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“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Before I was totally competent swimming by myself, my mom would put a life jacket on me, tie a long piece of nylon rope to it, and chuck me in the river. She'd basically swim me on a leash down the river for fun.

Mom, you are the classiest redneck.

Final score:

136points

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BluEyedSeoulite 8 months ago

Honestly, way better than how most rednecks teach their kids how to swim. Chuck kiddo in a body of water and let them figure it out is the method most of my uncles and grandpa used

60points

Glittering_Sky8421 , Vika Glitter/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) When I became an adult I was shocked to find out that other families did things with their kids. My Mom was a shopper, my Dad golfed and played cards at the club. We NEVER had any family activities like hiking, camping, bowling or anything in the 60’s and 70’s. When I had things my parents could have come to watch, they never did. My daughter was a good tennis player and I spent every afternoon and all weekends with her playing. She did get a full ride tennis scholarship in Hawaii for college.

I don’t think I had one real conversation with my Dad. When he was dying, I asked him if he could tell me he was proud of me. He said “I’ll think about it”. That s**t effs you up for life.

Final score:

132points

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Theresa Boom 8 months ago

I'm sorry

64points

GenuineJen 8 months ago

I'm not your dad, but I'M PROUD OF YOU OP!!!

17points

Whitefox 8 months ago

This!! That you learnt from your parents mistakes and did better by your daughter is something to be very proud of!!

7points

Mason Kronol 8 months ago

So odd but my parents were non existent in my school life, I woke myself up, got to school, had one of them sign my quarterly report card. Had to play tennis in gym sophomore year. coach thought i was a natural (i had never played) and wanted me to join the team. Guess whose parents said nah, i probably wouldn't be good enough. No, I wouldn't have been Serena nor Venus but maybe my self esteem would have been better and i would have avoided some crappy relationships.

13points

MasonF 2991 8 months ago

well that just sounds like abuse

9points

90HD 8 months ago

Its neglect, which in my opinion is abuse.

18points

InfiniteZeek 8 months ago

Imagine committing to being an a*****e even on your deathbed.

6points

detective miller's hat 8 months ago

I rarely even saw my mother as a kid. I didn't know what a mummy should be like until my dad met my stepmom.

4points

Resting B. 8 months ago

I hear you. Mine was the same (he s alive, I just cut him out) and made sure that I know how worthless I am. Never a freaking drop of love, only terror. I am in my 40es now and completely opposite of him (thank great goodness above!). Love doesn't take effort, the only reason he didn't show it because he didn't have it. I don't think it matters now if I forgive him or not, just doing my best to make sure that it does not define me and my relationships. Leaving it in the past.

4points

Kris M 8 months ago

Parents weren't ready to be parents

2points

TheGoodBoi 8 months ago

Well that's horrible. Such great parents...

1point

Jeff Hood 8 months ago

Bro? Sis? did you write this post?

1point

Brudzisz 8 months ago

This hit me in my feels.. I think this resonates with a lot of us introverts that have so much in our heads but never had a safe space to express.

1point

Bewitched One 8 months ago

Probably a lot of the reason some introverts ARE introverts

0points

shanila.pheonix_ 8 months ago

im proud of u man. i know it never is equivalent to a parent's pride, but i hope you know ur doing great.

1point

Roger9er 8 months ago

Yeah, that's sucks big time.

1point

NetworkMan 8 months ago

I think this depends on the family though. Obviously for the OP here, he wanted that reassurance, but in my family, if my dads last words to me on his death bed after that questions was, "I'll think about it", that would be the exact responce I would expect, and it would have been a happy thought looking back at it.

1point

Alexandra Nara 8 months ago

agree.. I was often all by myself, roaming through forests, getting off to school by myself, got lost in books- never felt neglected or unloved. It was normal childhood for me Maybe I've got some small amount of positive feedback,I don't remember, or it was the lack of bad feedback, and as introvert I may had other needs,but I loved the freedom and the skills I' ve learned

0points

SantaFeJack 7 months ago

Same here. I had the second lead in the senior play; neither parent attended. Our family NEVER went on a vacation. My father once went fishing for a few days. My brother went to camp for a week. That was it in 20 years. We kids never questioned it and our mother’s drinking kept her satisfied to stay home.

