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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RevisionMy parents once tried to ban me from seeing my girlfriend during my A Levels because she was distracting me from my revising, or as they infuriatingly called it, "swotting".
The argument went like this:
Dad : "She's stopping your swotting."
Me : "I've done my bloody revision!"
Dad : "You've not done enough!"
Me : "I've done loads, about 6 hours today!"
Dad : "That's nothing. You should be doing 12 hours a day!"
(Pause)
Me : "So let's say that I'm supposed to do 12 hours of revision a day. A decent amount of sleep for someone my age would be ten hours - so that would leave 2 hours a day for eating, defecation and any breaks."
Dad : "Ok, maybe not 12 hours..."
They were SO INCREDIBLY ANAL about me and my brother doing "swotting". Now, I'm at uni, and I just tell them I've done all my work if they ask.
(, Tue 13 Mar 2007, 8:34, Reply)
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