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“The Look My Wife Gave Me”: 35 People Share Their Weird Habits That They Didn’t Think Were Weird Until Their Spouses Said So
As kids, we were naturally curious — and extremely impressionable. We absorbed the world like little sponges by observing and mimicking everything our parents did. Unconsciously, most of us also picked up some quirky behaviors along the way that turned out to be... a bit weird.
Believe it or not, we may even glide through life completely unaware of these silly rituals, but hey, it's just a thing we do. Only as we grow older and start to create meaningful relationships with people around us, sharing our childhood memories — which we believed were perfectly and totally normal — inevitably leads to confused looks and a few raised eyebrows.
So without further ado, let's dig into this viral thread from humor writer and editor Kristen Mulrooney that took us on a hilarious rollercoaster where this phenomenon was laid out on the table. Turns out, thousands of friends and spouses privy to their loved ones' presumed ordinary behaviors gathered the courage to tell them that, in fact, they’re anything but. We at Bored Panda have gathered some of the most entertaining responses to share with you all, so continue scrolling! Be sure to upvote your favorite tales, and share your own experiences with us in the comments.
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kraftmacaroniandbeez 3 years ago
i will gladly give away some of my family but only the two legged ones
Amy Taylor 3 years ago
My friend's gem of an ex wife got 2 impulse kittens. Now a few years later she's telling their kids that she's taking them to the animal shelter because they are "scratching her furniture" the kids are devastated. What did you think they would do? Get a scratching post or sticky paws!! Don't dump them at a kill shelter!! It infuriates me.
Gianna B D 3 years ago
BP when talking about pets: "We don't abandon family!" BP when talking about people: "Just because they're family doesn't mean that you're obligated to do anything for them."
Lori Sandoval 3 years ago (edited)
The difference being is that pets are domesticated so are entirely reliant on their humans to act like an adult and deal with issues; the "obligation" to family is less of an ethical issue because you are usually dealing with adults who are not helpless.
Load More Replies... Jennie Brown 3 years ago
On of my cats is currently having issues with the litter box, which we are working on and it's very frustrating but she's our responsibility as well as our family so yeah, I would never give away a pet that's misbehaving, there is always a solution
Emily M 3 years ago
My husband had a lot of dogs growing up but his mom only kept one dog long enough for him to see it from a puppy all the way to old age. It was hard on him to have to give away pets. The reason for rehoming was poverty tho, not being jerks.
Lady Lava 3 years ago (edited)
Maybe they shouldn't have taken dogs in the first place, if the chance was so big that they might ran out of money to take care of them. It must have been so sad for both your husband and the dogs, everytime they had to be rehomed. On the other hand I understand the family enjoyed the company of dogs a lot, and with every new dog they hoped for the best that they were able to keep it this time.
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Ben Churchill 3 years ago
My dad did this too, unfortunately. One time he gave away our dog while I was staying at a friend's house. Another time he just opened the door and let another dog out because he thought it was too annoying...
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
We moved house and the cat had an accident soon after, so for the first time in 15 years - he had a litter box. He carefully moved all the litter in to one big pile, sat on top - and pooped over the side. My husband was supprised I gave the cat a treat for his effort. But cat was so proud of himself.
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#2
Den Ver 3 years ago (edited)
When I eat all the candy I bought to give out at Halloween, can I count this as Night Lunch?
Den Ver 3 years ago (edited)
... and do Reese's peanut butter cups count as candy?
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R Adams 3 years ago
Yes, we usually had cereal for supper as kids, now it's cheese and crackers lol
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Manuel Delgado 3 years ago
It's very common for me to be cooking at 12 or 1 am, to indulge myself with some seafood pasta, or chicken tacos, for example.
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Monday 3 years ago
I was not malnourished or under extreme stress and I didn't go through puberty until I was around 16ish. Sometimes it's just genetic.
Donkey boi 3 years ago
It's perfectly normal. There are different stages to puberty. Not just your first period or erection. (WARNING TMI TO FOLLOW) I had my first wet dream at 9 but didn't get pubes until I was 15, then by 16 I had a full beard. But you should be ready for it to start from around 10-12 for biological boys and 8-10 for biological girls.
Load More Replies... Autistic McWolferson the Forth 3 years ago
Rare for the husband to know more about the female body than the wife sometimes. But I guess growing up with that level of neglect can cause that to happen....
Paul Stregevsky 3 years ago
"An optimist is a groom who thinks he has no bad habits." ---Oscar Wilde
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago (edited)
For girls and periods, typically depends on how much body fat you have. Super athletic/skinny girls typically start later. I started at 11.
Lil Potato 3 years ago
i am pretty thin and in mostly good health and I started at 10
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Apparently, Kristen’s tweet was inspired by two recent conversations she had with her husband: "When I was in elementary school, one of the best parts of the day was when the whole class walked across the school together for a big group bathroom trip," she said in an interview with BuzzFeed. "And he was like, '...that's not as normal as it sounds like you think it is.'"
"Then later that day, something came up about school dances, and my husband said, 'I'm not sure if this is normal for public schools, but we always had a random priest show up to chaperone our middle school dances.' I was like, 'I am very sure that is NOT normal.'"
The responses to Kristen's tweet were filled with similar tales where people gladly exposed their spouses’ quirky behaviors, from peculiar eating habits to outright odd phrases like "don’t forget to chirp the car" — which is a totally normal thing clearly everyone says.
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Pumpkin Spice 3 years ago
I'll stay FAR away from you, we've enough pumpkin spice monstrosities for the century!
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Al Christensen 3 years ago
My mother came from a culture where seasonings were only salt and pepper (used sparingly). I grew up wondering why people could be so enthusiastic about things like spaghetti and tacos.
Iampenny 3 years ago
But why would she make them if she didn't think they tased good? Obviously, she knows how they taste when make by professional cooks
Isa Car 3 years ago
maybe she still considers them edible even when they don't taste like in a restaurant? Or she was raised to eat food regardless of taste? That would fit with the "never been around spices enough to learn how to use them".
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GlamourGhoul 3 years ago
My husband's family doesn't use spices either! The dinners I've gone through eating bland food 🤦🏻♀️ When they have dinner at our house they can't stop complimenting my food!
Autistic McWolferson the Forth 3 years ago
I CAN RELATE!!!! I never had good food until I turned 19 and moved out. I didn't even know what soy sauce was... it was that sheltered a life they forced me to live. Still mad about the decades of lack-of-flavor in my life to this day.
GamerChick5567 3 years ago
Lol. Reminds me of my cousins bestie. When they were kids he and his parents came here to socal from russia. European food usually isnt spicy so when my cousin showed him regular doritos he went crazy for them and thought they were the spicest snack ever. 😆.
AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 3 years ago (edited)
Before the iron curtain went down, I worked with a lady who had recently moved from Romania to Southern California. Yes, she was happy about her new freedom, but she was absolutely thrilled about the food. She loved going to the supermarket, couldn't believe the selection. She'd never seen a banana before and she loved eating them with her lunch. I so enjoyed watching her eat. The little things we take for granted were such a joy to her. She was always discovering something new. I loved watching her pleasure in the little things. I hope wherever she is, she's still enjoying herself.
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Donna Clanclan 3 years ago
I hated it. It was so much worse when I couldn't get my parents to believe that I'd hurt my tailbone. It took about 2 years for mom to give in and let me see a doctor about it. She didn't realize how difficult it is for that area to heal and I didn't have any visible breakage or bruising. I. Hate. Spankings. One of the biggest 'little' issues in romantic relationships. Stopped my siblings from doing the birthday spankings. The kids hated it too. So, hubby and I are at the party and the birthday boy is trying to convince his parents no spanking. I offhandedly said 'Eh, Uncle can take your spanking for you.' The adults instantly got uncomfortable and no kid was birthday spanked again.
Epona 3 years ago
I know of them but do not remember (and hope I am not repressing anything!) ever having them on any childhood birthdays. What a bizarre (AKA: wrong and inappropriate) concept!
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Dan 3 years ago
REALLY depends on who's doing the spanking, and the spirit in which it's intended.
Key Lime 3 years ago
Birthday Bumps. Someone took you under the arms and another person under the knees and they would bounce your butt on the ground once for every year. Sometimes an extra one for good luck.
