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“What’s The Most Bizarre ‘House Rule’ You’ve Encountered At Someone Else’s Home?” (40 Answers)
“My house, my rules” is something quite a few of us have arguably heard before. And even though often it would come from parents trying to manage their child, the same could be said by the host of any home.
When you're a guest, following the house rules is the respectful thing to do, whether it’s taking off your shoes before entering, for instance, or helping to clean up after dinner. But some house rules go way beyond taking one’s shoes off. Some examples of that were shared by members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community, after one of them asked about the most bizarre house rules people have encountered in someone else’s home. The answers covered everything from no speaking during dinner, to unplugging devices after dark, and so much more. Scroll down to find them and see just how bizarre some rules can get.
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#1
Playing beer pong at this one couple's house and the rule was if the ball hit the floor and their cat got to it first everyone had to finish their drinks. Cat was wicked fast too.
Alex Davis 2 years ago
Need to introduce this rule at mine, having 6 cats, of whom half love a good ball and are very quick- it would be fun.
Igor914624 2 years ago
My sister and brother in law had a kitten and a pool table. Rule was no slam shots, and anything the kitten did to the balls was part of the game, including batting the 8 ball into the hole making you lose.
SuperChicken 2 years ago
I don't see anything weird or wrong with this. Sounds like a really fun couple. I'd probably end-up visiting more often than I should.
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#2
Kitchen hours.
I stayed at a friend’s house when I was younger. Nobody told me the entire family has breakfast at 7am, so I slept in (nobody woke me up either btw).
I wake up around 9am and see my friend is gone. I wander into the kitchen and see them all sitting around the table laughing and eating a huge breakfast - pancakes, eggs, bacon, toast, orange juice, fruit, etc.
My friend’s mom looks at me and goes, “Hey, look who’s finally awake! The kitchen is closed, but there’s cereal in the pantry if you want to serve yourself!”
So I poured myself a bowl of cereal and went to sit down at the table, and the second I sat down they all stood up and left the kitchen - even my friend.
To this day I don’t understand why they did that to me.
sharyn turnicky 2 years ago
No class in that family. That's not how you treat an invited guest of any age
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
But if they’re eating all that two hours after it started cooking, it would be cold and horrible by then?
Cat Chat 2 years ago
Yeah, this sounds like a planned mean (what they thought was funny) joke.
Load More Replies... SuperChicken 2 years ago
That's just plain rude. They should've told OP the night before about their kitchen/breakfast rules. I hope OP never went to their friend's sleep over again.
Jason Melvil 2 years ago
I have to call serious doubts on this being real... I mean seriously to this day they don't understand? Did they ever bother asking? Real life isn't a movie where it goes - cut, end scene, fade to black
Lara Verne 2 years ago (edited)
So, breakfast was at 7am, but they were still eating at 9am? Weird.Seems like they planned this. Probably their idea of funny prank.Or maybe they were bunch of a******s.
SingingCatMom 2 years ago
Pretty rude of that family NOT to tell you when breakfast was served.
#3
In 1972 we were amazed when a colleague announced that no one would be allowed to smoke in his house.
arthbach 2 years ago
In 1972, no one was allowed to smoke in my parents' house either. When my Dad wanted to smoke he would go into the back garden.
TheStormIRide 2 years ago
stale smoke... stale smoke. As a smoker i always go on the balcony and so does any of my guests. There is absolutely no smoking indoors because i hate the smell of the smoke that stays on everything.
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Amanda Rose 2 years ago
Both of my parents used to smoke. I really wish that it had been a smoke free house, that stuff sticks to everything and all fabrics just absorb the nicotine. I hated going to school smelling like a chimney.
Bec 2 years ago
Our living room was so gross, the ceiling tiles above Dad's chair were stained and the arms of his recliner were tarry. When they remodeled and got new furniture in the 90s, there was no more smoking in the house.
Load More Replies... Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
I remember when my parents dropped me off at uni in 1997 and I told them they couldn’t smoke in my house, they looked at me with such disgust! For one, it was in my contact, and two, I always hated it.
Kaye 2 years ago
In 1972, smoking was allowed in hospitals, movie theaters, on airplanes, etc.
Leolynn Cauthron 2 years ago
No one was allowed to smoke in our house either in the 1970’s. . My parents didn’t smoke and did not want it in our house. Ditto much of my extended family. The few smokers had to go outside.
Pa Pa Panda 2 years ago
Early 70's I remember they just started "no smoking" zones like row 14 and forward could not smoke on a plane row 15 and back could like there was some invisible barrier.
#4
Went over to a classmates house and the children weren’t allowed on the furniture. She was not even allowed to sit on her own bed. All children sat on the floor. My poor classmate was hardly allowed to touch anything in her own room without “permission”. It was bizarre and uncomfortable. Never went back.
Black Cat 2 years ago
Gotta wonder why people like this breed. Clearly they don't seem to get much joy out of living with children.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
Sounds like they bred to have someone they could torture and diminish who couldn't fight back?
Load More Replies... SingingCatMom 2 years ago
Sounds like abusive parents. Imagine valuing your furniture more than your children?
LittleWombat 2 years ago
I'd much prefer my comfy, sometimes messy house to one where I am scared I or my kid or pets are going to "touch" the furniture!!!
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago (edited)
I had a friend like this as a kid, they weren’t alowed to play with their toys cos they were neatly on display, the house was like a display home, kids weren’t allowed in the house at all during the day, and if we slept over we all slept in the living room floor, but NOONE could go into my friends room. It was so weird to me, imagine having toys you can’t touch. As an adult i saw the mum again and she was just plain nuts, I don’t want to assume what was wrong with her but she was very mentally unstable, and explains why husband always came home super duper late from work 😂
SuperChicken 2 years ago
What??? Okay, I understand the living room area, because of expensive/valuable/vulnerable/breakable/whatnots that they may have. But in her own room? To ask permission first? Talk about controlling parents.
Jenny Mason 2 years ago
My mum didn't allow any of her grandkids to sit on her furniture, and when my son was an infant and needed to be fed I also had to sit on the floor with him.
#5
When I was a kid my friend’s dad made his kids line up on the couch and just sit there silently while he watched TV and drank a beer. If you were visiting you had to do it too. When my mom heard about it, I wasn’t allowed to go over there when he was home. My mom knew an abusive weirdo’s behavior when she saw it.
Black Cat 2 years ago
So many kids have f****d up controlling fathers. I always thought kids are better off having no father at all than a bad one. This is coming from a kid who had two bad parents but especially wanted my father to just fucken die.
Richard Michael 2 years ago
My father and stepmother were overly controlling, and I think they actually got a kick out of watching me suffer. One rule at dinner time was: I had to pick up the fork with my left hand -> knife with my right -> switch hands -> cut what I was eating -> switch hands back -> place the utensils back down on the table -> then chew 50 times. It was the same process for every single bite. I'm sure they wonder why I went no contact with them 25 years ago, but this was just the tip of the iceberg.
Lara Verne 2 years ago
My aunt told me about her father, who was abusive and controlling af. He made her and her brothers to sit and watch certain Tv show he liked, even though it was not meant for children, they had to go sleep at 6pm, they weren't allowed to start eating lunch before him, etc..My father unfortunately inheried some of these traits.
Heather Swanson 2 years ago
"Alright everyone, shut the f**k up. Daddy's watching war stories."
RandomPerson (She/They) 2 years ago (edited)
Yeesh. My mom is super controlling, but nowhere near as bad as this.
Kirsty Phillips-Bailey 2 years ago
We used to have to do this with my Mum, although without the beer.
Squiffle Noses 2 years ago
He was doing his best! He clearly knew that if the kids disturbed his TV time.... he wouldn't be able to resist killing and eating them. [What!? It's Halloween!!!]
#6
The most bizarre house rule that I’ve encountered was at my friend's place, where they had a strict policy of 'no talking' during dinner, not because of any traditional reason, but because their elderly grandmother believed that a mischievous spirit living in the dining room would learn secrets and cause chaos.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
They should have gotten her the right meds for her paranoia/delusions.
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SuperChicken 2 years ago
Maybe they eat breakfast and lunch in the kitchen? If that's the case and because the spirit lives in the dining room, guess, it doesn't apply? Then again, who knows.
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Catharina Geerts 2 years ago
Hmz, the rule is not that bizarre, but the reason is. As kids, our parents also said we should be silent at the table, it's because mum would like us to focus better on the food, and not stop eating because of the talking.
Pauly Donahue 2 years ago
So grandma, I heard Americans don't have universal heath care or adequate gun laws!
#7
If we slammed the door as kids, my dad made us kiss the door to make it feel better.
SingingCatMom 2 years ago
I actually love this! This would make far.more sense to a little kid than just saying "Don't slam the door." "Why?" " Because I said so!" Saying that a door has feelings gives a reason for not slamming it and and engages the child's empathy.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
I should enact this on my neighbours who don't seem to know what a door handle is.
Breadcrumb. 2 years ago
I dated this one guy who asked you turn the handle as it closes so you don't hear that click sound of a door closing..I wish I could train everyone in my home to do that especially at night..
Bobby 2 years ago
Was he a submariner? We had a lot of little habits like this to minimize sound
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Shoe 2 years ago
My sister insisted on slamming her bedroom door and came home from school one day to find it gone. Dad had taken it off the hinges and put it in the garage.
Sarah K 2 years ago
Can't slam it if it's not there! Did she ever get it back though?
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
As a teenager I once slammed my bedroom door in my dad's face. So he kicked it in like he was Jackie Chan or something. LOL! It just swung through, breaking the hinges, so it was still attached. But he made his point. :)
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
If we let the screen door slam my mom made us open and shut it 10 time quietly broke us of letting it slam.
#8
Went to a friends house for a sleepover when I was about 7. The rule was: no talking at the dinner table. The dad was in the other room watching TV while myself, friend, his sister and mother were supposed to just eat in silence and the whole vibe was like “don’t anger daddy.”
Suuuuper f****d up and sad to think people live like that.
Tyke 2 years ago
Opposite in my house and some of my friends found that weird. If they had dinner with us especially on a weekend, the whole family and friend ate at the table together and everyone would just talk and talk and talk... dinner went on for ages
Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
Sounds like my family. We all sat down to dinner together, and EVERYONE talked. Usually at the same time. Even the baby.
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
I once went to a sleepover where the father made up all take showers before we went to bed. I had already showered before I got there, so I tried to refuse. He insisted, and I was too young to know I didn't have to obey him. I still have no idea if he was a creep or just a germaphobe. But I never stayed the night there again!
Brazen 2 years ago (edited)
On weekdays our Mom made us kids eat before my dad came home from work, and we were not allowed to talk or laugh. Weekends were the opposite, we had to be home to eat with them, and if we weren't a part of the conversation then something was wrong. Very mixed messages, and she wondered why I hated meal times.
KingCobraKai 2 years ago
When you live in a country with a failed economy like America, people can't afford to move out on their own. We trap people with their abusers.
#9
I went to see a college friend over the summer & stayed the night. Her parents weren't home when I got there, and we went into the living room to talk. There were four recliners, no couch or other chairs. She sat in one recliner & I sat in another. She asked, "What are you doing?" and informed me I was sitting in her dad's chair. The remaining chairs belonged to her mom & brother. Where was I supposed to sit? On the floor.
Bored Potato 2 years ago
What...? What if elderly people come to visit? Do they just sit on the floor as well?
Andrew Keir 2 years ago
They didn't get many visitors with 'hospitality' like that
Load More Replies... Paula G 2 years ago
“Don’t sit in daddy’s chair” was a thing id hear as a kid at friend’s houses in the 80’s…I thought it was weird then as I do now.
Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
Showing age - reminds me of Archie Bunker ( All In The Family TV show)
Load More Replies... Lena Flising 2 years ago
The friend ought to offer HER chair to the guest, and sit on the floor herself.
Dorothy Stovall 2 years ago
When I was in high school I spent the night at a friend's house. During dinner (and breakfast the next morning), they didn't drink - anything. They didn't even put cups out. They ate the meal then drank later. Weirdest thing I can remember going on at someone else's home - and that was in the 70s.
Heather Swanson 2 years ago
People that have a "My chair" are the worst. I had a buddy that used to kick people out of "his spot".....in my room.
