What quirky or outdated habits do your older relatives hang on to? – 17 ways of living that people simply can’t let go
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‘Just found out the other day my mom likes to “warm up” the toaster before putting the bread in ’
-Dazpiece
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‘My mum always answers the phone even if she’s busy. She answers and says “sorry I’m busy” and hangs up. ‘Reject call’ might as well not exist! It’s sweet though.’
-360Saturn
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‘My grandparents have eaten the same things on the same days since time began. Pork chop Tuesdays. Fish and peas Fridays. Lamb chop Sundays. Day in, day out, week in, week out. Eight decades of it.’
-No_opinion17
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‘My mother willingly eats tinned burgers in gravy. I doubt I’d eat them even at gunpoint’
-potatoduino
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‘I was looking for a builders merchants a couple of years ago, wanting them to cut a specific size of wood for a project at home. My old dad bless him grabbed a copy of the Thompson’s Local!! I don’t know where he got it from, because they’ve not delivered them for years!!! I laughed and told him I can goggle it on my phone. He was “surprised” my phone had google!! I will say he’s got better with technology since, although he will occasionally text me for directions to things, rather than use google maps.’
-Orangutan_Latte
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‘When my mother in law first slept over at our house, in the morning she would fill and boil the kettle to ‘get it going for the day’’
-Hot_Ad_9552
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‘Leaving voicemail messages that inform me they just called me. Even though I can see that information on my phone and it then means I can’t get through if I try to call them back within 5 minutes.’
-Treadonmydreams
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‘My in laws still ‘record’ their favourite TV programmes when on holiday. Yes they have a smart tv and streaming available, but still use a Virgin or Sky box (can’t remember which – they’ve recently moved house but still continue doing this) to programme ‘recording’ things. We’ve shown them how much the subscription costs for superfluous tech but they won’t give it up.’
-dobbynobson
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