2x4b523p 3 years ago
In my country they grabbed you by ankles and wrists, swinged you sideways and bumped you against a volunteer who got on his knees and elbows, as many times as the years you turned. It was only ever done in school class as a “thank you” after you distributed candy to every classmate.
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Joshua Russell 3 years ago
I used to love watching the fighter jets blast by over my house, I was sad when they closed the local AFB.
MellonCollie 3 years ago
Same here, but for helicopters!! Didn't really like the fighter jets that much when they where flying over. But hearing their engines roar from about 12 km away was impressive. It's a very specific sound. I've always thought they were testing the engines when we'd hear that sound, but I'm not sure.
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RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
Most kids are civilians. The use of child soldiers is generally frowned upon, and illegal in most countries. I would also be uneasy if i found out my wife was forced to kill at a young age. I was in the military, my girlfriend was a civilian. My kids, if i had any then would have been civilians. I'm no longer in the military, and so I'm a civilian, and happy to be one.
leo mont 3 years ago
i dont think that's what this person meant as "civilian children," but i can see where you got to that conclusion. they meant one of their parents was in the military, and in the US, its very common for military families to live on bases where the parents works. they weren't a child soldier, they were the child of a soldier
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Amber Miller 3 years ago
Air force and Navy brat here! Only the special ones can tell the difference in sound between F-14 Tomcat vs F-16 Fighting Falcon. Iykyk. Right!!
Bienlunée 3 years ago
Marine radar intercept officer father flew F4s, flying coke machines they called them.I miss hearing them scream through the air.
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Sanchez Vasile 3 years ago
no, there's even a word for this category - military brats. and their number keeps growing every year, since the pauper civilians can't afford many children.
erna hapsari 3 years ago
my son can distinguish different kinds of motorcycle by its engine sound. Husband owns a vehicle repair shop.
liam newton-harding 3 years ago
I'm the same way with guns. I'm non-military, British. Was watching a show, Tim Roth's "Lie To Me". The episode involved GI's being shot by Insurgents. Audio is given to to the team, of the firefight. I hear the gunshots, and turn to my wife, "Those are MP-5's, not AK-47's. They were short by American mercenaries, not Insurgents." Turned out I was right, my American wife has never quite looked at me in the same way :)
Dana Ondráčková 3 years ago
I tend to recognised And describe scents And smells Just sniffing it. I freak my coworkers when I mention someone changed their perfume And it smells different now, or I said the main ingredient in coworkers cologne, he Google it, I was right
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
We were in Aden in 1966/67, my dad would tell me the names of different types of tank as they drove down the road outside our house. He swears I used to identify them by sound
Kristen’s viral thread only goes to show how universally relatable this topic is. It looks like virtually everyone has some weird habits from their childhood that just stuck with them for the rest of their lives. On top of that, it proves they inevitably bubble to the surface with adulthood, and often in hilarious ways.
Unsurprisingly, bizarre behavior patterns especially become visible when we find that special person with whom we can create a long-lasting relationship. Of course, relationships are a beautiful thing that makes you feel loved and adored by someone close to your heart. But they also teach you about the world, life, and, most importantly, yourself.
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*Laws*Of*Anarchy* 3 years ago
Me too. And I either sprinkle the seasoning on top of it, or save that for broth to drink.
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Black Pearl 3 years ago
I eat cereal dry just because I hate how milk makes cereal soggy after a while.
Rannveig Ess 3 years ago
A bowl for cereal with a partition, so you can dip your cereal into the milk as you see fit .... https://www.amazon.com/Obol-Original-Cereal-Spiral-Design/dp/B00CU6PEJO
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Birgit Sommer 3 years ago
You should see the looks when lactose intolerant me uses orange juice instead of milk for cereals. Tastes sooooooooo much better anyways.
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago
Don't know why you got downvoted. I mean, you like what you like and that doesn't seem offensive
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Ivy la Sangrienta 3 years ago
I had milk in my breakfast cereal but I often ate it dry as an after school snack, straight out of the box. Good times.
XrAtCaTkiD 3 years ago
i snack on tortillas with nothing on them and i rly like uncooked spaghetti noodles.
Jessica J. 3 years ago (edited)
I ate uncooked noodles...not because there weren't other choices, but I liked them.
SilverSkyCloud 1 year ago
cereal without milk is just another form of popcorn if you think about it
Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 3 years ago
When mom & (step) Dad got together, he couldn't believe mom didn't make us drink the cereal milk. I was an adult before he found out she used powdered milk for us except for dinner. To this day I hate 1% & 2% because it tastes like powdered milk
#8
Donkey boi 3 years ago
Weird, yes! But other words I would use include: Admirable, Impressive, Acceptable, Inspiring, and many others that show how much I want to do this!
Auntie Bear 3 years ago
My mom used to bring a crock pot of hot dogs to an indoor water park and plug it in in the corner. It was soooo embarrassing 😳
AnnwylTheBloodyLovesFerghus 3 years ago
That sounds great! We used to take whatever we were in the mood for. Sometimes we stopped for In N Out burgers, sometimes for pizza or tacos. Always for the 7-11giant drinks. Other times I made chorizo and beans tortas with melty cheddar. I wrapped them in foil to keep them warm. We also made microwave popcorn and took our own candy. The kids wore their p.j.'s, the adults comfy clothes and slippers. It was great fun.
Jennie Brown 3 years ago
I need more information. Was there sauce? Did they all have their own forks??
General Anaesthesia 3 years ago (edited)
It's a drive-in! Snacking on popcorn while you'd rather have home made spaghetti is cruel and unusual punishment.
marianne eliza 3 years ago
Mom cooked hamburgers and added all the fixin's at home, wrapped them individually and labeled with a felt pen, for our family drive-in trips. 6 of us total, 1960's-70's. Brought along chips and soda and homemade cookies. Loaded us all up in the station wagon and away we went.
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Christof Irran 3 years ago
Note to self: Self, be sure to ask the neighbors why their kids are suffocating so they start/continue to avoid you.
Ashley Greer 3 years ago
I’m a nurse and I have told my kiddos the same thing but I haven’t paired it with blue candy! Lol
Anyone who’s been with their partner long enough has seen them at their best and their worst and knows the ins and outs of their behaviors. In some cases, however, these little habits seem cute at first but may morph into giant, annoying, frustrating patterns with time. They are hard to break, after all, no matter how pointless or silly they actually are.
When this seems to be the case, experts suggest taking a step back and thinking about what’s truly important. "The weird things your partner does are a part of who he or she is, and some of the reason why you fell in love," Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D., psychotherapist and author of How to Be Happy Partners: Working It Out Together, told Women’s Health.
Tessina pointed out that in any healthy relationship, couples learn to accommodate each other's quirks. Sometimes that means secretly finding them endearing, even if they're still slightly irritating, she said.
#10
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
It seems very few families play Monopoly, Scrabble, and other popular games strictly by the rules. (Did you know that when you unmortgage your properties in Monopoly you're supposed calculate and pay interest to the Bank?)
bob van wijk 3 years ago
I played it w my 3 kids and got a card that I could pick one player to financially ruin. 3 shocked faces. You aren't gonna pick me, are you? Lets take the next card. This one doesn't count.
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Jennifer Norton 3 years ago
See I don't believe in making games easy for kids. I always taught my kid the right way to play games. Now she is so good she beats the pants off of everyone. She is a quite, introverted sweet girl, until it's game time!
Jerry T 3 years ago
We never really played games growing up so I'm not very competitive when I play them now. I don't really see any real risk in just grabbing all the dice and re-rolling them all, "just to see what happens." My wife's family do not like this approach at all. My brother-in-law can't even watch when it is my turn in Farkle.
Isabel Care 3 years ago
I started a game of Yahtzee once. It was the only time I played. My friend's family played regularly and the dad was very competitive and a very bad loser. My one and only throw...Yahtzee. The dad threw the game across the room and slammed the door on his way out. It was not skill on my part.
Brenda Spagnola-Wilson 3 years ago
Mom refused to "let" us win games, but did modify rules when we were little.
Erjenn Rejano 3 years ago
There's a reason we had to stop playing board games at family gatherings
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Susan S 3 years ago (edited)
Maybe her parents didn't want her getting full off her drink, and not finishing all her food. Also, they probably thought she would drink less on a full tummy; hence, their young child would less likely pee in bed. Also, good kids were the one's who listened to their parents, so it was considered "normal" to smack a child for disobeying. Just a theory as to why older generation parents did stuff like this. I remember my Catholic school 2nd grade nun teacher hitting my hands with a ruler in the 1970's cuz I couldn't read. Times were just different back then.
