"Holy [REDACTED], She Was SO Right": People Are Recalling The Unhinged Rule Their Parents Told Them When They Were Younger That They Now Follow As An Adult
Whether we like it or not, sometimes our parents are just right about certain things. So when Reddit user Tahals asked : "What's a rule your parents had that you thought was unhinged, but now as an adult, you 100% understand?" I thought I would share some of their answers below to see if you relate.
1. "My Mom always told me: 'Adult life is probably 75-80% spent doing things that you don't really want to do at the time. Learn to deal with that feeling now.' *********, she was SO right."
"80% seems low."
— dhusk
2. "'Each item has its place, put them back to where they belong after using them.' I moved out for uni into a sharehouse, and ****, mum was right about how effective it was to keep the house tidy with minimal effort. I enforce this rule in my own home now."
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3. "My grandma would tell me this every day, something like, 'If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.' My childhood wasn’t great, and so she taught me to stay calm from within. She’s my inspiration for everything."
"She truly has been the biggest blessing in my life. I still remember the time in my childhood when, every night, she would tell me to go through my day, then say something beautiful that would calm me and help me forget all my worries. I miss those days. I’ll leave you guys with another one: 'Prosperity favors those who have courage in the right situations.' Translation isn’t perfect, but it means having the courage to make the right decision brings good things/lessons to learn, so always be courageous and believe in yourself."
4. "As a parent, I now understand why I wasn't allowed to use the 'good scissors' as a kid. It wasn't because the scissors were any better, but so my mum could find a pair of functioning scissors when she needed them."
5. “'You can’t go to a friend’s house if you don’t know the parents.' Great rule, Mom and Dad. I have the same one now that I have kids."
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6. "I asked my parents if I could compete in beauty pageants. My mother was okay with it. My dad laid down the law and said, 'Hell no.' Dad was right."
7. "When I became a parent, I came to understand that enforcing bedtime was really to give the parents a desperately needed break."
"For us, it’s the break, but equally trying to save tomorrow from being the emotional hellscape that is my underslept son."
8. "You don’t **** around near train tracks."
9. "No phone until double digits. Especially now, it makes so much sense."
10. “'If you’re hungry, eat some fruit.' I hated that as a kid, but now, I eat a fruit salad every day, and it’s great. Mum was right."
11. "If you’re spending the night at someone’s house, offer to do the dishes. I did, and I was always welcomed back. This also instilled deep-seated loving memories and, in a way, taught me how to be caring for others."
12. "Not a wild rule, but we couldn’t have soda until we were teens, and even then, no soda before noon. Don’t know why it stuck with me, but it made me not care much for soda in general. Even now, seeing people drink soda in the morning just doesn’t sit right with me."
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13. "If someone says they'll hurt you if you don't come with them, just run. My mother's logic was that kidnappers were likely bluffing about hurting you, but on the off chance they killed you for running, that was preferable to what they would do to you if they got you."
"Never let them take you to a second location. That's when the bad stuff happens. Poke eyes, knee groins, scream, bite. Whatever you have to do to get away."
14. "At home, we weren't allowed to speak English, strictly Cantonese. I regret it so much that I didn't appreciate at the time what she was trying to do for us. It's a perishable skill."
15. "The first time I posted something on the internet (in the mid-'00s), my Dad told me, 'Yes, it's perfectly innocent, but you shouldn't post it, because it'll attract the wrong crowd, people will get upset in the comments, and you'll see inappropriate things.' I thought that was the stupidest thing I'd ever heard in my life. But look at the internet now."
"The truth is, the internet has always been that way. One of my least favorite things about the earlier Internet was how openly pedophiles existed in tons of spaces.
Anywhere comments or chats could be made, there was always someone like that. They still exist clearly, but the early days were their own kind of awful."
"Those early MSN and AOL chat rooms were wild. I was around 11 or 12 and chatted to a cool 12-year-old girl from somewhere in the States. There's a good chance she was, in fact, not a 12-year-old girl."
Do you have any unhinged rules your parents told you when you were younger that you now follow as an adult? Let us know, either in the comments or in the anonymous form below:
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