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Parents' Weird Rules

I'm sure just about everyone had this problem growing up. When I was younger, my parents had all sorts of rules;
- I wasn't allowed to read novels (ANY at all because apparently, they were stopping me from reading my school books all novels in my house were therefore torn to pieces, constantly)
- I wasn't allowed to use perfume because my mother believed that meant I was trying to 'prove a point'
- I couldn't sleep late. EVER not even during summer hols or christmas because that would stop me from building character.
- I couldnt go for ANY parties unless my parents knew the parents of whoever was having the party, personally.
- I couldnt take any form of public transport on my own until I was about 18 (my mates still make fun of me over this one even though I broke it quite a few times).
These rules made me really rebellious and depressed because it meant I missed out on a lot of things my mates experienced while we were growing up (both good and bad). It also meant I had virtually no friends outside my school.

I was just wondering what sort of crazy rules your parents had when you were growing up?

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my parents used to not let us have chewing gum......actually took me a surprisingly long time to break that rule.......
I wasn't exactly allowed to have friends at my house or go to their houses - still actually don't kow why meh... lol
No friends upstairs!
I had to come home from a new years party a couple of years ago...at 8pm :eek: My mum threatened to throw me out of my house if I didn't leave!!

Other than that I've had it pretty easy.
Reply 5
My parents let me do whatever I wanted, pretty much.
Reply 6
My parents didnt have a single rule, apart from if I puked on the car when they were driving me home I had to clean it up in the morning.
My parents didn't really have any rules. I went to a friends party in the summer, and only told my parents about it as i walked out the door, it was an overnight party and i had work in the morning.
Reply 8
I feel your pain! My parents (well my mum) had loads for me:

Before year 11
- Couldn't go out during the week, unless it was someone's birthday and even then had to be home at 9... AT THE LATEST (Unless was a Friday night sleepover then i could stay over till 10am next morning (Oh, and it also had to be people my parents liked))
- Had to be in bed and asleep by 9
- TV off at 8
- Only allowed out with my friends on the weekend, every other week, and even then was only to my local town and had to be picked up at 4
- In general couldn't get the clothes i wanted unless my Mum approved

During year 11
- Could now stay out till 10 (wahey!)
- Was allowed to use public transport, but only to my local town
- Could go out one weeknight, but then meant couldn't go out on the weekend

During sixth form
Well this is where everything got to me, by this point i had missed out on so many experiences and 'bonding' and in general growing up. What made it worse was that my older brother could do what he wanted, but for some reasons my parents seemed to think he had the same rules as me!

At my sixth form it was v much about going out to the local bars and things, not so much to get 'wasted' but to socialise. My parents however, they would 'let me out' but i had to be picked up at 11... what's the point?! They 'didn't mind' if i drank (which i don't) but every time i came back, my dad would quiz me on the way home and my mum would ask loads of questions when i got home to!

Now at Uni, so in a sense can do what i want, but i think part of the reason why i don't have much confidence and too good at socialising is because i could never go out and experience it :frown: Oh well, what's done is done!

-x-
Reply 9
All friends or outer family have to use the 2nd toilet! (I don't live in a mansion just have 1 bathroom and another toilet)
atleast by not going out much you would have had money. I was out way too much, and was always spending far too much money.
my parents didn't have any strange rules, but a girl at my school had it bad. The thing is, she never rebelled and just accepted the rules...
-she (like Lala) wasn't allowed to use puplic transport - her parents/nan used to take her everywhere
-when she learned to drive (at 6th form) her mum had to go on every lesson with her (she now has her own car, but whenever you see her it's her mum driving the car).
-she was never allowed to parties or the cinema unless her mum/dad took her and picked her up.
-whenever we went on school trips, her mum had to come with us
-she wasn't allowed to wear make-up (even at 18)
-she wasn't allowed to take food from other people - not even from friends
No crazy rules. All the rules my parents have/had are pretty sensible and understandable.
Dont think i ever had any weird rules! My dad didnt like us chewing gum though! (Dont know why)
Reply 14
I couldn't stay at my boyfriend's house until I was 18... HOWEVER, she let me stay over before that if he had a party that night, lol. Random, eh?
Reply 15
be in by midnight before i was 17, i think thats it. i could do whaat i wanted basically, now im at uni studying hard so it just shows that giving your kids a load of stupid rules doesnt achieve anything.
clouddweller
my parents used to not let us have chewing gum......actually took me a surprisingly long time to break that rule.......



Same! Although my parents would find the wrappers when they were tidying our room!
Reply 17
I wasn't allowed to chew gum when I was younger either.

I remember one time when I bought some and dropped a packet in the house, I got called downstairs and had to answer for it, lmao.
x.narb.x
My parents let me do whatever I wanted, pretty much.

:ditto: And if they didn't let me, I generally just did it, within reason.
Reply 19
My parents let me do pretty much anything, and as a result i don't ever feel like rebelling and have never been rebellious in my life.

I feel that having so many options open to me now mean that when i grow up i won't feel the need to take them.

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