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50 Bizarre Traditions That People Were Shocked To Find Out That Other Families Don’t Do
Everyone grows up assuming that their home life is normal. Whether your parents hosted family karaoke nights every Wednesday or dragged you along on sunrise hikes every Saturday, you probably didn’t know anything different until you were exposed to other experiences. And sometimes, becoming an adult makes people realize just how bizarre their family truly is…
Redditors have been recalling unique habits and traditions that their families instilled in them that they eventually realized weren’t exactly normal, so we’ve gathered their most interesting replies below. Enjoy reading all about these families, and be sure to upvote the behaviors that you find particularly strange!
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#1
Touching pointer fingers to say hello, think ET style.
Realised it was my dad's autism once I got older, his way of 'hugs'.
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#2
Say ‘I love you’ at the end of each phone call or goodbye. It could be a quick call that lasts only 30 seconds because one of us misplaced something, but if we didn’t say ‘I love you’ then it felt off.
My mom imbedded into me real young, and I imbedded it into my dad. If something ever happened to one of us then at least we know our last words would be ‘I love you.’.
rorschach-penguin 5 months ago
This isn't bizarre. Doing it or not doing it are both within the realm of normal.
BrunoVI 5 months ago
It's bizarre when you have to call all of your classes' kids' parents. Oops, LOL.
Load More Replies... Say No to Downvoting 5 months ago
My mother did the opposite - she really didn’t like hearing people do that as she thought it dulled the effect of those important words and that throwing them around W***y-nilly gave them no meaning. I now realise MY family was weird in that we rarely said those words, but at least we really felt the full effect of them when we did hear them.
Bell-icose 5 months ago
This habit is an important one. Especially when you consider the fact that one of these days it’s going to be the last thing you say to that person.
Marnie 5 months ago
If people want to do that, no judgement here, but I could never put up with this (saying or hearing it). It would just become meaningless to me. It would eventually just mean "Good bye". To take a very deep feeling - love - and make it a requirement to say it constantly cheapens, imo. But I know a lot of people do this. It's not for me, though.
T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
My mom did it too. I always say I love people whom I love. It's not a bad thing to do.
Kenneth Smith 5 months ago
We use this quite a bit with our kids. We don't do it to guilt them. It's more of a "stop and think about the consequences of your words" kind of thing.
Lindsey Morris 5 months ago
I always found it weird when (I guess I only really notice it with others on TV shows??) people don't say "love you" when they leave for work, to go gym, store etc. They kiss and say goodbye, but not "I love you?"
sturmwesen 5 months ago
I think it's weird if you say it out of tradition/habit and loses it's meaning. to each their own I guess
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When we went on road trips and crossed a border, say from Nebraska to Kansas, someone in the front seat would put their hand in the front of the dashboard and say “First one in Kansas,” and someone in the back seat would put their hand in the back window and say,”Last one in Nebraska.”.
Robert Trebor 5 months ago
I heard a little boy on a train say "I'm going faster than you" as he walked along the aisle.
Dusty's mom 5 months ago
When we come back to our home state, we sing "Back Home Again in Indiana".
Audrey Wright 4 months ago
My family only did road trips when we were doing a custody exchange.
#4
Grew up with an autistic brother who makes a lot of humming noises to express emotion and the whole family eventually ended up doing it too (to a lesser extent). didn't realize it until someone pointed out we never shut up even though we're not actually saying anything.
Verfin22 5 months ago
I talk out loud even when no one's around. Mom constantly says "do you ever shut up"? It's not that I hate silence, but I found it's therapeutic to just say what's on my mind.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
When I was in a chorus I would start humming the songs we were practicing at work. Then one day I realized I'm probably driving my coworkers crazy. No one said anything, but I imagine they were thankful when I stopped!
Saltypepper 5 months ago
I do that ,I'll be sitting here and my husband says you know you're moaning ,grunting or whatever noise I'm making at that moment I don't even know I'm doing it
Melanie Filmer 5 months ago
I've wondered for years how my youngest (16) can talk aloud through watching/reading something, the other day one of the other kids pointed out I do it too 🤦🏻♀️
#5
My mother was a stay at home mom with 3 kids, 3 years and 8 years between them. Every night after supper, she had us all working like little soldiers: Dad stood at the sink in his button down shirt from work, rolled up at the sleeves, after his sweaty commute home in his unairconditioned yellow Ford Fiesta. He washed the pots and pans and fancy dishes by hand. I loaded the dishwasher, my sister dried and put the dishes away, and my brother took out the garbage. Mom put the leftovers away and wiped the table/countertops/stovetop.
When my sister got married, and when I eventually did too, we were always questioning how did mom do that? We somehow ended up alone in our respective kitchens. Probably can't blame anyone but ourselves.
Winnie the Moo 5 months ago
You’re right, but probably compliment your dad as well. He didn’t op for the couch and told your mom to do everything. A husband that respects his wife will teach that same respect to the children. Also, seems like you had a nice family to be together like that without screaming at each other.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
If she was wise enough not to marry an årsehole then even if he did originally go and sit on the sofa, because that’s what his dad did, he’d pay attention and respond lovingly when asked to come and help clear up. And the loving parents set the tone for the kids not to scream at each other, as there was no need for them to feel that stressed.
Load More Replies... Robin Roper 5 months ago
Mom did that because she set the expectation and there was cooperation and respect within the family. Of course everyone fell in line, who wouldn't? This is how strong and respectful families operate.
Mabelbabel 5 months ago
How is this bizarre? Don't most kids have some sort of chores to do once they're old enough?
Ge Po 5 months ago
My dad would set give us a challenge. (No dishwasher in our home) He would start filling the drying rack and once it was full, my brother and I could start drying and putting away. If we got the rack empty before dad was done, we were excused. Sometimes we managed, sometimes dad was done before us. Now; our dishwasher has been broken for quite a while. Not a big problem, kids have moved out, so we're just two. A few days ago, while drying the plates, my husband mentioned that he actually kind of likes doing it together. Cleaning up, 'teaming up,' having a conversation while doing something productive together.
Matthew Savestheworld 5 months ago
I am impressed with Dad. Still having energy after a full day's work to do chores
Betsy S 5 months ago
Just like a mum. Whether you have the energy or not is irrelevant. The job needs doing. You put your tiredness on the shelf and do the job. Just like a mum.
Load More Replies... Roxy222uk 5 months ago
Well done Mum for deciding from the get go that she wasn’t doing it all herself and enforcing her plan. Everyone lives there, everyone eats, and therefore everyone can help clear up. The luck comes in at having a kitchen big enough that so many people could all move freely around in there at once.
toxxic 5 months ago
I'm guessing silverware, cups, and random dishes that they didn't deem fancy
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Not hugging or show affection in general.
I remember being around 18 and graduating when one of my friends' mom gave me a big hug. So weird - I never hugged my own parents? But also so nice... 💕.
Winnie the Moo 5 months ago
D**n, being deprived of hugs seems like neglect to me. Poor thing!
Hidalgo 5 months ago
It was pretty typical in the US prior to the 70s, especially after one reached 5 or 6
Load More Replies... Mari 5 months ago (edited)
My youth. I've never got any affection. I loved everyone who gave me some attention. I am so lucky that I've never met very wrong people (pimps, human trafficers) because I was such a easy prey.
Jenny 5 months ago
My mum never once hugged me, told me she loved me or was proud of me. It left me with an enduring feeling of not being lovable for a very long time. Even now, I struggle with it sometimes.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
I'm so sorry for that. Feeling loved by your parents is such a fundamental need.
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Amanduh 5 months ago
I used to hug my teachers as a kid. It was only recently I realized it was probably because I was lacking them at home.
Becca not Becky 5 months ago
I dated a guy who was so baffled at the amount of affection in my (hispanic) family. I was shocked that it wasn't a thing in his family.
Dusty's mom 5 months ago
We never hugged either. That changed when Mom died of cancer. Don't know why we never hugged in my childhood. We knew we were loved and cherished.
#7
Yell at each other multiple times per week. I had my first serious girlfriend and her family got along all the time and a problem was a logical discussion not a yelling contest. I was like wow.
UnicornCow🦄 5 months ago
My family loves to yell. But not because of a fight. They just talk louder and louder so their story can be heard better 🤣
#8
Sloppy Joe's are one of my all-time favorite comfort meals. We serve them open faced and eat them with a fork and knife, which makes sense to me because they're messy! But I only found out when I was like 35 that pretty much everyone else actually eats them like a sandwich! I tried it once, and half of my meat ended up on my plate and shirt, and I was like why would anyone eat them this way?!?!
LaurieAnnaT 5 months ago
You hold over a plate, tipping the Sloppy Joe slightly away from you. Then you use a fork to pick up the meat which has fallen out. It’s really not difficult.
Carrie B 5 months ago
It's a tomato based saucy loose meat sandwich served on a hamburger bun. They're yumz :)
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Dusty's mom 5 months ago
Some joes are less sloppy than others. Ours require bibs or eating utensils.
Robert Trebor 5 months ago
If they belonged to Sloppy Joe (viz. Sloppy Joe's), why would you eat them? But if there are two or more sandwiches, then they are Sloppy Joes.
Betsy S 5 months ago
Thank you! This love affair with unnecessary apostrophes is just nuts!
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
I usually eat them open face. Once in a while like a sandwich, but not often. Hey, you've got to go a little wild once in a while.
Mark Kelly 4 months ago
Well if you ate like a sandwich at least eat it over the plate. Here in Canada we did the open face cut with a knife and fork
#9
Tie the hairbrush to the bathroom faucet.
My mom had 5 daughters and was tired of not being able to fix her hair in the morning because the brush had wandered off under the couch or a bush or something.
Colleen Glim 5 months ago
Had three daughters. We each had our own hairbrush for this very reason
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
My daughter has her own but still uses mine if she’s downstairs 😂n I never use hers , that requires going upstairs in to her room , not allowed ,
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Svenne O'Lotta 5 months ago
Everyone needs their own hairbrush. You want lice? Because that's how you get lice.