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
What? Why? There are some foods it's almost impossible to eat without some water.
simply.Taz 3 years ago
I agree!! I can't imagine not being able to drink until after my meal. I would choke to death during that time. Lol
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Scout Finch 3 years ago
Went to a day care where this rule was enforced. No drink until plate clean.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
This is how I was brought up. Don't know why though.
Load More Replies... Ben Churchill 3 years ago
I had a friend whose family was like this. I was SO confused as a kid. They also would only allow a glass to be half-filled with any liquid. Oh, and they didn't have towels to dry after a bath/shower...you were just supposed to "drip dry"...
Alicia M 3 years ago
When I was a kid, my parents had these friends who never served any kind of drink with meals. I always hated when my parents made us eat at their house.
setsuriseikou 3 years ago
I feel you. Hated to eat at my friends' places because of that. My Mom seemed to be the only person in the neighborhood to let people drink while eating.
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Jonn Thundergun 3 years ago
I sort of relate. Not due to any strict rules but I tend to eat all my food then down my drink. Downing the drink gives me the really full feeling that food never seems to give me on it's own. My wife always jokes that she can tell when I'm done with a meal when I slam my drink down lol.
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Dillon McNichols 3 years ago
Not gonna lie, my favorite is a night time shower with just a candle for light. It helps my eyes get used to the dark and is relaxing before bed
Yoga Kitty 3 years ago
They will do so anyway - as soon as you close your eyes for washing out the shampoo...
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Cavern Gill-Vernon 3 years ago
I LOVE a shower in the dark. What do I need to see my body for anyway
alwaysMispelled 3 years ago
So you can see where there is still soap that needs to be rinsed off so it doesn't dry out your skin
Load More Replies... Salacious Shenanigans 3 years ago
It's the best! My Friday night treat after work, and the beginning of my weekend. Mix a drink, put on a favourite playlist, then have a shower in the pitch black. Nothing but the feel of the water, and the music. It's the best vibe ever!!
Cara G 3 years ago
Ahhhhhh yes the shower beer! Almost forgot about that. My pregame ritual back in the day!
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Bjarne McDonald 3 years ago
I know where everything is. Lived here 20 years. Know my body 50 years. Don't need to turn on the light.
But how come so many people move through life completely oblivious to these unbreakable and utterly weird childhood habits? Turns out, many of us realize obvious things only later in life because we’re wired to move common patterns into the background to look out for more novel things.
"This happens because things that are not obvious, that are not common, that stand out, could pose a threat to our well-being, or could be something really rewarding," Joshua Klapow, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist, performance coach, and creator of Mental Drive, told Bored Panda in a previous interview. He stated that we humans "pay more attention to those actions and interactions that grab our attention. The obvious goes in the background, so we reserve brain bandwidth to notice the novel, standout occurrences in our life."
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3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago (edited)
I work in a dealership - we tell each other “don’t forget to chirp/double chirp/alarm lock/alarm/beep/double beep/beep beep/boop boop/brrrp brrrp/cheep cheep/chrrp chrrp/rickroll/chim-chimney-chim-chimney-chim-chim-cheree/*amateur beatbox mouth noises* the cars before we lock up for the night.”
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Trish Batson 3 years ago
That's cute though, I think I'll start saying that, I'm sure it'll make someone smile
Jennifer Norton 3 years ago
My hubby and I say it all the time. He tells me to chirp the car twice to make sure it's locked!
Quitethedilemma 3 years ago
I call the car and garage remotes "doot doots" as that's the sound they make. It's just easier.
Ruth Hempsey 3 years ago
I had a senior moment the other day and referred to the bottle of Dawn dish liquid as kitchen juice. I'm going to use that on my shopping list henceforth.
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Ruby Russoniello-Damaskos 3 years ago
I never thought it was odd that my Native grandmother carried pliers with her to pull quills from dead porcupines on the highway for her beading, or that she wore tall leather work boots to stomp rattlesnakes on our way to the outhouse.
Arliss Speace 3 years ago
I went to a seafood restaurant and asked the waitress, "Do you have Frog's Legs?" She said "Yes sir" I said "Well, HOP ON BACK TO THE KITCHEN AND GET ME A CUP OF COFFEE!" (Padump Pisshh)
Biliegh Berrie 3 years ago
Deer is gamey, duck is gamey, everything but store bought has a strong game flavour to it. Unless you know how to prepare it properly but even then it has a game taste.
Brian Droste 3 years ago
My favorite animal is the squrriel, but if I was starving and it was between me and a squirrel the squirrel would lose.
Theoretical Empiricist 3 years ago
I was in a conversation with a couple people when one talked about hunting squirrels and how much she enjoyed squirrel brains. Horrified, the other person asked, "How much brains are there?" I chimed in "About a forkful".
Totally A Panda 3 years ago
I remember my dad shot a squirrel once and we roasted it over the fire and it was really good!
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moon_magic 3 years ago
I hid a possibly dislocated shoulder (it kind of wrenched under my body weight and did an excruciating pop-grind feeling as I clutched at it on the ground). I just stole the egg donor's pills and hid in my room for a few days until I could move it without screaming. No-one bothered to wonder where I was in that time. Super messed up in hindsight but I was more afraid of my 'parents' than I was of dealing with it alone.
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Annabell 3 years ago
Fück the damn healthcare system in the US! I didn’t have to pay anything when my son broke his arm.
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago (edited)
The second thing is very normal for a lot of people. My husband's parents have unexpected guests all the time, not even limited to family members. People stop by and chat, and if they're family and it's dinner they eat. I don't live this way, but a lot of people do.
Lindsey Rose 3 years ago
Yeps. My ex did this as a teenage boy with a dislocated hip. Yep. For almost 3 whole months. Let's just say after the walk-in Urgent care visit, it was emergency hip surgery the next morning. Ahh yes. Eastern Washington State Mountain Grown Kids.
Michael Travis Risner 3 years ago
I find anyone showing up unannounced to be completely rude. Took some getting used to when I married my wife and her four kids (and their SOs) frequently just "pop in" at all hours of the day and night. No calls. No texts. Just completely random. And none of them lock the door when they leave...
Appalachian Panda 3 years ago
I heard Wil Wheaton on a podcast say that he told his stepson, "Look, it's fine if you want to drop by unannounced, but if you just walk in the door and I'm banging your mom on the sofa, it's your issue, not mine."
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Terry Tobias 3 years ago
My brothers appendix burst one night because he was afraid to wake my parents up to let them know that he was in pain. My father wasn't the easiest person to live with.
Deborah B 3 years ago
That spending a few days pushing yourself around on an office chair because "You can't have broken your leg on the first day of the school holidays" is not normal. After a few days, xrays showed that, guess what, the start of the school holidays doesn't make broken legs less broken.
Whalen With An N 3 years ago
When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s, people always showed up unannounced. Now if someone showed up I wasn't expecting, I wouldn't answer the door. LOL>
Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago
My grandparents and aunts and uncles always dropped by unannounced. No one called first.
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Jhon Smith 3 years ago
I am 33 and did this 6 weeks ago I had a major motor bike accident and didn't tell my family for a few days untill I was in a more stable condition. Not strange to me but the doctors seemed confused that I kept on saying no to contacting them.
But as we all know, fewer things feel different and unknown to us through the course of our lives. As adults, we can finally look at the seemingly common in a more detailed way. "And when we do, we often discover that that obvious has so much more to it that we missed earlier on," the psychologist added.
"Another reason we miss the obvious is that we sometimes are not ready psychologically to handle [it]," Klapow said. "A relationship that is toxic, a love interest that is too intense, a realization that we don’t have a skill or strength we believe we have." These things may be crystal clear to the outside observer, but "our own psychological defenses go up and protect us from seeing the obvious. Because to do so might overwhelm us emotionally and psychologically."
"This pattern can go on for years, until which time we either have the psychological maturity or our life circumstances change such that we can look at the obvious which once posed a psychological threat in a more mature, less defensive way."
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Christof Irran 3 years ago
"Go brush your fangs" - another important phrase missing from the English language. Perhaps I should start referring to my dentist and her assistants as the "Fang Gang."
