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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Crazy misconceptions of drug useWhen I was about 13 my mum found a lighter in my trousers while doing the laundry. She confronted me about it, and I decided to be honest and tell her that I smoked. She refused to believe me and developed an instant paranoia that I was abusing solvents. When I tried to explain to her that you cant get high off a lighter, you need a whole can of gas, this just convinced her that of course I wouldnt know this if I wasnt tooting gas every day....
For the next two years I wasnt allowed any money unless I told my parents what it was for and provided receipts afterwards. I had to quit my paper round cause theyd convinced the shop owner to give my pay to them.
This went on until one day my ultra paranoid mum followed me on my way to school and caught me lighting a fag.
"I didnt know you smoked" she exclaimed. "Im very disappointed in you". Id been trying to tell them this for years....
The irony is that I started tooting gas shortly after that experience and she had no idea.
*Safety warning: dont toot gas. Its bad.
(, Sat 10 Mar 2007, 11:46, Reply)
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