OneHappyPuppy 5 months ago
It's unhygienic to share a hairbrush. To each their own - literally
Betsy S 5 months ago
Only one hair brush for the whole family? What happens when the first kid comes home with lice? Or scabies? These parasites make the rounds at school almost every year. EVERY person should have their own hairbrush, just like every person should have their own eye makeup. There are some things that are just not appropriate to share.
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
Sensible lmao ,my hair brush is in the sitting room with my hair spray , n I pretty much have to play hunt the hairbrush on a daily 😂when my daughter brushes her hair down here , wouldn’t mind lol but she’s got tons of her own upstairs 😂now where could I tie it hmm
Bored Trash Panda 5 months ago
We all have our own brushes. I think it's weird sharing with other people.
#10
When we were really young we thought everyone had the Birthday Fairy, but as we got older we realized we were the only ones! But, she still came until we were 12, and as we aged out we became part of the Fairy team fur the younger siblings. Still love this tradition. Our parents started it because our dad was a traveling salesmen that was always gone, so this way our birthdays were still special on the day. ❤️❤️🎂 And FYI, it was like Santa or the Easter Bunny, but just for us!
DerpPlerp 5 months ago
We always do the birthday fairy too 😂 It started one year while we were out of town. Our daughter had seen a stuffy she really wanted in the airport but had a BIG melt down when we said no to getting it. I felt bad, she was probably just over tired from the flight and the next day was her birthday, so I snuck away while her dad was calming her down and bought it and stuffed it down in my bag. She wouldn't stop mentioning the stuffy all evening and went to bed sad about it :( The next morning I put it on her nightstand and acted all shocked when she woke up, told her it must have been the birthday fairy! Now we do it every year.
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
We had the Hannukah bunny. Maybe the Easter bunny looking for off-season work?
Mother of Dragons 5 months ago (edited)
I have always done the New Year's Eve fairy. After xmas sales are amazing when you're a single parent lol Sooooo..... Christmas gifts from Santa were very basic things because I don't think Santa should be giving kids PlayStations and other good kids wondering why they didn't get one. So Christmas day was a couple basics in presents some nice parent presents but the best presents came on New Year's Eve from the New Year's Eve fairy.
Pandaodboredem22 5 months ago
We had a beanie baby fairy that would always shoe up after report cards.
Peter Bear 5 months ago
Reminds me very strongly of Dr. Seuss and the Great Birthday Bird of Katroo.
Julia Mckinney 5 months ago
When my kids were little, I'd take the dollar bill they'd get from the tooth fairy and brush a bunch of pink or green irridescent face powder/make-up on it then fold it into a small square for my husband to put it under their pillow.
#11
My whole family has always quoted movie lines at every possible opportunity—not just particularly memorable or relevant ones, but often the most random bits that nobody else seems to remember even though they made a lasting impression on us for some reason. We just really love movies and watch our favorites enough times to memorize most of the dialogue, and basically every single lyric of any song. (Turned out we’re all autistic.).
Mabelbabel 5 months ago
My dad and I could have entire conversations based on quotes from the Discworld books written by Terry Pratchett.
Verfin22 5 months ago
I quote random stuff when the situation applies. I get lots of confused looks.
Melanie Filmer 5 months ago
Same, especially from my younger kids who don't get the references
Load More Replies... Dread Pirate Roberts 5 months ago
Not weird, just fun! And we'll incorporate the lines into everyday scenarios like, "I will take these (whatever item(s) I'm being given) from you with my hand...and put them in my pocket."
Winter 5 months ago
Ah! I see! I must be autistic too, then, because that's what I - and most of my family, actually - do! I (myself only, not the rest of the family) can pick up the words to a song from a musical, or opera, just listening to the song a couple of times, and I also pick up dance routines (and sometimes even ballet steps) really quickly, like after only seeing them once or twice.
Beak Hookage 5 months ago
We all do this too! Yeah, you bet autism is involved. Hell, I quoted the Emperor's New Groove at my mum just a few minutes ago. She told me she was gonna go have a cup of coffee so I instantly yelled "THEN take him out of town and finish the job!"
Burritosaur 4 months ago
In my family, when someone is holding something you want/need, we'll say "return the slab, or suffer my curse" and the other person will respond "what's your offer?" . Yanno. Cuz of that one Courage episode, lol.
#12
I was home schooled and very sheltered. I also grew up working on a farm. I had my daily "chores" (mucking horse stables, feeding the animals, taking care of my own critters, cleaning the house, doing dishes, etc) that had to be done before I could do anything for myself or on the rare occasion, get to go to a friend's house. I thought everyone had chores they had to do before they could do anything. I was even more annoyed when I found out that they all got to hang out at each other's houses all the time. I rarely even got to go to a friend's place at all. Let alone all the time. I still don't think that was fair to this day. Lol.
Ellinor she/they/elle 5 months ago
Well that wasn't fair. A child shouldn't have to "earn" their right to spend time with friends.
Auntriarch 5 months ago
The principle is reasonable, but this example is absolutely excessive
Load More Replies... Panda Kicki 5 months ago
This sounds like a lot of chores, but rules like "puck up your stuff from the floor, do the dishes" or so is a fair amount to demand before fun.
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
I grew up on a farm and went to school, I used to help on the farm happily !! n at age 12 I was also working in our village petrol station of an evening like 4-6 pm then back for milking , 🤷♀️wonderful life n on weekends I cleaned in the village pub, and looked after my nan I grew up with , who had breast cancer . Mind u I spose being 60 now , that was the days where that was don , I had a great childhood , wouldn’t swap it for living in towns for love nor money ,
OneHappyPuppy 5 months ago
This makes no sense to a child but perfect sense to an adult. My husband was brought up like this - not at a farm but he was a factory worker. Spent his summers doing 12h shifts while his friends partied, spent his winters doing 8hrs and studying. Know where he is now and where his friends are? He's made director at the company he works, owns his own company at 35, can comfortably retire in some 10yrs time, summers vacationing with family, while his friends work odd jobs, strapped for cash, waiting tables and working coffee shops and fast food joints. I'm not judging anyone's lifestyle choices, it's just an observation I've made since I've met him
Kari Panda 5 months ago
My FIL was always working. Now he‘s retired and doesn’t know what to do with himself. He doesn’t have hobbies, he doesn’t have friends, he doesn’t have social skills. I don’t want that for my kid.
Load More Replies... Yrral Spavit 5 months ago
Had to grease, fuel and work on f*****g trucks while my friends bombed around on their bikes. One of my happier days was later in the infantry during training. I scored a direct hit on a truck at the anti tank range. F**k you, you four wheeled f**k!
P1 No-Name 5 months ago
I think chores are a good thing for a child, Families pull together to make a house a home. However, this is heavy handed and sounds like it robbed you of essential childhood experiences, I am sorry.
Dread Pirate Roberts 5 months ago
These don't just sound like chores, sounds like the kid was being expected to do most of the work around the place! Not cool
Betsy S 5 months ago
These are standard chores for any farm kid. It's just life on a farm. I don't know why everyone is distressed about the amount of work. Farms are a lot of work and every family member's help is needed to keep the farm functioning. It's just not the life of a city kid, that's all.
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Pyla 5 months ago
I was pretty spoiled bc my mom was abused and made to do all the chores like a slave. Even has iron burns from being seven and having to iron clothes. The usual requirements if room cleaning and helping with house stuff, but she let us slack….then i got into a horse career. Dawn to dark. Feeding, mucking, grooming (horses and the muck heap), riding 4-7 horses a day, and show prep..it goes on. Now my mom doesn’t lift a dąmn finger. I make sure of that.
#13
We are very blunt with each other. Like if my brother is eating chips to loud, my sister will tell him to stop chewing like a cow, it annoys her. And he’ll say something like sorry I hurt your princess ears, should I i draw your bath and make your bed when I’m done. No yelling just dry, somewhat mean humor.
But it turns out other families tip toe around feelings. I like our way better. No one goes into a rage about the time someone ate someone else’s sandwich five years back at Thanksgiving in my family’s house.
The Chronic Insomniac 5 months ago
My marriage was built on a foundation of insult based humor. I'm widowed now and I so miss that daily banter. Nobody's feelings got hurt and on the rare occasion that someone's did, all they had to say was, "Hey, you're playing a little rough". Instant brake check. The offender would immediately fall into apologies, kisses, and I love you's. A big hug and kiss later, right back to normal. Miss that man so much it physically hurts my soul.
WalterWhiteSavannah 5 months ago
Also sorry for your loss. I miss having that with my significant other. Used to do that with my current gf and it was great but sometimes she gets in a bad headspace and what would get a laugh and a comeback causes a huge spiral. So now she encourages me to go back to it, but I just refuse cause if it happens at the wrong moment it's gonna be an all day problem at the best. I've always thought that humor was fun and healthy if both people appreciate it.
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Upstaged75 5 months ago
What?? You eat turkey sandwiches with the leftover turkey! They probably mean the day after Thanksgiving.
Load More Replies... #14
I was extremely confused when the charcuterie trend took off because I legitimately didn't realize there were so many people not already eating exactly that. In Italian American families we refer to that board/plate as "antipasto" and it's ubiquitous at every gathering.
Becca not Becky 5 months ago
I'm convinced that one big reason charcuterie got so popular is because it's a big French word that we English speakers can actually pronounce.
Taylor's Ferry 5 months ago
My sisters and I call it a large adult lunchable.
Load More Replies... Smeghead Tribble Down Under 5 months ago
There was quite a funny TV ad here not long ago where someone refers to it as a ''shall rootery board''. Funny because here the word ''root'' is an indelicate word for se xual acts ;)
Debby Keir 5 months ago
Quite common in Germany and Nordic countries to use a wooden board for your breakfast, meat cheeses etc plus rye bread.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We have a lot of Greek and Italian families where I grew up and it was pretty normal for us too. I found it funny when cafes and restaurants started changing their menus from antipasto to charcuterie to appeal to the 'influencer/food p**n' customers.
Jemima Bauer 5 months ago
I’ve started doing one of those for Thanksgiving. Homemade pepper jam, fancy cheese, crackers, olives, maybe some sausage and pickles.