Dana Ondráčková 3 years ago
My sister called her daughter feet as "little claws" still do till today And the kid is 17, as a joke
ZombieSushi386 3 years ago
My mom called it brushing your snags. Paws meant hands and chickens were your cheeks.
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SPQRBob 3 years ago
In Charles Shulz's Peanuts comic, Lucy famously advises Charlie Brown to treat his depression by going home and eating a "jelly bread sandwich folded over". comforting...00-png.jpg 
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Donkey boi 3 years ago
There were whole generations that thought it was normal. I remember the day that the cane/switch/crop/yardstick disappeared from the classrooms. I think it was in November because I remember we were already talking about Christmas but it was still a little ways off. We walked into the classroom in the morning and it was literally the first thing we noticed when we walked in! That little hook on the wall had nothing hanging on it. Was it broken? Was it hidden for a surprise lashing? Someone had to find out! And what with me being the arsehole hero that I am, I decided I would be the one to do it. I can't remember exactly what I said but, as it was about God, I was guaranteed a wallop. Instead, I was sent outside the classroom and told to stand in the corridor! That night my parents confirmed that, although it was already illegal, the teachers themselves were not liable for prosecution... until now!!!!
SirWriteALot 3 years ago
Had an english teacher who pulled students' hair when they misbehaved. That was just around 1985. Another teacher spanked and actually buttkicked a student, that was around 1980. Europe.
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
My mom had an elementary school teacher who was extremely sadistic. She's a fast reader, so whenever they were supposed to be reading, she would be done earlier than everyone else. The teacher would get mad and accuse her of not doing her work. When she said she was done, the teacher wouldn't believe her and would ask her questions about the story/book to try to prove she hadn't read it. She would get them all right, and the teacher would get so mad that she pulled my mom's braids.
robin aldrich 3 years ago
Oh my God I'm so sorry! I wonder how that teacher feels about other languages being taught in schools?
Lucy Reeves 3 years ago
My Dad once got the cane on the back of his legs in a particularly sadistic teacher's class. Usually it was a few strokes on your hand but this guy seemed to get pleasure out of doing it to little kids. When he went home and my grandmother saw the marks she was beside herself with anger and marched to the school with Dad in tow to confront the teacher. My grandmother wasn't afraid of anyone or anything. She was in London during the Blitz as a member of The Women's Auxiliary Air force and had to see her husband shipped off to join the Royal Engineers in the Middle East. And now some jumped up, petty minded sadist had decided to scar her precious son for what amounted to a minor error? She marched into the classroom and walked up to the teacher and smacked him across the face. He staggered a little and looked both surprised and shocked. As he stood up, she got another smack in on the other side. "You touch my son again and the next time you see me won't be as pleasant." Then they left.
Oddly Me 3 years ago
I went to a religious school where they were permitted to smack our hands with a wooden ruler. Before that they used the wooden ruler with the metal strip inside, and smacked the back of the hands. Not sure if they got in legal trouble, or just felt bad, but they broke some knuckles doing that. So we had palms up.
Once we realize we lived our whole lives believing our weird childhood habits are perfectly ordinary, it’s easy to feel a bit uncomfortable and self-conscious. Perhaps that’s why, according to Klapow, we feel embarrassed — "the obvious is often simple and clear to everyone else."
The creator of Mental Drive explained we feel this way for several reasons. First, we simply overlooked what others saw: "We may have made mistakes, hurt others, missed out on opportunities because we didn't see the obvious. Lastly, we have to acknowledge to others and ourselves that despite how we think of ourselves or how we are seen by others, we have missed something."
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Lesley Relph 3 years ago
In the UK pigs in blankets are sausages wrapped in bacon. A favourite around Christmas time.
Glynn Reid 3 years ago
Yep, and i think we'd know the OPs pigs in blankets as a sausage roll.
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BasedWang12.5 3 years ago
i thought pigs in a blanket was common for sausage wrapped in some kinda dough. pastry or pancake... TIL
Lane Bass 3 years ago
For me, it was a full sized hot dog split almost in two length wise stuffed with a slice of cheddar cheese and wrapped in a Pillsbury croissant.
Julia 3 years ago
I googled it and in Poland it's called gołąbki. It literally means little/baby pidgeons 😂 So delicious, especially the bacon-tomato sauce.
София Харитонова 3 years ago
In Russia it's "голубцы", golubtsy. Minced meat with rice wrapped in cabbage leaves. Really delicious!
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Shannon Hawks 3 years ago
New England its scallops wrapped in bacon. sausage wrapped in bacon, sounds good too
Colleen M Youngblood 3 years ago
I grew up eating Halupki and never heard it called that by my Ukrainian grandparents.
Kiss Army 3 years ago
My dad was from the Pennsylvania Dutch area and loved his Halupkies but I never heard them referred to as pigs in a blanket there either.
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M O'Connell 3 years ago
My grandmother demanded that absolutely all beverages must be in a glass, drinking from cans or bottles was completely unacceptable. Since she came from a poor background I thought she wanted everything to "appear fancy" but allegedly in the 1920s and 30s it was not uncommon to find a dead mouse or rat sealed in a can because they were stored open before filling and sealing.
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Sarah Richardson 3 years ago
Same here, can’t be doing with greasy fingers…
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Duane Ringlein 3 years ago
My late wife, a Scot, ate most food with a knife and fork. When my family first met her they were amazed that she at fried chicken that way, but got every piece of meat off the bones, better than those who ate with their fingers, LOL.
Luke Branwen 3 years ago
Might be an unpopular opinion, but I often eat pizza and those huge burgers using cutlery, I hate getting messy while eating 😁 Not KFC tho.
Appalachian Panda 3 years ago
I'm the opposite. Eating fried chicken with a fork makes sense to me. It can get awfully messy.
Load More Replies... Jennifer Norton 3 years ago
well he sounds like an a*s..... I agree this isn't normal but this isn't something to mock!
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
In my family we didn't eat with our fingers. It was considered rude. But we also never had "finger foods" like pizza and burgers. We never deep fried food either. Though we ate fried fish on occasion. On occasion, if we went out to eat, we would get an empadão, which is a bit like a baked sandwich. That we would eat with our hands. My father, who never kept kosher, would also take me to a bar to get pork ribs, which he would eat with his hands. But I was already an adult by then.
Dave Forster 3 years ago
I do this myself, I don't make others do it, but I'm paranoid about getting a dirty beard, so I eat most things with cutlery...I loath eating a burger with my hands because I cant control where the sauce goes if it decides to go rouge and get all up in my moustache.
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ADJ 3 years ago
My mother often made us a rectangular pizza because that is normal shape of the baking dish, like this: https://www.sweetdecor.pl/blacha-do-ciasta-gladka-nieprzywieralna-czarna-40cm-x-25cm-x-6cm.html BTW typical american pizza is not the same as traditional italian pizza.
Dynein 3 years ago
Eh, a LOT of countries (western countries, at least) do that, too, for exactly the same reason. Most people only have a normal oven and want to make the most use of their rectangular baking dish when feeding several people. Here in Germany rectangular pizza is totally normal.
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Amy Taylor 3 years ago
SAME!!! We had pizza made on a baking tray with homemade sauce, and fresh parmesan. No mozzarella. It was the BEST!! She made all the dough as well. As a special dessert treat on pizza night, she would fry the extra dough in olive oil and sprinkle sugar on them. Oh, how I miss her cooking!!
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
My mom did this too with a family of six it was much faster to cook enough on two large cookie sheets.
Adam Belaire 3 years ago
Back home in the early 90's a local pizza chain called Greco's that served square pizza. Very greasy, somewhat cheap, we loved it. They ran a campaign of commercials asking people "When you order pizza, who's been eating your corners?"
Dana Ondráčková 3 years ago
My mom sometimes made leftover pizza, absolutely easy dough with every toping that could go bad in a few days. Mě And my cousin ate it whole, that good my mom Made it. And yes it was square
But if seeing your silly beliefs laid out on the table makes you blush, remember that laughing off the embarrassment will surely help. Moreover, it can help you strengthen the bond you have with your spouse, and even help you grow as a person.
Whenever you feel flustered about your quirks, turn the internal dialog around and tell yourself: "I now see things differently, more clearly, and that is going to help me from this day moving forward," Klapow suggested. "Then, the initial embarrassment and frustration can transition into gratitude and excitement for arriving at the discovery of the obvious," he concluded.