#10
I cannot sit on the couch at my dad’s house if his wife is home because she will feel “invaded.” She has to have the whole couch to herself. So I get to sit in a dining room table chair.
Lena Flising 2 years ago
When I have family or friends visiting, I sit on the dinging room chair, and leave the couch for the guests.
#11
That if I’m on my menstrual cycle I am forbidden to have tampons or cups. So I was at a friends house and I left my tampon wrapped in a small plastic bag in their trash. Their dad whipped it out and yelled at me for using tampons. (While holding the bloody tampon)
The Doom Song 2 years ago
I would have just been like "okay I guess I'll just bleed everywhere then" and then sat down in his fave chair or something
María Hermida 2 years ago
He can tell his daughters what to do. It's not normal, buy he actually can. But, what makes him think he can dictate what other people do, especially on something as private as that? People are delusional.
Lydsylou 2 years ago
He went through the task to find out if you'd been using a tampon? Thats ridiculous
VioletHunter 2 years ago
Ridiculous is an understatement. What he did was insane.
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Linda van A. 2 years ago
I think the idea behind it is that a woman who uses tampons is no longer a virgin.
Andrew Keir 2 years ago
Some of these comments make me ashamed to be male
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Stuart 2 years ago
If I were that girl's dad I would have went over there and knocked that dad out.
The Redhead 2 years ago
Some women don't wear pads for one reason or another. Was he overly religious? What feminine product a woman chooses to use is her business alone.
#12
Guests eat last. My aunt's ex husband used to make me sit and watch everyone eat before I could be served food.
Tempest 2 years ago
In my country it’s pretty much the opposite. Guests eat first. Even though it’s enjoyable to sit down and eat together, we (usually the adults at the host house) would be running up and down refilling dishes, bringing in glasses of water, etc all the while vehemently refusing the guests invitations to us to start our meal too. In poorer houses it’s usually done to make sure the guests have enough food. With the rest of the people I think it’s just a passed down habit.
María Hermida 2 years ago
If I were a guest in your house, I would like everybody to sit down at the same time and share whatever food there is. I wouldn't like to have my hosts around serving me, because they are my friends, not my servants. If there isn't a lot of food, even if I'm the guest, I'd like to know everybody has eaten. I don't think I could relax unless everybody is enjoying the meal together.
Load More Replies... Fat Harry 2 years ago
I always dish up my own food last. That way if (very rare though it is) I haven't made enough, it's me as the cook who goes without rather than anyone else. I always dish up my partner's first then the (adult) children in whatever order they appear. Oh, actually, scratch that - I always feed the dogs first, THEN us.
Bec 2 years ago
Yes, it's the host's job to make their guests comfortable, they should also eat in such a way that they don't finish before their guests. This guy was just making a power play and showing what a jerk he is
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Rinso the Red 2 years ago
So the literal opposite of hospitality? Guests should ALWAYS be served first. That's why they're called guests.
Aboredpanda 2 years ago
When I visited my German friend we stayed with her parents one night. She told me the guest was always last to eat, and always had to offer to fo the dishes and shuch, and was expected to help out in the home. That guests were considered a bother and should be as helpful and not in the way as possible. I always thought this was so weird, and to this day wonder if it was just her family's culture, or truly German culture. Which is not so far from my own nordic culture, where guests eat first and should offer to do dishes put of politeness but host would never expect them to.
#13
When I was around 8, I went to a friend's house for a play-date/dinner after school.
When I asked for a drink, her Mum gave me a baby bottle with squash in it. I laughed, but she didn't laugh back. My friend took her own bottle and started drinking.
I asked the Mum if I could please have a cup instead, but she told me nope, and that children drink from bottles in their house.
Never went there again...
Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
8 year old drinking out of a baby bottle is not only weird but it would fu(k up there Teeth
Tyke 2 years ago
Agreed. And at what point is she going to teach her kid to drink out of a cup and not spill drinks?
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sharyn turnicky 2 years ago
All these stories today make me realize that there are a multitude of people in need of mental health evaluations and therapy
María Hermida 2 years ago
The problem is they think they are perfectly normal, so they would never admit they need therapy, and they have children. If God existed and really cared about his creatures, they would be infertile.
Load More Replies... Lydsylou 2 years ago
In UK squash is a fruit drink that you mix with water. Kind of like orange juice but thicker and you have to water it down
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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
Apart from anything else drinking juice from a baby bottle of REALLY bad for your teeth
María Hermida 2 years ago
Imbecility is not a mental illness, and it doesn't have a cure, either. I don't know if this is related, but there's a "theory" that says children are wise and can "decide" when they are ready to stop being breastfed, or drink out of a normal cup, or eat solid food instead of baby food. I know every child is different and some need more time than others to reach the same point of maturity, but a friend of mine is a kindergarten teacher, and she has had *several* cases of four and five year old kids who were still being breastfed, and the mothers were terribly offended when they were told they were actually harming their kids (teeth and jaw malformations, speech problems, etc) and had to stop. I honestly think those women have some kind of really far fetched, sick fetish. It's dreadfully gross, even if they think it's "natural". Fortunately, kids cannot start school if they are wearing nappies, because some would postpone potty training until after the kids first communion...
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A friend of mine has a rule that nobody is allowed to use his frying pan (his wife and kids included).
Edited to add: For those getting outraged, this was not known or pointed out before I was already cooking scrambled eggs using said pan with a plastic spatula. I have 3 different sizes of the same pan and know how to use a non stick pan without damaging it - calm down.
I was staying there for a few days after a surgery and used his frying pan without knowing and when his wife spotted it she quickly warned me nobody is allowed to use that, it's his special frying pan and he doesn't let anyone use it.
I laughed and said "I don't play that childish s**t" when he came in and got all upset about it.
By that time it was too late as I'd finished cooking and was cleaning it.
He then hid his frying pan from everyone.
Because I had the time and have a bit of a malicious streak, and it was only a $40 pan I decided to prank him and I went and bought the same pan from a local store the next day while he was at work. I took photos of myself using it to cook, pretending to clean it with a steel wool pot scrubber, and drilling holes in it with his cordless drill, printed the photos at a local stationary shop and put them in about 20 photo frames around his house, and stuck one to the fridge.
His wife and kids thought it was hilarious, and still have one on their fridge a year later, and anytime we go away together I take one and put in on the fridge of the Airbnb/hotel just to remind him that he's a manchild and it's just a frying pan.
lucremia 2 years ago
So what he didn't want others to use ONE thing in the house. It's not crazy or anything. It's his money and if he wants to spend it on his very own pan so be it.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago (edited)
Agreed, especially growing up in kitchens and knowing how to take proper care of knives and pans etc, I hate living with people outside my industry for that reason, my partner is a diesel mechanic, I now hide my good knives (I’ve seen him use on car repairs ???!!!) and pans, he can abuse the crappy kitchenware 😂 and leave my good stuff alone
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Phil Vaive 2 years ago
I can totally understand this one. He has probably gone through countless frying pans being ruined by his family, so finally had to make a rule that nobody but him gets to touch his.
PopscotchM 2 years ago
I don't like this one. He had one thing that he didn't like anyone touching, it doesn't sound like he yelled or anything he just got a bit upset and that would be me too.
Cassie 2 years ago
I have four kids and took in a fifth and my pans are forever getting scratched up despite repeatedly instructing them on their proper use and only having vinyl spatulas and spoons. Some of them insist on using forks or eating spoons in the pans or stack them in the dirty dishes in a way that they get scratched. I do have a secret hidden pan for just myself and nobody else is allowed to use it, but it's not in the kitchen for anybody to use by accident, either.
Snowhater 2 years ago
Get some cast iron pans or carbon steel pans they will stand the abuse and last forever.
Load More Replies... Rider 2 years ago
My roommate nearly lost his life when he attempted to use one of my baking sheets for roasting veggies. I have a beat up pan for that, don't touch the good one.
Rocky 2 years ago
Out of curiosity, what is the "good one" used for and how?
Load More Replies... Whiskey Tango Delicious 2 years ago
I suspect there is still backstory missing. He may not be able to afford expensive pans, that could have been his special purchase for himself. Using high heat can also damage the non stick.
#15
I had a friend when I was a kid and sometimes I would go to he's house. The kids couldn't eat at the table at the same time as the adults, we had to wait for them to finish and leave the table, and we couldn't talk at all at the table.
Always found it to be weird, always felt a creepy vibe in that family, even thou I was a kid.
Edit: oh, and they pour sugar in coke! Yes, they drank coke with even more sugar.
two-sided llama 2 years ago
so I should not have sugar with more sugar for breakfast.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
When I was a kid my Mom had to feed us before my Dad got home because he didn't want to be "disturbed" while he was eating. We'd get hot dogs and beans and he's get a steak and baked potato. Yeah, he was a really f*cked up alcoholic when I was a kid. Thankfully he got sober later in life. When he passed away in 2014 he had over 30 years.
#16
Not only did the cats get to walk on the table DURING meals, but you were supposed to let them eat off your plate because otherwise you were "interfering with the will of a sentient being."
I love my own cats- honestly I love practically all animals - but they don't get to eat off my plate or stroll around on the table and even if I *was* ok with that I certainly wouldn't expect a guest to share their plate with one of them.
Tempest 2 years ago
I totally agree with OP. As much as I love animals, it’s not hygienic to let them eat off your plate. My cats have been trained from when they were young to not climb any furniture. Even if they smell some food they want, they are obedient enough to never climb onto tables to snatch it. Of course they’ll be sitting on the floor staring at you until you offer some to them and 100% of the time their cute faces convince us to share!
Kel_how 2 years ago
Lol, two of our cats have learned to lick their lips at us while we eat to let us know they want some. But I absolutely do not let them on the table or counter while there's food. And I wouldn't even think of making guests share their food/plate with a pet.
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Andrew Keir 2 years ago
Some might wish to discuss the 'sentient' bit, ofc; some kids seem to be one walking talking nerve-end.
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ColdSteelRonin 2 years ago
Now wait a minute, but isn't imposing the rule that an animal is to be allowed to eat from your plate, while you are eating, interfering with the will of a sentient being?
Andrew Keir 2 years ago
All the best 'simple' rules involve paradoxes, including this one.
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White Sauce Hot Sauce 2 years ago
That rule makes no sense. Trying to prevent interfering with the will of a sentient being is interfering with the will of another sentient being.
Averysleepypanda 2 years ago
Ewe, this is so unhygienic. If the cats use a litter box they are putting their poop feet all over where they eat
Lori T Wisconsin 2 years ago
Fewer germs than snot nose kids or babies with diapers oozing with coliform bacteria. I'll eat with pets before children any day.
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Ephemeral Mochi 2 years ago
My initial concern was that the cats would eat something that's not safe for them, like onions.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
We don't WANT to get on the table. It's old and rickety. Imagine if it were to collapse! And as for food, our soft can-opener buys frozen junk she puts in the hot place until it bubbles. It smells nice, and we're kind enough to donate a tuft of fur, but we're not eating that junk!
RabidChild 2 years ago
All my cats were taught kitchen counters and the dinner table were off limits, but anywhere else was fair game. Cats are smart and quick to learn the rules. Of course they push that line just to keep you on your toes, but they know...
#17
In high school I had a friend whose dad was in the military. Not only did he make us do house chores (dusting, vacuuming, dishes) when visiting/sleeping over but he also woke us up at 6am by banging pots and pans to make us run around the neighborhood. he called it “morning boot camp” needless to say I only slept over there a few times.. I felt so bad for her.
Tracy Wallick 2 years ago
Even other military folks hate people like this; dude sounds super insecure and/or seems to feel like he needs to have absolute control over his home.
Mario Strada 2 years ago
I was in the military, I even considered it as a career. It wouldn't cross my mind to humiliate my kids and their friends that way.
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
I always wonder if parents like this had different jobs, would they wake their kids up at 6 to go work on balancing a budget, or to start a marketing proposal?
#18
if the lights were on you got yelled at for them being on and wasting energy, if the lights were off you got yelled at for being in the dark
Whiskey Tango Delicious 2 years ago
What is it's a Schrodinger light? ... I'll see myself out...