#15
I didn’t know the appetizers on restaurant menus were like a before-dinner little treat shared with the whole table. (Honestly I do still think it’s weird to eat before you eat?). I also didn’t realize what a proper “meal” was. Growing up in poverty. Sometimes we’d have like slices of bread for dinner or chips and salsa. And we never went to restaurants. So when I was an adult and got invited out to eat, I’d order the appetizers because I was dirt poor and they were the cheapest things on the menu. And people would say “wow thank you!” and I’d be like “for what lol” and just eat the entire plate of mozzarella sticks myself. It wasn’t until I was in late 20’s when a roommate asked what I was making for dinner to eat after the handful of crackers I was eating, she was shocked to learn that *was* my dinner, and had to explain what meals were. I’m still embarrassed. I’m in my 30’s now (so this was only a few years ago) and I still feel weird about food around other people. Going out to eat with friends is embarrassing and stressful and I’m constantly anxious I’m doing something wrong. Always watching what everyone else is doing and copying them so I don’t out my poverty ignorance.
Winnie the Moo 5 months ago
This is sad. And also, friends will accept you as you were and are. They can guide you perhaps and you will not feel this wat anymore?
Kari Panda 5 months ago
I wasn‘t aware appetizers are shared in other countries. I‘ll usually offer a bite for my husband or friend to try, but in general, appetizers are for the person who ordered them. The only exception are plates that specifically state how many people they‘re meant for.
Nina 5 months ago
Yes, same here. If you order a bread basket it's usually shared, but the rest of the options only when you've discussed to split it or when feeling generous
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 5 months ago (edited)
My sister, mum and I often order the entree/appetisers as our mains because they are cheaper and smaller and otherwise we have a lot of leftovers anyway. If we do get a main we will take a doggy bag home, but sometimes we don't want to. It's also why we always thought all you can eat places were a waste for us. We would never eat enough to cover the cost of entry.
Bobbie McMasters 5 months ago
I have a number of friends that order appetizers as their entrees. I think it's brilliant.
Hugo 2 months ago
In case there's confusion here, the word entrée literally means entry or entrance, or in the context of food the introductory course, but in the USA it's misused to mean the main course.
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My mom washed the groceries before putting them in the cupboard… not just the produce, but boxes of cereal and canned goods and everything else. I’m not sure I thought it was something everyone did, but I didn’t realize how odd it was until I was I was older.
I didn’t see anything like it until Covid hit and people thought it was living on surfaces.
Kit Black 5 months ago
How the f**k do you wash boxes of cereal??? Was your mother a raccoon or just seriously ocd???
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
My mom uses wet wipes, like the Clorox/bleach/disinfecting kind, on the outside of all the stuff she buys. If it's something made of cardboard, she'll immediately dry it off with a paper towel.
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Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
That’s ocd I didn’t even bloody do that when Covid hit ffs lol , ok so I live in the sticks , and am housebound , so groceries are delivered , it washing boxes don’t think so lol ,n only time I got Covid was from my kids who where working in our village pub at time , before n after lockdowns 🤷♀️why on earth would any now waste time washing flipping groceries n most def before Covid lol bizzare that , n I grew up with my gran who was a matron of a hospital. in a nurse in the army in ww2 lol
T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
I DID (does) live on surfaces. Longer on non-organic surfaces though.
OneHappyPuppy 5 months ago
It's a habit we've made in our home since COVID hit. No, we don't wash the cereal boxes, we toss those, but we do wipe or wash everything before it goes into the fridge or cupboard. The extras are stored elsewhere and they get a wipe down before use
Saltypepper 5 months ago
How did the cereal boxes not fall apart after being washed,they are cardboard and it would fall apart if wet.
#17
I thought every kid only saw their mom half the week. My mom works 3x12s Sun-Tuesday so I hardly saw her those days. It wasn’t until I started having a later bedtime that I got to see her when she got off on those days. I remember talking to a friend and she was talking about doing something with her mom that night and I went “wow, you get to see your mom on a Monday?”.
Wondering Alice 5 months ago
This sounds fairly normal for the time and place I grew up. I was lucky, someone was normally around at dinner time, usually one of my parents in-between their multiple jobs. I know most households were similar as if a child should actually really need an adult, it was not always easy to find one. I was lucky in this regard too as a few of our neighbours were retired and would pop out to check if an accident was the plaster sort or A&E sort.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
Or a cop, ambo, firefighter, or maybe a factory worker because some of them are on similar schedules
Load More Replies... P1 No-Name 5 months ago
Its amazing what parents will do to keep us safe, warm & fed. But I do feel sad for you.
#18
Thank whoever cooked the meal you just ate (mostly Mom or Dad as we grew up) and tell them you enjoyed it. Then the cook would say he or she was glad you liked it.
When my youngest sister got married, her new husband thought it was hilarious that all our little children would say “ ‘Joyed it!” as they got up from the table. He teased us by saying “ ‘Joyed it” and “Gladja!”
It had never occurred to our family that it was unusual, but it WAS funny!
AtMostAFabulist 5 months ago
While my family was not that formal, we always thanked the person who cooked it.
Foxglove🇮🇪 5 months ago
My husband cooks on weekends and holidays and I always say thank you for my dinner, but I rarely get thanked for cooking all week!
Load More Replies... Winnie the Moo 5 months ago
You say this out of respect for your meal being made for you by another person. We do this as well.
Peter Bear 5 months ago
It's really a sad commentary on our society that so much basic politeness is considered unique or special nowadays.
WalterWhiteSavannah 5 months ago
I grew up with excellent manners because if I didn't say thank you when a meal was served I either didn't eat or got to eat cold dinner an hour later. Worked out great now that I'm in a care home, the old folks love my politeness. I think I say thank you or you're welcome about 268 times a shift lol.
Upstaged75 5 months ago
I still thank my mom for any meal I eat at her house. As kids we were not allowed to leave the table unless we asked to be excused. She grew up with a strict mother and was fanatic about "manners". I'm a very polite adult, so I guess it worked. 😁
Robert Trebor 5 months ago
Better than my older brother after dinner at Grandma's house, saying "It didn't come up." He and my dad had a conversation elsewhere, and he came back and apologized to one and all.
Bobbie McMasters 5 months ago
My husband and I thank each other for cooking and for fetching snacks or drinks. We thought it was just common courtesy.
#19
Sit on the floor.
Big family, small house. Lots of visitors.. US littles sat on the floor most of the time.
Taylor's Ferry 5 months ago
When I worked home health with children; this is the only way to be on the plain as them.
Dragons Exist 5 months ago
Depends on the country, so I'm guessing that it wasn't normal in OP's country
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
I sit on the floor in my own house XD There's a few couches and chairs here and there (inherited from my mother when she bought herself new ones) but I prefer to sit on the floor.
Audrey Wright 4 months ago
I sit on the floor because it’s healthier. I’d lose flexibility otherwise.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
Not unusual, especially for people in Middle Eastern countries. My mum has a Persian rug she bought from a migrant family because it was too big for their front room and they had brought it to Australia when they migrated. They would have the whole floor covered and cushions around the edges of the room where they sat all the time, including for meals. Then at night, because it was a multigenerational home, all the kids would unroll their sleeping mas and sleep in the one room.
Little Bit 5 months ago
I thought it was normal for younger kids to sit on the floor. Being allowed to sit on the chairs or the couch when we had visitors was a privilege.
#20
Put peanut butter on pancakes.
Fry cold leftover mashed potatoes patties for breakfast.
Call the refrigerator an ‘icebox’.
Crystalwitch60 5 months ago
Not strange , mash spud is made in to bubble n squeak the next day , if any left that’s a very British thing to do lol more so country folk like myself it’s lush , pancakes with peanut butter , yummy icebox is a USA thing not in uk but not strange just different
Auntriarch 5 months ago
I sometimes cook potatoes and sprouts for the next day because we're both so fond of bubble and squeak
Load More Replies... Matthew Savestheworld 5 months ago
The pb on pancakes and fried mashed potato patties were both pretty normal for me. Icebox is just an older generation .. or maybe some regions
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
I eat peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches (willingly, I love them) because my dad used to make them for me when I was a kid. He said that his family was very poor when he was growing up, and sometimes that was all they had for dinner, since PB could last for a long time. Both of my grandmothers used the word "icebox" and so did my mom - so for a while that's what I called the refrigerator as well XD I still sometimes slip up and refer to it as the icebox.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
My dad made peanut butter, mayo and banana sandwiches! He was raised in the South so maybe that's a Southern thing? (I tried it and it's actually not bad.)
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Scott Rackley 5 months ago
Mamaw made potato fritters for us from leftover mashed potatoes. My GF didn't know what I was doing when I made some, then she was wondering what else she had missed out on in life.
Peter Bear 5 months ago
Peanut butter on pancakes, yes! And in our family, it was always whole-wheat pancakes. I honestly don't like 'normal' ones as much by comparison.
Betsy S 5 months ago
Peanut butter and banana or peanut butter and honey oatmeal is comfort food at its finest!
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I realized fairly early on that I was the odd one out for washing my hands like a medical professional (my mom is a nurse) and that washing my hands and forearms is usually not necessary but I felt *really* called out maybe five years ago when a FWB who is a doctor gave me a really weird look and then asked me "why the f**k are you washing your hands like you're getting ready for surgery?" after we got done having s**y times. Made me realize I could probably tone it down. 😂.
Kit Black 5 months ago
Nah, that dude's just rude. Nothing wrong with that being the default way you wash your hands. And 5 years ago was juuussst pre-covid, so his attitude did not age well
Papa 5 months ago
Considering the situation, the doctor may have felt that the excessive washing immediately after being intimate implied that he or she wasn't clean enough.
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 5 months ago
The idea of someone who always washes their hands like they're scrubbing in is just really cute to me.
Peter Bear 5 months ago
I've washed my hands thoroughly for most of my life, even more so since I got custodial and food-service training. It's a good habit to be in regardless of circumstances.
