If you've never heard the phrase, "Not under my roof!" come flying out of your parents' mouths, consider yourself lucky. Besides the normal growing pains that accompany our childhood or teenage years, we're often also slapped with a whole set of painful rules and regulations. Some more ridiculous than others.
Bless our parents, though. Many were just doing the best they could with the limited knowledge they had available. And we'd like to believe that for the most part, our folks had good intentions. "Don't jump on the furniture," "Be in bed by 8," and, "Clean up after yourself" are among the common rules that many (if not most) of us had to abide by. Then there are those moms and dads who not only decided to think outside the box, but burnt it altogether, with their wild and bizarre parenting policies. And a few of them lived to regret it later.
#41
Making me go to bed earlier than the scheduled bedtime as punishment. I was up early and well rested.
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13points
#42
“You don’t pay no bills up in here” backfired real quick, I been hustling since I was like 8.
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12points
#43
As an only child, she would ground me from going outside with my friends or using electronics.
Then be pissed she had to entertain me. Then had to double down because she felt bad and would take me somewhere cool.
Then be pissed she had to entertain me. Then had to double down because she felt bad and would take me somewhere cool.
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12points
#44
For the first time in my life 1 subject in school dropped in the mid year report (sure, it had absolutely nothing to do with being 17 and just been given my 1st cancer diagnosis) so "no computer & no internet, you gotta earn them, we pay for it" (because it was key to isolate me during such a difficult time.
2 weeks later I got another bad test and they tried to take my phone and I went "nah cause you didn't buy the phone and you're not paying for the credit : I DID ALL THAT! Wanna take it away when you can't regulate your anger? Start paying for it! ". He didn't like that but he knew he couldn't argue with that.
2 weeks later I got another bad test and they tried to take my phone and I went "nah cause you didn't buy the phone and you're not paying for the credit : I DID ALL THAT! Wanna take it away when you can't regulate your anger? Start paying for it! ". He didn't like that but he knew he couldn't argue with that.
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12points
#45
So I was my parents dream come true I was the only child so I didn’t have time to [mess] up, got straight As and did all my chores. I was what you called an educated menace. Their rules backfired when they tried to punish me by taking things I loved. I like boring [stuff], so reading and playing piano was my relaxation. They didn’t have anything to take away from the worse thing that happened, was I got pregnant at 15 but graduated high school a year early.
12points
#46
'Just be nice.' now I have no personality.
11points
#47
Me in middle school: Mom can you drop me off at school, I missed the bus.
Mom: That’s going to make me late but cmon!!
My mom when im in high school with a car & my mom didn’t have one: Baby can you run me to the store real quick before you go to work?
Me: That’s going to make me late but cmon MOM
Mom: That’s going to make me late but cmon!!
My mom when im in high school with a car & my mom didn’t have one: Baby can you run me to the store real quick before you go to work?
Me: That’s going to make me late but cmon MOM
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10points
#48
She tried the way her mom did her and she made something I didn’t like, I said I didn’t want it and she said “Eat your food or go to bed.” I went to bed. M’am I don’t like this, I will starve.
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9points
#49
Not a rule but made me get a job (dollar general in my tiny town 10 minutes from home) but then wouldn’t let me go to said job at my scheduled times bc it was my fault I got home at 10:30pm. Like sorry you also made me go to college and have a job, classes from 9am-2pm and I had to be at work at 3pm and shift ended at 10:15. Half the time I had to wait 20-30 minutes for my brother to pick me up bc they’d fall asleep or just “forget” like I wasn’t at dinner, how do you forget?
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9points
#50
Idk if this counts as a rule per se, but growing up she literally ENGRAINED in my brain, “Never settle.” Now that I’ve cut off toxic family, she doesn’t seem to like it, claiming that since we don’t have a large family we need to make the most of what we have. Like I love you mom but YOU are the one who taught me to never settle!!
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8points
#51
I broke the family PC in the 90s and my dad banned me from using it but he needed my help half an hour later. And yes, I was totally the family support since my teenage years.
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7points
#52
When I was a teenager, my parents would always say "You don't have to be on the go every single weekend."
Fine, I'll stay in my room and turn my stereo all the way up and get on your nerves then.
Fine, I'll stay in my room and turn my stereo all the way up and get on your nerves then.
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5points
#53
I shouldn’t be spending any money on anything when I was yet to find a job after university. This only lasted until I reminded my dad the reason I wasn’t doing something he thought I should be doing was that it cost money and I wasn’t supposed to be spending any money.
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5points
#54
After like 13 we were allowed one gift for Christmas. I've never asked for anything less than $1k since.
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#55
“U don’t need to be on that phone all the time.”I could’ve got us out the hood if I was on YouTube more in the early 2000s but I had to go outside and play…..&now she need help resetting her password for everything! 🤦🏽♀️
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-5points