Jonathan Dowell 2 years ago
Pretty sure the OP didn't post the photo, & most "editors" don't really care about the content.
#19
I once went to a party at the home of a colleague of my now ex-husband, where we had a very nice and collegial potluck dinner with another couple. So, there were six adults and two children of the hosts, age maybe 8 and 10(?). After we ate and moved to the living area, the two hosts declared a period of silence to “concentrate on digestion.”
It wasn’t like a moment of silence, either, but like ten minutes or so. We and the other guest couple were looking at each other like, “wtf”. It was awkward AF, not knowing when it would be over and ok to resume normal conversation. I felt like a little kid put in timeout and hated it. We cut the visit short and never accepted another invitation from them.
Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
Being silent isnt going to make the food go down better or faster 🤯 i wouldnt be able to hold my laughter in for that long
#20
I just thought of one! Although, it was not something I encountered.
At the time, I lived in a city where it was well over 105F for over 14 days. During an informal office get-together, a few of us women commented how the 1st thing to "come off" at home was our bras.
As teenagers and young adults, she and her sisters HAD to wear a bra while sleeping. Her Mom or Grandma would occasionally do a bed check. If they were braless, they would be beaten. As an adult, she still could not break the habit of wearing one. Her own girls were warned to always wear one while visiting Grandma and Gt Grandma.
Junebugjump! 2 years ago
Totally agree. What kind of family cares deeply about these things? Except old country immigrant practices, these might also be parents who are heavily into authoritarian parenting practices (take teens doors away, throw them out at 18, etc).
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UpQuarkDownQuark (he/hey you) 2 years ago
How about don’t make the kids visit their shittty grandmas?
bluegal (they/them) 2 years ago
This is so controlling, especially for something like wearing bras while you sleep! And checkin g in the middle of the night to see if they're wearing them!?
Warrior Mama 2 years ago
Right? My kids would not be visiting those grandparents, especially not for overnights! No way would I force my kid to comply with something like that to keep the peace
Load More Replies... Karen Startz Richardson 2 years ago
My step daughter had some odd, sexualized behaviors ...one was being obsessed with wearing a bra 24/7...."because mommy says not wearing a bra will make my titties sag" ....kid was 9 and barely qualified for a training bra. There were LIADS of other behaviors, but, that's for another day.
Cassie 2 years ago
I've never had a problem with guys staring if I go out without a bra. The only people who have ever been concerned with whether I was wearing a bra were old women. I don't wear a bra because I need to, I wear a bra so as not to deal with nipple-policing busybodies. I have no idea why some women are so obsessed with other women wearing bras.
Lady Vader 2 years ago
Maybe they shouldn't go visit grandma and gt. grandma. (Yes I left out the capital letters on purpose).
Paul Pienkowski 2 years ago
I can almost see reasoning here. If a sexual abuser lived with the grandma, telling the girls they had to have a bra on at all times may have been the only way she knew to try and protect her children.
LittleWombat 2 years ago
I was thinking the same. I bet someone was married to a child predator but instead of blaming the predator, it was on the girl for not wearing a bra 24-7 and stealing her husband's sexual attention away. Sexual abuse in families not only is very sad but can include bizarre jealousy too.
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Shankshaw Redeemer 2 years ago
Isn't it because some people believe if one doesn't, the boobs will be wrinkled and saggy when the girl gets older?
Foxglove🇮🇪 2 years ago
The only times I ever wore a bra to sleep were when I was breastfeeding, otherwise the bed would get soaked!
Rocky 2 years ago
Same! It was a sad long time, before was able to be "free" again. Teasing but it was an interesting difference for a while.
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A schoolfriend's parents had a rule where you couldn't wee directly in to the toilet water and had to aim for the inside edge of the bowl.
I forgot one time and was never allowed back again because they'd heard me wee.
Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
This is the worst of all on this page, thats so super weird and were they outside with there ears stuck to the bathroom door 🤯
VioletHunter 2 years ago
This isn't even half as weird as the posts about parents going through the trash to wave about bloody tampons and pads in accusation.
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geezeronthehill 2 years ago
Oh the horror! They had to hear someone pissing! Did they have problems with other bodily functions?
White Sauce Hot Sauce 2 years ago
I do this. It helps prevent splashback. However, I'd never make it an enforced rule in my home.
#22
When I was like 14, my friend was having a Halloween party. I had my period, so I went to the bathroom to change my pad. I wrapped up my old pad in some toilet paper and threw it away. The next day at school my friend said her mom was going through the trash (I guess this was something her mom did 😵💫) and she found the wrapped up bloody pad and was angry about it. My friend who was also another girl got in trouble for it because her mom thought it was hers. This was 15 years ago and I’m still so freaking confused by it.
Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
What did she want you to do with it, wash it out and hang it on the washing line... wrap in toilet paper and bathroom bin is correct way of disposal
two-sided llama 2 years ago
no if it comes out it must come back in. ( in other words i'm saying she wanted you to squeeze the blood out of the tampon and drink it in a magic ritual)
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Ross “Sarcastic Dad” 2 years ago
I'm guessing if you have a mom that goes through the trash, this is the least of your problems.
Cassidy Moore 2 years ago (edited)
My step-monster was like this in a sense. I am the oldest and when I got my period she would call me out for leaving rolled up pads in the bathroom garbage for everyone to see and claimed it disgusted my dad and brothers (even though my dad grew up with 4 sisters and his mom and my brothers were basically babies). She eventually took the trash can out of the bathroom and told me I had to through the pads away in the kitchen trash can. My parents would actively have friends over to drink and party so imagine how awkward it was for me to try and hide my bundled up pad and stuff it in a trash can with no lid around a bunch of people, Now imagine a horrible excuse of a mother calling me out in front of all her friends calling me disgusting and forcing me to put my pad in a grocery bag and take it to the outside can. I literally hate her with every fiber of my being, and this is just one way she took the opportunity to shame us kids.
Outgraygeous 2 years ago
My step mom used to say the same thing: it disgusted my dad. Never understood that.
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Rahul Pawa 2 years ago
Sounds like this one was supposed to use tampons and probably flush them. Basically the opposite of a dad from another story on this list who got upset about a tampon. Crazy people have no consistency.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
Did they have dogs? Not great when the dog gets in the bathroom trash. Yelling is a little harsh though.
Appalachian Panda 2 years ago
Easy fix. Our bathroom trash bin has a lid.
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Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 2 years ago
My mom used to make us girls get news paper and cut it into sections and put the pieces behind the bathroom trash bin. We had to use the newspaper, which was sometimes way too big to wrap them in.
#23
My former step father only wanted the toilet flushed if you went number two and only once a day per person. Cheapness is a sickness.
Heather Swanson 2 years ago
There's nothing like breaking that p**s seal someone else's pee made 4 hours ago.
Load More Replies... arthbach 2 years ago
The first part is sensible in many parts of the world where water must be conserved. The slogan is "If it's brown, flush it down. If it's yellow, let it mellow." This is not cheap, it's being careful with limited resources.
Christos Arvanitis 2 years ago
My wife and I don't limit it to once a day (weird) but we do abide by the "if it's yellow, let it mellow... if it's brown, flush it down" rule. Only makes sense to save water. That said, we don't do that if guests are over. Nobody needs to co mingle with my pee...
Load More Replies... Black Cat 2 years ago
I remember being a teenager and my father threatening to thrash me because I flushed the toilet in the night and he happened to hear it. I used to lie in bed trying not to pee myself because I was too scared to use the toilet lest he hear me get up. When I could finally leave home, the sheer luxury of being able to get up to pee in the night was amazing.
Kat Lyle 2 years ago
I hope you p**s like a champion racehorse every morning now. Did that this morning and was proud. I'm normally a little more dignified
Load More Replies... Stygtand 2 years ago (edited)
I work in construction. And on almost all job sites they have big signs in the toilet telling people have to flush the toilet paper and not throw it in the bin. We have alot of foreign people on the sites, and ive learned that in some countries the sewers are so bad that you cant flush toiletpaper without clogging them up.
Jenny Mason 2 years ago
My daughter's ex won't let their kids flush the toilet at night unless they've done a number two. He even has a rhyme they were all taught. "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if It's brown, flush it down". I had to explain to my grandkids that the stupid rule did not apply in my house and that I would prefer they flush after every use.
Chez 2 years ago (edited)
South African here. A few years ago (I think 2018) Cape Town was a month or so from Day Zero, when it was predicted that our dams would run dry (due to a once-in-100-years bad drought). We were allocated 25 litres per person per day, with many households having their water physically restricted at the meters due to wastage during this period. We all followed the toilet flushing rule (some toilets use 9 litres per flush ffs, and so we collected shower water in buckets for extra flushes), and we all became VERY aware of how wasteful we had previously been with our water. Now everyone who can afford it has rainwater collection tanks installed at their homes (we have 3) and that water is used for clothes and dish washers, and greywater tanks are used for gardens. It's not about being cheap - it's about understanding that clean water is a scarce resource, especially in drought-prevalent parts of the world.
Lydsylou 2 years ago
My parents room was right next to the bathroom and I have a lot of siblings. My mum is a really light sleeper so every time.the loo is flushed she wakes up. The rule was only flush for number 2 when they were in bed and try to avoid using the loo until morning. Otherwise my mother would wake up about 10 times in the night and she also had to wake up when small children came in wanting a hug because of their nightmare
Whiskey Tango Delicious 2 years ago
Sounds like California in the 80's. That slogan will be forever engraved in my head.
#24
They had a room in their basement that they let the dog s**t in if they didn’t feel like taking it for a walk
Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
Poor dog even if he dosnt need a poo he should still be walked, lazy people should only be allowed have gold fish as pets
The Doom Song 2 years ago
I'm sick with the flu atm but still got up and walked my dog this morning. Lazy a******s don't deserve a dog
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I would love a dog. I absolutely, completely, and totally want a dog. The first thing I was going to do after I got out of prison was get a dog. I can barely take care of the cats without help. I will not get a dog.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
I can smell the scene........poor doggo, deserves a better partner
Alexej Dvorak 2 years ago
The neighboring house two numbers next to my parents was rented out to military personnel for years and once there was a guy living there who had a dog. During summer, my dad woke up one morning to the strong stench of feces and was wondering if maybe their cat had left something in their bedroom. When he stepped out onto the bedroom balcony, from where he had a clear view onto that neighbor's veranda, he saw that it was covered in dogsh!t. That guy just never took his dog on a proper walk. Needless to say he was reported to the landlord and animal protection services and soon after moved out.
#25
Once stayed at a relative’s place where they had a strict "No Radio Waves After Dark" rule. Post sunset, WiFi was shut down, phones were powered off, and even the microwave was a no-go zone. They believed that radio waves interfered with sweet dreams. The first night I was there, I felt like I time-traveled to a pre-internet era.
Stygtand 2 years ago
While it sounds weird. It also sound appealing to me. Not so much the radiowave/dream element. But more the quiet and relaxation
madbakes 2 years ago
It might be nice in the summer. Winter... not so much
Load More Replies... Leolynn Cauthron 2 years ago
Other than the microwave thing it actually sounds like a great idea. Game nights. Reading. Writing. Family interactions. Family time away from electronics.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
Let them know that light it's also waves.....wait they will not cought it....
WindySwede 2 years ago
Even electromagnetic radiation.. they would go bananas. 🍌
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BarkingSquirell 2 years ago
It wasn't like living in the Dark Ages. You went too bed and if your thoughts were racing, you'd roll over to "change the channel." People actually used to just think and nothing else and no one died from it!
Appalachian Panda 2 years ago
They should move to that place near the radio telescope observatory in West Virginia where cell phones and wi-fi and two-way radios are illegal.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
They actually probably have quite nice evenings playing games, reading or watching tv. The reason for it is just nuts.
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Definitely a Human 2 years ago
He knows the house is bombarded with radio waves constantly right? The phones etc would barely contribute
#26
When I was a child, my mom had a friend who would watch me for an entire weekend, or a week during the summer. She had a daughter that was a year younger than me.