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3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
Wait - sounds gross at first glance but. Apples & cheese are classic together - has anyone tried this and is it maybe secretly delicious or no?
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Al Christensen 3 years ago
Well, hmmm, some people put cheese on apple pie, so applesauce in mac & cheese isn't too different.
Bree 3 years ago
My husband and his family mix apple sauce with cottage cheese. The texture reminds me of vomit, but they love it.
Marie Larotonda 3 years ago
I used to mix applesauce and cottage cheese all the time, and loved it!
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Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
That sounds...odd...But hey,to each their own. Mmmmm...now I want ghost pepper mac n cheese.
Notthatbored 3 years ago
Yup! My whole family puts ketchup on mac and cheese. No idea who started it
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Jo Jones 3 years ago
I know right ?!? What they need swimming caps for ?!!!
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BannedFromABoatShow 3 years ago
I (f43) had a gym teacher in high school who had a rule that we had to put our school issued swimsuits in the bin before we could walk across the shower room to get a towel from her. She’d also walk around the locker room naked, even though she didn’t swim with us. I remember thinking it was weird but not enough to tell my parents. If that was happening with my daughters now though you better believe I’d get that pedo arrested.
bob van wijk 3 years ago
Eeeww. Our gym teacher was nice then. At least he had clothes on and he threatened that he'd come check if we showered, so you always had to hurry up like an idiot. Told my brother, who's 8 years older. He said that when he was in school the girls in his class complained about the same thing with that teacher. Noone said anything and he just worked there until he retired.
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Wondering Alice 3 years ago
At high school (UK, ages 11 to 16) in the 80's we had to strip at a bench and hang clothes neatly before queuing patiently - while naked- for a freezing shower after every PE lesson. Boys had it a worse, they were expected to pile in together. All while a teacher watched. I complained to my mum, she said is was because some children had bad things happen to them, and this was a good chance for teachers to check for bruises and marks. It was a terribly humiliating thing though.
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
Anything that requires your child to be naked in public is not okay, especially if you aren't even there. Sickos.
Belle Miles 3 years ago
They used to make us take showers in 4th grade after P.E. Naked Nine year olds at school. And you would be punished if you didn't. You would have to try to dry off with a paper towel and get back into your clothes dripping wet. Fat girls, skinny girls all at the time our bodies were changing. It was humiliating. Should have been criminal.
Apatheist 62 3 years ago
Growing up in the 70s in the UK, we never heard the p-word...my parents used to say "funny men". Fortunate, given how many it seems were around at the time.
Load More Replies... Mike Firth 3 years ago
At Iowa State University in the early 60s, the boys pool was nude swimming. This became really awkward when I messed up a back dive and cut my shin nearly to the bone on the corner of the diving board and had to be taken to the infirmary, which I believe was done by wrapping me in a couple of towels to walk over. While I attended, they built a fancy new “natatorium“ which had a viewing space and no longer had nude swimming. A women’s pool which was much smaller always had swimsuits and actually had a men’s dressing room as some teams practiced there. I was on the synchronized swimming performance team.
Chris Keller 3 years ago
Standard in the 70s for boys, I think. But the girls wore bathing suits, odd.
Appalachian Panda 3 years ago
It was the norm decades ago in some places. As a shy fat kid, I'd have been traumatized.
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E 3 years ago
Well it was fairly normal (at least here in the UK) that children weren't at the table for dinner with the grown-ups. BUT they would have eaten earlier with Mum in the kitchen or in another room with the nanny if you were really posh. Not defending your grandparents but maybe they sort of remembered the 'no children at dinner' thing but didn't really think it through.
PVR 3 years ago
As a Brit, I can confirm. I think this may have lapsed, though, but it used to be common.
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SirWriteALot 3 years ago
Maybe it was just the "kids' table" because there was no room at the other table? Large family, tight living quarters ... I'd say we need more info here.
Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
We always had a “kids table” growing up too. I had lots of cousins my age, so it was fun anyway. However if it was just me, my sister, and grandparents we ate early together at the kitchen table. The dining room was for adults/company and when it was necessary.
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BonnyDK 3 years ago
Pretty normal for holiday meals. Grown ups are at the expensive dining room set and the kids are at the kitchen table with the cousins. You got to eat at the big table by jr high I think. It was a big deal.
Crystal Henze 3 years ago
My 2 cousins and I pitched a fit when my grandmother wanted to bring back the kids table one crowded thanksgiving after were were adults. Just because we were the youngest!
Load More Replies... RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
We lived in a very small apartment, so kitchen, dining room, and living room was the same room. But we only had two small folding tables. My grandmother would bring them together and out out seats for all. Then we had to discuss whatever was happening in the world at dinner. Kids had to participate. My grandfather was an artist who had traveled the world, and he would tell us stories about brothels in Paris, or hanging out with gypsies in Rome. Not appropriate for kids, but we loved those stories. My mother was a professor and doctor, she often worked late so couldn't object. Father was a journalist, so he spent my childhood in prison (dictatorships suck). I really miss my grandparents.
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
This was before he married my grandmother. Don't want people to get the wrong idea. He traveled through Europe between the wars. Married my grandmother before he went back to Italy in 1940 as a soldier (Brazil only sent Military Police). Then took my young mother and wife back to Europe in the 50s. My mom grew up in Paris of the 50s. She went back to visit her old neighborhood about ten years ago, and discovered a friend that was still living there. They talk on zoom now every week.
Load More Replies... Donna Clanclan 3 years ago
We had to do something similar for big family meals. Make a kids table and seat one adult-ish person there to monitor. Only because there was no space for everyone at the big table.
bob van wijk 3 years ago (edited)
My ex had to eat in the kitchen as a kid, because his mom hated filth and she hated bread crumbs in her house. We visited my sister and her kids. He was shocked. They had made stuff from Knex and it was in the living room. Toys are allowed in the living room??
Jai Stewart 3 years ago
We often had a grown ups table and a kids table when we had family round for meals
Cassidy Moore 3 years ago
My instant thought for that reason is that kids tend to leave a bigger mess and containing it in the kitchen may be better, but if was solely because they didnt want you around then I agree its messed up.
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Constanze Mühlau 3 years ago (edited)
This mouth to mouth feeding has a name: Premastication. Humans fed their children this way thousands of years ago. And this practice continues today.
Pamela Blue 3 years ago (edited)
In many poor cultures, that's the way the mothers feed their children. They don't have baby food, so once they start weaning them from the breast at around 2-3 years, they have no choice but to chew the food first to give their children. It's as old as the hills, weaning your children this way. I just have to smile at the "ewwws!" that (mainly Americans) give when something totally normal for most of the world is mentioned.
wifeofweasley 3 years ago
when I was a toddler I put bread in my mouth, chewed til wet and soft and fed it to my uncle who ate it without complaining
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
I shared toffees with my great granpa. Until my mother found out
Load More Replies... A. Starhawk Hunt 3 years ago
Among indigenous and very old culture, it was a way to make baby food.
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CaptainDinosaur 3 years ago
One day I'll regail you all with the story of Pearoony Holland and his drunken orangutan.
Eiryn Elliott 3 years ago
"if you forgot he was there". This makes me sick. It's an animal. 😥😖😖😭😭💔💔
Rostit . 3 years ago
No, meaning if the kid forgot it was there. Not the owner...
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Jason 3 years ago
There is some decent milk powder you can buy now. Not the old packet stuff. I use it in cooking because I can't get buttermilk, heavy cream, or a bunch of things locally. I only use milk occasionally for cooking so it goes bad if I buy a half gallon even. Also makes some awesome thick sauces without having to reduce
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Powdered milk most of the time, when my single mom was a little ahead of the bills we splurged and mixed in 1:1 with regular milk.
Arliss Speace 3 years ago
I worked at a homeless shelter. When milk was low we'd stretch it with powdered. When we had lots, we'd freeze it.
Load More Replies... Katy Cattoni 3 years ago
I had a friend in high school that came from a family of 8 kids. Their mom would make milk in gallon jugs with half real and half powdered milk. Made perfect economic sense to me.
Joshua Russell 3 years ago
I used to just lick the powdered milk out of a bowl. Weird gritty goodness.
