Silly rules you had growing up?

Neither had she until my mid-thirties when I told the entire family at a family gathering.

My grandmother was an old fashioned lady and as kids we weren't allowed to leave our knife and fork placed on the dinner plate in the shape of a cross. It was bad luck and disrespectful to Christians. But I never really thought of it as silly at the time, I just thought, 'Oh okay, I'll try and remember'. God bless her. 🌼

LOL!! This reminds me of my three nieces! When the youngest one was over 21, they took my sister out to a fancy dinner for her birthday that year. they proceeded to tell her everything they had done when they were teenagers. The "epic" party while she was visiting her mother in Boston for the weekend, the sneaking out, the drug experimentation, etc. She was livid. The story was hilarious.

My father would sit in the basement family room mellowing out with his Manhattans and absorb magic powers. He could tell if me or one of my siblings were standing in front of the refrigerator in the kitchen (one story above) with the door open. We'd stare at empty shelves wondering what was to eat. My dad would go nuts. We'd always wonder how he knew. He was a electric bill task master. He'd get mad, but he'd always screw up the admonition. We'd always crack up. He'd yell "STOP STANDING IN FRONT OF THE REFRIGERATOR WITH THE DOOR OPEN"! But then he'd follow with "I'M NOT HEATING CLOSETS, YA KNOW"! We understood, but in the end, he'd never got it right. The rule - "don't waste my electricity". He'd probably save three bucks a month. What a nut.

I thought going to church on Sunday every week was a silly rule. I do not think i had had to follow silly rules.