She was an absolute clean freak. I liked her because she would take me places, but she had a lot of rules. Couldn't wear shoes in her house. Ok, not all that weird... but she would take your shoes to the basement utility sink and scrub the bottom of your shoes. Can't have your pants too long, because they might drag on her floor and get dirt on her floor, so I had to roll up my pants. Can't touch the walls, because the dirt from your fingers might get on her white walls. If it was nice outside, you're eating outside, because your crumbs may get on the floor. She was also an English teacher. Even at 6 years old, I couldn't say "yeah", you say "yes". Only ignorant people say "yeah". Can't say I'm going to take off my shoes. "Only rockets take off. You REMOVE your shoes." Couldn't say "I'm done!" According to her, "only turkeys are done. You are FINISHED.""
Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
White walls and kids just dont go together, she probley had white carpet too
Shark Lady 2 years ago
White carpets should not exist anywhere. No way they are staying white no matter how hard you try.
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Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Sounds like a touch of the old OCD or maybe just a streak of control freak.
lucremia 2 years ago
I grew up in a poor family and we had similar rules. Why? Because having to get new jeans because they are ripped at the too long seam is expensive. And having to repaint the walls costs a lot of money too. This is not weird too me, but learning to be respectful with property. On the upside, it means I'm always a welcome guest at any friend, as they know I will not break or damage anything.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
my mom used to say, "you can raise a house, or you can raise children, but you can't do both"...so true
elissajshields 2 years ago
At least she cleaned your shoes and didn't make you do it. Whatever floats your boat, lady!
Richard Michael 2 years ago
Sounds like my stepmother who wanted the whitest of white carpets even though we lived in the middle of the country and I was 9. I didn't even really have a room there. I wasn't allowed to decorate it, so it was basically a guest room I slept in. Had to walk around on eggshells with this woman for the first 15 years of my life before I started going NC.
Cassie 2 years ago
A wealthy, childless couple who were very sweet would babysit me when my dad went on overnight business trips. I don't recall them ever telling me that I couldn't touch anything, but I was terrified to touch anything in their condo. They had furniture clearly not intended to be sat in and I would spend a long time staring at the glass figurines in the glass and gold display case, but I wouldn't dare touch it. They also served fancy food, like whole fish and spiraled vegetables. They were very keen on the aesthetic.
Sunshine Lady 2 years ago
Sounds like my mother. Nothing more important than clean house. She is now grandma and is a bit better.
#27
My wife stayed home with our two kids, and their various friends were frequent guests. She was happy to have them over, but she established that she was NOT there to entertain them. They had quite a bit of freedom to do things, or to do nothing, but if they tried to involve her she would have them clean something around the house.
So one day our daughter had two friends over, one who knew the ropes at our house, and one who didn't. The latter started to say, "I'm bored!" and the former quickly said, "Quiet, or she'll put us to work."
Rose Kennedy 2 years ago
Or my mom, if we complained about be bored too much she would give us chores to do. I don't see too much of an issue with that, encourages the kids to be more self sufficient.
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Sherri Mantooth Bagwell 2 years ago
Whenever we said we were bored growing up, our Dad always had a cure for that...chores & more chores! Never say "bored" on a farm!
Sylvia Schmitz 2 years ago
That's one rule I can get behind. When my son and husband roamed around the house aimlessly, getting in my way, I told them to find something to do or I would find something for them. That usually got them out of my hair pretty quickly.
The Starsong Princess 2 years ago
When I was a kid, if we said “I’m bored”, my mother would say “you know where the vacuum cleaner is.”
Belladonna.dreams 2 years ago
Honestly, I hate when my kids say "I'm bored" and it's not my job to entertain my kids guests unless it was something I suggested and planned.
#28
No talking about or watching anything that contained “magic.” Harry Potter was banned along with many shows and cartoons.
Say No to Downvoting 2 years ago
That’s not an uncommon one amongst some of the more conservative/fundamentalist Christian peeps I used to hang around with
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Sad. God is all powerful. Omnipotent. The Alpha and Omega. No! Not Harry Potter! God isn't powerful enough for that!
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Can't have children believing in another fake imaginary thing that might compete with Gods magic oh f**k no.
UpQuarkDownQuark (he/hey you) 2 years ago
Frightened little Christians like this are annoying, spending all their time wondering when the Devil is going to pop out of every little corner and get them. BOO!
Kelly Scott 2 years ago (edited)
In Saratoga, CA, once, there was a game introduced at school that was supposed to help with spelling. It was very effective, from what I heard. Then, some dingdong parent learned it had dragons or something similar in it and complained until it was pulled from the class. Saratoga was a very rich area, too. You'd think the people who lived there would be smarter, but apparently, the rich can be dumb as crumbs, too. In San Jose, at one of the libraries, they used to have people volunteer to read to the kids. One woman was very good at this, but she wasn't allowed to read to the kids anymore when a parent found out she was a practicing white witch. I'm so sick of people having so very little tolerance for other people. How do they live with themselves?
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
My best friend was particularly annoyed because her parents didn't ay anything until she had read the first three Harry Potter books, then banned them, so she couldn't finish the series until she left home!
#29
Everyone needed to be patted down and searched just in case someone was the feds wearing a wire 😂
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
That was just an excuse for some conservative pervert to get some fondling in. However, either reason is revolting.
sharyn turnicky 2 years ago
Question, what business were they in where the feds were a concern?
Richard Michael 2 years ago
Did this family have a side business of selling unlicensed pharmaceuticals?
LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
"You a Fed?" "I'm Optimus Prime! Autobots roll out! *makes Transforming noise*"
Sue Denham 2 years ago
Um. I'm wondering which parent was doing the "patting down" and how *vigorous* it was.
Pie 2 years ago
My mother used to make my friends and I empty our pockets before leaving the house. Not sure what she was looking for cause we were like 10 and all our coats had holes in the lining for hiding things. I remember one friend had a can of cocktail fruit in her coat pocket and that lives rent free in my head for 30 years.
#30
Having to ring the bell by the gate and wait minutes until my neighbor (same age as me) would open the door and come to the gate to let me in. I would hear them hecticly moving around behind the door when I rang the bell.
Turned out years later that they hid a girl, which they adopted because doctors told the parents that they were infertile and can’t get a child on their own. Right afterwards they got pregnant and then again (my friend). They were upset that they got lied to and tried to bring the girl back but they refused. The only thing the parents came up with, was to hide her. I walked in and out their house several times a week and never knew she lived there.
Say No to Downvoting 2 years ago (edited)
Wait, they adopted a child, thinking they were infertile, had two biological children and tried to return the adopted kid cos they, assumedly didn’t need here anymore. Then when they couldn’t, just hid her instead? Is that the story? Not only is that inhumane but it’s also bizarrely illogical.
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago (edited)
I'm not clear how hiding the child was supposed to help anything. Was this just another abuse case?
María Hermida 2 years ago
Poor girl!!!! Is there no limit to people's idiocy, selfishness and cruelty?
Lydsylou 2 years ago
They were told they were infertile and so adopted, then they had 2 kids and were angry that they were lied to about being infertile and so tried to return the adopted child. They couldn't return her so instead they hid her in the house probably because they were abusing her
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neytjie 2 years ago (edited)
So I checked the entire story on reddit. Somehow the more you read, the less sense any of it makes. Hidden but she went to school? Sounds like there wasn't any physical abuse, emotional however, definitely. If any of this is true.
María Hermida 2 years ago
I think they kept her hidden at home, as if she didn't belong to the family. She went to school, lived there, but didn't have meals with them, and neither did she do any activities with the family. They tried to "return" her when they had their biological kid, but they couldn't, so they treated her as if she didn't exist. And that is definitely abuse. Abuse is abuse. The "labels" physical, emotional, etc are irrelevant. Emotional abuse destroys a child, and it's even worse then physical abuse because there's no obvious evidence, so it's a double victimisation: they are emotionally abused at home and then, when they try to find help, many times they have to hear things like "well, at least they didn't hit you with a belt", or "grow up, it's not that bad". In an adopted child, "they may not be perfect, but you should be grateful" is also common. I just can't imagine the pain that girl went through. I hope she managed to heal somehow.
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Red Reilly 2 years ago
I hope you found out by them being on the news for ABUSE! oh my goodness
#31
It wasn't really a rule but I got invited (and my parents jumped at the opportunity) to a friend's house quite often. The friend's mom was sort of weird, whe was usually in her bedroom on her computer unless she was in the livingroom demanding us to paint her nails. Anyways, the rule was eat before you get there because you won't be fed while there. If your there while they have dinner you sit in the livingroom or my friends bedroom and wait. Weirdly, this extended to breakfast and any other meal had while I was there. No matter how long I was there. Anyways, I figured out by age 8 that I can go 3 days max without eating before I pass out and get sent home. 😅 Edit: honestly, yall, it seemed so normal at the time. I would literally wake up in the morning and play with Bratz dolls while she finished breakfast I wasn't abused or anything just sort of neglected I guess? But it wasn't this woman's responsibility to take care of me tbh. I appreciate the kind words, thanks guys. 😊 hope yall have a great day.
arthbach 2 years ago
Withholding food IS abuse. And it MOST DEFINITELY abuse not to feed a child for 3 days.
Northern Breeze 2 years ago
3 days w/o food!?! that's not only abuse but I'd dare say criminal
Load More Replies... Emma S 2 years ago
It was this woman's responsibility to ensure that children in her care are looked after properly. They might not be her children but if you invite other peoples children into your home then you're responsible for them while they are there.
María Hermida 2 years ago (edited)
It *was* her responsibility to take care of you while you were her guest. If she didn't want to feed other kids, or she didn't have money, she should not have invited anybody to stay. As simple as that. And, for your information, it was abuse. It was mild, not traumatic or life-threatening, but a form of abuse nonetheless. Who invites a kid to stay and then they don't feed them?
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
" it wasn't this woman's responsibility to take care of me" ??!!! If you are a child guest in someone's home, it certainly IS there responsibility to ensure you are fed and looked after appropriately. This was outright abuse and they should have been reported. I wonder if OP's mum was aware? Presumably if the child got sent home having fainted after 3 days!
Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
If you are INVITED to friends house you should be fed, its not like you showed up with no invite and they wernt expecting you and didnt have enough food
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
yeah ANYONE that stays in my house around meal time, anyone that spends the night in my house, WILL BE FED. that IS my responsibility. First thing i ask when you enter is "are you hungry?"
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
We were very poor growing up. We weren't allowed to have kids in the house. They could come over and play in the yard with us, but they couldn't come in. We didn't know it was because my parents couldn't afford to feed them. If we wanted a houseguest, we had to arrange it beforehand, so Mom could be prepared, food-wise.
Nikki Gross 2 years ago
We may have been poor as hell growing up, but my Mom always made damn sure we never went hungry and that includes all of our friends that Mom took in because of their situations at home. She was a widow with 6 kids still at home but Mom NEVER turned anyone away especially a hungry child even if it meant that she had to go without herself.
Amy E 2 years ago
Some fundamentalists at my high school couldn't eat off anything a heathen ate off of, this sounds terrible but maybe it was something like that? Still could've had paper plates though. Surprised the OPs parents let em go back to that house.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Something about the phrase "and my parents jumped at the opportunity" makes be wonder if they weren't being ignorantly complicit?
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If you need to pass gas you have to go outside and all the way to the mailbox.
Fat Harry 2 years ago
Take a lighter with you. Light the fart and illuminate your passage.
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Appalachian Panda 2 years ago
"Clarence, look. That's at least the twentieth time Mrs. Johnson has walked to her mailbox today."
Cat Chat 2 years ago
We have a joke rule of no farting in Mom's room (mine). But it's an obvious joke rule. It's actually quite funny when the kids make it a point to get their farts noticed. Mom gets pretend mad, and kids learn it's just a normal bodily function that doesn't need to be hidden from the world.
Dorothy Stovall 2 years ago
Me either. I'd just as soon blow up than fart in front of anyone. I learned that "ladies" just don't pass gas - ever.
Load More Replies... Cassidy Moore 2 years ago
Cant wait for all those fart shamed kids to marry people from fart proud homes and break the cycle
Dorothy Stovall 2 years ago
LMAO! My husband farts freely. I come from a long line if "ladies don't fart, period."