0points

Jude Kay 7 months ago

When I hear about parents like that I think that may e they had similar parents and just did the same things. I grew up in the 50s and 60s. Parents only knew what they heard from friends or on the handful of TV channels they got. (Our first TV we got TWO channels) If your parents didn't abuse you, they may have loved you but didn't realize the importance of nurturing children. Maybe they did the best they could.

0points

gilded panda 8 months ago

Holy…I’m so sorry

0points

Danish Susanne 8 months ago

I don't think I would want parents like that to have ANY opinion of me.

0points

Janet Graham 8 months ago

Sometimes bad examples become the best 'not to do' examples.

0points

Chauncy Franklin 8 months ago

My story exactly. I feel you pain. I never missed a thing my kids did.

0points

Kali Chaos 8 months ago

This is heartbreaking and I'm really sorry that happened to you. But good af on you for breaking that cycle, I hope you have tons of awesome adventures with your family.

0points

Kerri Peek 8 months ago

That sounds like my family.

0points

Marjorie Macrae 8 months ago

How horrible for you it must have been a very lonely life.

0points

Alexandra Nara 8 months ago

You learned the hard way and do much better parenting on your own.. Your kids will be proud of you.

0points

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 8 months ago

Well *I'm* proud of you. 🙂

0points

Simon T 8 months ago

L dad

0points

Tracer_Bullet_38 , Chris F/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

The truth, at the end of the day, is that people can be downright weird. What seems cool and impressive to one is just dumb for someone else. However, as is often the case, people don’t really know what is weird or not in a vacuum. After all, your frame of reference is defined by what you are used to. A child doesn’t exactly have the most expansive worldview.

The result is that people might not know what is weird until much later in life. However, at the end of the day, context is important. While some of these examples are downright horrible, there is nothing wrong with some idiosyncrasies. Mushrooms sprouting from your carpets are bad, while weird habits like clapping at a show are almost cute.

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Catholic mother, muslim dad; neither really practicing. We celebrated Christmas though, and on Christmas Eve night instead of doing the “normal” Christmas stuff like cookies, milk, etc. my dad would loudly pretend to violently chase Santa out of the house by yelling and cussing him out and throwing his shoe at him, which we would later find in places like the fireplace.

Final score:

122points

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BluEyedSeoulite 8 months ago

Okay, this is super cute and such a fun memory

88points

staubtanz , Gary Todd/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Using a ship's bell to call for dinner. My parents got tired of yelling for us so they mounted a ship's bell to the hallway wall. They would ring it for dinner and any other occasion when they needed our attention.

Like Pavlov's dog I get hungry whenever I hear a ship's bell ring.

Final score:

119points

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Passerby 8 months ago

Man, I would love to ring that bell.

35points

Velmabutgoth , cottonbro studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Having your teen partners just.. move in.

My brothers both had their girlfriends move in with us when they were 14 and 15, due to their home life being rough. When I was 14 my boyfriend of 3 months got kicked out, so he moved in with us no questions asked, for 2 years. Several of our friends also just moved in with us. 🤷‍♀️.

Final score:

115points

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Shark Lady 8 months ago

I also collected a few of my daughter's friends, if they had a troubled home life they would come to our house for an escape. One still calls me mum now. Some stayed for months others just for a few days. I taught them all to cook and look after themselves so it would be easier for them when they became independent.

153points

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“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) We lived during the summer months outside under a tree of our choice..we had 30 acres....did this for years.

Final score:

106points

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GB 8 months ago

This sounds lovely.

50points

trickybritt , Kate Farquharson/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Grew up in a hoarder house. I look back at my childhood now and can’t believe the cluttered nightmare I grew up in. Now I relish throwing things away when I’m done with them.

Final score:

104points

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DennyS (denzoren) 8 months ago

I can't even imagine what this was like.

30points

ariellann , ume-y/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) We were not allowed to have a drink with our meals. It could be the driest food ever or you could be thirsty as all hell, nope, no water, finish the meal first.

