What did you used to get in trouble for, by your Mom/Dad?

[CathrynRose]

And do you still adhere to those rules they imposed?

I just took a shower, and as I got out I remembered how *mad* my mom would get if I didn't 'shake the shower curtain', to get off the excess water.

Then it got me thinking about other stuff she'd get mad about.

When I was a teen, I was what they might call "goth" today. So, lots of black crap on my eyes. When I would wash my face, I'd scrub it all, but then when I'd move over to the towel, I'd rub, rub, rub my eyes. It felt so GOOD!

And I'd end up with these black blobs on the towel, eye distance apart, so I couldn't even lie about it. Man, that made her so MAD!

And lastly - the watermelon fight. She would buy a big watermelon, chill it, then remove it from the fridge, place it on newspaper, and slice off a perfect wheel. Then she'd wrap it with saran wrap, put it back in the fridge, on newspaper, again - clean up the slicing newspaper, then slice up the ring.

This seemed like way too much work. I'd take a bowl, hold it next to the watermelon, and scoop some out with a spoon.

When she'd get home from work, and see this, fire would shoot from her eyes. She even threatened once to cut off all watermelon purchases from that point forward. And I have the nerve to say "Fine, I'll buy my own, and I'm scooping it out!"

And FTR - I do not shake my shower curtain, and it doesn't seem to suffer any ill effects. I still rub my eyes on my towel, and it washes all off when I do laundry, and I still scoop my watermelon. It's a very liberating feeling.

A couple years ago, my husband tried to put a stop to the watermelon thing. I stood my ground.

So what did you "get in trouble" for? And do you still do it?

 

[Liberty Belle]

I mostly only got in trouble for talking back. I still do it.

 

[funkychunkymonkey]

getting the cops brought to our house at midnight....

As far as rules, not really. My cats walk on the table, I eat in the living room and wear my hiking boots year round (and muddy!)

 

[ilovejack02]

OH C.R. ... I used to get in trouble for not shaking out the shower curtain too. I do it all the time now ..keeps it from getting moldy.

I also used to get in trouble for leaving a wet towel on bedroom floor.

Daddy used to freak when i went into fridge as a child, he was a germ freak . He was convinced I never washed my hands and prob right. lol. Funny thing, he doesnt do that with the grandkids, go figure at 84 he has finally relaxed!

 

[MomofKatie]

Mom used to yell at me for being a slob and not cleaning my room. 30-something years later, I'm still a slob- sorry, Mom! But now, I am the Mom, so I have to clean, even though I HATE doing it.

Mom also used to tell me, "You young girls all wear those baggy clothes- you have such nice figures, and you are hiding them! Some day, you won't have such nice trim figures." She was right. Now, I am the one shaking my head and asking. "What are kids wearing these days??!?"

 

[Brit17]

I would say talking back and arguing with my DSis, whom always started it first, but because I tended to be the 'louder" of the two , I was the one who always got into the most trouble ... which basically, is still true today ...

 

[lillygator]

getting the cops brought to our house at midnight....

As far as rules, not really. My cats walk on the table, I eat in the living room and wear my hiking boots year round (and muddy!)

GROSS......do they have a foot bath from the litter box to the table???



well, I was made to clean when I got into trouble, which must have been a lot. I don't clean now.

 

[locolala]

GROSS......do they have a foot bath from the litter box to the table???



well, I was made to clean when I got into trouble, which must have been a lot. I don't clean now.

We wipe down our table with the bleach type wipes before we eat, and use placemats that don't get left on the table. You ever tried to keep a cat from going somewhere you didn't want them to go? Yeah.. not easy.

As far as things I do that used to drive my mom nuts.. I wear jeans several times before I wash them. I only have about 3 pairs that fit me well right now, and we only do laundry once a week. If I put them in the dirty laundry after wearing them once, I'd never have clean jeans. I also tend to just kick off my shoes wherever I stop when I get in the house, and I'll go outside barefoot and walk around my yard.

 

[Sparx]

GROSS......do they have a foot bath from the litter box to the table???



well, I was made to clean when I got into trouble, which must have been a lot. I don't clean now.

I use plates. I don't eat directly off the table.

 

[ilovejack02]

LOL wow, never thought about it but thank goodness, my two girls don't jump on counters or tables. Knock on wood, not sure how I got lucky with that!

 

[Planogirl]

Let's see...being late, talking back, sighing, rolling my eyes, making noise, being up too late, being on the phone too much... That was my mother, my Dad was pretty easy-going.

As far as rules now, I take after my Dad.