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#33
I stayed at a friend’s house for a few days when my parents were out of town when I was 13 years old. I have always been someone who draws a lot (I went to art school for my undergrad.) When I started drawing in my own notebook after dinner, my friend told me that if her father caught me, I would be in real trouble because he thought drawing was a waste of paper. So I stopped drawing for 4 days. When I returned home, I rushed up to my room, grabbed a drawing pad and drew for hours. The funny thing is that her dad was a lawyer. You know how I said that I was in art school for undergrad? Well for graduate school eventually I went to law school and worked as an attorney for almost 30 years before I retired. Most lawyers waste an inordinate amount of paper, both in and out of court, especially when this guy was practicing.
smugdruggler 2 years ago
Lol you might change your mind if you saw one of my attempts.
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Squiffle Noses 2 years ago
I can just his parents catching him drawing when HE was a kid! "if you've got time to draw than you've got time to study! Copy out this Lawbook before bedtime or you get no supper!"
#34
These are from one ex friend house... We were friends in middle school: 1) immediately after getting home from school she had to sit down at the table and recount her day step by step, including all conversations. Not like "school was okay, we had a test in math and I think I did good. We had chicken at lunch" but "when I got on the bus I said hi to the driver and sat in my seat. My partner wasn't on the bus this morning so I read 5 pages of my history book. The bus was quiet for the whole ride. Then we got to school and I stopped to talk to x at her locker. She was wearing y and z and asked if I saw Inuyasha last night. I said no and she asked me why." Etc etc 2) must complete homework and study after recounting day for at least 2 hours. I guess not that weird but weird to me 3) never allowed to lock doors 4) cannot leave house without putting on makeup and having hair styled. Every day. Not her rule she made, her mothers rule for her. She had to wake up two hours earlier than most everyone else on school days just to do this. She was a pageant girl so her mom was a loon. 5) wasn't allowed to shower, only bathe and only bathe with the door open. There was no curtain. Red flag now as an adult but at that age I just thought it was weird. She also regularly bathed with her younger sister who was only a few years younger than her. 6) can only watch TV with both parents present. All around weird person with a weird home life. Almost feel bad for her looking back but she was an a*****e in the end so meh. Obsessed with being popular, having the best grades, and cried when she found out Santa wasn't real... In eighth grade. EDIT: yes she was an a*****e to me and did some really horrible things. Yes she was being abused at home but no that doesn't mean she gets a pass for the things she did to me in high school. She can still be abused at home and still be an a*****e. I think I was her punching bag to let out all that anger on and she was the reason I'd attempted suicide so I'm sure you can see how it would be difficult for me to not think of her as an a*****e even after all these years.
Squiffle Noses 2 years ago
Yes, there's no such thing as 'she's just acting out'! It's right up there with' ' She's not dangerous! Why she barely even broke the skin! You must suprised her'! Or' It's you fault for wearing so much makup!'
Mysteria 2 years ago
Can relate! Until I was 10, my mother bathed me… *shudders* I learned to shower by myself when my sister was babysitting me. She said “Mom wants you to have a shower”. So I frigging got ready and said “I’m ready!”. My sis was like “Why aren’t you showering?” And I said “Idk how. Mom always does it.” And I remember hearing my sister mutter “Wtf..?”
#35
I have a job that involves going into peoples homes. I had an inspection once at house where the homeowners insisted that I put on this light blue bath robe (over my clothes) and white slippers to enter their home. The husband, wife, and adult daughter who lived with them were all wearing the same blue bath robes. This was in the US Midwest… just a “typical” American midwestern family so it wasn’t even like a cultural thing that I was unaware of. I still wonder to this day if they were messing with me.
María Hermida 2 years ago
They were either messing with you or the whole bunch of them needed psychiatric treatment.
WindySwede 2 years ago
Strange and intricate joke? Sounds like the latter?
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Squiffle Noses 2 years ago
Funny! You write, 'just a “typical” American midwestern family' as if for YOU that means, 'not batshit crazy'!
Racing Tadpole 2 years ago
One house I had to take off my shoes..thought it was to keep carpet clean etc ..inside the house was dirty..she married an African guy and I think it was a superstition Thong about dragging spirits into the house..? Does this sound right?
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
So you agree that "it wasn’t even like a cultural thing that [the OP] was unaware of"?
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Spittnimage 2 years ago
Not typical. I'm from the Midwest and we don't do that and never I've never heard of it.
#36
My friend’s mom wouldn’t let her put any trash in the bathroom trashcan. There was a trashcan there but it was just there for show (???) They were directed to put all trash generated in the bathroom down the toilet.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
First thing I thought, but hey , let dumb ppl be dumb :)
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Janet Sparrow 2 years ago
Haha my mom had a "guest bathroom" we literally never used that had its own weird towels. Lol
Richard Michael 2 years ago
FFS, my mother had towels you could not use. Not just in the bathroom, but in the kitchen too. I would even try to hang a towel that we could use in the kitchen by the ones we could not use, and she would get angry over that. I finally just started using all the towels, but she still tries to control this.
Colleen Glim 2 years ago
That’s what I want to know? Empty toilet rolls? Used make up pads? Pill bottle packaging?
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Must be up by 9am and fully clothed. No pajamas or sweats etc.....even if it was the weekend and even if you had no plans to go anywhere or do anything. We would wake up and just sit there.
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
i found out during the lockdowns that it was best for me to just shower and dress every day, even with nowhere to go. Just being ready to go out for a walk made a big difference.
LH25 2 years ago
Kind of the same for me, but shower every other day. During the week, working from home, yes get dressed in nicer versions of sweats/PJs.
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Red Reilly 2 years ago
Thank goodness my parents are ex hippies, you can just laze around my parents house. The house is super tidy but you wear what makes you feel comfy, you're at home!
Breadcrumb. 2 years ago
I know some hippies and they let their children sit butt naked on the kitchen counter..at least dad asked that they didn't sit on the cutting board. I'm not trying to body shame but I'm gonna say underwear is more hygienic..
Load More Replies... Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
Thats terrible, weekends are for lie ins and all day pjs and breakie in bed.. i wouldnt feel relaxed in my own home with these rules
María Hermida 2 years ago
I hate pyjamas around the house. In my house, you only wear them to sleep. Full stop. Once you get up, you get dressed, even with the oldest, shabbiest, most comfortable leggins and t-shirt, but no pyjamas. Do people really wear their pyjamas day? And then, what? Do they go to bed to bed in the same pyjamas they have been wearing the whole day? It reminds me of a hospital, where sick people spend all day in their pyjamas.
Load More Replies... arthbach 2 years ago
At a school assembly, a teacher asked about rules in your house. My brother said, "You must have your clothes on to watch television." Cue a strange look on the teachers' faces, and laughter from the other children. Being the big sister, I raised my hand and said my little brother meant you weren't allowed to watch television in your pyjamas, you had to be wearing clothes. No laughter, and looks from the teachers conveying, "Yeah, that sounds like a sensible rule."
Madster 2 years ago
I think she was trying to find out if there was neglect going on anywhere (in a rather lazy way, in front of everyone).
Load More Replies... Joe Publique 2 years ago
Not sure what's overly 'weird' about this. Getting up early and getting dressed 'even if you have no plans to go anywhere or do anything' is good for lots of people's health. I'd say regularly lounging around all day in pyjamas just because you have 'nothing planned' is more bizarre. Get up. Go outside. Do something. Enjoy your life. :)
Ivona 2 years ago
Get dressed, comb your hair, and spritz some nice fragrance - that's a normal start of the day. Staying in your pajamas is suitable only for when you're not feeling good and are in bed.
Lady Lava 2 years ago
Agree. My SO and daughter love occasional pajama days, but I never take part in it. I just feel better when I'm showered and dressed. I only stay in PJ's when I'm sick. Then it's a good sign I put my clothes on again, it means I'm getting better.
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rumple slunkskin 2 years ago
My house was the same growing up, but it was 10 a.m. wakeup time, and as long as we changed out of our bedclothes it didn't matter what we wore, just that we had clean clothes on. It was annoying as a child sometimes, but honestly it kept us in a healthy routine and wasn't unreasonable. I still somewhat maintain this as an adult, because otherwise I'm a nocturnal goblin who gets pouty and unoroductive missing out on the day.
Victoria Pitt 2 years ago
pssh. Anytime I'm at home, the sweatpants go on. But like, I'm at work 45 hrs + a week. If it's the weekend and I have chores I need to get done I will at least put on athleisure-wear because it can be hard to be productive in loungewear.
#38
My friends thought it was weird that they weren't allowed to go into the basement when they were at my house. I didn't know this until we were all much older, which I then explained that my parents were major pot heads and the basement is where their smoke spot was located. Also discovered that's why one of my friends wasn't allowed back over; her parents recognized the ode de stoner on her clothes.
Kat Lyle 2 years ago
Up voting to neutralize. Because spelling matters. I await the down votes.
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Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
One time we were smoking on the porch. My daughter walks out and goes "ahhhh!!! (In a pleasing, aromatic way) it smells like Destiny's house out here!"
Janet Sparrow 2 years ago
Some of My daughters friends' parents wouldn't let them come over because we admittedly smoked pot. Not in front of them of course. Only problem was those friends all did drugs and drank.
#39
Knew someone who was an engineer for BT back in the 90s. He used his skills to build a household PBX exchange with a billing system. Once a month he would present his children with a printed bill for the calls they made. He also had a payphone for visitors to use.
Richard Michael 2 years ago
WTF?!?! Local calls were not itemized like this back in the 90s. You paid a base rate for local, and were charged different fees for long distance depending on where you were calling. This is just sick and controlling.
Jane Silberman 2 years ago
My bills were itemised like this in the 90s- every call and the number called (Australia).
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
I hope he likes the quality of the nursing home his kids shop around for.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Definitely a "What goes around, comes around!" scenario...
Load More Replies... Shark Lady 2 years ago
My friend's parents had a tin by their phone, when I called my parents to ask them to pick me up I had to put 10p in the tin. If I forgot to have 10p on me my friend would ask me every day at school until I remembered to pay them back for the call.
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
There was an episode of The Brady Bunch where Mike was so annoyed with the kids hogging the home phone, he literally had a payphone installed in the house. If the kids wanted to call their friends, they had to use the payphone.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
My SIL was so tight she could make the eagle on a quarter scream. However, when she had guests, she was quite generous.
Plant Wizard 2 years ago
Non UK people (especially the US) have to realize that phone calls there were expensive! Even now calling from the UK to the US is much more expensive than the other way around, back in the 90's it was much worse.
#40
My friends house rule when I was a kid. One square for pee. Two squares for poo. I did not follow that rule.
Cassie 2 years ago
My dad tried this rule and my stepmom used to scream at me for using too much paper (I don't recall her ever screaming at her own kids, but there were three of us using that paper). I figure my dad's rule was why he always had significant skid marks in his underpants (which I know about because I had to wash). When I had kids of my own, I was determined to never weaponize toilet paper or other necessities. Even when we were poor, I bought the best tp I could afford and always plenty to go around.
Poison Ivy/Boo 2 years ago
My grandma had the same rule in her house. I completely forgot about that til reading this post lol.
Freelove 2 years ago
My grandma did too. She said it's because they had a septic tank 🤷♀️
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Breadcrumb. 2 years ago
If your undies have the stain you're doing it right ..
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#41
not really bizarre i guess but my ex’s mom is a very tightly wound cleanliness addicted woman. no shoes on in the house. her fridge and separate upright freezer are stocked and organized according to her liking and if you want to put something in there you’d better ask. she had a meltdown bc i put some frozen pot pies in the freezer when we stayed there for a week… she also didn’t like anything except for plastic water bottles on the middle shelf of her fridge. that’s the water shelf and she will remind you if you forget. i wasn’t allowed to sit on a straight backed dining chair to breast feed my newborn in her kitchen, she made me sit on a barstool instead (no back support). also when you used the shower, she expected you to deep clean it immediately after. i bathed my newborn in her newborn bathtub inside the normal bathtub and just emptied & rinsed when i was done, bc i had to get a crying baby diapered, dressed, and settled down. she stuck her head into the guest room three times within ten minutes to ask me to go properly clean the tub🙄 and the last one was that she came home one day and i was lying on the couch watching tv while my baby napped. she said she doesn’t like people “laying around” during the day… so i went back and laid down in the guest bedroom. bc i was a mom to a newborn and wanted to f*****g lay around.