Bathing/showering only on Saturday evenings. I must have smelled so bad back then , especially since my dad smoked in the house. It was to save money on the water bill. But a pack of cigarettes a day was in the budget.

Final score:

93points

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JB 8 months ago

This isn't weird, it's abuse.

138points

Tcloud , alleksana/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#10

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) My Taiwanese born dad called tortillas burrito skins. I still call them that when I’m tired.

Final score:

92points

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BluEyedSeoulite 8 months ago

It isn't wrong tho...

33points

CJPrinter , Henry Burrows/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#11

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Knocking on strangers doors to tell them their religion was wrong.

Final score:

73points

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E.V. 8 months ago

This is how we grew up in an evangelical household. Now that I'm an adult, I realized how f****d up it was to go to people's houses on weekends to try to get them to convert. We were also not allowed to be friends with Catholics since they were called nonbelievers. My cousins had to sneak around with their Catholic boyfriends lol.

53points

Pauline___ , Mikołaj Kołodziejczyk/Pexels (Not the actual photo) Report

#12

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) A nice one between all the sad ones:

Apparently, people think getting your kids salamanders as pets is weird. But I disagree, they are super cute, I've had salamanders from 8 up until 18. It taught me that animals other than mammals were awesome too.

Final score:

73points

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Blue 8 months ago (edited)

My Mother kept Salamanders as a teen. She loved them. Only one of the entire ZOO she kept throughout her childhood!

22points

ilovedawater , PNW Production/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#13

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Clapping at shows we were watching on TV as if we were part of a live audience. Friends thought that was weird.

Final score:

72points

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Passerby 8 months ago

Why not? It's harmless, and it seems like fun as well.

45points

AkKik-Maujaq , Tatiana Syrikova/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#14

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) In the summer, my dad used to get us up (myself and 3 siblings) at 9am, give us breakfast and then boot us out of the house and lock the back/front doors from the inside. We weren’t allowed back inside until the streetlights came on (unless it was ONLY : using the washroom or getting a drink).

Our ages were 10, 9, 7 and 4 the first time he did it because he told me “you’re old enough to look after them on your own now” and “your not sitting around the house on your fat a**es all day”.

My step-mom never questioned it because she figured that he was just getting us to play outside for a few hours. Once my second youngest sister (the 7 year old) got heat stroke and my dad was PISSED that he had to drive us all to the hospital and “waste time”

Realized when I was 14-15 that he just wanted us out of the house so he could drink and watch NHL. We never really questioned why he was kicking us out because the other kids that lived on the street were also outside around the same time as us. Once we were invited into my brothers friends house to play his Wii and we were like “???????? Youre allowed to go inside and play the Wii????????????? wtf????”

Edit — for those mentioning the Wii :: this was around 2006

Edit 2 — for those concerned with how we ate, yes we did eat during the day :: My dad sometimes would put fruit or something out on the back deck table, but usually we’d get food from friends parents, we’d find cash lying around and save up enough to get candy from the Dollar Store, there was a farm near the house and we’d eat the chives that grew naturally on the side of the property/steal crab apples (tiny green apples that are super sour) from their trees.

Final score:

70points

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Becklass 8 months ago

This is absolutely abuse and it’s disturbingly sad.

157points

BeatrixPlz , Luis Quintero/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#15

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Whistling for each other. My mom didn't like yelling up the stairs. Apparently an easier solution for walking up them and addressing whomever she needed was to stand at the bottom and give a couple of sharp whistles. We would approach the top of the stairs, and from the bottom she'd tell us what she needed.

Time for dinner? Whistle.

I want you to come downstairs? Whistle.

When I whistled for my at the time husband, he got irritated and said he wasn't a dog. I thought about it and I was like... huh. I guess you're right.

I now feel like whistling is disrespectful, and I'd never do it. At the same time, I have no problem that this is how our house went. It was more peaceful than shouting, and less work than walking. Just one of those weird family quirks, I guess!

Final score:

68points

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Caitlin Davenport 8 months ago

I love it! Shouting for someone always makes me feel angry, even if I wasn't beforehand.

