'Keeping batteries in the fridge': 20+ Weird habits our parents had that are definitely not normal anymore

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    What is a thing that your parents consider normal and you do not consider this normal anymore?
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    Sauceysunshine. 20 hr. ago Drinking and Driving, my friends' parents would pick me up with a scotch on the rocks! Ashtrays full of smokes!
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    Slappy-Sugarwood. 17 hr. ago That's horrible!!! Who puts ice in their scotch??
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    Th3_Accountant 21 hr. ago Keeping batteries in the fridge. My parents still do this. Apparently this was a belief from a long time ago that batteries would last longer if they are kept in the fridge. But I can't get it out of their mind that the batteries shouldn't be in the fridge.
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    Probonoh 20 hr. ago • On the flip side, even if it doesn't do anything to help the batteries, it means you always know where to look for them.
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    Calym817 21 hr. ago Not talking about any negative emotions. They could handle me being happy but anytime I was sad, upset, depressed? Nope, they didn't want to see it/deal with it. My mom would even say, "What the do you have to be so upset about?"
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    w4rlok94 21 hr. ago • Just overall living standards. The house is breaking down. Parts of the ceiling missing, mold growing, ants all over. Nothing I do or say convinces them it shouldn't be like this. They like to give me the "when you have kids we'll watch em" and in my mind I'm like yeah, definitely not here.
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    SenorBlackChin 21 hr. ago Being compelled to answer the phone if it rings.
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    Upnorth_Nurse 20 hr. ago I just got my Dad to stop doing this. He was so frustrated with telemarketing calls, over 20 in one evening. I convinced he to let it ring. And assured him if it were an actual caller or an emergency, they would call back. He's much happier now.
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    • InfernalOrgasm · 20 hr. ago Thinking you're supposed to raise your kids the same way that you despised your parents raising you like. I don't get the reasoning behind that. "Well that's the way I was raised." Yeah, so you should get it. It sucked and is a terrible idea.
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    xbaddiegf 20 hr. ago Thinking your very shy kid will get less shy if you keep shaming it for being ,,too quiet"
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    Missusmidas 21 hr. ago • Downplaying mental health. I was told to ignore my bullies, which got me nowhere but wanting to stay home "sick" all the time in junior high. When I asked for counseling I was told I didn't need it.
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    matoinette 19 hr. ago Going to work sick, basically putting work first at all times.
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    KnuckledeepinUrethra. 21 hr. ago Just "getting a job" by walking in anywhere. All my adult life whenever I've needed work my dad continues suggesting just showing up to an office and "don't leave until they let you talk to a manager and hand them your resume yourself". Poor younger me actually tried this and I wandered around to every business trying to find my first job, hearing back from exactly 0
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    Birdywoman4 20 hr. ago Saying "Blood is thicker than water" expecting us to allow a toxic relative back into our lives and putting up with it. Not setting healthy boundaries in other words. It stopped with me.
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    Human-Magic-Marker. 19 hr. ago Company loyalty. My boomer dad can't fathom a world where we better our livelihood by taking better paying jobs at a different company every few years. For his generation, staying at one company your entire career was a huge flex.
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    lizzyote 19 hr. ago • Forced physical affection. I could not tell yall how many times I was dragged by my hair because I didn't want people kissing me(on the mouth) or just because I was overstimulated and didn't want to hug.
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    elphaba00 21 hr. ago My mother has this unbelievably crazy system for sorting colors for laundry. It's not just whites, lights, and darks. It seems like every color of the rainbow gets a pile. Also, everything goes in the dryer.
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    hansReiter 20 hr. ago Growing up we had a sock basket and after every load came out of the dryer the socks were just thrown into the basket. It was up to you to find two matching socks when you needed. It wasn't until I moved and started doing my own laundry that I started pairing socks and putting them in a drawer.
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    goldenarmadi 20 hr. ago Stopping by someone's house to visit, unannounced
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    No_Objective3089 · 18 hr. ago Keeping your house tidy in case someone stops by. If someone stops by without texting first, they get what they get. They're lucky if I answer the door.
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    ObviousMousse4768 20 hr. ago We never said I love you. Which is really strange because my parents were wonderful loving people, and I always felt very loved, but we just never said the words.
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    Active_Substance_991. 22 hr. ago being 4 hours early to the airport, i think everyone can relate here
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    ShittyDuckFace · 20 hr. ago Steaming my vegetables only. That's the only way my mother cooked vegetables until I showed her that I saute. Now she sautes vegetables.

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