Wondering Alice 5 months ago
I'd say not. My husband is way over the top with hand washing in my opinion, like he always washes on entering the house even if he just stepped out and touched nothing. My sister is quite over the top too by most standards. I would think that's better than poor hiegine. I would not describe either - or OP - as having a compulsion or any type of disorder that has any effect on anyone's life
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My mother for some reason refused to put little trash bins in the 2 bathrooms that we had. You'd have to carry your used Qtips or cotton b***s to the garbage can in the kitchen.
rorschach-penguin 5 months ago
That's just weird. What are you supposed to do if you're a menstruating woman?
Pamina 5 months ago
This was the normal thing ar my parents house. It made me feel very awkward everytime I needed to change a pad when menstruating and put it in the kitchen garbage while they were cooking - although there were 4 women living there and no one else complained. When I got my first home, I also bought a small garbage bin for the bathroom. It felt just right.
Audrey Wright 4 months ago
What about the hair that’s left in the shower? What about used floss? What if you want to sweep the bathroom floor and empty the dustpan out? Where does the empty toilet paper core go?
Huddo's sister 5 months ago (edited)
We had bins in every room of the house and it was always someone's job to collect all he rubbish on bin night and take it outside. When I lived on my own, I just emptied each bin when it was full. When my sister and I moved in with my dad a few years ago, he had a largeish bin he would put toilet rolls in as well as us using it for sanitary products. We reminded him we could recycle the toilet rolls, so he took the bag out of that so the toilet rolls could be tipped into recycling and used the little bin I had for sanitary products etc. Since my sister moved out and I use a menstrual cup, the little bin rarely needs to be emptied. Our toilet is in a different room to the bathroom, but we have a little bin in the bathroom too, for any floss and other waste.
Betsy S 5 months ago
I assume if you're using "disposable" wipes, you're likely also using "disposable" diapers. In that case, place the wipe inside the diaper before wrapping the diaper up for "disposal" and deposit it all together into the landfill bin.
Load More Replies... Robert Trebor 5 months ago
Maybe she got tired of going around the whole house looking for trash,
Betsy S 5 months ago
Who isn't aware of where the trash cans in their house are located?
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Diolla 5 months ago (edited)
Tbh I don't have trashcans in the bathrooms either. That's because I tend to forget to empty them on a regular basis which is totally nasty. There's one trashcan upstairs in the hallway and one downstairs in the kitchen which I do empty regularly. And I have these mini trashbags for hygiene products next to the toilets, making transport to the trash cans easy and hygienic. I live alone and I don't menstruate.
Silberwolf 5 months ago
I don't have one in my bathroom either. The only trash I produce there is used floss that I can easily put in the trash bin in the kitchen...But I get why women would want one.
#23
My parents were from the South (US) even though their families moved to California where they met. Every dinner there was a plate of extras. It would have green onions or sliced onions, sliced tomatoes, olives, celery sticks, radishes, basically anything edible on hand that wasn't cooked. This was normal to me
After I got married, we had 2 of my husband's friends and their wives over for dinner. They were confused about the plate in the middle of the table, had never seen such a thing.
Many, many years later I saw an episode of Andrew Zimmerman where he was in some Scandanavian country at a family's home and they did that. I wonder if that's where it came from.
Mtn Lungta 5 months ago
We did all on the counter smorg style and ate where ever. Never made mixed salads , potato or others . P ut out the ingredients and make your own ....then potatoes etc can be fried for something else, you can have horse radish in your dressing w/o affecting others, or diet dressing .... whatever.
Scott Rackley 5 months ago
My family has been doing that for several generations, and a lot of those veggies were growing in the garden the day before. Still don't like radishes though, they taste like angry.
Betsy S 5 months ago
Good description of radish taste. I'm going to steal that.
Load More Replies... Dusty's mom 5 months ago
The relish tray! Common Midwestern thing when I was a kid. Ours included various pickles and olives. Great way to deal with those who were impatient for the main meal. Kids noshed on low calorie stuff that didn't "spoil their appetites".
megabeth 5 months ago
Came here to say this! Crudites? Celery, carrots, etc...
Load More Replies... Spittnimage 5 months ago
I'd be snatching those leftover tomatoes; never can have too many maters! 🍅
FluffButt Central 5 months ago
My mom grew up in Amish country, Lancaster County. We always did this. It's an Amish thing many pick up. Sweets (fruit) and sours (pickles etc).
#24
Having a sock basket. I don’t know why but we put all of the clean socks into a basket for everyone to choose from. I didn’t think anything of it until I stayed at other people’s homes and they just kept their socks in the sock drawer lmao. I need to ask my mom why the h**l we did that.
Deborah B 5 months ago
Because your mum didn't want to pair up and fold all the socks, and sort out which belonged to each person. Laundry is never ending.
Betsy S 5 months ago
And for some reason it never occurred to her to make the family members fold and put away their own laundry, including socks.
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Jenny Lind 5 months ago
If most people in the household use similar size, its a great idea to avoid sorting and putting away
Panda Kicki 5 months ago
We have that.Anyone having a problem is welcome to sort out their own socks. I pair them, thats all.
#25
My father was a driver instructor, imagine my surprise, when i realized that not every car has 2 set of pedals in each side.
UKGrandad 5 months ago
One set of pedals on each side. Four sets in a car really would be weird - or fun for back-seat passengers.
Upstaged75 5 months ago
In high school we learned to drive in these cars. It was part of a class called Behind the Wheel. We drove in the school parking lot with a partner, who was another student. My partner though it was hilarious to slam on the instructor brake at random moments, making me look like I was driving drunk. Good times. 😂 We did practice on the roads with an actual adult instructor too.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We don't really have cars with extra pedals for learner drivers where I live. Your first lesson or two are usually in an empty carpark and by the time you get on the road you are trusted to know when to brake anyway. Despite that, my dad hated my brother's driving and would try and brake even though he didn't have pedals on his side of the car. I only had my mum as a supervisor or a paid instructor, I didn't want to stress dad out any more! He probably would have been fine, as I am a cautious driver like him, but I didn't see him as often by then because I was living on my own.
#26
Having cameras in my room. Didn't think much of it until I was a teen. I started to think it was weird since I sometimes change in there... but they have it there in case someone breaks in. I only realized it was not exactly normal when people online thought it was so weird. They really only check it if I'm taking too long in my room. They also have camera's around the house so it's not just my room.
Lady Chelsea (LadyChelseaoftheVoid) 5 months ago
honey...thats not normal. thats a serious invasion of privacy.
Lynchamigsakta 5 months ago
If you take too long! the fukk is that supposed to mean?? This is so so creepy, poor kid
#27
Spent my whole life until I started college drinking milk for dinner. Unless it was a special occasion where we were eating out, then we could have whatever we wanted. It took me a couple months to realize this but I was sitting at a dining hall eating dinner and realized that I could literally drink anything. And also grew up thinking it was against the law to drink soda before noon. Had some friends have a sleepover and my mom looked at them weird and told them they don’t be needing to drink a Pepsi at breakfast.
Dread Pirate Roberts 5 months ago
Soda in the morning to me is almost the equivalent of having alcohol in the morning. Just ew >_<
Wendy Miller 5 months ago
Milk with dinner was common in my house growing up. It wasn't until I became lactose intolerant that I had to switch. I mainly drink water, but the Gold Peak Zero Sugar Sweet Tea? I can mainline that.
Spittnimage 5 months ago
I was a senior in high school when I realized at lunch one day I had a job and money and could buy a Coke to go with my lunch if I wanted. Every day after that...
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We would have milk for breakfast and then only be allowed one glass of juice a day, so usually we would wait until dinner for that. Otherwise it was only water, except when I had issues with constipation and doctor and mum decided I wasn't drinking enough water, so doctor told her it didn't matter if I had a bit more sugar if it meant I was drinking more water, so we could have cordial. I still only have juice or something sweet to drink at dinner time, otherwise it's water or tea.
#28
We were 'lip kissers'. Kiss goodnight, on the lips. Kiss someone thank you for gifts. I thought all families did that but I guess it was just ours. It wasn't gross or weird or anything. And thank god not a single one of us kids were ever molested or anything like that either. Maybe it was a European thing as my maternal family was originally from Italy? When I told my husband he was horrified. It just wasn't weird for us.
rorschach-penguin 5 months ago (edited)
I think it's just a cultural thing. I find it kind of weird because it's not part of my cultural background, but I don't think it's creepy or anything. A little gross, maybe.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
Family all living together are all exposed to the same germs anyway, so I can’t see how it’s gross. I think it’s lovely. Particularly if the father is kissing the sons that way. So important for boys to grow up understanding that intimate touch doesn’t only happen as part of sëx
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Josephine Smith 5 months ago
My family are lip kissers 🤷🏻♀️ The only thing weird is people making it weird.
Melanie Filmer 5 months ago
UK here, my 16 yr old daughter still kisses me on the lips, but 3 of the other kids (all older) have changed to cheeky kisses, and 1 only gives hugs now. We just go with what the kid feels comfortable with
Tommy DePaul 4 months ago
Adopted into an Italian family. Everyone kissed everyone else (in the family, of course) on the lips. That's why I had cold sores as a kid.
#29
Shout around the house for someone. Like if I needed to speak to someone who was upstairs, I just shout their name from the bottom of the stairs and they come to the top of the stairs, or answer from where they are if they're busy. Doesn't help that we live in a 3 storey house, so sometimes one of us would be be on the bottom floor and need to speak to someone on the top floor, so they'd stand at the bottom of the bottom set of stairs and shout up to the person N the top floor, who'd stand on the landing and answer. Never tho ght this was weird until a friend came over when we were teenagers and they were so confused that this was how we did things. I know a few families like this, so as a kid I never realised that many people would walk up/down the stairs to talk to the person thsy needed to speak to 🤷😂.
Dread Pirate Roberts 5 months ago
Actually, this is pretty normal lol my family does this, and my friends' families do this. I'll always remember the time at my friend's house, I was talking to his mom, and I mention that I tried bacon flavored jelly beans once. Then I just hear his little brother yell down from upstairs, "We're they good?" And I just shouted back, "No." 😂
Melanie Filmer 5 months ago
Doesn't work with teens that always have their phones on silent, drives me mad. So we have Alexa's in all the rooms now
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 5 months ago
My mum would get so annoyed when she told us to get our siblings for something and we just shouted from where we were standing. She always said 'well I could have done that, I wanted you to go get them'. When I was in my teens she got a bell to ring at dinner time because we would usually all be in our rooms at the time. We also used an old baby monitor as an intercom when we were using the garage as a rumpus room.
