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A frame of reference is vital for anyone trying to understand really anything. After all, the things we see growing up seem normal until we get a little bit more information about the world. While it’s not that uncommon to find out weird things about other people, the real shock is to learn that your habits are, in fact, very strange. 

Someone asked “What’s something your family raised you doing that you later learned was really weird?” and netizens spilled their strange habits. So get comfortable as you read through, upvote your favorites, and be sure to share your own experiences in the comments below. 

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“What’s Something Your Family Raised You Doing That You Later Learnt Was Really Weird?” (45 Answers) In high school my dad had a rule “if you’ve done it, I’ve done it. And if you and your friends are going to do it, do it in the house and have them stay the night.” Coupled with “if you EVER need a ride you can call me to pick you up.”

He was talking about d***s and drinking. He wasn’t encouraging it, but allowing a safe space.

This was one of the better things in my childhood.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know if my mind is dirty, but when I see the censored words "d***s", I always think of the word "dïcks" first, instead of "drügs". Perhaps it is because I don't see any reason for censoring the latter. It's not like reading that word would tempt me to take cocaine or anything, like "oh, this reminds me to take my daily dose of cocaine."

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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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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.

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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. 
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“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.

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“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.

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“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. 🤷‍♀️.

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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.

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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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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“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.

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8 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is absolutely abuse and it’s disturbingly sad.

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“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!

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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".

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How many candles?

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beautiful. It is the Lord’s Birthday after all. Xxx

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8 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually it's not. The bible doesn't even say when his birthday was. That date was chosen by Pope Julius 1 in 350 AD. There are different theories on why that date was chosen, the main two being because it coincided with the pagan holiday Yule and it was meant to overshadow it, and Christians stole pretty much every "Christmas" tradition from pagans. The other theory being it was exactly 9 months after the date of his crucifixion because the theological idea was that he was conceived and crucified on the same date, so they set it 9 months later. There are theories that he was actually born on April 6th or around there.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My family did this as well. We always had a birthday cake for Jesus and people look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them about it.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We do that at home, because that's the easiest way to describe little ones what are we celebrating. They love the tradition ❤️

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Aunt does this too. We thought it was strange when we were young but there's nothing wrong with it.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We always did this and it was a red velvet cake and the youngest kid blew out the candle

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That reminds me of a time when my family made a chocolate cake for Jesus. That didn't last very long. My dog ate half of the cake when we were upstairs. He survived though. Don't know how. But he managed.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whereas my abusive jerk dad made us watch Full Metal Jacket every christmas because they sing happy birthday to jesus

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had a "birthday cake" for Jesus when I was growing up as well. It was Angel Food cake with Whipped Cream frosting! OK, so it was unusual, but not meant as dangerous or hateful.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is sweet! When my husband was in the US Marine Corps, they sang Happy Birthday to Jesus every Christmas. Of course, I doubt that they do that now.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're telling me that you blew out The Savior's candles without waiting for Him? Blasphemy!

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had clergy growing up that recommended this. They were, as adulthood, observation, and basic decency would reveal, charlatans. Not mine specifically. All clergy.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why can't you just let people have their religion. It's none of your damned business what I believe unless it harms you in some way

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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.

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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).

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“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).

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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“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.

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this is nice. Sounds environmentally friendly.

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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).

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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??

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8 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.)

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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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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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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.

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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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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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.

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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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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.

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“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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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Find people's weakness as quick as possible.

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“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.

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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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