#42
Years ago Myself (8) and little sister (6) were having tea at a friends house ( the big bro (14) and big sis (16) and the little sis (8) was our friend ) a plate of jam tarts in little foul tins were placed in the table and told this was our dessert . Myself and sister only liked the strawberry ones and so had 2 each of those , my friend and her siblings had 2 each of the black current and lemon curd ones . Then the mum came in and my friend and her siblings literally went pale and froze , eyes darting at all our plates . Psycho mum flipped her s**t and screamed at my sister and me that we were 'vile disgusting greedy pig gannets 'for both eating 2 tarts the same flavour when the house rule is. .. When eating jam tarts you can only have ONE of any flavour if eating multiple tarts !!!! WtF l!! Like why would we know that was a house rule as it was the first ( and last) time we had been there and even at 6 and 8 yrs old a rule regarding any desserts was ever mentioned before anywhere. Myself and sister still now 30 yrs on still feel on edge when we see jam tarts . However the absolute obvious terror and visible shaking from her kids ( the teens reaction seemed more scary) made it more traumatic of a memory, as this was a BIG DEAL and clearly there had been severe consequences in the past for this broken rule . We never asked them all why this was a rule and why they were so scared and never talked about the incident with them ..probs because i was to scared to hear the answers.
Krystle Deschene 2 years ago
This doesn't make sense. If she came back in and the plate was empty, who's to say the "other " children are 2 strawberry each. Maybe all the kids ate one strawberry each and a lemon and black current each..... 4 kids, and 4 strawberry tarts, 2 lemon and 2 black current. Kid one and two each Te a strawberry and a lemon. Kids three and four ate a strawberry and a black current each. There's no way mom could have known who ate what feom am empty foil wrapper.
Jessica Reitzell 2 years ago
That's sad. These leave me wondering if we should be doing a better job of teaching our children how to recognize when their friends are being abused and how/who to tell.
Andy Cran 2 years ago
pmsl I remember those jam tarts,bleedin horrible things....on a different note is it because those who have these crazy house rules truly believe they exist in other people's homes as an unwritten rule everybody else has and think them to be completely "normal" and acceptable 🤔...I'm just trying to get to reasoning of people's rationale
#43
Don’t sit in this one dining room chair because it was the dog’s. He was too short to climb up on it, but it was “his” chair.
Elizabeth Brown 2 years ago
:D this one makes sense though! They could teach the dog to only use the one chair, so they keep it free for them
Load More Replies... Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
My parents' cat had a dining room chair she liked. We'd warn company, because they'd have hair all over the back of their pants.
Moosy Girl 2 years ago (edited)
You probably don’t want to know what he did with it to make it ‘his chair’. :p
RabidChild 2 years ago
Growing up, my family had a Samoyed and she had her own place at the dinner table. She ate dinner with us every night.
#44
You couldn't ask for/get a drink half way through a meal, you either had to ask for/get one before you were served or wait until you were done, I could never understand it.
Say No to Downvoting 2 years ago
Is it possible that this one was simply born of a tired mum wanting to just sit down and eat her meal comfortably and not be up and down dealing with drinks and spills etc. through her whole meal?
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
A Christmas Story: "My mom hadn't eaten a hot meal in fourteen years."
Load More Replies... Rebelliousslug 2 years ago
My grandmother was an excellent cook but she was a true southerner and most food was fried/salty and she always made huge meals. She wouldn’t let us drink until after we finished eating because she thought we were too skinny. We were normal size for our ages
#45
I've run into a few odd ones over the years: At one friend's house, only the father was allowed to touch the TV. Turning it on or off, changing the channel, adjusting the volume or antenna, didn't matter. It had to be done by Dad. And if the father wasn't home or was busy elsewhere in the house, the TV couldn't be used. At another, very sheltered, kid's house, the TV wasn't allowed to be turned on before 5pm. I can still remember the mother saying to us "Television is a nighttime entertainment only." The kid in question (this was about first or second grade) was AMAZED when he found out about before and after school cartoons while visiting our house! In fact, he didn't even realize TV stations were on the air before 5pm. His parents didn't let him come over anymore after he apparently told them all about the cartoons we watched at my house... At a relative's house, everybody had to be in bed and asleep by 11:00pm. Watching a sporting event or movie that isn't over yet? Too bad, it's bedtime. Wanted to see your favorite comedian guesting on "The Tonight Show?" Nope. Still working that Sunday crossword puzzle? You'll have to finish it tomorrow. Major news event happening and you want to keep tabs on the latest reports? Sorry, it's time to sleep. Even if throwing a party for grown adults, and things were fun and lively with cocktails and snacks, all the guests knew to be out of the house by 10:59pm, because by 11:00 it was bedtime for the hosts. Yes, even on New Year's Eve. Lastly, in high school I had a friend whose parents would rearrange the living room furniture every three months so the carpet would wear evenly.
elissajshields 2 years ago
I mean, I sort of get it. If you want your kids to be more active during the day and not watching TV all of the time. If your motive is you want them to experience life outside of TV time, but have a little bit of leniency.
Andy Cran 2 years ago
I lived with an aunt (mothers sister)and a couple of cousins when I was in my late teens (away from home for job training), although I was grateful for free rent food etc....she was a very odd woman, cousins were awesome guys too as well as my uncle ...she would on Saturday night at 10pm declare it was bedtime for everyone (as that ,as it turned out was her scheduled jiggy time with uncle)....yep three teenage lads being told it's bedtime was effing weird,it's not like we could go out anywhere as the house was in the middle of nowhere,pre internet,just surrounded by fields and being teens we had no money either....was the most bizarre situation but she did make the best lasagna ever... strange woman
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 2 years ago
When I was growing up in the UK, TV stations really WEREN'T on air all day.
#46
No Disney in the hpuse back in the 80's. The first babysitting job I ever had was when I was 12 The neighbor called and asked if I could babysit. The Disney halloween special was about to come on and it was my favorite but I said yes because I figured I could just go watch it with the kids. I get over there and they start going over the rules for the kids and one was no Disney and apparently we could only watch anime cartoons. This was the 80's. I didn't know anything about Moonies or their weird rules. I said okay then me and the kids watched the Disney Halloween special anyways. They obviously didn't rat me out because I kept babysitting for her and it was never brought it up. I never did it again. If I had known ahead of time I would have just said no and stayed home to watch the one thing I looked forward to every year. Yeah they were in a cult but still really nice people.
#47
My aunt doesn’t let anyone kill flies in her house
She also lets rats and raccoons live in her attic because “they have nowhere else to live”
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
She might rethink that when they chew through wiring and she has to shell out mucho money for the repairs.
Andy Cran 2 years ago
I admit to not killing spiders in my home, even during their scurrying mating season,not for any superstitious reasons but because they are clean creatures that deal with other household bugs that occur naturally and spiders don't really bother me,not that we have any dangerous ones here in UK (apart from false widow but leave them alone they leave you alone)....though I did get a jumpscare from a massive harvest spider once...a gf was always getting me to deal with "massive" spiders which turned out to be tiny little things about the size of my thumbnail until one day I had to go deal with yet another "massive" spider ...yep this baby was huge a good palm spread size and in proportion (not like tiny body and really long legs or anything) almost shat myself!!!
Richard Michael 2 years ago (edited)
EW! So her attic is filled with rodent and raccoon poop?!?!
#48
Attended a birthday slumber in middle school for a girl that I wasn’t really close with. My mom wanted me to go because she knew the girl didn’t have a ton of friends.
So, it’s a weekend night, probably a Friday. We’re all in our sleeping bags on the floor, giggling and talking like most middle school girls do. Her mom comes in at like 9pm and tells us it’s time for bed and if she hears any of us talking, she’ll call our mothers and make them come pick us up. Ffs. Who does that?
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Every single adult who’s had to look after a load of children and wants them to be quiet but doesn’t really mean it? Although I don’t know how old middle school is so maybe 9pm is a little early.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
You start at 9, it usually doesn't happen until ~11, lol.
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#49
My aunt had a rule that nobody was allowed to use the bed comforters to actually sleep under. Comforters were just for looks, and had to be removed and folded up before going to bed.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
You throw the comforter in the fireplace, of course.
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A dude who likes to drum 2 years ago (edited)
I only have a comforter it’s what I use to sleep with, also THE NAME LITERALLY HAS THE WORD COMFORT IN IT, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMFY C’MON!!!
The Goo King 2 years ago (edited)
I *hate* those show pillows when I'm on holiday. You just have to annoyingly pile them up somewhere out the way. Some places you lose half the storage space to pointless pillows that are covered in beads and stuff and are therefore useless as actual pillows.
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#50
I heard about a woman who, when she went to nursing school, would wash her feet in the toilet every night before bedtime. When asked why she did that, she said she was from a large family, and they would all line up at bedtime and do this. This would have happened in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Lyone Fein 2 years ago
Maybe the toilet was the only indoor plumbing they had?
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#51
My mom’s house. Leave the mirrors in the bushes, all pennies stay where they are, no playing music, no cellphones and always apologize to/thank your food.
#52
I went to my childhood friend’s house for dinner and her dad legitimately refused to let us drink any water for an hour before dinner so we didn’t “spoil our appetite”
Michael Largey 2 years ago
What was for dinner? Watercress sandwiches with watermelon on the side and saltwater taffies for dessert??
#53
I had a friend in middle school whose parents had very strict rules. No shorts or tank tops allowed, even for pajamas. I brought shorts and a t-shirt to sleep in and the mom freaked. Found a pair of sweatpants for me and informed me I wasn't permitted to leave my friend's bedroom without a bra on. She also woke us up by singing some "Rise and Shine" song and clapping her hands. The kids weren't permitted to speak while eating, and you ate what was on your plate and then waited to be dismissed. If you didn't clean your plate, you had to sit at the table till you did. Television only allowed on public broadcasting on approved shows. We stopped being friends after she came over to my house and we watched Labyrinth and TMNT (the 1990 version, TYVM). Her parents found out, called my parents, and the next time I saw her at school, she said she wasn't allowed to speak to me anymore. I felt bad for her. Edit: The song got in my head, so I went and found it. Listen at your own risk. https://youtu.be/olBzSdX1vF4?feature=shared
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
My parents love it. Well, my mom mostly loved David Bowie’s tight pants.
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Steph Bombardier (Stephhhh) 2 years ago
i just watched labyrinth with my 5 yo brother and my mom thought it was fine (she was right there while we watched (she always stays when i watch tv with him bc she wants to make sure i don't show him my "evil teenager shows" (for context, the most evil show i watch is gravity falls)))
#54
I had a high school best friend who had to change out of her school clothes the minute she got in the door. Her mom was also oddly obsessed with her patting her face dry instead of rubbing it. I guess that’s not a rule, but I can remember 2 separate occasions where she got in trouble for this. Apparently because it ages you (?) but her mother would also buy us smokes, so…. EDIT: I’ve really been enjoying reading all these replies, and TIL that maybe WE were the weird house because we didn’t have this rule! :D
Andy Cran 2 years ago
getting changed from school clothes to "playing out" clothes isn't odd at all,it's for very practical and economical reasons...I along with many of my peers done this as kids and it still happens with today's kids... would often go and knock for someone after school (yes when the world wasn't electronically connected) and ask someone's parent (yes parents answered the door mainly back in the dark ages) if so and so was coming out to play and the response would often be "yes they're just getting changed out of school clothes" ,damnit used to be a race as to who could get changed quicker 😁
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Ha ha, exactly! It’s a good idea, those clothes would be grubby, or if they weren’t too bad, it’s best to hang them up and re-iron to get another wear out of them! When I’ve been to London, I always change my clothes when I get in, you don’t know what you’ve sat on on the bus, tube or hospital!
Tyke 2 years ago
Not trying to be antagonistic but do you do the same after going on public transport, to public places (cafes, cinema) where you live?
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White Sauce Hot Sauce 2 years ago
Pat drying is better for the skin than rubbing, but mom seemed to take that a little too far with her kids.
#55
No eating in the dining room. A woman I know kept her dining room table set with all her china and crystal all the time. The family ate on tv trays in the den.