Upstaged75 5 months ago
My family does this. Usually we're yelling to throw a roll of toilet paper down the stairs. 😂
Melanie Filmer 5 months ago
I grew up the same... Now we have an Alexa in each room so just 'drop in' if we need to
#30
Pat you on the back during a hug. The more love, the harder the patting. Not like painful or anything, just faster and more forcefull. Just wack wack wack.
Auntriarch 5 months ago (edited)
I do that, especially if the person I'm hugging is upset at all, or if I haven't seen them for a while
#31
No one in our family eats ramen noodles normally. We pack and eat them like chips. I didn't notice it was "weird" until my first roommate accused me of culinary crimes. 😆.
Daya Meyer 5 months ago
If only there would be an instruction how to prepare it so you don't need to be the weird one...
Rick Murray 5 months ago
I buy those cheap €0,50 ones, throw away the sachet of chemical nastiness, and then eat the noodles as they are. Sometimes dipped in salsa, but often just a quick noodle snack of noodles. Photo - me, eating that, right now. :) 1754141725...818949.jpg 
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
I love that I can see you actually typing out your comment above on your laptop in that pic XD I've seen quite a few people mention eating ramen noodles dry/as-is before and I've never given it a try - but I have two boxes of the cheap stuff in my cupboard (I don't have a lot of money right now) so maybe it's finally time to give it a try!
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We used to do this (2 minute noodles though, technically not ramen) but it was so common in Australia there was a brand (monster/munchie snacks maybe?) that actually advertised them as being for this. I stopped eating them like that when I was about 7 because I ate three packs in a row (took them without mum seeing) and made myself sick.
Upstaged75 5 months ago
When I was in the 6th grade back in the 80's it was THE trend to eat them "raw" for lunch. You smashed up the package, added the flavor powder, and ate it just like that. I was literally the only one at my table who didn't do it. I hate ramen - did then and still do. No matter the consistency. 😂
Dread Pirate Roberts 5 months ago
My dad would sometimes snack on the crunchy noodles, then save the flavor packets lol it worked out well that way, actually
rorschach-penguin 5 months ago
I'm guessing they throw them in their backpack and bring them to school as a snack or something.
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St Nick's holiday
Turns out, not every family celebrates it. Sure there are others but it surprised some people when I talked about having a fluffy red stocking hung on the wall one night, then coming downstairs on St Nick's morning to find the stocking full of oranges, chocolates and a reminder from St Nick to keep being good for Santa later on.
Ace 5 months ago
Or German, and I believe it's still celebrated in quite a few other Northern European countries.
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#33
Flare nostrils as nonverbal communication but mostly just as a joke... Not aggressively or anything it's more akin to "the not it" nose game. If we're at dinner or something and somebody's just looks at you and start flaring nostrils the last person who figures out we're all doing that and being weird loses the game.
In retrospect this is probably something funny my parents did when we were babies...
#34
Nothing important, but my family has a version of "jungle bell rock" that we sing during Christmas. I didn't know it wasn't the original lyrics until grade 5 in music class where we had to split into groups and sing a Christmas Carol in front of the class. Someone in my group suggested this song and asked if we all knew the lyrics and we all said yes. When it was our turn, we all started out singing the same thing....then suddenly I was singing something different than the others. I was so confused 😅
Went home and told my dad and he's like "oh, yeah, your sister came up with those lyrics when she was younger cuz she didn't know the correct ones" 🤦♀️.
Taylor's Ferry 5 months ago (edited)
This is what the OP thought the words were : Jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell rock Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen Through the frosty air What a bright time, it's the right time To rock the night away It's jingle bell time, what a swell time To go riding in a one horse sleigh Giddy up jingle horse pick up your feet Dancing around the block (Can't remember the next lines cuz we haven't been together to sing for years now, but it definitely wasn't mix and a mingle in the jingling feet 😅) That's the jingle bell That's the jingle bell That's the jingle bell rock! (And yes....my phone did autocorrect jingle to jungle while I was typing this 😆)
Camilah Yon 5 months ago
I went to kindergarten and said Mary had a little lamb, and my parents got called to school. Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go It followed her to school one day and the teacher shot it dead And now it goes to school each day between 2 slices of bread
Hugo 2 months ago
Never heard that version before! The scansion in the last line is not ideal.
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Never using a butter knife. 🫣 Growing up we always just had spoons and forks. I don’t know if it was because we were poor or Mexican. 🤣 When I started dating my now husband, he was making a sandwich and asked me for a butter knife. I told him I didn’t have any and to use a spoon so he can get a bigger scoop of mayo. He looked so confused. Thank goodness I didn’t scare him away. 😆.
Snackmachine 5 months ago
In my house a butter knife only gets used as a substitute flat head screwdriver in a pinch.
Melanie Filmer 5 months ago
I'd be fuming if anyone in my house used a fork in the butter! Can't stand messy butter
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We always used butter knives for spreading things, but mum made sure that if we set the table we had the serrated knives (which looked almost identical). We did use a spoon to spread the tomato paste on pizza bases though.
Betsy S 5 months ago
Curious as to why he'd want a butter knife for mayo anyway. Why not just use a normal dinner knife? Who even owns butter knives anymore? Mine is only in the good silver flatware chest for special occasions. Not that we ever have butter pats on the table at that point either, but the set came with one. I don't think I've ever used it. But of course I use the normal dinner knives that come with every place setting in a set of everyday flatware.
megabeth 5 months ago
I think thats what people are referring to. Not like proper butter knife. In US we call the place setting knife a butter knife. Technically not correct.
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Love each other unconditionally.
#37
Snuggling on the couch or bed with my mom or dad, but mostly mom. I became embarrassed by this as a teenager when I realized not all families are physically affectionate.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
I used to be worried that my dad would stop hugging me/being physically affectionate with my sister and I because we were girls. He'd taught us to be wary of strangers, and to tell them/a trusted adult if someone was touching us or behaving inappropriately with us, and I always worried in a vague kid's way that that meant he would eventually stop hugging us since he'd be worried what other people would think. Luckily he was a great dad and was never embarrassed by hugs. Heck, he's the one who had to explain to me how to use a tampon because my mother couldn't be bothered XD
Hugo 2 months ago
Affectionate with I? Lakota, I know you can do better than that.
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Michael Joyce 5 months ago
me too, but it was really nice for a long time... She's still alive but when she passes stuff like this will destroy me. Hug your mom, if you can.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We did that. I think it was partly because my oldest and youngest bother couldn't sit on the couch unsupported, so we would snuggle up with them and mum would read to us all at once.
#38
We always cut frozen pizzas with scissors. We still do.
Robert Trebor 5 months ago
I've got a pizza guillotine. Much better. Easier to clean without a dishwasher. Also good for getting dropped egg off the floor.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 5 months ago
If I want a *frozen* pizza in four pieces, I'll just grab it on each side and smack it across the edge of the table to snap it down the middle, then again for the halves. Hint: Wrap in cling film or cheese bits go *everywhere*. Reassemble, put it in the oven to cook, and when it is done it's pre-quartered.
Melanie Filmer 5 months ago
I used scissors to cut the crusts off bread for one my kids and now it's everyone's go to
Matthew Savestheworld 5 months ago
not alone in this. IF you do not have a wheel cutter or a mezzaluna... kitchen scissors work.
#39
Fish sticks with macaroni and ketchup.
Colleen Glim 5 months ago
David Tennant was the best doctor. I will die on this hill
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Otto Katz 5 months ago
Fish stick sandwiches growing up. I never knew it was weird. white bread, I don't remember if there was a condiment.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
I ate that as a kid too. Or hot dogs in white bread instead of buns XD In fact, I was fed quite a bit of food as "sandwich form" wrapped in the cruddy white bread of the era... XD
Load More Replies... Dee Rutherford 5 months ago
Why not? Any combination you Iike is acceptable . Ours was Weiners and beans.
Hugo 2 months ago (edited)
If Weiner means anything at all, then someone who cries. But Wiener = Viennese.
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Mabelbabel 5 months ago
Fish sticks (we call them fishfingers in the UK) topped with cheese and then toasted (thats a broiler to USA folk) are the best. They make a perfect sandwich, but you have to use squishy white bread.
SkyBlueandBlack 5 months ago
A broiler? No, sorry. You can use that setting on your oven to cook fish, though.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 5 months ago
In Australia fish fingers usually go with chips or salad and many kids have tomato sauce but we would have tartare sauce, same as with fish from fish and chip shop.
#40
We used to put ketchup on popcorn
I genuinely thought that was a normal thing people did at movie nights.
First sleepover at a friend's place… I asked for ketchup and everyone looked at me like I was a criminal 😂.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
First time I was asked whether I wanted icing (powdered) sugar on popcorn I was confused, as I'd only ever had salt/butter. I didn't mind it when I tried, but butter is my go to (not counting the candy/caramel coated bags of popcorn, but that was mostly only a Christmas thing for us.
Peter Bear 5 months ago
This is... odd, to say the least, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't kinda curious. But then, I've always been culinarily adventurous.
#41
We had cinnamon sugar on French toast. I learned in college that 99.9% of people have syrup on their French toast. Psst!- Cinnamon sugar is way better!
Mtn Lungta 5 months ago
Buy some real maple syrup and you will never go back. Cinnamon and sugar is for toast. Or not. U do U.
Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 5 months ago
Canadian here, the best toppings for French toast are Nutella and cinnamon sugar. Also crystallized honey and cinnamon sugar is awesome.
Load More Replies... Taylor's Ferry 5 months ago
Yes, cinnamon on toast with a sprinkle of confectioners sugar; no syrup at all
Faye Bosworth 5 months ago
I still can't believe that americans put sweet stuff on eggy bread.. the culture shock is real 😅🤣
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We did that too. I think it was more common in Australia before the influence from America. Also had regular toast with cinnamon sugar as a treat sometimes.
