedroom, my mom would toss everything - including stuff that was already in its right space - into a pile in the middle of the room to make us clean an even bigger mess. I love her dearly but that woman and cleaning, WHEW...

yogimonkeymeg Report

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21points

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Billy Harrelson 1 year ago

My mom was like that. My room was organized chaos and if she didn't like how it looked, everything got tossed on the floor and I had to do it again.

13points

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#34

My parents used a laissez faire parenting style. No censorship whatsoever. I watched Rocky Horror Picture Show with my brother when I was 7.

Pretty awkward when I brought the VHS with me to a sleepover at a friend's house. The parents were mortified.

ryro24 Report

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20points

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Thor Haugen 1 year ago

My parents didn't censor my reading. I remember having a parent/teacher conference after I brought in a record with a dramatic reading of Poe's Telltale Heart for show and tell. Apparently a lot of the other kids were disturbed.

14points

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#35

We had to have milk after dinner, but before bed. Asked my mom when I was older what that was about and she realized we could have just had milk with dinner if we wanted, but she had been raised kosher so it wasn't something she thought about.

Final score:

20points

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David H 1 year ago

What does drinking milk after a meal have anything to do with kosher what so ever? I have eaten kosher my whole life and still do, and there is literally zero about this in any Jewish literature or anything connected to this and kosher. So I have no clue what this person's mother was raised in, but it has nothing to do with kosher

7points

#36

I was not aware that other kids had no homework over summer. My mom assigned papers, projects, reading, and math workbooks. Real summer sounds fun.

FidgetyGidget Report

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20points

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Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago

My Son had tons of homework over the summer. He just did not realize it. He made sun dials, studied ant hills planned and planted a garden etc. Vacations were the same - life is full of learning... make it FUN!

12points

#37

If I talked back I'd get "quiet days" where the rest of the day I wasn't allowed to talk to my parents... At all. If I did, I lost privileges like my phone or I'd get grounded. Kinda weird looking back.

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19points

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Sarel Seerower 1 year ago

That's horrible

12points

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#38

No shoes in the house.
Imagine my shock to learn that not only did people do this, but that it was a widely accepted practice. Personally, I think it's gross.

Chuuni Report

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19points

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Marek K (mkk3a) 1 year ago

Shoes in the house are normal only for Americans. The rest of the world either walks in socks or wears some kind of slippers.

11points

#39

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Bare skin was not allowed to touch the leather sofa. No shorts, bare feet, tank tops, etc.

Also we had to peel mushrooms. It took forever and was completely stupid.

SuperBubber , Austin Park Report

Final score:

18points

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Ace 1 year ago

I've known people who 'peel' mushrooms. Basically just removing half of the best part, completely insane.

12points

#40

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Was literally told by my best friends dad I was only allowed to eat popcorn one kernel at a time...

CallMeRawie , Georgia Vagim Report

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17points

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

So you savoured it and so it wasn't gobbled in one go?

10points

#41

As soon as I could stand on a chair and touch the controls, doing my own laundry was added to my list of chores. Me having chores started as soon as I could walk. I was doing my own laundry in kindergarten, and putting the dishes away at 2.

busterann Report

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17points

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

I wouldn't trust (not sure that's the right word) a kindergartener with the laundry, there are so many variables. Like what to do if there are stains, what setting etc.

19points

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#42

Vegetables: “a little or a lot?” That was my moms response when I didn’t want to eat them.

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13points

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Justin Thyme 1 year ago

Got forced to eat broccoli and cauliflower-- to this day I detest both.

6points

#43

No whistling!!

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13points

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Jake B 1 year ago

I’m behind this. It drives me crazy. No idea why, but sometimes I’m in a store and someone starts whistling and I have the urge to mail them. I have to leave. Maybe I was killed by a whistler in a prior life? I’ve no idea why it sets me off.

11points

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Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago

Some of these are strange but others are flat out abuse. "If you ask for help finding something they get to punch you"? "If you're sick you don't get to use your bed"? Those people should not have been parents.

18points

Lirael Kl 1 year ago

A 'no' for the actual punch part, but some people can't seem to find anything, that is right under their noses. 'Mom, I can't find my shoe!' Well, if you just turn your head to the left a bit, you would! 'Honey, where are my car keys?' On the table, where you left them. If you'd just moove your wallet, you'd see them! In some cases, wanting to punch someone for stuff like this should be a fair game! )))

5points

Mattia Ferragina 1 year ago

Some people shouldn't have kids.