Andy Cran 2 years ago
not stupid it's ridiculous,all to often it's about putting on a "show" for others and a fear of being socially judged,now that's ridiculous....my mother was very similar about us kids not using anything everything had to be prim and proper my brother and I would often (when older) ask if she was expecting a surprise inspection from the queen
Load More Replies... Victoria Pitt 2 years ago
This is probably kind of common. I always grew up with a living room table that was separate from the kitchen table. Used for special occasions / holidays only. Most of my friends did as well. Ironically as an adult I ended up purchasing a house that is on the small side and has neither a kitchen table or a dining room. I can eat at the island counter or sit on the sofa and use the coffee table. We have one that rises to a table height for comfortable eating.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
"We have one that rises to a table height for comfortable eating." I have exactly the same table - works great!
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Richard Michael 2 years ago
God, my mother did this. We never even used that damn table. Not once!
#56
I was required to take my shoes off at the door. Totally normal, right? Except their house was neglected AF and every surface was covered in filth: dog hair, person hair, dirt, old spills, dirty clothes, etc. I would've rather kept my shoes on in her house. ETA: It was my best friend's house, so I was over all the time for years. We didn't use slippers and definitely walked barefoot/socks on that nasty floor.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
How unsanitary! Curious as to what they thought was being brought in on the shoes? Might have been better to leave the shoes on and take some of the c**p out!
#57
It wasn’t exactly a house rule but more of a lack of one. I went over to a friend’s house for the first time when I was about 15 and her dog took a s**t on the floor. Well, it was a very new puppy and these things happen, I suppose, just needs more work on toilet training or let it outside more often. What floored me was that my friend just kinda draped a shirt from the hamper over the dog’s turds, shrugged, and said “my dad’s the one who usually cleans it.” It was the last time I went over to her house. If she couldn’t even be bothered to pick up dog s**t off the floor god knows what else was going on in that house.
#58
Rented a basement room in a house after college for a couple months while my internship finished up. The family said no flushing the toilet after midnight-were VERY clear this was IMPORTANT. Being in college I was a frequent enjoyer of social establishments, so coming home late at night after the bar left me with few options…(sorry downstairs sink!)
arthbach 2 years ago
A flushing loo can be loud and disturb others in the household. Don't urinate in the sink, use the loo, and flush in the morning. Or have a bucket of water by the loo, and use that to flush.
Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago
Maybe it made a mad rattle noise through the house and woke everyone up
#59
I stayed on a friend's house for a few days as a student, and he was adamant I put dirty toilet paper in the corner for the compost, rather than flushing it. I thought he was joking until I used the bathroom and saw it there.
Richard Michael 2 years ago
In some 3rd world countries, this is common. You cannot flush the paper there because it would clog up the system.
RandomPerson (She/They) 2 years ago
I would simply die. Right then and there, I would collapse on the floor and die.
#60
Kids arent allowed to sit on the sofa
Say No to Downvoting 2 years ago
My kids aren’t allowed to sit on “the good sofa” when they’ve been playing outside/at school etc and have sand in their pockets and food on their hands and faces. They have their own couch for that. Are we weird?
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago (edited)
I mean, it's an subjective stance. I personally wouldn't purchase a couch that's not suitable for my environment. I had 18 years of crappy furniture because I knew my cats would destroy it. Now I have good furniture because I no longer have cats or children. That's just how I look at it though, and you are definitely allowed to have your own opinion about it. 🤗
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#61
Parents that allowed their kids to use the most profane language as long as they used it in a proper sentence.
KnightOwl 2 years ago
Not that unusual, different cultures have very different attitudes to cursing. Where I live in scotland cursing (or swearing as we call it) is very common and not really seen as offensive. Most people don't care if kids swear as long as they're not swearing directly at someone, it depends on the context. Brits in general have a very relaxed view to swearing and often use swear words and insults as terms of endearment for family members or friends.
RabidChild 2 years ago (edited)
My son came to me when he was 10 and asked if he could say the "C" word. I was a bit taken aback, and asked, "What's the "C" word? He whispered, "C**p." I said sure, in fact, he could have a new "bad" word every year on his birthday! That lasted about three years before the dam broke and he was cursing just as much and with as much creativity as the rest of the fam. We consider language an art form and a means of expression.
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Elizabeth Brown 2 years ago
Me family tends to cuss a lot, I was actually one of the only ones not cussing at a young age. Two of my cousins, who are siblings, said they were allowed to cuss as long as they knew it was OK with the people around them. They couldn't go to church and cuss a ton without getting in trouble, but at home and family events they were fine
Andy Cran 2 years ago
using swear words appropriately and within context is a sign of intelligence and a fuller vocabulary... much research has be done on it.... swearing for the sake of swearing in my mind denotes lower intelligence.... George Carlin does a great skit on swearing,I think it's called "proper English" it's available online somewhere if you look for it
Sherri Mantooth Bagwell 2 years ago
I recently babysat for a family with two kids around 7 & 9. The first time I heard the youngest drop an "F bomb", I asked to make sure that's what I thought I heard. She said her parents let them cuss... As long as it's only at home. 🙄
#62
When we slept at my best friends house growing up we weren't allowed water after 8pm because that's when her mom went to bed and she didn't want us waking her up to use tue bathroom. She had a little yippy dog who would bark at every little sound and if we came out to use the bathroom, she would bark. I only slept over there a handful of times lol
Sans Serif 2 years ago
If only not drinking water after 8 PM would keep me from needing to get up during the night - sheez!
#63
Pretty low on the bizarre scale just something unusual I guess. I had a friend whose family dressed up for dinner Sunday nights. Dad and the brothers were ties and a jacket, mom and the sister, fancy dresses. It wasn’t a religious thing either.
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
Yeah, we used to do that as a kid. Seemed perfectly normal to us at the time. That was the one day of the week when grandparents came for dinner (all dolled up too). And when we used the best china, silver cutlery too.
#64
At one of my Aunt & Uncle's house, everyone had to turn the water on and off multiple times during a shower. Like turn it on to get wet, turn off to shampoo, back on to rinse hair...etc
Tyke 2 years ago
I have to do that at my friend's flat in Spain - or the hot water runs out super quick
54 s 2 years ago
Yup. My place in France was the same way. Attic apartment with a water tank that was smaller than the toilet tank. Except the shower head had a little switch to flip so the water was still on just didn't come out so you didn't have to worry about it getting cold while you were washing.
Load More Replies... Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
Sounds like drought-induced stage 4 water restrictions in my home town.
Steph Bombardier (Stephhhh) 2 years ago
so you have to take military showers? its a nice way to save water, i guess, but seems unnecessary for guests
#65
Grandparents of my childhood friend. We weren't allowed to step on the doorsteps/thresholds. We always had to step over it, never directly on. Still don't know why.
Stardust she/her 2 years ago
I wonder if your friend was Hindu as we aren’t supposed to step on the thresholds
Brian Droste 2 years ago
Googled this. This dates back to ancient cultures. People believed that brides were especially susceptible to evil spirits through the soles of their feet, and many of those evil spirits supposedly like to hang out on the threshold on homes.
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Part of the tradition of "carrying the bride over the threshold"...
Load More Replies... Mrs Irish Mom 2 years ago (edited)
Step on a crack you break your mothers back... old saying but people are weird they still wont walk under a ladder and think there life is over if they break a mirror
Stygtand 2 years ago
I never walk under a ladder, you might get hit by something dropped from the ladder.
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#66
Not sure if it qualifies as a house rule but my now fiancé lived with some of his extended family when we first met, and the matriarch of the house absolutely insisted on my fiancé being on time and downstairs to eat dinner at the table every night while her son rarely came down for dinner. It was a little off for sure, her son usually stayed in his room playing video games until like 8-9 at night and he would pop down and make his plate and head right back to his room. But one time we were “late” for dinner (I should mention, dinner was served like over an hour earlier than usual this particular night) and we both got stern long texts about it and were told it was our responsibility to clean her kitchen up after dinner?? I didn’t live there, been dating my then boyfriend for like 4 months at this point. Thought it was a B I Z A R R E house rule
#67
once I went to a house and the entire house is just covered in cloths...the parents were raising a big a*s rabbit in the kitchen which is also covered in clothes and they have an entire wall of dvds for some reason and we were not allowed to watch any of them...also we were not allowed to move the clothes around
#68
No pda of any kind for anyone. Not like "no makeout sessions", but no holding hands between couples, no kiss on the cheek, etc.
#69
When I was a teenager I went to my friends house and his mom was like “house rules: we’re gonna go around the table and introduce ourselves before we say grace (like hi my name is *x* and I’m *y* years old and I like *z*).” I got up and walked outside and called my mom to come pick me up. Mf psychopaths.
Jinx (she/her) 2 years ago
I can see this, if it was your first time there. a way to get to know the family, and them you. that said, if they do it everyday with themselves, then yea, that's weird
#70
When I was young, my parents regularly brought me over to this couple's house... we'll call them John and Mary. John and Mary had no kids. However, John was a huge nerd that had toys and video games and so it was generally a fun time to go there while they went off and did "adult s**t". However, they had a rule that nobody pooped indoors. It isn't that their toilets didn't work, or that they had plumbing problems, or anything that would make sense. Peeing indoors wasn't an issue, they just didn't like the smell of lingering s**t in the house. Any time someone had to make the poopies, they had to go to an outhouse and dump in there. I never learned what they did with it. It's not like they had a garden or anything that I can recall would warrant doing this. It's just... weird.
#71
I met a girl at a new school and she invited me to spend the night and asked me “do you smell bad though? We had a girl over once and she smelled so bad, so my parents wanna know if you smell bad.” I never went to her house, went home one day and mom said we were moving back to our old neighborhood so i never went back to that school again
#72
While on a Rotary exchange to Denmark for a year my host family post dinner always rolled dice. The Lower did the clean up and dishes. Sometimes I hit a bad stretch of roll luck and was in the suds for quite a while.
#73
It wasn't a rule as such, but my friend in our early twenties was living in the family home alone as his mum moved in with her boyfriend and she put post it notes all over the house with the rules. Like flush the toilet. Replace the loo roll. Turn the lights off. They were everywhere.
María Hermida 2 years ago
The crazy thing here is the post-its everywhere, but the "rules" sound absolutely logical. Perhaps the house was like a pigsty and they wanted to avoid confrontation.
Jessica Reitzell 2 years ago
I suspect this friend didn't quite have a grasp of the basics just yet. I don't think I knew any men in college who did.
#74
Wi-Fi turned off at 10pm. 2 grown adults. No valid reason.
Say No to Downvoting 2 years ago
Is sleeping hygiene and making time to spend together and not looking at screens a valid reason?
Michael Largey 2 years ago
When we go to bed (usually around 10 p.m.) we unplug the computers, the printer, the wi-fi router, etc in case of a lightning strike or power surge.
#75
I work in EMS and once got called out for an unknown problem. We get to the house , and this older woman stops us at the door, and hands us booties to put on. Nbd , our boots are gross , and we’re respectful. Then she asks us to sanitize our hands . Again, nbd. She looks us up and down, eyes our equipment, and asks us to wipe it down with lysol wipes . Ok? We aren’t sure why we’re there yet, so I ask if its ok if I wipe the bag down as we walk inside , and my partner can wipe down the monitor, and we’ll leave everything else on the porch. Cool. So we’re walking , we’re talking , we’re wiping , she’s telling us her husband was having some indigestion and she felt like he wasn’t taking it seriously , ok alright ok, we walk into a HOARDER HOUSE and fire is working an active arrest NO BOOTIES OR LYSOL SMELL. We kind of take a beat like , what the hell? And then the lady dumps some sort of salt/ash/herb mixture on us , tells us we’re blessed, and says she had to get rid of our evil attachments before we could come in and perform our medical duties . Im fully aware there may have been some mental health issues going on. Im also extremely well versed on various spiritual and cultural practices, and wasn’t even mad I got herbed or salted or ashed. I wasnt confused about being cleansed of attachments, s**t made sense . YOU DIDNT MAKE THOSE HO A*S FIRE FIGHTERS WITH THEIR COMMUNITY D***S AND ALL THEIR WHACK A*S VIBES GET CLEANSED BEFORE THEY CAME IN? THAT ONE HAS FUCKBOY TATTOED ON HIS CHEST AND THAT ONE DID IT AND THEY BOTH WERE DRUNK! Respectfully maam, with love, that’s b******t lmfao.