UnicornCow🦄 5 months ago
I put tomato sauce and cheese on mine. Makes it taste like McDonald's lol
Beak Hookage 5 months ago
My sister and I "invented" that recipe when we were kids! Then I went on to find out it was already a thing.
#42
Not a family thing, but I thought everyone had nightmares 4-7 nights a week, and 2-3x a night bad enough to wake them up. I was 27 when I brought it up to friends and they said most people don't experience that.
That was my normal since I was a child.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
Sounds more like night terrors, though I think they usually ease when you are an adult. Parents should have gotten treatment but since they didn't know it was abnormal I'm guessing they didn't.
#43
When opening gifts at a birthday or Christmas, we all clap after it’s been opened…like a big clap and cheer lol.
quentariel 5 months ago (edited)
We always open gifts one at a time, so that everyone watches one people open their gift, then the next person and so on. If there's more gifts we go another round. So everyone get's to enjoy others' gifts too when they are being opened. I know it wouldn't work in bigger families, but I'm an only child so our is small. Also we tend to make many presents ourselves and buy thoughtful gifts (not anything really expensive) so it's great to see the reactions for your gifts.
Bec 5 months ago
My family does this too, but as a kid my Dad's extended family were turn-takers, and Mom's extended family were chaotic let the kids tear into their gifts. My immediate family did Christmas on Christmas Eve
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Lady Chelsea (LadyChelseaoftheVoid) 5 months ago
Lol we did this on my mother's side of the family. So stupid. We also opened in presents in order of age. Everything just felt so fake and scripted.
megabeth 5 months ago
We take turns youngest to oldest and it's very sweet. Must be people not the tradition. I'm sorry, yours doesn't sound fun at all
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#44
Thought every family had a p**e bowl. Which is not solely designated just for p**e.
Fabulous chocolate cookie 5 months ago
We have that as well. One old bowl which always gets used for when someone is sick.
GenericElder 5 months ago
There's a bucket for that at my house. A small one, but bigger than a d**n bowl.
BrunoVI 5 months ago
OP means "is," right? Right? Because we totally DO have a designated puke bowl so it could never be used for any other purpose.
Mtn Lungta 5 months ago
Puke is better in any bowl than anywhere else ...no? And bowls wash. This is right up there with your not going to install a used toilet? when everyone is comfortable having a used one and using it without washing after every use.
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Betsy S 5 months ago
Ewww! Leaky, stinky mess, dripping all over the floor? No thanks.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 5 months ago
Ours was usually a 5/10L ice cream bucket. They don't even make ice cream in that size anymore as far as I can tell. I don't use anything any more, except the toilet, but that might change if I have kids I guess.
#45
I won't speak for myself on this one, but I will relate my daughter's shock and surprise when she discovered that other families don't set up traps for the Easter Bunny. This was the brain child of my Eldest & became a tradition that the older two passed on to the younger two.
Bill Swallow 5 months ago
No, but they *did* once catch a tall, snarky, gray-and-white rabbit with a Bronx/Brooklyn accent. Didn't *keep* him long, though...
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#46
When we were kids my mom made us vacuum the dog every Saturday. She was a black lab who didn’t shed that much. I thought everyone vacuumed their dogs.
Foxglove🇮🇪 5 months ago
Wouldn't work here, my dog attacks the vacuum as soon as it's switched on, tries to k!ll it the whole time I'm using it. I end up putting him outside til I'm done!
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
I regularly vacuum one of my dogs, Stilgar. He's half German Shepherd and he sheds like you wouldn't believe XD I introduced him to it when he was still a puppy and made it a really positive experience, so now he loves it. He just lays there while I use the hose attachment to brush-vacuum off tons of fur that will somehow have grown back within 24 hours XD
kaycee14 5 months ago
Black labs shed A LOT! Five years after mine crossed the rainbow bridge, I was still seeing his hair in my vacuum canister. From between the edge of the carpet and the baseboards, behind the washing machine, under the fridge... When I got my Aussie, I bought a grooming tool that's a tiny vacuum with brush attachments. Since I've used it on her since she was a puppy, she's not afraid of it.
Dread Pirate Roberts 5 months ago
At least one of my dogs likes me to use the vacuum wand on his back 😆
#47
Eating cereal dry (no milk). My sister and I would just pour it out onto our placemats and eat it off there.
Edurne 5 months ago
that's how I eat cereal too, it's so crunchy and yummy! and I can't stand soggy food
Auntriarch 5 months ago
Chocolate granola is also much nicer without wetting it.
Load More Replies... Colleen Glim 5 months ago
My daughters would use dry cereal as snacks while watching tv. They had specific brands that were bought for use as snacks. Munchie cereal
Saeyoul Akiyune 5 months ago
For me, it depended on the cereal - Honey Comb and Lucky Charms were my favorite to eat dry. After I got Covid the second time, I lost a lot of my tastes (chocolate, Pepsi, and white sauces were horrible! Thankfully, they've come back) and has to have every cereal with milk (though now, I only eat Cocoa Pebbles) Though...I always use a bowl 😂
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I will snack on slightly sweet cereal like Nutrigrain dry from the box, but not at breakfast time, then I need milk and I eat other cereals. Not sure why I bother though, because I always have a sip of tea between mouthfuls anyway.
Microwaved Robot 5 months ago
I love dry cereal, it is a nice change from snacking on popcorn 🍿
Bret Sander 5 months ago
Meticulously separating the crunch berries from the regular Cap'n crunch and saving those for last.
Julie S 5 months ago
I eat frosted flakes (frosties in the UK) straight out of the box.
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Every person in my family ate a different meal at dinner time. My mom is vegetarian, and my dad is not, and I don't eat beef or pork. So when I was a kid, I'd usually end up eating some combo of what my parents had. Or my mom would make me something totally different. I'd eat while my mom and dad were in the kitchen making their own, different, dinners. Then they'd eat dinner together, but not the same food. Even now as an adult if I'm with them, they each are eating something different for dinner and usually I'm eating some combo. I thought this was so normal. .
Child of the Stars 5 months ago (edited)
I know a family where each of them has multiple food sensitivities or allergies, and none of them are the same. The mom always makes 5 separate meals because no one can eat the same thing.
Foxglove🇮🇪 5 months ago
Omg it's bad enough having to cook one meal a day!
Load More Replies... Robert Trebor 5 months ago
I abhorred cooked spinach. After confrontation between 4-year-old me and my parents, which ended with me going to bed without dessert, my mom decided that when she served spinach, she'd also cook Brussels sprouts, which my brothers hated, and so I got the Brussels sprouts, which I loved (!), brothers got spinach, and my parents got both. Win-win.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
For most of the final quarter century of mom's life, she and I would often make our own meals because our food preferences were so very different; though she did like koshihikari (sushi) rice (from Niigata) with yakitori sauce drizzled on top so if I was making that I'd just make twice as much.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We ate VERY plainly when my dad lived with us, because my mum didn't want to make multiple meals. Then he moved out, so she started cooking more adventurous meals (or my now stepdad did), but then my brother was diagnosed as coeliac, and my sister was more adamant about her avoidances (now we know relate to her ASD) so mum had to try and work around those. So she would make things that she could skips some steps in to make them friendly for them and a 'proper' version for the rest of us. I always felt bad for how much extra work this made for her, but it was extremely difficult to find one recipe that was suitable for everyone.
#49
Obviously not just my family but it’s apparently less common than I thought…having a basic schedule/routine you do every day.
According at my in-laws, two speech/OT therapist, and a handful of pediatricians this is abnormal behavior. 🤷🏻♀️.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
My entire day doesn't have a schedule, but getting up and going to work has a very precise schedule that if not followed would lead to things being forgotten. Ditto bedtime. To the point where I have made myself checklists that I can go through to ensure I haven't forgotten anything important. 1754143773...nsored.jpg 
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago (edited)
Always having multiple dogs all my life I’ve always had to have some kind of routine. Anybody not have a routine, let me know how that feels, sincerely. :)
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I think the reason my mum's ADHD went unnoticed until she was 60 was because for a large bulk of her adult life she had 5 kids, two with disabilities so she always had to have medication and therapies in her routine until two died and the rest of us moved out. Mind you, she was still scatterbrained enough that it took a LONG time for us to ever leave the house and we were always late to things, which as a kid with anxiety I hated.
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#50
Scream at each other. I grew up with a mentally ill, emotionally a*****e parent. It turns out yelling is not an effective way to work things out.
#51
Order appetizers and dessert every single time we go out to eat. I’ve met people who have never ordered an appetizer or dessert in their entire lives.
nottheactualphoto 5 months ago
For me, that's just Too Much Food (TM) - unless we're skipping the entree and making that the entire meal
Mtn Lungta 5 months ago
appetizers went with beer, desserts went with the kids as a treat sunday , meals were a one plate deal
Saeyoul Akiyune 5 months ago
My family used to do this too. We don't anymore, haven't for several years 🤷♀️
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We never really ate out until I was in my mid teens (except McDonalds) because my dad didn't like to and never expected to find anything he would like to eat. I didn't even have Chinese (well, Aussie Chinese) until I was in year 12 at a uni open day, except fried rice and chow mien/chop suey, and I had my friend order for me because I had no idea what I would like. When my now stepdad started dating my mum we started eating out more, and my sister, mum and I ordered appetisers, but had them as our mains (or shared a main between us) because we couldn't finish a whole main on our own. We still never order dessert though, unless there is a 'senior's meal' that comes with a dessert (they never check for a senior's card, and they are smaller meals, so sometimes we get that instead).
#52
Moaning while stretching, pretty much all of my family does it. we're just stretching like everyone else, nothing weird, but the sounds we make tend to catch people off guard
my girlfriend found it entertaining when she noticed me doing it, and eventually picked up the habit for herself 😂.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
A good moan makes it work better, especially when you're having a stretch in bed at six in the morning knowing full well what sorts of awfulness you'll have to deal with for the next eleven hours until you can come home, slam the door shut, and be alone to recharge.
