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Grand Magnate
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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#21
I'm sorry for anybody who had to endure this mind-bending little situation. It's very wrong of adults to do this to kids. They should be modeling better behaviours.
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Member Since Oct 2019
Location: Ghent, Belgium
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#22
When I was going out, I had to be home by 1AM. I had to go into my parents' room and tell my mother I was home. She always looked on her alarm clock and went back to sleep. I learned to be silent as a hobbit, sneaked in, change her alarm clock to 1AM, sneak out, stumble back in to wake her up en get out. After brushing my teeth, I would of course make sure her alarm clock was back to the right time.
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Location: Wonderland
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#23
I was encouraged to burp openly but wasnt allowed to fart. Idk why but Id get in trouble with my friends when Id burp because they consider it rude. I am absolutely mortified if I fart around someone but have no trouble burping.
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Grand Member
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Location: Arkansas
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I had the Mr/Mrs but that is simply about respect for your elders. My mom and myself won't allow people to walk on a WET floor, but once it is dry it's fine. We did not have the "Easter" thing. However, my Father was a control freak who was 52 when I was born and went by the old Victorian rules of conduct. (seen, not heard, etc.) You could only take 5 minute showers, couldn't have long phone calls. We could not date or wear makeup until age 18 (officially, at least, you KNOW I used to sneak it on sometimes, like any kid would) you had to eat everything on your plate.....There is a lot more but I am tired and nothing else specific comes to mind right now. __________________ I go about my own business, and keep my mind on myself and my life. I expect the same courtesy from the rest of the world. |
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#25
LMAO!!!!!!@ changing mom's clock! Never heard that trick before!!
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Mad Walker
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Location: New Zealand
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#27
My grandmother was an old fashioned lady and as kids we weren't allowed to leave our knife and fork placed on the dinner plate in the shape of a cross. It was bad luck and disrespectful to Christians. But I never really thought of it as silly at the time, I just thought, 'Oh okay, I'll try and remember'. God bless her. 🌼
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Grand Member
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Location: Arkansas
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#28
LOL!! This reminds me of my three nieces! When the youngest one was over 21, they took my sister out to a fancy dinner for her birthday that year. they proceeded to tell her everything they had done when they were teenagers. The "epic" party while she was visiting her mother in Boston for the weekend, the sneaking out, the drug experimentation, etc. She was livid. The story was hilarious.
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Poohbah
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Location: Protest.
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#29
My father would sit in the basement family room mellowing out with his Manhattans and absorb magic powers. He could tell if me or one of my siblings were standing in front of the refrigerator in the kitchen (one story above) with the door open. We'd stare at empty shelves wondering what was to eat. My dad would go nuts. We'd always wonder how he knew. He was a electric bill task master. He'd get mad, but he'd always screw up the admonition. We'd always crack up. He'd yell "STOP STANDING IN FRONT OF THE REFRIGERATOR WITH THE DOOR OPEN"! But then he'd follow with "I'M NOT HEATING CLOSETS, YA KNOW"! We understood, but in the end, he'd never got it right. The rule - "don't waste my electricity". He'd probably save three bucks a month. What a nut.
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Location: UK
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#30
I thought going to church on Sunday every week was a silly rule. I do not think i had had to follow silly rules.
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