32points

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#16

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Upon arriving home in the evenings from somewhere, my parents would have one of us kids wait in the car while the other went inside, got their shotgun, and went through every room in the house and backyard to make sure we were okay to enter. I was unaware that my mom was being followed around by a very dangerous man, and I was checking to make sure he wasn't waiting inside the house. I'm not sure why, but it seemed like a good idea to be safe. I assumed they were looking for bears.

Final score:

65points

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NetworkMan 8 months ago

I think they might have gotten their words mixed it. I assume they meant, 'would have us kids wait in the car while one of them went into the house'. I can't imagine it was like a Hunger Games reaping where their names were randomly picked out of a bowl.

58points

thatwasdramatic , Alex Ermolin/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#17

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Whenever it was one of our birthdays, my father made us keep a pen and pad next to the phone to list everyone who called and when. He’d then keep a “blacklist” of everyone who didn’t call, or didn’t call in a timely fashion (for example, the closer you were related, the earlier in the day you should call under his rules). I didn’t realise this was messed up until I was an adult and had a lot of therapy.

Final score:

64points

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Sue User 8 months ago

At first i thought the list was for thank you notes or something. Its one thing to praise those that called,quite another to punish those who didnt call. And batshit crazy to punish if they didnt call " in a timely manner".

53points

ImInJeopardy , Jo Naylor/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#18

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Not cleaning our bathtubs. In the 18 years I spent living with my parents, I probably cleaned my bathtub 3 times. We just considered it normal for it to be moldy and dirty. At least that's how I saw it, because my parents just never talked about it. When I was a teenager, my mom started giving me tasks to do around the house. I would sweep and mop the floors, I would clean the surfaces, I would clean the toilets and sinks... But the bathtubs were never mentioned. They were just never in my radar as something I needed to clean, and my parents never said otherwise. It was when I moved out and lived with roommates, and eventually romantic partners, that I realized this wasn't normal. Now I gag when I visit my parents and I have to take a shower in those disgusting bathtubs.

Final score:

59points

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Daya Meyer 8 months ago

Common sense? If it seems to be disgusting, maybe something is wrong.

20points

fortuitous_music , August de Richelieu/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#19

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Not me but a friend from years ago, their family never said 'I love you' to one another. We were in our late teens/early twenties, they mentioned they'd only heard it a handful of times. My family says it liberally. I remember hugging them before they moved out of state, saying I love you and pull away to see them crying.

Final score:

58points

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Papa 8 months ago

I don't remember either of my parents ever telling me they loved me when I was growing up. With my father, it didn't matter, because he showed it with his actions. My mother says it now, because she knows she's supposed to, but I'm not sure she's capable of loving anyone.

31points

candlestick_maker76 , Laura Blankenship/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#20

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Weird, but wholesome: every Christmas eve, Mom would bake a cake and put birthday candles on it.

Christmas day, we'd all sing happy birthday to Jesus, and blow out the candles for him.

Final score:

57points

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Panda 8 months ago

How many candles?

58points

Fantastic-Shoe-4996 , Erich Ferdinand/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#21

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Having to dry out the shower and tub with a towel after every shower.

Final score:

57points

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Ample Aardvark 8 months ago

That's not weird, it's good practice to keep it clean and avoid mould

56points

kjm16216 , Sara/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#22

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) We had a pee bucket in the kitchen. Not a big bucket, like one a kid would take to the beach. It went away when I was old enough, probably 7 or 8.

Final score:

57points

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M O'Connell 8 months ago

Old enough for what?

29points

stubbycacti , Eelke/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#23

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Changing clothes in the living room & terrace. bcs parents say "it's dirty if you are still wearing outside clothes while going in your bedroom"

i just noticed this is weird when I was older and friends came by, and they were surprised when my dad casually stripped to his underwear on our terrace.

parents are still doing it but not when a total stranger is around now (i talked about how it's weird). but they do it when they already know someone close enough. and I had to warn my bf about it before he came around. he's now getting used to it.