 

[mickilee]

I was suppose to be in bed asleep.. Yah right.. I grew up in a small country hick town. That night there was an awesome corn field party. I snuck out. Ran across town. Cops seen me and grabbed me.

They brought me home. Called my parents as the cruiser sat under their bedroom window.

cop :Hello Mrs. party girls mother, we have your daughter in the cruiser.

Mother : Um no you dont. She is in bed sleeping and grounded.

cop: um no, we have her.
This went on for a few minutes. My mom gets up looks out the window. Me, I waved hi to her.

Needless to say, I was grounded till I am 1oo..

 

[DisneyJules]

This is such a small thing now but I remember asking my dad for something and him saying no and then going to my mom to find out if I would get a different answer My dad got so mad, never did that again! I don't even want to bring up the time my sister played with playdo on our chrome coffee table, that one is epic!

 

[PebblesMK]

Oh goodness, just had this conversation with my mom the other day. She was telling me that I was grounded all the time because I was always lying about being at church or church events and she knows that I was out driving around with my friends. And I said "Seriously mom, every time I got in trouble, I was at church or at youth group. You grounded me from going on Church trips for being holy!" Hahaha....she felt bad for all those years of me actually being a good child.

My dad used to get REALLY upset if we used the word "dork". Apparently, that's a whales ummm.....penicular region. My reasoning for using it was that if they said it on Saved by the Bell, it couldn't have been that bad.

 

[ashjohnson80]

well since i'm temporarily living back with the rents i'm pretty much getting into the same trouble i did when i was a teenager except its way more fun when you're nearly 30.

there just better not be any of my hair in the bathroom anywhere. ever.

and putting empty packages back in the cabinet instead of throwing them away, which i mainly just do because its funny.

 

[SOnotLayuh]

I got in trouble for leaving my hair straightener PLUGGED IN. Not even on! PLUGGED IN! I never understood that. Maybe there is a good reason, but I think it's just because my dad's wife was evil once I moved in with them in high school.

As anyone with incredibly frizzy, big curls who went to high school in the early 2000s knows... pin straight hair was THE thing. I would get my straightener taken away for a week. Now I leave it plugged in all the time, and every time I look at it I always think "ha-ha! take that!"... which I know is totally immature.

My Dad even got mad at me one time because my hair straightener was in his trunk... and the switch was turned to "on". Even though it wasn't plugged in. He yelled at me for attempting to burn down his car.

I swear, we don't live in an area where electronics are banned.. my parents are just crazy.

 

[locolala]

I got in trouble for leaving my hair straightener PLUGGED IN. Not even on! PLUGGED IN! I never understood that. Maybe there is a good reason, but I think it's just because my dad's wife was evil once I moved in with them in high school.

As anyone with incredibly frizzy, big curls who went to high school in the early 2000s knows... pin straight hair was THE thing. I would get my straightener taken away for a week. Now I leave it plugged in all the time, and every time I look at it I always think "ha-ha! take that!"... which I know is totally immature.

My Dad even got mad at me one time because my hair straightener was in his trunk... and the switch was turned to "on". Even though it wasn't plugged in. He yelled at me for attempting to burn down his car.

I swear, we don't live in an area where electronics are banned.. my parents are just crazy.

It's rough having curly hair when pin straight was the fashion, so I feel you there. My hair wouldn't stay straight all day, so I just gave up lol.

 

[funkychunkymonkey]

GROSS......do they have a foot bath from the litter box to the table???



well, I was made to clean when I got into trouble, which must have been a lot. I don't clean now.

No but the only thing we use the table for is a office space. Idont know the last time food was eaten or prepaired on the table!!

 

[hereyago]

I had a wierd upbringing, my DF worked a lot, but I KNEW to be home before dark when he would come home. DM on the other hand , lacked motherly abilities and responsbility, so I did what ever I wanted when it was just her.

But at my grandmother's house. I got in trouble for: running across the field and lane to my grandmother's sister's house without someone being with me. That was the big thing. My grandmother would make you pick your own switch. DOnt even think of sassing or say you didn't want to go to church, even though when my grandfather was alive, there were times where it was nice outside and we did't go to church and he would tell her to essentially zip it and he would take me for ice cream.

Am I sassy now? Yes, even my license plate says it. Would i run across that field now, if my grandmother sister was still alive and she would give me corn if i helped her shuck some, then yes.

 

[SoCal Belle]

The time I remember best that I got in trouble was once when I lied about breaking something. They were not mad I broke it, they were mad I lied about whether I did or not.