7points

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

There were far more positive and neutral posts on this one. Usually, they're all negative.

7points

Ray Arani 1 year ago (edited)

If I wanted to change a rule or do something I needed permission for, I had to write up or type up a professional style business proposal outlining the entire thing. Needs, scope, reasoning, cost, every detail. I'm great at drafting documents of basically any kind. I had to dig to think of a positive one, my parents had some really messed up rules and methods, but that one was actually pretty cool. Anyway, drafted my first proposal at 8. By 21 I'd written municipal policy and code that was adopted by my city.

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Ray Arani 1 year ago (edited)

They never actually taught me how to write that stuff either, I figured it out on my own because I was a huge nerd and if there were words on a page I would read them. I had a secret set of medical encyclopedias and college text books our landlord left in our basement which I took with me when we moved. I remember a friend showing me a dirty magazine stash, and when they came to mine I showed them my...gasp...encyclopedias complete with full color pictures of horrifying medical conditions. And my secret calculus notebook. And my stacks of pretentious college lit class type novels. My parents never knew, but my friend was pretty sure I hadn't understood the assignment. In my mind their porn stash was awesome because it contained hidden knowledge, so it was basically the same.

0points

Seiun-kitsune 1 year ago

We have a rule that is someone asks you to borrow something, YOU HAVE TO SAY YES, no matter what (some exceptions like if you are using it or if it's something like a tablet)

1point

Stephanie Goadsby 1 year ago

This could prove a dangerous lesson.

5points

Lisa Fleming Philpot 1 year ago

To my kids frustration this one was therapy approved. My two youngest sons were always getting into c**p. No matter what. One is on the tism scale and the other was blind in one eye and deaf in one ear. They always used excuses to cause c**p, break stuff, start fights in school with other kids. My youngest was an infant when these two yokles started acting up. I figured out a way to tie them together figuratively. Our family therapist died laughing about it she liked the idea so much. When one of the two causes c**p the other was grounded. No dates, no sports, no mall, no time with the g.f. They had to police each other. I didn't have to struggle with trying to straighten it out. They knew the other brother was gonna be peeved when c**p hit the fan. The first few times they got into trouble they didn't take it seriously until they weren't allowed to go to important events since their brother got em grounded. After that they started corrective assertive dialogue, the therapist ....

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Lisa Fleming Philpot 1 year ago (edited)

Label for it. They worked out their issues and learned to communicate instead of pounding on each other or others. On top of that they shared a food budget of 20 each a week. Their shared food. It got serious they gave each other temporary food shortage. That happened once. I never saw two kids straighten out faster. And again the therapist knew about the food budget... That was her idea. We were spending 600 a week for my now ex husband and three sons in food. The baby and I were doing 150 a month. My ex is a giant as are my kids. They over ate to make sure they got enough while denying everyone else food. The two youngest boys were the biggest culprits. It became easier when the eldest boy and the ex husband saw the really generic food I picked out for them to all share. They went into normal mode quickly. The younger boys tried eating the food I had to use for myself and the baby. My youngest was born with a rare stomach condition and was just starting baby food while only nursing ..

1point

Alecto76 1 year ago

Some of these are abusive. But many are quirky family things - I hope they became quirky traditions

1point

Dodo 1 year ago

My mother had the 'no showering alone in the house' thing. I think it was in case of an accident. It's a bit weird (and even as an adult I feel worried showering in an empty house) but I can understand it.

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Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago

18points

Lirael Kl 1 year ago

5points

Mattia Ferragina 1 year ago

Some people shouldn't have kids.

7points

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

There were far more positive and neutral posts on this one. Usually, they're all negative.

7points

Ray Arani 1 year ago (edited)

1point

Ray Arani 1 year ago (edited)

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Seiun-kitsune 1 year ago

We have a rule that is someone asks you to borrow something, YOU HAVE TO SAY YES, no matter what (some exceptions like if you are using it or if it's something like a tablet)

1point

Stephanie Goadsby 1 year ago

This could prove a dangerous lesson.

5points

Lisa Fleming Philpot 1 year ago

1point

Lisa Fleming Philpot 1 year ago (edited)

1point