Strict ParentsI always thought my parents were quite strict, but I can't think of anything they actually banned me from doing, whereas a good friend was under no circumstances allowed to watch ITV because of the adverts.
This week's Time Out mentions some poor sod who was banned from sitting in the aisle seats at cinemas because, according to their mother, "drug dealers patrol the aisles, injecting people in the arm."
What were you banned from doing as a kid by loopy parents?
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chthonic, Thu 8 Mar 2007, 12:37)
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My mother is effing crazyI wasn't allowed to read anything non-literary, watch anything non-educational on TV, go on outings anywhere non-educational, play with non-educational toys or listen to pop music.
Oh, and she used to clobber me every time I played a wrong note on the piano. Did my Grade 5 exam on my eighth birthday (on my birthday! Oh well, at least I got a day off school for it) and the night before, convinced I hadn't worked hard enough for it, she threatened to stick her head in the oven if I didn't pass. Fortunately I passed.
I also wasn't allowed to eat anything fattening because she was convinced that I would balloon to a morbidly obese state if I ate cake. Am now a size 8 on a fat day despite eating all the cake I want. (And no, I'm not bulimic!)
She's not a bad person really. Just terrified that her only daughter would turn out to be some sort of failure. Mental.
(, Thu 8 Mar 2007, 13:30, Reply)
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