Rules you learned from your parents..

[Ele'ill]

...that you never thought you would adopt because you hated them as a kid.

1. No sleeping in the common room (living room, family room etc..) This place is to stay clean and free of clutter. Not even napping is allowed here- this is why we have bedrooms- so other members of the house don't have to walk around feeling guilty about every noise they make.

2. If you're going out- turn off your fucking computer. We don't need the perpetual roar of something in the room that's not being used.




Edit- I mean rules you adopted as your own even though you hated them as a kid.

Edit- this thread is not about why you hate your parents. This thread is about rules that you grew up with that you hated then but use now.

Edit- What rules did you hate as a kid but love now?

Edit- What did your parents instill in you as a kid that you hated but grew to love as you got older.

[Fawkes]

2. No singing at the table. I still refuse to follow it, but my two sisters and I all spend at least 80% of our waking hours singing if not playing another instrument, and dinnertime was no exception.

[The Fighting_Crusnik]

3. You're not allowed to be gay/bi... if you are you're out of the family... <--- rule was stated in middle school, and then when I came out of the closet recently, the "penalty" added was that of being disowned... All I have to say, is fuck my parents and the moment that I can support myself and get the fuck away from them will be the happiest moment in my life.

[Os Cangaceiros]

One thing that my parents were firm believers in that I didn't appreciate until I became older was the whole dinner table thing. My parents were traditionalists when it came to dinner. Every night we'd sit at the table, have dinner and talk about various things. Or some times we wouldn't really talk at all. But it was the one time of the day for about half an hour or so when we could all talk together as a family. I didn't really appreciate it back then, but I think that it was a positive thing for me as a child.

[Rusty Shackleford]

no riding dirtbikes in the bedrooms.

pretty solid rule.

[Quail]

One thing that my parents were firm believers in that I didn't appreciate until I became older was the whole dinner table thing. My parents were traditionalists when it came to dinner. Every night we'd sit at the table, have dinner and talk about various things. Or some times we wouldn't really talk at all. But it was the one time of the day for about half an hour or so when we could all talk together as a family. I didn't really appreciate it back then, but I think that it was a positive thing for me as a child.
I always thought eating tea at the table was stupid when I was a child, but I intend to eat at the table as often as possible with my son when he's growing up because it's one of the few times you actually get to interact as a family.

[Sam_b]

Don't smoke menthols, they're fucking rubbish.


Thanks, dad!

[Chris]

Well, I never really hated my parents. Or disliked them either. In fact, I liked them a lot, so I wonder if this counts.

4. Don't get involved in pointless (physical) fights.
5. Support the Trade Union.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

No wearing make up, shaving my legs, wearing pretty clothes, other expressions of my feminimity, etc.

Fuck you dad, I love you, but fuck you!

[Il Medico]

Haha, my parents recently have been trying to force me not to curse. (not working of course, since I haven't listened to them if I didn't agree with them since I was about 16) And all I had yo say was "really, you want me not to curse now that i'm an adult, wouldn't this have made more sense when i was..you know..a kid." (they had no rule about cursing when i was young except my dad frowned on cursing around his mother, mainly cause she would blame him for what she saw as 'bad behavior')

[Tablo]

1. No drugs. Fucked that one up.
2. Go to bed at 9. That never worked after 4th grade.
3. No cursing. They never heard me.
4. No sneaking out. Did it all the time.
5. Always use condoms. Oops..
6. Do your homework. I never did it.
7. Don't lie. Hard to do when I'm breaking all the rules and gotta cover my ass.
8. No tattoos or piercing or we will disown you. Only one I've kept, but I'm going to break it soon.

[Magón]

My parents are anarchists. There was never a rule or law with them that I hated really. I mean, besides the typical angsty teen spurts where you'd hate them for nagging on simple things like asking, "You want something to eat?" or something like that.

[The Douche]

no riding dirtbikes in the bedrooms.

pretty solid rule.

A few months ago I rode my moped into my friend's living room, through his apartment, into the bedroom, turned around, burnt out on the carpet, and then rode it back out.

Guess my parent's could've learned something from yours.:lol:

[BeerShaman]

Study a lot for school. We'll see what its result will be...

[gorillafuck]

My mom hates when I curse but my dad curses a lot, I suspect it's because he's from Brooklyn.

[John "Eh" MacDonald]

Don't do drugs it will really mess your life up.

[Rusty Shackleford]

A few months ago I rode my moped into my friend's living room, through his apartment, into the bedroom, turned around, burnt out on the carpet, and then rode it back out.

Guess my parent's could've learned something from yours.:lol:
obviously you were raised incorrectly.

to the post-youth reform academy!

[Luisrah]

The only thing my parents made that made me hate them was forcing me to go to musical school. I hated it back then because it required a lot of study.