Jennifer Norton 3 years ago
a gallon of milk every night?!?! how much milk was your family using... geez that's a lot
laura lee 3 years ago (edited)
My mom would try to trick me into thinking the reconstituted dry milk was "real" by putting it in an old gallon milk jug. I always could tell of course because my mom would buy whole milk in the jugs and the powder milk she bought was always nonfat dry milk. So I'd take a big drink thinking it was whole milk and almost vomit because I wasn't expecting it. Kind of like taking a swig of oj thinking it's milk. She'd get mad I was overreacting because I drank it before and I'd tell her yeah I don't mind if I go in knowing what I'm getting, it's the deception and surprise that's the problem. Parents lied to me all time about stupid things that didn't matter, just a control thing and embarrassment of seeming to be poor. My parents both came from poverty and I think they spent their lives in shame for it (though professing they weren't) and tried to hide that least someone find out they were imposters and so anything like running out of milk triggered them. It's not me with trust issues....
Karen Barr 3 years ago
Finally! I've waited my whole life to find my people who put ketchup on their tacos (no salsa) AND the powdered milk. Although my mom made it because it made me gag.
Juliette Deroulede 3 years ago
We have two milk cows... We go through a half gallon per meal plus some more for baking, about two or more gallons a day.
Callie Ge 3 years ago
The powdered milk, our mother bought Skim powdered milk because she was obsessed with being skinny & skim milk powder was cheaper than the full fat kind, It wasn’t too bad if it was made with slightly cooled boiled water & allowed to cool overnight in the fridge but our dad acted like it was still WWII rationing time, & he would water it down he would add 1 litre of cold tap water to the litre of milk I had made & it was disgusting. Try putting that on cold stale popcorn for breakfast because we had run out of breakfast cereal. There was never enough bread for anyone to have toast. If they did someone would miss out on lunch.
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AndThenICommented 3 years ago
My partner does lemon juice and sugar…there was lots of confusion around this until I realised it was, in fact, a cultural thing.
John Carr 3 years ago
Lemon and sugar is a popular topping here in Ireland
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Hailie 3 years ago
Peanut butter on pancakes/waffles/French toast isn't something everyone does?
Aisling Raye 3 years ago
This is how we'd have pancakes when I was growing up. My mom used to say it was to balance out the sweetness
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Osprey 3 years ago
Whenever we had breakfast with pancakes, biscuits, crepes, or beignets, mom would get out everything. Peanut butter, butter, every kind of jelly we had, apple butter, syrup, condensed milk, powdered sugar, evaporated milk, cinnamon sugar, brown sugar and after it became a thing, nutella. But she was like that with almost every meal so we could see what was there and she could make sure nothing was going to waste.
laura lee 3 years ago
Guilty of the same, maybe this comes from children who never got to choose anything for themselves.
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RandomHumanBean 3 years ago
My family puts pb on it too. its actually kinda good if ur in the mood for it
Kharyss 3 years ago
Drain some of the water off plain cottage cheese. Soak some sultanas in brandy or whisky till they plump up. Add them to the cheese with sugar and vanilla. Roll it up in your pancakes (crêpe type) then serve with warm chocolate sauce on top. My Hungarian father’s speciality. 😍
Blue Mar 3 years ago
The same in Poland, you can even buy them in shops served like that, really tasty. To make them even more naughty, after filling them with quark cheese, raisins etc and folding in triangle-fry them up with butter. Sweet quark will melt a bit, heaven!
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RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
I make coconut banana pancakes for my kids. I serve them with a drizzle of condensed milk.
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Indosidius 3 years ago
Nothing wrong with twin tubs. In my opinion, the spinner dries the clothes a lot better then automatic machines, meaning less time on the line to dry.
Load More Replies... Chris Keller 3 years ago
I got my arm rolled up in one as a child, scared the heck out of me, but no harm.
Upstaged75 3 years ago
I saw one of those live ER shows where a little girl got badly injured in one of those when her arm got caught. She ended up having surgery in order to not lose her arm.
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Molly Whuppie 3 years ago
My nanna did that too, she had a twin tub. Also had rollers to wring out the clothes but they were seperate from the machine. It's funny but as kids we loooooved to use the wringer.
Donna Clanclan 3 years ago
I get the uncooked veggie one, now. Not sure if it was her problem or not, but my gut doesn't process raw veggies well anymore. Very painful.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
My grandmother (and other people I knew who were her age) followed the "young housewife advice" of boiling everything to death to be certain you wouldn't kill your husband and children with food poisoning.
Load More Replies... Belle Miles 3 years ago
My Sister got her arm caught in the wringer and we had to have the fire department take it apart to get her arm out. This was in the Seventies and my Mom was using a hand me down washer from the old days.
Sue Denham 3 years ago
When my mother got an automatic washing machine she would stop it at every stage to check it.
Barbara Cochrane 3 years ago
My mom used one well into the 70's. It did get clothes cleaner but the wringer was harder on clothes. I used to help with putting the clothes through the wringer and not a problem if you got you fingers caught in it. Just hit the frame of the wringer and it popped open.
Cory Tollman 3 years ago
My grandma had one in the 70s but the motor broke so she got upgraded to a new washer and dryer. I remember sometime in the 80s or 90s there was some talk about these types being better for the environment and for your clothes. You could reuse the water for multiple loads saving water. I think the wringer and maybe the tub as well didn't put as much wear on the clothes as the standard machines.
Moya Satterwhite 3 years ago
I bought my mum and dad a microwave for their fiftieth wedding anniversary, they loved it.
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John Carr 3 years ago
I still do. But then again I use a lot of ketchup in cooking and hate wasting any of it so a bit of water helps get the bottle empty
Iampenny 3 years ago
I will do the same, but only if I'm using ketchup in cooking
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Billie Templeton 3 years ago
Watery ketchup as Trauma??? "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." ~Inigo Montoya
Monica Sargent 3 years ago
Oh Baby. OP, you're not even in the neighborhood of trauma. We're talking necessity.
Ela 3 years ago
Oh, I remember trying to squeeze shampoo in my hand and having a watery stream pour out, and some adult quickly grabbing the bottle and pouring it directly on my head so as not to waste any.
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Ashley Galyen 3 years ago
Wouldn't do this for ketchup. But put milk in a almost empty thick name brand ranch bottle and shake it I will.
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Sherry Harvey 3 years ago
We called Leseur peas “English peas”. My husband asked me why I kept calling them English peas. I swore they were marked as such on the can, but lo and behold, they weren’t!
Kat Hague 3 years ago
We told my oldest daughter that green beans were green french fries so she would eat them and we called them green FF‘s
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
My sister loved 'white ham' which was chicken loaf, because she wouldn't eat it otherwise. Weird thing is now she denies that happened because she hates ham but loves chicken!
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Marie-Pierre Adam 3 years ago (edited)
Yeah ! We used to that with Whippets ! A marshmallow (with or without raspberry jam in the middle) on a thin crispy cookie covered in crackling chocolate. My dad used to do that, smash it on his forehead to make us laugh, it came from commercials that ran on TV in the late 80s and 90s in Quebec. They would crack the chocolate by smashing it and eating the pieces of chocolate first and the rest of the cookie after. The commercials and the people got creative as to how you should smash the Whippet. Here I found a later one https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F8vTFEzm16U
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
My step dad said he used to do that with Royals! (the Aussie version of that biscuit I guess) Then he stopped eating them all together because he got one at the school canteen/tuck shop one day and didn't do that, just took a bite, and all the marshmallow was gone and it was filled with ants!
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Petra Cosgrove 3 years ago
so amusingly my family has a tradition where new partners get a mallomar (marshmallow chocolate & Graham cracker cookie) mashed on their forehead as a welcome, which they then have to eat... we only occasionally smack them on eachothers heads... and the smacked always gets to eat it... lol
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Phendrena 3 years ago
As A British person I don't find buttering Sandwiches to be odd at all. It's different if you are using chocolate spread though - that would be odd. I figured it would be the same in most countries - butter the bread and slap in your filling.
Monday 3 years ago
My first thought was "what do you mean even sandwiches"...sandwiches are exactly where I want my butter.
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Jo Jones 3 years ago
Butter makes everything better, not only savoury sandwiches - even Nutella , honey or jam work beautifully with butter , pinky promise
Petro Roos 3 years ago
Wait, We use butter on all bread types of foods. If there's bread, there's butter. It's weird if you don't use butter
Jason Boyd 3 years ago
Common as in NZ and Australia - of course you butter bread for sandwiches!
