I Have Very Strict Parents

When I was a young teenager 12-14 my parents used to punish me all the time for not doing the dishes in the way they wanted. I still did them, but not in the way they wanted. It always started a fight which ended with them winning. They kept saying: "when you're an adult and we visit *your* house you can decide we walk around only in Japanese slippers and lay the table the way you want". At the time, when I was cooling off after a fight I'd be lying there thinking: *yes! One day I will!!!*

What actually happened? Now I'm older I just don't care how they lay the table - maybe they were OTT