Final score:

54points

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M O'Connell 8 months ago

In the midwest it's fairly common for older homes to have an outside basement entrance with a shower very nearby, so that as little disgustingness made it upstairs as possible (agriculture, mining, labor, etc).

39points

toon_84 , dirtyboxface/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#24

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Not flushing the toilet at night.

Our toilet used to be fed by a rainwater reservoir that was stored in a cupboard up high in my parents room.

When you flushed it used to drip for a while and would disturb them (can't blame them).

I just got used to doing it and when I moved in with my girlfriend she was disgusted that things were left until the morning (can't blame her either).

Final score:

52points

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Greenmantle 8 months ago

In Australia during drought time (or on tank water) we have a rule: "if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down." Only for household dunnies though.

61points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#25

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Storing bread and other bakery items in the microwave.

AlienRouge , Ewen Roberts/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

50points

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LuisSD stuff 8 months ago

Stored pots and pans in the oven, too

30points

PM_Me_Your_Vagina1 , puuikibeach/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#26

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) To wash and reuse ziploc baggies. I've been told many times that only old people do that.

Final score:

50points

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Passerby 8 months ago

I think this is nice. Sounds environmentally friendly.

61points

yeetgodmcnechass , RDNE Stock project RDNE Stock project/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#27

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) If I had friends over my mom wouldn't allow me to offer them anything to eat, nor anything to drink except bottled water. They also weren't allowed to use the upstairs washroom, they had to use the tiny one in the basement. They also weren't allowed to sit on any of the couches and half the time not even on the chairs.

Fairly certain my mom was trying to make visits by friends as unwelcoming as possible so they wouldn't visit, and ditch me as a friend. She thought that all that mattered was studying and getting good grades, and she was more than willing to sacrifice my social life/happiness to ensure that I got good grades.

Final score:

46points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 8 months ago

My friends weren't allowed to eat, but because we were house poor. My parents loved that house, though.

19points

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

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#28

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Calling the remote a ‘channel changer’ … turns out that’s not what they’re called to normal people

Edit: I’m realizing this was more normal than I thought! I’m from New England (US).

eab1006 , Steve Johnson/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

46points

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Toni Epple 8 months ago

We called it “die Macht” (German for “the Power”)

24points

CatRiot2020 , cottonbro studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#29

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Leaving a shot of old grandad for Santa. He gets tired of milk and it helps him feel warm.

Final score:

45points

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Blue Bunny of Happiness 8 months ago

We always left out a glass of sherry and a mince pie for Santa, and the obligatory carrot for Rudolph.

26points

FBI-AGENT-013 , G.No/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#30

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) "kitchens closed" turns out other people are allowed to eat whenever they wanted??

Final score:

42points

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Michaele 8 months ago (edited)

I still do this, but it is more of a "mom" boundary thing. I am a mom to two kids. After dinner I like to be able to relax and enjoy my evening because I work full time as well. So after I have cleaned up dinner my kids know the "kitchen is closed". That means mom is not making anything. I made dinner. If you are still hungry you are on your own. You can make your own snack and clean it up but I'm not on "duty" any more. (My kids are 12 and 10 so perfectly capable of making their own snacks and cleaning up after themselves.)

7points

GlizzyMcGuire__ , Matt Seppings/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#31

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Not cleaning.

My mom didn’t know how to clean and so couldn’t really teach us either. We had this fungus growing out of the carpet at one house that looked like cooked lasagna noodles. We would just kick it out of the way when it sprouted up or my mom would buy a new rug and put it on top of the old rug. Especially if the old rug was stuck to the floor from filth or something. I didn’t think anything of it and would have friends over who probably talked all kinds of s**t about me afterwards. But they kept coming over anyways so I guess they weren’t that turned off.

Final score:

41points

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Agfox 8 months ago

I don't want to be unkind but what normal person, apart from OP & their Mum, apparently, would not be able to figure out how to clean inside a house

33points

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#32

I figured if you messed up you got hit and that was normal.

CTnaturist Report

Final score:

40points

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90HD 8 months ago

I'm so sorry for you. That is no way to be raised.