Then we agreed that at the fifth year of musical school (which is the end of basic music school) I would quit.
When I got there, I started liking it, and am currently on my 7th grade there and intend on continuing.

[Jazzratt]

Don't cross picket lines.
Be as honest as possible.

Those are the ones I adopted, anyway.

[black magick hustla]

idk what deadset rules there were at home my parents were not very orthodox

[Il Medico]

Don't cross picket lines.

That's like the opposite of my Dad. "Don't trust those lazy union bastards son." "Those fuckers [striking workers] are greedy spoiled bastards" Etc

[Pretty Flaco]

"Don't piss in the street"

[El Rojo]

i had the family meal thing, and now i quite like it. another opportunity to spread the word.

my dad taught me to check my mirrors often when driving and to suspect the worst from other drivers. he also taught me to trust the compass totally when navigating, and not to use my knees when climbing.

my mum has taught me to as a rule never forget the accent, or singular / plural endings in foreign langs.

[Political_Chucky]

1. Don't sleep on the living room couch(which he does)

2. Don't watch porn(what he also does)

:rolleyes:

[Niccolò Rossi]

Don't fart at the dinner table.

Nic.

[apawllo]

there weren't really rules...i definitely had a longer leash than most of the kids i knew, but my dad was a stickler for safety things. if i was unnecessarily putting myself at risk of getting hurt he probably would kick my ass. like one time i mowed the lawn without shoes on and got my ass handed to me...

[NoOneIsIllegal]

- Chew with your mouth closed - I can't stand obnoxious chewers.

[Rusty Shackleford]

oh god. me neither. i dont say anything, but it makes me cringe every time it happens.

[Sir Comradical]

1. Never eat dairy products and fish together or at close intervals to each other.

[BeerShaman]

- Chew with your mouth closed - I can't stand obnoxious chewers.
Me too.:thumbup1:

[Jazzratt]

- Chew with your mouth closed - I can't stand obnoxious chewers. Ooh, this one.

Know your limits (re: drugs and alcohol) is the other one I remembered. I usually even follow it.

[Quail]

1. Never eat dairy products and fish together or at close intervals to each other.
Any particular reason for that?

[Spawn of Stalin]

1. Be careful what you do.
2. Don't go around breaking young girls' hearts.
3. Be careful who you love.
4. Be careful what you do.
5. Because a lie becomes the truth.

[Sir Comradical]

Any particular reason for that?

Cultural dietary tradition.

[Tifosi]

1. Don't pish on the toilet seat
2. If it's brown, flush it down

[John "Eh" MacDonald]

1. The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club.
2. The second rule of fight club is you DO NOT talk about fight club.
3. If a person says stop, goes limp, taps out, the fight is over.
4. Two guys to a fight.
5. One fight at a time.
6. No shirts, no shoes.
7. Fights will go on as long as they have to.
8. If this is your first night at fight club, you have to fight.

[Devrim]

2. If you're going out- turn off your fucking computer. We don't need the perpetual roar of something in the room that's not being used.

Always try to be polite when addressing people you don't know.

Devrim

[Manic Impressive]

Only one rule for me the eleventh commandment

Thou shalt not get caught

[piet11111]

Do not drink all the beer.

[Aeval]

My Dad and Nan had the rule that I couldn't speak with the accent of the town I was born in - which I now no longer do so I guess that rule worked, though it's probably not a good rule as the reason for it was that I apparently sounded like I lived on a council estate :(

Eating everything on your plate is a rule I hated but now end up doing without meaning to and it really bugs me when people throw away food or leave a tiny amount of food on their plate - I don't care how full you are, if it's less than a mouthful you can fit it in :lol:

[Rêve Rouge]

Eating everything on your plate is a rule I hated but now end up doing without meaning to and it really bugs me when people throw away food or leave a tiny amount of food on their plate - I don't care how full you are, if it's less than a mouthful you can fit it in :lol:

Same here. My parents always got mad at me for not finishing my food. Now that I'm in college away from them, I find myself finishing the plate, no matter how full I get.


- Chew with your mouth closed - I can't stand obnoxious chewers.

I used to be one of those loud open mouth chewers. But chewing with my mouth open is actually a part of my culture. It means that you're enjoying the food. American culture although disapproves open mouth chewing. So I stopped as I grew older to avoid any misconceptions.

[MarxSchmarx]

racism is definitely not cool. that is one lesson that was pounded into me from an early age.
the other ones are, yeah, food ones -
elbows off the table, forks on the left, knives on the right, sit up straight, that sort of thing that I follow religiously to this day. I can't eat at a fast food place without so much as having a napkin on my lap!

[Triple A]

My parents once told me that property is NOT theft.:(

[La Comédie Noire]

Don't play hot lava in the living room and don't kick the back of other peoples' chairs. I didn't realize just how annoying these things were till I had to look after kids myself.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

My mom told me to make sure the guys I sleep with use a condom.