Well, not strict as such
But my mum is a bit old-fashioned. She was apparently a very well behaved, studious girl at school (5 A-grades at A-Level) and now expects nothing less of her own offspring. Oddly enough, her mum isn't strict at all so i dunno where it comes from. Some of the things that she has, at one time or another, banned/strongly disapproves of when I do them : Drinking alcohol, fizzy drinks/anything non organic as its "inferior", swearing, any suggestion of pissing about (read: remotely fun stuff), violence, going out at night, any popular music /tv ("Its just rubbish" apparently), most films etc. that are rated too old for me (she once objected to letting me watch Airplane the night before my 15th birthday, ffs) and anything less than top grades in school. For example, I recently got results for preliminary GCSEs of 2 As, 4 Bs and 2 Cs (including two exams where I was less than 1% off an A) and she gave me a stern talking-to about having to clear up my act before the real exams.
In contrast, my Dad was quite the rebel when he was a lad (he was expelled from nursery school on his first day, when he was 3) and he is fine about me eating what I want, swearing, staying out late, watching what I want on TV and getting absolutely bevved on school nights. Unfortunately, he tends to back up my mum when we argue:(. Pretty much the only thing he really hates is motorbikes, for some odd reason.
Overall, my parents aren't all that bad. Back when it was still allowed (think late 90s/early 00s) they used to be big on corporal punishment, but this stopped when it was made illegal (and I learned to punch).


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(Igor, The Evil Spacemonkey is behind you!, Wed 14 Mar 2007, 17:35, Reply)