Auntriarch 5 months ago
Absolutely true. I did a big stretch and rowr at work once, having finished transcribing a long and complicated tape. A colleague asked me if I had to do that, and of course I did, it's not the same without the rowr.
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My next-door neighbor was bewildered by people leaving cookies & milk out for Santa. In her family, the tradition was scotch and cheese!
nottheactualphoto 5 months ago
So we're just leaving Olive (the other reindeer) to go hungry? :-)
Load More Replies... Child of the Stars 5 months ago
When my oldest was 4, she insisted on pretzels and sparkling water because Santa must be tired of cookies and milk.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
When my dad was living with us, it was milk and biscuits, when my stepdad was there, bourbon/scotch and biscuits. When my sister was still getting santa, my brother was always excited to eat the carrot for the reindeer :)
#54
I don’t even wanna talk about this lmao. my parents kept cereal bags in the dishwasher. I don’t remember if it was broken or my mom just didn’t like to use it or what but for as long as i lived there the dishwasher was the cereal place. it never occurred to me how wild that was until a friend stayed the night and in the morning i open our cereal storage and she said why on earth is there cereal in your dishwasher lmao.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
A neighbour used to stick her cat's litter box in the oven because she kept tripping over it. Sometimes she'd leave the oven door open so the cat could...... yeah, I was invited to various meals and get-togethers, thankfully - just by pure coincidence - I had important appointments at that same time so sorry... One time I got a taxi to the railway station and spent £40 going in a big circle around central England, just to be away for long enough to justify not being around. ;)
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
I have 6 cats and I'm not squeamish about their litterboxes or anything, but I cannot fathom having one of their boxes in the kitchen, let alone in the OVEN. Hell, my oldest cat jumps up on the counters and likes to lay on the drying mat (whatever, I'm the only person who lives here) but the full-on litterbox ANYWHERE in the kitchen/in an appliance? Nope XD
Load More Replies... #55
You have to eat all of your dinner - if you don’t, you can’t have dessert, and have to complete dinner as breakfast in the morning.
Ellinor she/they/elle 5 months ago (edited)
Lesson 1 on how to make sure your kids grow up to have an eating disorder and possibly a sugar @ddiction once they are financially responsible : Make dessert a reward.
S Bow 5 months ago
Not true. My family was the same. Serve yourself and eat what you take. We didn't have finish it at breakfast though. None of the six of us are overweight, have an eating disorder or are addicted to sugar.
Load More Replies... Colleen Glim 5 months ago
Never did this with any of my girls. When you’re full, you’re full. And if you didn’t eat it for dinner because you didn’t like it, what in the blue hell makes a parent think offering it cold or reheated for breakfast is a good idea?
Yrral Spavit 5 months ago
Eat dessert first. You don't want to risk choking on dinner and having to miss it.
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
When I didn’t finish dinner I had to sit at the table until bedtime, usually 3 to 4 hours. I’m just glad it wasn’t served to me for breakfast because it was usually liver. 🤮
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We used to have to, especially if we had served ourselves, or at least an amount deemed acceptable by mum. Mum (& me, when mum left me in charge of her) had huge battles with my sister, until she learned more about ADHD and ASD and how the meds supressed appetite). Though there was still concern, because my sister was always underweight (we all were, but her concerningly so) so she had to drink Sustagen to supplement what she ate.
#56
Calling a bowel movement a “job.” “I have to go do a job.” Never heard anyone else ever say that. I often wondered if I should punch a time clock and unionize. Does that come with benefits?
Mabelbabel 5 months ago
Have they got Scottish ancestry? In Scotland, poop is called a "jobbie"
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
My stepdad is from Yorkshire (iirc) and he and his dad also called them jobbies.
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Trillian 5 months ago
If you're past the age of needing help to wipe your butt, why announce it at all?
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
In Australia men in particular will announce 'I need a slash/p**s'. When I was a teenager one of my friends would say 'I need to pee' so I sort of got into the habit too, but usually I will just say 'I need the loo'. I don't really know why you need to announce it though, generally you're still going to the same place.
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 5 months ago
I say "I have to go on the battlefield and take my claim to the throne". It's dumb but as I have no humour it makes me smile every time I say it :-)
Michael Largey 5 months ago
Putting the Bible's Book of Job in a whole new (and not entirely inappropriate) context.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
I have to go make space for more linguine / tea; so it's a coded message as to which. I have taught some of the women at work "Je vais arroser les fleurs".
#57
Washed combs and brushes every week. I grew up and realized most people don't do it at all. I seldom do it anymore.
#58
Not did, but my parents had the same birthday. Same year and all. They also had matching cars (which they had owned prior to meeting). Mom drove a white Dodge Dart and Dad's was blue.
How could you marry someone with a different birthday? Who drove a different car? Just unnatural! Or so I thought when I learned about other arrangements as a little kid.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I remembered this week (facebook reminded me) my dad has the same birthday as one of my best primary school friend's dads. Her mum also had the same, or very close, birthday as my mum too. I used to find it weird that other people's parent's birthdays weren't close to mother's/father's day. Like, there was another time of year to think about buying presents for them?
nottheactualphoto 5 months ago
The Dodge Dart... a sober and sensible car. My great-uncle had several Darts and Valiants and worked on them as a hobby of sorts.
#59
Drank till we blackout on the weekends..oh and just a few beers or a light mix on the weekdays🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Sobriety is so empowering, yet the times you loook back and judge yourself makes you wanna take a 40 to the face again..
“Just keep swimming..just keep swimming..”.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I went from having a tea-totaller dad and mum drinking 1 glass of cask/boxed wine/g**n a night to stepdad who will drink everything (but only a couple of glasses of wine/scotch on weeknights) and mum drinking wine from bottles (though still what I would call cheap wine). Despite (or maybe because of) being allowed to drink as teens (but generally didn't exceed 2 drinks at a party) none of us are alcoholics, though my sister does drink more than she should in one go, and none of us are even daily drinkers, only on social occasions.
Lady Chelsea (LadyChelseaoftheVoid) 5 months ago
Its either one extreme end of the spectrum or the other. Family is all drunks or family is all prissy teetotallers who think 1 beer is a sign of a problem.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
My mom was the latter. She used to call my dad an alcoholic and would get into screaming rampages at him (and would physically ab.use him as well) about it. My dad was not an alcoholic. I'm old enough now (and have had my own substance abuse issues) to know what an alcoholic/add!ct is, and my dad was NOT. He would drink 2 to 3 cans of Budweiser on Saturdays and Sundays. But my mother acted like even one sip was the sign of an alcoholic. She used to call me a "junk!e" when I was in my teens and taking a lot of Tylenol because I got chronic migraines. She's well into the "insane" levels of teetotaler.
Load More Replies... #60
Frank conversations about death and dying. E.g., “When I die, I want you to have X, play this music at my funeral, bury me here, etc.” My MIL just passed away and she was very organized about her estate, trusts, Power of Attorney, etc. But did she tell us who gets what or where to be buried, etc? Nope. Sigh….
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I had two brothers with degenerative conditions, so we always knew (most likely) their funerals would be coming before they were adults. Death was never something we shied away from. Maybe it helped we/they were Christian, so expected where they would 'end up'? We might not have talked about my older brother's funeral until he was intubated (conscious) and in palliative care, the week or two before he died, but we did earlier with my youngest brother. He was very depressed when my older brother died (he was 18 months or so but knew he had the same condition) so I think talking about it helped. We also know everyone's stance on end of life care and euthanasia. I think it helped me with dealing with other deaths during my lifetime.
#61
Peach yogurt on toast…it’s really just a fruit spread on toast but the first time I brought it for lunch at school everyone roasted tf out of me.
Mtn Lungta 5 months ago
Scalloped potato or french fry sandwich with mayo like john travolta in that movie.
Ace 5 months ago
In the UK it's called a chip butty. Better with ketchup. but mayo or salad cream works as well.
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Look inside the refrigerator ... just to see how you doin'.
Francesca Annoni 5 months ago
My mom says that we are doing the "fridge bear".. as a bear looking into a hole in a tree for honey.. you look into the fridge for something but you don't now what you are looking for ..
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I remember we used to have so much milk in the fridge growing up! At least two 3L bottles at a time. Now I only go through 1L a fortnight almost, because I only really put it in tea. My brother still drinks a lot of milk though, so if he visits we have to tell him not to drink too much or he will down a litre in one go! Same with yoghurt!
Load More Replies... #63
If someone likes a lot of butter on their popcorn, I can relate to using a utensil as a workaround...It may be odd, but it's not crazy.
AtMostAFabulist 5 months ago
I use chopsticks to eat Cheeto's at work. No orange fingers on the keyboard.
Load More Replies... Mtn Lungta 5 months ago
Butter on a fork and eat off what sticks then re dip nip a bit of butter too with each bite if you want.
#64
Does being dropped off at your grandparents house the day after school ended in June and being picked up 2-5 days before school started again count? (it was an 11 hour journey each way).
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We lived close to our grandparents, but never spent that much time at their place. More when both parents were working full time, but by the time I was 9, mum was on maternity leave for 2 years, and dad working only intermittently so we didn't need the care. My mum managed to work for about 1-2 years as a nurse, then my brother's care needs increased so she couldn't work again. We would stay at my grandparents sometimes when my brothers were in hospital but that was about it after that. I think that's why my little brother and sister were not as close to my grandparents as us older three.
#65
As a kid, I was not allowed to answer our home phone. From the time I was born until I got a cell phone at age 17, I probably had fewer than 20 total phone conversations.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
Mum was happy for us to answer the phone, we just didn't want to. It was so much better when she got an answering machine and could screen calls.
Michael Largey 5 months ago
"Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you." - Fran Lebowitz
#66
Hug each other as a greeting. Add a kiss on the cheek if it's been awhile since you've seen each or if it's a special occasion.
Fabulous chocolate cookie 5 months ago (edited)
Hugging as greeting or as goodbye is something that is common in my friendgroup. I had to get used to it as akward-hugger tho.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
My grandma's family we often only see at the annual family reunion, but it's always a hug and kiss on the cheek. They are the only ones I kiss on the cheek in greeting.
