‘What is the thing your parents were adamantly wrong about?’ – 22 mums and dads who will die on a very particular hill

12.

‘Going to the gym will cause me no ends of back pain and aches when I’m older. I obviously never listened, my Dad says it can’t be any good for you doing ‘all those weights’ and when I get older I’ll have a bad back and stuff.

Which is just not true and the reason he and other family members probably suffer from all manner of aches and pains because they have not much muscle mass to support their joints and bones, ergo lack of strength = pain and aches.’
–discoveredunknown

13.

‘That they fact they’re well off is all down to hard work and not a combination of that, and being born at a time that made home ownership easy.’
–paulruk

14.

‘My mother turns the internet and her mobile phone off at night “to save money”. As a result, she spent an hour on the floor, waiting for my very deaf Dad to wake up and look for her. Then got ratty with my frazzled sister who tried to persuade her that being safe was priceless.

She also thinks a lifeline type alert pendant is “too expensive”. She’s 92 and believes she’s bullet proof.’
–Flibertygibbert

15.

‘My dad does homeopathy, so yeah, that.’
-Caacrinolass

16.

‘My dad has always and still does walk around the whole street to the back lane to access the car in the garage rather than just walking out the back door. Hassle, he claims. All it takes is unlocking a garage door and locking again.’
–pickindim_kmet

17.

‘That fans cost an absolute fortune to run. I had an attic room growing up which was boiling in the summer and freezing in winter. I wasn’t allowed a fan because they were too expensive to run apparently.’
–WanderWomble

18.

‘My old man believes the fish and chip place near him is shut after 6pm, I’ve told him a million times, I’ve shown him google. I’ve even called the place and asked them, he assumed it was me trying to trick him. He constantly thinks I’m full of shit and it’s hilarious.’
–Accurate-Mousse-520

19.

‘Respect. They think the youth owe their elders unconditional respect, which is not reciprocated.’
–crappy_ninja

20.

‘If you shower more than once a week, you’re wasting water and you’re doing damage to your hair and body by scrubbing off the natural oils that protect you. If you have body odour, just use half a wet wipe (only half, because they’re expensive too!) between showers.’
–pompompurindog

21.

‘The privatisation of utility companies was a good thing.’
–Sc00byUK

22.

”My father in law still insists that going out with wet hair will give me a cold, even when it’s boiling outside!’
–bitterlemon80

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