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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I didn't swear as a kid, mainly because of my mother's threat to 'wash your mouth out with soap!' if I did.She could be extremely violent at the drop of a hat. I was therefore very careful indeed, not only not to swear, but also to avoid any language even approaching swearing such as 'sodding' or 'blooming'.
She used to repeat the soap threat every day, and looking back, I can see that she got pissed off because as I DIDN'T swear she was being denied the chance to enjoy inflicting this novel humiliation on me.
One day, when I was about 11, she snapped, accused me of being 'cheeky' and went for the soap. Grabbing me by the scruff of the neck, she smacked a big cake of green Fairy into my mouth, splitting my lip, and rubbed it along my teeth, leaving chunks of it embedded there.
It didn't teach me anything, except confirm that the old cow was probably psychotic, and I was out of there as soon as I could earn a living.
Kids, don't be fooled. Bizarre punishments are there to gratify some kinky need in the parent, not to correct the child.
But you do get to stick'em in a care home in the end. Choose wisely. Go for one that smells of wee.
(, Sun 11 Mar 2007, 13:00, Reply)
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