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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Now I am the strict parent.And what sort of things do I forbid my children from doing?
-taking my car out and driving 120+ miles over the course of two days, and then denying that he ever went anywhere other than work and to see one friend.
-eating nachos, pizza, spaghetti, ice cream or other messy foods in the living room.
-going out at 2:00 am to hang out with friends up at the school.
-smoking anything in their bedrooms.
-drinking beer in their rooms and hiding the cans in their dresser drawers.
-playing my 1973 Guild D-25 and leaving it laying on the floor in a bedroom. Ditto on my Takamine 12-string.
-sending $80 worth of text messages on the cell phone. (That's after he had already sent the 1000/month we had on the plan.)
-talking on the cell phone at the dinner table, or taking calls when we're out to dinner.
Yes, they see me as a complete Nazi, a nutjob from the Dark Ages who wants to turn them into monks.
Don't I sound like a completely unreasonable bastard?
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 8 Mar 2007, 17:01,
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