Desire2006 said:

I wasn't either, Desire...no Soul Train, No American Band Stand, No Solid Gold, no teen mags, no Casper-Addams Family-Ghostbusters. No "worldly" friends which meant no friends, as we were the only JWS in town. No school plays, no sports, no cheerleading, all dresses below the knee, no rock music, soul music, or anything in between. Study the Bible for an hour after school before homework. Must have at least 25 hours of field service each month and must fill out time card. Preaching door to door for at least two hours every Sat. morning, Sun. afternoon, and Wed. Nothing bought from yard sales. No "R" rated movies. No Christmas, birthdays, Halloween, Easter eggs, New Years, etc. No dating at all and no boyfriends unless I was getting married, etc., etc.

I had such a fun childhood!!!

I'm making up for it now.
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peacenlovealways said:

I wish I knew...I think my Mom thought it was not showing respect. To this day, I can't sit in mass, and turn to look at the back of the church....

DanceWme said:

yeah, they weren't fond of me and my friends playing Lord of the Clouds...

do you have any idea how much smoke a 4ft. bong makes on just 1 pull???

purpledoveuk said:

no coke (or any soft drinks), no chips, no sweets except sugarfree chewing gum on Saturdays

no boys sleeping over until you were over the age of 21 or had a college degree, whichever came first.

ZombieKitten said:

and no playing songs like Sex Shooter or Let's Pretend We're Married to the kids at the beach (I was 13)

tinaz said:

My parents were racists and that's the crazy rule I submitted for the thread! They (particularly my dad) were pretty hardcore about it. It was ultimately the catalyst that led to a mutual and permanent parting of ways.

Horsefeathers said:

Im really sorry about that

Horsefeathers said:

Sorry to hear that. That had to have been tough to grow up with parents like that.

Thank God you didn't adopt their ways.

My mom never had a lot of rules, but one fucking nutty one that sticks out that to this day makes no sense at all to me:

No Simpsons.

Now, I know a lot of even the sanest, most liberal parents back in the late 80's/early 90's experienced that Bush-induced anti-Simpsons paranoia, so banning the show itself isn't what what was weird.

What was weird about it is that there were absolutely no other rules about what my sister and I could and could not watch. By the age of 10 I'd seen The Crow, Batman, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Silence of the Lambs, and the Ice Capades, along with a whole slew of other things most folk would not allow their kids to see.
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meow85 said:

this explains SO much...








j/k

RenHoek said:

It really does. The first movie most little girls my age saw in theatres was The Little Mermaid. Mine was Tim Burton's Batman.

This news broadcast scene gave me nightmares for weeks.

Wasn't allowed to sleep in the same room as my female COUSIN when we looked after her some nights.

Oh, and my crazy mum once hammered on the ceiling to my bedroom above because I was singing along to Prince and she shouted " Are you chanting up there....STOP CHANTING!!!!!"
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purpledoveuk said:

"dearly beloved, we are gathered here…"

MoniGram said:

Yah I was forced to go to church as a kid/teen and the rules were as follows:

If I have my period, I can't kiss the icons or light a candle.

No crossing legs, arms nor hands and no cursing.

No wearing pants, only knee length skirts.

No makeup, no nail polish, no hair product.

One time my brother was looking after my younger twin cousins in church, and he got pissed off at them and told them to 'go to hell' LOL we couldn't stop laughing but he never heard the end of that.
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ZombieKitten said:

She also once shouted up at me to "turn the bass down or turn it off all together" when she felt my music was too loud and annoying.....I didn't have any music on at the time.

Dont hit your sister.....to this day she still deserves to get her ass beat

PanthaGirl said:

So you understand...I could never wear pants to mass...now I do.

StillGotIt said:

OMG i peed myself a little! That was so funny!!

I started the "playing an insturment" thing and started with saxophone. TGhen when I wanted to quit, they wouldn't let me. BUUUUUT..when I needed to practice, they never let me practice indoors, I always had to go outside...now I lived in california...but that bitch gets cold in the winter whatever y'all new englanders say.

I have a list

--9:00 pm bedtime IN high school

-- the rents had to drive me to every party, etc. and they spoke to the parents beforehand to make sure they were legit

--No going ANYWHERE without permission (this one lasted throughout college)

-- No phone calls after 9:00pm (throughout HS)

--No going out on school notes

-- No going out without parental supervision PERIOD

--Must always wear hose with skirts...

I could go on and on...I'm surprised i'm still sane!

darkangel7077 said:

That isn't a crazy rule. That's solid parenting.

Alej said:

Mine either. I was a perfect son.

PurpleJedi said:

that's gonna be me, AND if they refuse I'm going to impersonate the talking cat in front of their friends.

"OH MY DOG…"

darkangel7077 said:

I don't know how old you are, but if you moved out how did you parents react?

I had very few rules as a kid. The ones that I did have were temporary, and usually coincided with legal statutes (no driving after 9pm until I turned 17.

I think that my parents took the approach that I would have few rules as long as I did not get into any trouble. I did a lot of unsavory things as a youth, but I was never caught (mostly because I was extremely cautious) and there were never any lasting effects (no crashed cars, no pregnancies, etc). Also, I put up a serious front as a youth that I was a moralistic type, but that didnt convince anyone after a while.

peacenlovealways said:

I'm 27...just finished grad school last year and moved home to save up a bit of money. I'm moving out in January and they are NOT taking it well to say the least...

darkangel7077 said:

Since you moved back home do you still have to obey these rules? I can't wait to move too.

ZombieKitten said:

peacenlovealways said:

I guess ok. I didn't need therapy or anything My sister and I tease our parents every time we see them about their crazy rules. I use some of my parents rules with my kids.

What is funny, when my kids go over to see my folks, my kids get to do anything they want! Watch tv for hours and drink pop like it is water.

JellyBean said:

Some parents are strict with their own kids, but spoil their grand kids.