25points

Ok_Debt_7225 , Charlotte May/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#33

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) Having to ask permission to get something to eat.

Final score:

39points

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howdylee 8 months ago

There's a fine line - age and developmentally appropriate. My kids would snack themselves full an hour before dinner and then not eat dinner if we let them.

52points

#34

My mom had us help her completely rearrange the rooms (including ours) every few months (at least twice a year). I find a set up I like and don’t change things (except to accommodate life changes or new items).

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Final score:

39points

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Ariadne Toms 8 months ago

I do this all the time....I have wondered if it's normal....usually it's to do a deep clean and then as I'm moving stuff around I think of a way the room might Work better and before you know it a 2 hrs task is all day one...but the room looks FAB at the end

22points

LeadershipSure8419 , Amanda Slater/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#35

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) We only ever ate chilli with mashed potatoes and apple sauce. I thought everyone did this till like grade 11 when I had dinner at a friends house. Her mom put out chilli and I asked if they had any applesauce. They all looked at me like I was nuts lol.

Final score:

37points

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Mikey Kliss 8 months ago

Wrong chili BP

26points

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

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#36

When sick my mom would not only coat my chest with Vicks, but would also use q-tips to get it in my nose and make me eat a spoonful of it. I thought it was normal until my wife told me otherwise.

Just to point out my parents are from an older generation and we were very rural.

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Final score:

36points

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Ace 8 months ago

We'd never eat it, but smearing on the chest and around the nostrils is actually how it was intended to be used.

54points

#37

My parents are really germophobic and my dad think he has to 'kill the bacteria' on the bread when he buys it fresh, so he puts it in the oven to toast and almost f*****g burns it. He thinks that whoever did the bread sneezed or acccidentaly spit on it.

In my country we eat bread almost everyday, I thought everybody did this, this is insane.

pasta_e_polemiche Report

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35points

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Jason 8 months ago

Got to make sure all that yeast is dead?

13points

#38

My grandma used to give me math quizzes when I visited because she didn’t believe I was smart enough to get the grades I was getting. I thought it was totally normal for a while to quiz people so that they could prove “x” skill. Glad I realized that was bs before I hit adulthood.

MachampIsHot Report

Final score:

34points

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LooseSeal's $10 Banana 8 months ago

To be fair, there are plenty of people who don't have the skills they claim to have.

22points

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

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#39

The first thing that comes to mind is putting tuna in Kraft Mac 'n Cheese, some people think it's weird and gross, but I love it.

RocMills Report

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32points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 8 months ago

Tuna, hamburger, chicken, bacon, hot dogs, tofu. All of these work in mac and cheese or flavored instant mashed potatoes.

33points

bethybabes , Crispin Semmens/Flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#40

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) That when you make a cuppa it is totally normal to burn the nearest person to you with the teaspoon. Nearly caused a relationship break up lol.

Final score:

32points

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Rob D 8 months ago

What. The. F**k. ???

55points

#41

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) We had pet rocks, named them.

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30points

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LuisSD stuff 8 months ago

I had a pet rock in 1975. It hated me and ran away and joined the circus.

62points

#42

Apparently other people's moms didn't just give their kids five bucks for lunch and then sleep all day.

TheThalmorEmbassy Report

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28points

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Feathered Dinosaur 8 months ago

Sounds like depression. Or alcohol/d**g addiction. Or both

45points

#43

My family puts butter on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. So butter and then peanut butter on top of that. No one else I know does this.

erichthonius11 Report

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28points

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Paul Macdonell 8 months ago

No way that's strange. You absolutely must butter your toast before putting peanut butter or jam. It says "I can have it all".

36points

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

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#44

Find people's weakness as quick as possible.

ScottGwarrior Report

Final score:

27points

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LooseSeal's $10 Banana 8 months ago

It's almost always their eyes... sometimes a throat punch will do.

39points

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#45

“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) So you take regular spaghetti right. With regular spaghetti sauce. Now add soy sauce to it.

Final score:

22points

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WindySwede 8 months ago

I add Kikoman soy sauce when making bolognaise sauce..? 🤷‍♂️😅 for the taste!

19points