#67
The absolute superiority of toilet paper rolls in the overhang orientation.
Mreoww 5 months ago
Weirdly, I find the holders themselves inconvenient. I solve the over/under problem by not using the holder at all. It’s easier for me to grab the toilet paper roll when it’s sitting on the countertop thingy around the sink.
Hugo 2 months ago
I gasped; then realized you mean not the kitchen sink but the washbasin.
Load More Replies... Colleen Glim 5 months ago
I don’t get this whole over/under argument. I don’t care as long as there is some
Auntriarch 5 months ago
I spent a holiday in a house with stucco on the bathroom walls. Just seeing the roll hanging on the wall side makes me flinch.
Load More Replies... #68
We brush our teeth in the kitchen. Our bathroom on the first floor has no medicine cabinet and a pedestal sink. We don’t have anyway to keep germs off of the toothbrushes. We’re too lazy to walk back upstairs and brush our teeth after breakfast.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
So do I. It's where the kettle is. I chuck boiled water over the toothbrush before use.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
My brother brushes his teeth in the shower, which I find weird, but he finds it weird I only shower at night so... It's also interesting to find out who keeps their medications in the bathroom compared to the kitchen, because there seems to be a pretty even split, unless you are one of the lucky people who has no meds at all.
#69
We had a dinner schedule.
Every meal repeated weekly.
Sunday lunch, pizza
Sunday dinner leftovers
Monday dinner, hamburger helper chilli mac
Tuesday dinner, spaghetti
Wednesday dinner, pork chops
Thursday dinner, sausage, peppers and onions
Friday dinner, fish sticks
Saturday lunch, sandwiches
Saturday dinner, grill out (summer) or baked potato (winter).
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago (edited)
My best friend’s house on Thursday was spaghetti night. Her dad would come home with a fresh crusty loaf of Italian bread. The meal was the best. All the kids’ best friends were there almost every time. One of my all time favorite memories, a lot of love in that home.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We didn't have a schedule per say, but mum did have a random rotation of a number of different meals. If I said I was sick of eating something she would say 'well you could cook' which is fair, but I was lazy so didn't often. This was in between when my dad lived with us and my stepdad moved in. It was pretty much spaghetti bolognaise, carbonara, chow mien, fried rice, chilli con carne, dahl, jacket potatoes and burritos/tacos. Oh, and any day it was fine enough on the weekend, especially if my stepdad was around, it was bbq. It really turned me off bbq meat, so I only really eat salads or fried eggplant and zucchini or veggie burgers. I'm not a vegetarian, but I don't like eating meat on it's own really, it has to be in a curry/casserole etc.
#70
Corn on the cob with butter and sour cream - delish!
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
Just butter for our family, mum hated how much fat sour cream has, so only used it sparingly (now replaces it with natural yoghurt too).
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
Nope. My Mexican upbringing says differently ;) You can put ANYTHING on elote/corn on the cob... cheese, spices, cilantro, onions.... XD
Load More Replies... #71
We had a dedicated drawer for plastic bags inside another bag. I thought every house had a “bag of bags” system. Turns out it’s just peak desi household behavior.
Fabulous chocolate cookie 5 months ago
Nope. We have that as well. One plastic bag filled with plastic bags.
Taylor's Ferry 5 months ago
I recycle.these bags until I can't anymore. (Not used as trash bag liner)
Jennifer eiland 5 months ago
Southern white girl with a boyfriend from Boston here. Also have a bag of bags.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We had them in those hanging 'sock' things, hanging on the back of the laundry door. I still keep bags on the rare times I get them. We used to exclusively use those for our rubbish bins but since the 'single use' plastic ban, we had to buy some.
#72
Not giving freedom, or sending kids on trips stop kids to participate any school activities.
#73
The rest of my family, excluding me, never stopped loving my cousin, even after he attempted double homicide of his mother and her boyfriend. While he was in jail/prison, they genuinely sent him letters of support expressing how much they cared about him.
Artful Penguin 5 months ago
I have a cousin in prison for child p0rn. Several family members still talk to him regularly and send him money. Makes me so angry.
#74
Catalina dressing on pizza! I thought everyone did it!! Even the dominoes pizza’s in south MS would provide packs upon request. Pizza restaurants have bottles on the table. It wasn’t until I moved to Louisiana and requested it that I realized, it’s just a south MS thing.
nottheactualphoto 5 months ago
Catalina dressing? There is a Catalina Island in California... we had a Pontiac Catalina when I was in high school. That's all I got.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
Google says it's a sauce made of ketchup/tomato paste with vinegar (maybe), oil, sugar (maybe), and hot sauce/spices. So I guess maybe it's like a sort of light chili ketchup? Sounds alright for a pizza...
Load More Replies... #75
Answered the family/ house phone politely. My father had a script for us - hello 'Smith' family, 'Jane; speaking may I ask who's calling please? I hated it and felt weird. Especialy when it was my friends caling me. They would crack up!
AtMostAFabulist 5 months ago
We had a message on our answering machine "We were here, but now we're gone, we've left our names to carry on. Those who know us, know us well. Those who don't can leave their name, number, and brief message at the beep."
Fabulous chocolate cookie 5 months ago
I remember an old friend of mine who has something like that. He always answers the phone with "hello who am I speaking to?" because his parents taught him he's not allowed to say his name or surname on the phone without knowing who is calling you.
Ace 5 months ago
We would always answer with just the phone number, which was 5 digits when we first got a phone. Wrong numbers were more common back in the day when rotary dials were the norm so this was a quick way of establishing that straight away.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 5 months ago
My introverted self tends to answer the phone with complete silence, those times when I actually feel like answering and not just think about whether or not I should until the noise stops. Those who know me greet me at that point. Those who don't get a bit flummoxed especially if I respond to their "Hello?" with my "Hello?" and we're just saying "Hello?" to each other. Those who launch into reading from a script get hung up on.
Hugo 2 months ago
Germans always answer with their names. The French, in my experience, say "je vous écoute" and the Italians "pronto", so you just have to hope you got through to the right person. We would always say the exchange and number, which was only three digits in our childhood days. Eight digits now, so it's easier to give my name -- more helpful too, I feel.
#76
Went to church, then got in the car and made fun of/talked s**t about all the other families in attendance.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
We never did that. If anything, I would remark "haha, someone commented on me having a bare midriff again" but I never cared and only 2-3 people would (2 of them my grandparents) because it was a pretty easy going congregation. The minister's foster daughter and the rest of the 'youth' would always wear jeans and sometimes thongs (flip flops). They did have to get used to the fact that not all children will sit still and quiet during the service because my undiagnosed ADHD sister couldn't. They were okay with it after a few weeks, except the time there was an audible gasp as she almost knocked a vase of flowers over as she ran behind the pulpit to visit my grandma in the choir pit.
#77
Not my family, but was told getting obsessed with things to the point of daydreaming different plot points/situations/stuff like that to where I disconnect from reality and just go through the motions without being mentally in the room at all. Just staring of into space, according to other people.
#78
Arguing at Sunday dinner about everything then leaving without any animosity. It was just what we do. Going over another house and seeing the dinner conversations or lack there of, was eye opening.
Nizumi 5 months ago
This is great and serves one well in life. I grew up in a "button it" household and still don't know how to do small-scale confrontation (that's really what debates and lively discussions are - a form of small confrontation - differing points of view trying to sway each other).
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UKGrandad 5 months ago
Most of these are far from being weird. It's almost as though some people are so desperate to be involved in Reddit threads they'll write any old dross 🤔
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 5 months ago
My thoughts exactly. Some of these are wholesome.
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Stardust she/her 5 months ago
I used to think that it was normal for parents to beat their kids until I was 13
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
::hugs:: Same :( I thought it was normal for families with more than one kid to have the "scapegoat child" who was the one who always got hit, beaten, yelled at, and blamed for everything. I was that child in my family. I remember once (when I was 8 or 9) asking my best friend Matt if he was the "beaten child" or if his little sister was. He just stared at me and said his mom didn't hit either of them. I was really shocked. I honestly thought all parents always hit/beat their children, too.
Load More Replies... Fabulous chocolate cookie 5 months ago (edited)
cleaning the house every week and helping with the groceries. Apearently this is not as common/normal as I thought when I talked with a coworker about it. Even though maybe I have to add I have a single-mother.
Yrral Spavit 5 months ago
Was expecting to see the poop knife brought up https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/poop-knife
Artful Penguin 5 months ago
If we didn't put our napkin in our lap at dinner, and got caught, we had to go to our bedroom and count to ten loud enough for everyone to hear. Even if we had company. If it happened while out to eat, we had to go outside the restaurant to the nearest window and do it where our parents could see. This was the 80's...
UKGrandad 5 months ago
Most of these are far from being weird. It's almost as though some people are so desperate to be involved in Reddit threads they'll write any old dross 🤔
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 5 months ago
My thoughts exactly. Some of these are wholesome.
Load More Replies... Stardust she/her 5 months ago
I used to think that it was normal for parents to beat their kids until I was 13
LakotaWolf (she/her) 5 months ago
::hugs:: Same :( I thought it was normal for families with more than one kid to have the "scapegoat child" who was the one who always got hit, beaten, yelled at, and blamed for everything. I was that child in my family. I remember once (when I was 8 or 9) asking my best friend Matt if he was the "beaten child" or if his little sister was. He just stared at me and said his mom didn't hit either of them. I was really shocked. I honestly thought all parents always hit/beat their children, too.
Load More Replies... Fabulous chocolate cookie 5 months ago (edited)
cleaning the house every week and helping with the groceries. Apearently this is not as common/normal as I thought when I talked with a coworker about it. Even though maybe I have to add I have a single-mother.
Yrral Spavit 5 months ago
Was expecting to see the poop knife brought up https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/poop-knife
Artful Penguin 5 months ago
If we didn't put our napkin in our lap at dinner, and got caught, we had to go to our bedroom and count to ten loud enough for everyone to hear. Even if we had company. If it happened while out to eat, we had to go outside the restaurant to the nearest window and do it where our parents could see. This was the 80's...
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