What was an absurd rule you had to follow when you were growing up?

Three minute shower then the hot water was turned off.

No climbing up things you can't climb back down. 🙄

No driving on the interstate and definitely not sneaking off to Atlanta or the beach for a weekend before you're 18. 🙄🙄

We had to "pay bills" with our allowance. So dad would hand us like $100 in small bills but would charge us for rent, utilities, and entertainment. We might get to pocket like $10 for ourselves when it was all said and done.

Looking back, I don't think they were all that absurd.

I had to wear a bra even though I didn't need one. I was told nipples offend some people.

I had to eat all my dinner. Id literally throw up afterwards.

Stop crying as men do not cry

I was not allowed to tell my siblings that I was a witch and would eat them in their sleep🙄

No bikinis, period. My parents didn’t consider them appropriate as swimwear. I was very modest, so it didn’t bother me. But my sister was grounded for borrowing a friend’s and sneaking out to a party in it. When she modeled, she got to wear them—but only for her jobs.

For me it was no bikinis until college. For my daughter, 16.
You were lucky.

never ever feed the cows before the chickens.

I had rules. My parents were strict and tough but every rule had a reason and none were absurd. Many I didn’t like but they were always happy to tell me the whys of them.

Too many to catalogue,my parents were jehovahs witnesses.

I don't remember anything really. I used to behave well most of the time.

have to shower cold once a week to build immunities

You can’t have sex until you’re 30

I couldn’t watch Harry Potter because it was witch craft 💀🤣🤣

I don't particularly remember my parents setting rules that were patently absurd, but my sister would always freak out on me any time I referred to a police officer as a cop on the grounds that it's disrespectful. What's disrespectful about it, I don't know.

I wasn’t allowed to put my glasses on until I had had breakfast..

I still can’t fathom that one.....

None of the boys could wear a hat or toque inside the schools. The girls could but not the boys. The girls could not wear pants to school. They had to wear skirts.

No television allowed as we were supposed to either be worshipping or working

Short trousers only until nearly 15.

Only allowed speak when spoken to

No makeup until high school. I don’t think that’s absurd though.

I wasn't allowed downstairs, (because that's where the big screen tv was), as well as other designated rooms of the house...at the age of 13.

No swimming on Sunday. The devil controls the water.

There were so many. One was that the song, "Burning Down the House' was banned (among other songs) from our house. My mom thought it would cause us to become a pyromaniac. We got our revenge though. For my parents 50th wedding anniversary and for my brothers wedding reception that song was the first one in the playlist. My mom just laughed.

Wasn't allowed to leave the dinner table until everyone had finished their meal.

I wasn't allowed to stay up past 9 pm, even when I was in high school. 🙄

We had to keep our school uniform socks up with elastic garters.

I cant remember any... It's probably because all of the rules were absurd, or I was a good rule breaker... 🤦🏻‍♀️

I wasn't allowed to talk around my moms boyfriend even if it was cheerful news, because then the abuse would start.

Never talk with guys who ride bikes, because some weird astrologer had told my parents that I'd run away with one 😂

No caffine or hot drinks (ever)

On Christmas Day, gifts had to be opened and put away before lunchtime... i never broke out of that habit to this day.

Go to church everytime the doors are open

No really absurd ones, but the two that I disliked most: only one date per week with my girlfriend, even in summer, and no fishing on Sunday (which I got changed to allow me to fish if I made it to church in the morning and youth group in the evening).

No meat on Friday.

At senior school we were not supposed to wear skirts more than a few inches above the knee,no gum chewing and sensible shoes.I broke all three regularly.

No boyfriends in your bedroom. Never really understood that one, suffice to say that i had plenty of opportunities to get into x-rated things outside the house if i were so inclined.

Always a skirt or dress to be worn and proper gartered stockings when I was older (like 14) not tights.

loads, i had to ask permission to leave the dinner table, i couldnt have girls back ever, we had to go to church every sunday,if ii broke any of these rules i was beaten,so wheni lef thome willingly at 18 , i borke every rule id ever been told,over andover and still do now

I had the same... But there's ways and means ;)

I had to go through many many absurd rules all my life.

1) don't bath naked
2) don't keep longer hair
3) don't try to grow a beard
4) don't go out late
5) don't talk or chat to strangers online.(even if I was watching a youtube video)
6) don't talk to girls ( they don't hate girls but they thought I will find someone and run away with her)
7) don't go to other city.
8) don't travel anywhere alone.
9) don't bring home small animals.
10) don't fall in love. I can keep writing. 🤣😂

No running on the deck of pool, you have to wait 30 minutes to go in pool after eating

No touching myself during church. Collect all brass casings at the range and bring them home. Never accept a car ride from the Sherrif’s deputy. No dry ice in the school toilets…just endless nonsense

None I can think of.

A bath every Sunday night ready for school on Monday, no excuses

I wasn’t allowed to quit ballet or piano lessons

Don’t call boys, let them call you.