KnightOwl 2 years ago
So she made the paramedics wear protective booties and be 'cleansed' before entering but had a house full of firefighters who weren't forced to do the same? Weird but I really don't understand the anger towards the firefighters in the last paragraph, they didn't do anything wrong?
#76
This one time my SIL told us to take our shoes off before entering the house and leave our shoes outside so for a brief split second we were walking on her little patio area barefoot. What was weird about this was that this was the first, last, and only time this was asked of us
#77
don't drink coffee with a spoon, "otherwise you will pierce your eye"...
Ace 2 years ago
Well yeah, leaving the spoon in a mug while drinking from it is normally frowned upon. Nothing weird about this one.
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
Yep, been there done that, and broke my reading glasses too.
Load More Replies... Victoria Pitt 2 years ago
Sometimes I do this if I'm too lazy to get up and put the spoon in the sink - never had a problem with it hitting my eyes since I simply hold it between my fingers as I drink...
ROSESARERED 2 years ago
My mum used to say that, a friend of hers poked her eye eith rhe spoon still in the cup...we always got told off...and don't chew your nails, they stay in your stomach forever...weird old beliefs
#78
A friend of mine growing up would have to be up by a very set time every morning, even on the weekends, and he would have to recite a Bible verse that he intended to apply to his actions that day. What made this doubly weird is that his family wasn't hyper religious at all. Just.....different.
#79
This one time at a sleep over in the morning we got breakfast.. they filled up my bowl with cereal and poured like 2 drops of milk on it.. i was like wtf fill that s**t up.. Then years later i realized they were trying to save money..
Andy Cran 2 years ago
while living at my aunt's house we weren't allowed sugar on cereal like "cornflakes" or "rice crispies" ,I can understand pre sweetened cereal "Coco pops" etc....her reasoning was and she vehemently pointed out on the packet that the "cornflakes" etc already had sugar as an ingredient included....as I mentioned in an earlier post.... strange woman
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Not easily enforceable (family I nannied for had this rule and the kids would just wait until you weren't in the rom and add the sugar) but reasonable. We were allowed one spoon of sugar on weet-bix as they weren't sweet, but none on cornflakes or rice bubbles. I didn't even think it was an option to put sugar on them, until I went on school camp and others were doing it, then I argued it with my mum and she allowed one spoon on them as well.
Load More Replies... #80
Once I broke down in front of this old guy's farm. It was late at night so he offered for me to stay but I had to sleep in the bed with his beautiful single daughter. It was freaky weird.
What do you think ?
SheamusFanFrom1987 2 years ago
And that, Pandas all over, is why I prefer Home-Sweet-Home. I get some of the rules of being in a house that isn't yours but some over here are just downright ridiculous... -_-
Tempest 2 years ago
When I was young my siblings and I used to visit a teacher’s house for some extra classes (usually over the weekend). Her house was covered head-to-toe in pet fur and stuff because she had about a dozen cats and dogs. Furniture was covered in fur and the floor was sticky from mud prints and all sorts of other secretions and stuff from the pets. She loved saving animals off the streets and housing them which is such a great deed, but she should either know her limit or learn to be cleaner. My parents used to force her to wipe clean the table and chairs we’ll be using during the study visit. She was actually a little crazy (frequently got complaints from neighbors, got kicked out of houses, etc) but was good in the subject she taught so we continued to go to her house for several years.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
My sister hated going to one of her friend's houses, because they had 5+ cats and it stank of p**s all the time. Even worse (for her at least) his mum collected porcelain dolls and had them all over the house. She was very happy when he moved in with his dad instead.
Load More Replies... Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
OMG I could not make it through that list. Abusive and just plain f'd up - OK the kissing the slammed door was not bad. I feel SOOO much better about the small ways I f'd up parenting, and I have apologized for the mistakes I make and made.
Joy 2 years ago (edited)
My house growing up was always the weird one. Every single door in the house, every cabinet, closet, etc had a lock on it. We had special locks for the sinks, refrigerator and stove as well. All the windows were bolted shut. All of this because my little sister is a nonverbal autistic and loved to destroy things and run away. It also didn't help that my mom was hyper-religious. If I somehow managed to have a friend over to spend the night, bedtime would be at 9pm sharp. No movies or books that had even a hint of magic in them. One of my friends brought over a Stephen King book and my mom made us keep it outside the bedroom so demons don't harm us. My mom even slept downstairs on the couch near us one time because we were talking after 9pm. It's a wonder I had any friends at all. I feel bad for putting them through that.
Ben Churchill 2 years ago
Since that Reddit thread is archived, I'll post my own example here. I have two, now that I think about it. Both of these were childhood friends' house rules. At one friends house we were not allowed to drink anything during dinner; we could only drink after finishing our meal, and even at that, our glasses were only ever half-filled. I didn't understand that one as a kid, but I think maybe it was some idea about digestion? At the same house we were also not given towels after a bath/shower, and we were told to "drip-dry". I'm not sure what the reason for that rule was either. At another friends house, his mother would rearrange their furniture...in every single room, every couple weeks. I would visit and everything would be in completely different places all the time. My friend was just resigned to it, even when she rearranged his room. His mom also put plastic coverings on the furniture, and plastic "runners" on the carpet to prevent wear on high-traffic areas.
Kiwii Stone 2 years ago
The not drinking one is something I remember from a friend's house, too
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Hphizzle 2 years ago
Nannied for a doctor. Didn’t let the kids near their beds with outdoor clothes on. I was like that’s a bit weird and controlling. 20 years later and corona happened, my outdoor clothes don’t go anywhere near my bedroom. Pathologists know what they’re talking about.
Anouk T 2 years ago
Actually I read it now and realise this is an obvious rule in my house and i don’t consider it weird at all! Why would you go into/on bed you sleep in wearing your clothes you had on the bus, at school, on the bench outside etc?! Like come on it’s obvious and quite moly hygiene conscious rule
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Shadow 2 years ago
So I've had to institute a weird rule in my house due to my cat. He loves to play in water, even the water in the toilet bowl. So I tell guests they have to close the lid when done and (jokingly) that the consequence for violating the rule means you have to bathe toilet kitty.
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
I knew a high ranking Army officer thru church. He was an Army doctor & had been in one assignment his entire career. He used to invite me over & then years later when I got married, he invited my wife & I to stay at this place while on vacation from my other assignment. I hate to call it strange but they were peculiar. There was no TV. Never had one. They had a single radio that was used for the news from time to time. There was a record player, no other kinds of music devices. They only served water during meals. Everybody got dressed up to eat together. When the meal was done, the women, my wife included, cleaned up & did dishes. The men went into the living room to talk. I felt like I was in a bygone era. How did their three kids turn out? Wonderful. Top in their classes at West Point, Julliard, & Wesleyan.
RandomPerson (She/They) 2 years ago
I don't really know where to post this, but I was reaching for my bag of candy I got yesterday, trying to get a piece, when my mom told me not to. I was fine with this, but after I stopped trying to get candy, she kept yelling at me for a few minutes. This probably would be fine with most people, but I have always hated being yelled at. It makes me feel like garbage. So I'm super depressed now. In lighter news, apparently I have a Blahaj! Its not exactly the same, but SUPER similar. I showed a comparison to my sibling, and they said it was almost exactly the same! (They also told me that it was weird how obsessed with "some random shark" I am.)
SheamusFanFrom1987 2 years ago
And that, Pandas all over, is why I prefer Home-Sweet-Home. I get some of the rules of being in a house that isn't yours but some over here are just downright ridiculous... -_-
Tempest 2 years ago
When I was young my siblings and I used to visit a teacher’s house for some extra classes (usually over the weekend). Her house was covered head-to-toe in pet fur and stuff because she had about a dozen cats and dogs. Furniture was covered in fur and the floor was sticky from mud prints and all sorts of other secretions and stuff from the pets. She loved saving animals off the streets and housing them which is such a great deed, but she should either know her limit or learn to be cleaner. My parents used to force her to wipe clean the table and chairs we’ll be using during the study visit. She was actually a little crazy (frequently got complaints from neighbors, got kicked out of houses, etc) but was good in the subject she taught so we continued to go to her house for several years.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
My sister hated going to one of her friend's houses, because they had 5+ cats and it stank of p**s all the time. Even worse (for her at least) his mum collected porcelain dolls and had them all over the house. She was very happy when he moved in with his dad instead.
Load More Replies... Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
OMG I could not make it through that list. Abusive and just plain f'd up - OK the kissing the slammed door was not bad. I feel SOOO much better about the small ways I f'd up parenting, and I have apologized for the mistakes I make and made.
Joy 2 years ago (edited)
My house growing up was always the weird one. Every single door in the house, every cabinet, closet, etc had a lock on it. We had special locks for the sinks, refrigerator and stove as well. All the windows were bolted shut. All of this because my little sister is a nonverbal autistic and loved to destroy things and run away. It also didn't help that my mom was hyper-religious. If I somehow managed to have a friend over to spend the night, bedtime would be at 9pm sharp. No movies or books that had even a hint of magic in them. One of my friends brought over a Stephen King book and my mom made us keep it outside the bedroom so demons don't harm us. My mom even slept downstairs on the couch near us one time because we were talking after 9pm. It's a wonder I had any friends at all. I feel bad for putting them through that.
Ben Churchill 2 years ago
Since that Reddit thread is archived, I'll post my own example here. I have two, now that I think about it. Both of these were childhood friends' house rules. At one friends house we were not allowed to drink anything during dinner; we could only drink after finishing our meal, and even at that, our glasses were only ever half-filled. I didn't understand that one as a kid, but I think maybe it was some idea about digestion? At the same house we were also not given towels after a bath/shower, and we were told to "drip-dry". I'm not sure what the reason for that rule was either. At another friends house, his mother would rearrange their furniture...in every single room, every couple weeks. I would visit and everything would be in completely different places all the time. My friend was just resigned to it, even when she rearranged his room. His mom also put plastic coverings on the furniture, and plastic "runners" on the carpet to prevent wear on high-traffic areas.
Kiwii Stone 2 years ago
The not drinking one is something I remember from a friend's house, too
Load More Replies... Hphizzle 2 years ago
Nannied for a doctor. Didn’t let the kids near their beds with outdoor clothes on. I was like that’s a bit weird and controlling. 20 years later and corona happened, my outdoor clothes don’t go anywhere near my bedroom. Pathologists know what they’re talking about.
Anouk T 2 years ago
Actually I read it now and realise this is an obvious rule in my house and i don’t consider it weird at all! Why would you go into/on bed you sleep in wearing your clothes you had on the bus, at school, on the bench outside etc?! Like come on it’s obvious and quite moly hygiene conscious rule
Load More Replies... Shadow 2 years ago
So I've had to institute a weird rule in my house due to my cat. He loves to play in water, even the water in the toilet bowl. So I tell guests they have to close the lid when done and (jokingly) that the consequence for violating the rule means you have to bathe toilet kitty.
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
I knew a high ranking Army officer thru church. He was an Army doctor & had been in one assignment his entire career. He used to invite me over & then years later when I got married, he invited my wife & I to stay at this place while on vacation from my other assignment. I hate to call it strange but they were peculiar. There was no TV. Never had one. They had a single radio that was used for the news from time to time. There was a record player, no other kinds of music devices. They only served water during meals. Everybody got dressed up to eat together. When the meal was done, the women, my wife included, cleaned up & did dishes. The men went into the living room to talk. I felt like I was in a bygone era. How did their three kids turn out? Wonderful. Top in their classes at West Point, Julliard, & Wesleyan.
RandomPerson (She/They) 2 years ago
I don't really know where to post this, but I was reaching for my bag of candy I got yesterday, trying to get a piece, when my mom told me not to. I was fine with this, but after I stopped trying to get candy, she kept yelling at me for a few minutes. This probably would be fine with most people, but I have always hated being yelled at. It makes me feel like garbage. So I'm super depressed now. In lighter news, apparently I have a Blahaj! Its not exactly the same, but SUPER similar. I showed a comparison to my sibling, and they said it was almost exactly the same! (They also told me that it was weird how obsessed with "some random shark" I am.)
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