Ian 3 years ago
It's so normal there's even a phrase "bread and butter" that means something that's everyday or ordinary.
setsuriseikou 3 years ago
Exactly! The Russian word for sandwich literally means "bread and butter".
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Ana Ferreira 3 years ago
Putting butter on sabory sandwiches is pretty normal here in Portugal, unless you're already going to be using mayonnaise or something like that.
MellonCollie 3 years ago
As a Dutch person, I always butter all my bread, unless I'm putting on something that I don't like the taste of when it's combined with butter, such as tapenade. But then we're already talking about very specific things. My eldest does not like the taste of butter or margarine, so she only uses it when she wants to eat chocolate sprinkles on her bread. Otherwise, they will fall off.
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Alexej Dvorak 3 years ago
I loathe these kind of discussions. Everybody is entitled their own taste and you should always be allowed to say you don't like something. But arguments about the "correct" recipe for a meal are just tiresome.
Scott 3 years ago
I completely agree that if it's a serious debate about the "correctness" of a style of food or other culturally influence thing. On the other hand, I will playfully and teasingly tell my wife that certain things are just straight wrong or that she's "fired" for it. For example, boiling instead of steaming blue crabs. I'm from the Chesapeake Bay area and they are absolutely steamed and coated in Old Bay seasoning as opposed to her more Cajun upbringing where they're boiled.
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Sandy D 3 years ago
My chili doesn't use ham, but if I'm making my best chili, in addition to black, white, and pink beans, several kinds of chili peppers, from mild to very hot, I use ground beef, smoked sausage like kielbasa, diced pork loin, and diced beef, usually chuck roast or sometimes sirloin. It's awesome, and I'm very (excessively....long story) critical of what I make, and I still agree with others who say it's awesome. That said, chunks of ham would probably be really good in chili
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Pork is cheaper than beef and is common in the food of the mountainous areas of Mexico.
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Solidhog 3 years ago
Chilli is popular all over the world and there are many variations. I have used bacon, meatballs, baked beans, dark chocolate, butter beans and black beans. Nothing wrong with mixing things up and keeping life fresh.
Arliss Speace 3 years ago
Willie Nelson said in Texas chilli is not made with beans. Beans are served on the side.
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Andrea Steinacher 2 years ago
the REAL recipe is named "Carne en Salsa con Chili colorado" and does NOT include beans or corn - it´s simlpe meat in sauce with colored peppers. Which meat you choose is up to you, so it´s original more like Hungarian Gulyash than this (texan) pot of beans
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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Werner Klemperer (German) and John Banner (Austrian) were refugees from the N@zis. And Robert Clary (Cpl LeBeau) was the youngest of 14 children, 10 of which died in concentration camps. If anyone earned the right to mock the Germans, it was them.
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Eunice Probert 3 years ago
I must be wrong as well then as I keep my vitamins, supplements and medication in the kitchen.
Monday 3 years ago
Same...kitchen is where we put the "into the mouth stuff". Bathroom is for the cleany stuff.
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CalicoKitty 3 years ago
Indeed. Keep them somewhere cool, dry and away from sunlight, not right next to the steam machine!
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Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
We keep medicine in the medicine cabinet in the bathroom, so I guess her family designated vitamins as medicine.
Load More Replies... Molly Whuppie 3 years ago (edited)
We used to have ours in the bathroom when I was young (in the 70s/80s). But we had a medicine cabinet on the wall. It was a fairly enclosed cupboard that was seperate from other cabinets. It was convenient to take them when you brush your teeth in the morning. I keep them in the linen closet now tho, have a shelf for tools/first aid and they are there.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
We had first aid things in both the bathroom and kitchen, but medication was only in the kitchen, because you need to take it with water and usually before or after food.
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Tobias Reaper 3 years ago
looking back now makes you realise in my primary school if you forgot your PE kit they made you do it in your pants
Alexej Dvorak 3 years ago
In my elementary school, a kid in my class once forgot theirs so they had to use a random one from the lost & found box. I'm not sure if that's better.
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Karl Baxter 3 years ago
My wife thinks “heel” is a weird term (common in N.Ireland) for what she calls “the crust” or “end bit”
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
So i live in the US now, and heel is commonly used here. But my family called it the bundinha do pão (the bread's little butt).
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Alexej Dvorak 3 years ago
I'm getting a bit meta here, because I always thought that it was a very normal thing in any language to have lots of different, often dialect dependant colloquialisms for the end piece of a bread loaf. Where I'm from, we call it "Knerzje".
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Yeah, the end pieces were called crust, just like the edges of a slice of bread.
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John Carr 3 years ago
Piece and jam.....a childhood fav of mine. Not Scottish but grew up with a lot of them around
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Juliette Deroulede 3 years ago
So what do you call pants? Is it trousers? Britches?
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harpling 3 years ago
"Duck Duck Goose" is a kids' tagging game in which the player dubbed the Goose has to run around a circle. In Minnesota, and only in Minnesota, the Goose is called the Gray Duck; it may have something to do with Scandinavian language and cultural roots of many people who live there. Butter Lambs are pats of butter carved in the shape of a lamb, a baby sheep. It's a Polish Easter custom popular in Buffalo, NY, possibly because of the number of Polish immigrants and Polish bakeries in the area.
Load More Replies... Susan S 3 years ago
Blame the Scandinavians... https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-duck-duck-gray-duck/
Arwen 3 years ago
OK, time to finally look up Duck Duck Goose and figure out what Americans are talking about!
Biofish23 3 years ago
Children sit in a circle, one person is "it" and walks around the circle tapping each person while saying duck. Eventually they tap a person and say goose. The goose then gets up and chases the tagger around the circle, racing to sit back down in the vacated spot. Whoever loses the race is now "it."
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Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
My grandmother molded, etched and pepper corned EVERY SINGLE Malczewski butter lamb from 1956-1991. Broadway Market all the way.
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Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
Why does everyone want trauma? Because if you do, this level of stuff is not traumatic.
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Trish Batson 3 years ago
My mom used to do that, but only when she was disappointed. That was the one thing she could do that actually affected me.
PattyK 3 years ago
Not speaking to someone you’re angry with is a character trait and is very common. Whoever told you it is not “normal” was mistaken. (It’s also a very powerful tool in a disagreement — it drives the other person crazy!)
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
No, it's not. It can be a very effective means of control and manipulation. What is normal is for some people not to be able to speak or communicate well when there's an excess of emotions. However, the difference is when the first rush of emotion has passed, people then resume talking. 'smacked_gob' does not sound they are describing normal, but instead a form of manipulation and control.
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Isabel Care 3 years ago
We used to love it when dad sulked, it meant he wasn't snarling at us and telling us that everything we did was wrong. Invite a family friend to Christmas lunch? SULK. Not laugh at a joke? SULK. Not show him something we made at school. SULK. Disturb his tv time, or any time, by trying to show him something made at school? SULK followed by "accidentally" breaking the made object (having taken it and put it on the edge of a table or the arm of the chair, to be knocked off when he moved and usually trodden on, the he'd try to pick it up with his foot still on it). So glad he's dead, pity it took him so long to go.
Lady Lava 3 years ago
My mom tried to do that, but she could never keep up with it for long. She later told me her own mother did it to her, and then she wouldn't speak to my mom for a whole day or even longer. My mom said she hated that, so I never understood why she did it with us too, although unsuccessful.
Audra Sisler 3 years ago (edited)
My mom had 5 kids. Don't remember how old I was but at some point she started sleeping all day and up drinking all night and would wake us up on the middle of the night! She had like 5 locks on bedroom door and none of us kids were ever allowed in her room...... would beat us if we were home sick and were being too loud while she was trying to sleep, in the middle of the day. Good times 😳🥺😔
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Den Ver 3 years ago
Discussed colloquialisms last summer and this was brought up. It's a game of chase and tackle/knock-down. Large or small groups of people can play. One person is "it" (the queer), they run around trying to avoid being tackled (like in American football/hand-egg) while the other boys chase and try to knock them down. Whoever is the tackler becomes the next queer.
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Donna Clanclan 3 years ago
I grew up on jarring games of red-rover, where the other kids tried to clothesline the runner.
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Linziaj 3 years ago
Erm I and everyone I know puts butter on all bread especially sandwiches !!! UK
Chich 3 years ago
Not a big thing but Maple syrup. We tapped and made our own growing up. My wife will only use the store bought fake stuff. Doesn't even know what a maple tree looks like.
