What’s the most ridiculous ‘house rule’ you’ve ever had to follow? – 20 Redditors spill the tea on some truly baffling commands
11.
Not a house rule, but was staying with gf’s sister and husband in their house during the pandemic, and her husband had an issue with me wishing him good morning. He told his wife who told her sister who thought it was ridiculous, but I was happy to ignore him more.
OboEH
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When I was in middle school, my neighbour invited me and her other friend to sleep over. Her mother allowed it, despite having a job interview the next day. Well, of course, we were giggling and talking and woke her mother up (it was a small apartment). Her mother absolutely flipped her lid and forced all three of us to write lines as punishment.
Like ‘I will not be loud’ 100 times or something like that. I had never actually seen that punishment outside of TV and movies. Very odd ‘house rule.’ Being a meek people pleaser child, I felt super terrible and finished in record time. Told my mom when I got home and she was upset that the mother had taken it upon herself to punish me – for a problem of her own creation, no less.
AggravatingCupcake0
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You had to announce if you had to poop and the rooms didn’t have doors, they had those weird beads. This was the same household.
Bright_Rub_6493
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Don’t use the light switches after 10pm because the click noise wakes up others.
m_50
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My husband’s best friend when he was younger had a house rule: guests bathe first, then eldest kid, next eldest, etc. Oh, they shared bath water. So the guest or eldest got the clean bath and everyone else bathed in the same water. No, I’m not joking.
itschaosbekindx
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That reminds me of a neighborhood friend when I was elementary school age. They would invite me over to play, but I wasn’t allowed in the house. If I had to pee I had to run back to my house, pee, then run back there to play.
randomusername1919
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In my early 20s I was visiting a friend on a road trip, he offered to let me crash at his place. He lived with his girlfriend but had a spare room. A combo office/spare bedroom with a futon.
I said thanks and that was great, it’d save me money on a motel for the night.
After showing up around 8pm and driving for 13 hours straight, we bullshitted for a bit, ate some pizza, and then he politely explained it was time for me to go to bed so he could lock the door.
From the outside of the room.
Basically, his girlfriend didn’t feel “safe” with a strange man in the place and asked him to lock me in.
I thought he was joking at first, but I noticed the door had a lock on the outside (why? I don’t know.) and I politely declined and said I’d go to a hotel. He called me an asshole and said I was making his girlfriend feel uncomfortable, I said “that’s why I’m leaving.”
Had to go to three different motels before I found one with space, it was almost 2am. I slept for 9 hours straight.
gaqua
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Bare feet could not touch the floor. You had to wear slippers in the house, and when you take a shower, position yourself backwards at the shower door, so you can slip out of the slippers and get directly into the shower, and then on your way out, put your feet directly back into the slippers as you exit the shower. I just could not live like that.
PrincessaLinda
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No opening the windows. Ever. They bred dogs and you can just imagine how that house smelled.
revengeofthebiscuit
20.
No talking at the table. It was the weirdest feeling to gather around and eat with the whole family but no one was allowed to talk.
Successful-Donut-49
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