Did you have strange rules growing up?

I can sympathise with several of these stories. Getting dressed for breakfast. Strict bedtime. Asking permission to leave the table. No trousers or tights.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10486677/Parents-share-rules-given-childhood-bizarre.html

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zonavar68 · 56-60, M

Yeah - no girlfriends, no sex, no self-sex, but in a way that's not really all that strange. I've never really being into girls (even now) or sex though and had no interest in girls or sex in my teens or my early 20's. My parents gave my no sex ed help.

I rebelled against being religious because I could see straight through the hypocrisy of church(es) in my teens. Mum was almost like a b(j)orn against Jesus Tok before Tok was a Tik thing.

I got drunk at a party at a friends place in year 10 (1984) and swore myself off ever drinking again until I was much older (my 40's). My mum was a chronic smoker and I have never myself smoked ever. So not really a 'rule' imposed by my parents - one I created for myself which I've stuck too 'religiously' (lol) since.