Gavin Johnson 3 years ago
In years to come my daughter will be writing on one of these posts…. ‘My Dad used to tell me that animals that were on or next to the road (roadkill) were in fact sleeping after a hard night out and about, no they weren’t dead, they were SLEEPING.’ She is now old enough to know they are dead but she’ll point out the flattest pheasant or badger and ask me if it is sleeping, naturally I still assert that they are indeed fast asleep 😀
wifeofweasley 3 years ago
Apparently it's not normal to make everything at home. My dad is a chef and we (still) make everything ourselfs. I'm going to name some examples: pesto, broth, tomato sauce, jams and gelees, apple sauce, bread, sometimes butter, and pizza. When I was at the grocery store with my first boyfriend we wanted to make pasta and he wanted pesto so I naturally grabbed pine, basil and parmesan. He looked confused and asked why I wouldn't just grab a glas of pre made pesto. We had pre made this evening and it was okayish but I still prefer the foods and snacks my dad makes.
Linziaj 3 years ago
Definitely not weird. Time consuming but not weird. How greats your dad
Load More Replies... Kristal 3 years ago
I had no idea this was totally a wrong thing to do: Growing up my mother would pin me down (me layng on my back) and sit on my stomach then put her mouth completely over my nose and blow air. It's like choking on spit. Apparently she thought it was hilarious. Fast-forward to my first serious relationship and he had to tell me 1) never try to do that to him again 2) it's basically abuse
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
When I was growing up, my mom made me shut my door if there was any noise happening in my room. Watching TV, playing games, talking on the phone, she didn't want to have to hear it, so I had to shut my door. When I started dating in high school, I would walk into my boyfriend's bedroom with them and shut the door behind me. Their parents would come in super angry, "Who shut this door?!?!" Sorry, I don't even think about it, it's a requirement in my house, it's literally muscle memory.
cogadh 3 years ago
Not putting ketchup in the refrigerator. Ketchup is a shelf stable product and does not need to be refrigerated at all (as long as it is closed tightly), so we never put it in the fridge growing up. My (ex)wife was horrified by this.
Amy Taylor 3 years ago
My friend likes it cold, her husband grew up with it on the shelf. She buys 2 so they don't have to argue about it, lol
Load More Replies... Den Ver 3 years ago (edited)
A teenager who's parents are from the middle east just went far from her home to university. I look forward to hearing her telling me about all the things she thought were normal, but aren't. Like eating chicken and rice everyday for dinner with very little liquid (drinking too much water is bad) ... and wearing pajamas when you return home (regardless of the time of day). I'm glad I convinced the family to have her apply for admission, since it wasn't on their radar.
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
I always wear pajamas at home no matter what time of day it is (unless I'm expecting company). Why would you not want to be comfortable?
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GirlFriday 3 years ago
Pinning your dirty socks together before you put them in the hamper, so when they come out of the dryer they are already paired. thought this was standard laundry procedure everywhere. My college roommates told me they had never seen this before. After a survey of our dorm floor, it was decided that this was not Standard Laundry Procedure.
leah 3 years ago
We all have those washable laundry bags for socks and underwear. Everyone can decide if they want them folded and put away or left in the bag. My husband is the only one who puts them away.
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NY Redneck 3 years ago (edited)
I didn't think boys got Christmas presents. Every year about 2 weeks before Christmas, my father would pull me aside and remind me that because I was the oldest (by 14 monthes) and the only boy( 3 younger sisters) that I shouldn't get my hopes up and expect anything. He would tell me that since there are 3 of them and only 1 of me, he couldn't justify spending money on me since it was just easier to disappoint 1 child rather then 3. Didn't realize that wasn't how Christmas worked until about 3rd grade after holiday break when our teacher asked us all to write an essay about what we got for Christmas. When I asked the teacher what the boys in class should do since we don't get gifts she looked horrified. After my teacher explained to me that it didn't work what way, I had 1000 questions. I told my dad about what the teacher told me and asked if she was telling me the truth. That's when he finally told me that he saw me as the accident that ruined his life and hated me.
Linziaj 3 years ago
Erm I and everyone I know puts butter on all bread especially sandwiches !!! UK
Chich 3 years ago
Not a big thing but Maple syrup. We tapped and made our own growing up. My wife will only use the store bought fake stuff. Doesn't even know what a maple tree looks like.
Gavin Johnson 3 years ago
In years to come my daughter will be writing on one of these posts…. ‘My Dad used to tell me that animals that were on or next to the road (roadkill) were in fact sleeping after a hard night out and about, no they weren’t dead, they were SLEEPING.’ She is now old enough to know they are dead but she’ll point out the flattest pheasant or badger and ask me if it is sleeping, naturally I still assert that they are indeed fast asleep 😀
wifeofweasley 3 years ago
Apparently it's not normal to make everything at home. My dad is a chef and we (still) make everything ourselfs. I'm going to name some examples: pesto, broth, tomato sauce, jams and gelees, apple sauce, bread, sometimes butter, and pizza. When I was at the grocery store with my first boyfriend we wanted to make pasta and he wanted pesto so I naturally grabbed pine, basil and parmesan. He looked confused and asked why I wouldn't just grab a glas of pre made pesto. We had pre made this evening and it was okayish but I still prefer the foods and snacks my dad makes.
Linziaj 3 years ago
Definitely not weird. Time consuming but not weird. How greats your dad
Load More Replies... Kristal 3 years ago
I had no idea this was totally a wrong thing to do: Growing up my mother would pin me down (me layng on my back) and sit on my stomach then put her mouth completely over my nose and blow air. It's like choking on spit. Apparently she thought it was hilarious. Fast-forward to my first serious relationship and he had to tell me 1) never try to do that to him again 2) it's basically abuse
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
When I was growing up, my mom made me shut my door if there was any noise happening in my room. Watching TV, playing games, talking on the phone, she didn't want to have to hear it, so I had to shut my door. When I started dating in high school, I would walk into my boyfriend's bedroom with them and shut the door behind me. Their parents would come in super angry, "Who shut this door?!?!" Sorry, I don't even think about it, it's a requirement in my house, it's literally muscle memory.
cogadh 3 years ago
Not putting ketchup in the refrigerator. Ketchup is a shelf stable product and does not need to be refrigerated at all (as long as it is closed tightly), so we never put it in the fridge growing up. My (ex)wife was horrified by this.
Amy Taylor 3 years ago
My friend likes it cold, her husband grew up with it on the shelf. She buys 2 so they don't have to argue about it, lol
Load More Replies... Den Ver 3 years ago (edited)
A teenager who's parents are from the middle east just went far from her home to university. I look forward to hearing her telling me about all the things she thought were normal, but aren't. Like eating chicken and rice everyday for dinner with very little liquid (drinking too much water is bad) ... and wearing pajamas when you return home (regardless of the time of day). I'm glad I convinced the family to have her apply for admission, since it wasn't on their radar.
Stephanie Paich 3 years ago
I always wear pajamas at home no matter what time of day it is (unless I'm expecting company). Why would you not want to be comfortable?
Load More Replies... GirlFriday 3 years ago
Pinning your dirty socks together before you put them in the hamper, so when they come out of the dryer they are already paired. thought this was standard laundry procedure everywhere. My college roommates told me they had never seen this before. After a survey of our dorm floor, it was decided that this was not Standard Laundry Procedure.
leah 3 years ago
We all have those washable laundry bags for socks and underwear. Everyone can decide if they want them folded and put away or left in the bag. My husband is the only one who puts them away.
Load More Replies... NY Redneck 3 years ago (edited)
I didn't think boys got Christmas presents. Every year about 2 weeks before Christmas, my father would pull me aside and remind me that because I was the oldest (by 14 monthes) and the only boy( 3 younger sisters) that I shouldn't get my hopes up and expect anything. He would tell me that since there are 3 of them and only 1 of me, he couldn't justify spending money on me since it was just easier to disappoint 1 child rather then 3. Didn't realize that wasn't how Christmas worked until about 3rd grade after holiday break when our teacher asked us all to write an essay about what we got for Christmas. When I asked the teacher what the boys in class should do since we don't get gifts she looked horrified. After my teacher explained to me that it didn't work what way, I had 1000 questions. I told my dad about what the teacher told me and asked if she was telling me the truth. That's when he finally told me that he saw me as the accident that ruined his life and hated me.
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