Mary Kay & Guy Germaine
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This is the kind of drug problems we had when i was growing up:
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Bella and Gabe
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Oh this is good! Thanks for sharing. I too had this type of 'drug' problem as a child! LOL
Newfs Forever
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Yeppers, and add to the above, I was raised Irish Catholic. Hence, BIG time guilt for darned near anything.
Sandra McGinty
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Love it!! just how I was raised too!
BoundlessNewfs
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Absolutely true!
KodysGrandma
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As to why it's not that way now- I guess it still is in limited places. There are lots more people so maybe it just seems like more rude ones. However I wonder if those of us raised that way didn't divide into two groups. One group (us, naturally) recognizes the value of that upbringing and passes it on to our children, or at least try. The other gets wrapped around being "friends" with their kids, their kids shouldn't have to do what they did, childhood should be fun and lots of other excuses.
"Aye, there's the rub". That batch runs amuck.
Would be interesting to know ages of those raised that way.
"Aye, there's the rub". That batch runs amuck.
Would be interesting to know ages of those raised that way.
cedarvalleynewfoundlands
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I am 47 and was raised this way. I remember 2 big lessons from being young.
1...In the Winter when it snowed, as soon as we shoveled our walk and drive we shoveled the elderly lady next doors walk and drive, and we had BEST NOT take a dime from her!!! In the summer, we mowed her grass, and again, better not take a dime (however she made AWESOME cookies and pies, which we were allowed to accept)
Our parents thought being neighborly meant helping out, especially with the elderly and the ill.
2...When I got to be a teenager, I said something about my "rights" in an argument with my Dad. My Father told me I had no rights, this family was NOT a Democracy, and when I paid my own bills I was more than welcome to make my own rules.
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Jeannie
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I heard that many time. When I was in my mid 20s I got divorced and moved in with my parents for a short time when I moved back from Texas. I was excepted to follow the rules of when I was growing up - talk on the phone one time per day for 10 minutes, bed by 10 p.m., if I went out I had to let them know where I was going, who I was with and I had to be home by 11.
Needless to say I was only there about 5 days.
cedarvalleynewfoundlands
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Us too!!! And we were not allowed to have phones in our rooms. My parents said that anything we needed to talk about on the phone could be talked about in the middle of the kitchen.
Also, when we were teenagers and dating, our rooms were off limits unless the door was wide open, and we had best not even sit on our beds with our boyfriends!!!!
KodysGrandma
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Anyone under 35 raised this way?
Jeannie
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You were allowed in your bedroom with your boyfriend? Even if I looked toward the stair way I got the look. BTW my boyfriend could come over on Wednesday evening for 1 1/2 - 2 hours. (it was a 40 minute drive from his house to mine) Then we were allowed a date on Fri or Sat. I was only allowed to double date at 16 and at 17 I could go on a single date. Say we were going to the drive in movie. We were allowed to leave my house 1/2 hour before the show started (it took 20 minutes to get to town) and I had to be home by 11 or sometime within 1/2 hour of when the first movie was over.
Our phone was in the kitchen too. I use to pull the cord and stand out side the kitchen door on the porch (even in the dead of winter) to have a private conversation. The cord may have stretched 3 feet luckily the phone was right by the door.
Our phone was in the kitchen too. I use to pull the cord and stand out side the kitchen door on the porch (even in the dead of winter) to have a private conversation. The cord may have stretched 3 feet luckily the phone was right by the door.
ina/puusty
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Oh the giggles..my girl friends all had the strict rules..and time frames and most of them ended up 'soon married'..with 'early' babys. When I finished an evening date..I dropped them off in our living room to continue visiting with my mom and dad..and I..went to bed. I too could not accept money for gift-chores done for anyone out here..but I could have a slice of cake or cookies..yummmy! The two sons, at 41 and 44..had the good fortune to be raised most of their early years..here on the family farm..so there was health building work to do..and not only parents..but a set of healthy, educated, forward-looking grandparents..involved in environmental groups and plans for the state/nat'l. /global levels. Generational expertise/viewpoints are returning to america..via..wait for it..the imm. populations we are now gaining. 
Each of us..not only had work to do..we had lots of it outside..which leads one to deep thinking about all that may pass your way. A 'thinker'..is hardly ever a sedentary, pill taking overweight human. So..train the ones who come to share questions and information with each of you ...out there..around the earth..to think pain..into dealable size, to think lack of income..into..a fantastic..creative ..game Plan! An 'entertained human'..of any age..will 'wilt'..under stress, later ..in Life!! (I would imagine that by..'entertained' I mean those who must be exposed to 'things fun, and shopping malls and the like ..say lots of television and film...and lord knows what else...whereas..those who deal in, and nurture..introspection and/or.. figuring the overlaps and inter connections..can deal with fast changes, see..light at the end of the tunnel. If one has lived a life say..of Disco..and then the power fails..there they are..sittin' in the dark..waiting not for a new thought or direction..but simply..to have the power..back on. ) ina n HB n Kesa
Each of us..not only had work to do..we had lots of it outside..which leads one to deep thinking about all that may pass your way. A 'thinker'..is hardly ever a sedentary, pill taking overweight human. So..train the ones who come to share questions and information with each of you ...out there..around the earth..to think pain..into dealable size, to think lack of income..into..a fantastic..creative ..game Plan! An 'entertained human'..of any age..will 'wilt'..under stress, later ..in Life!! (I would imagine that by..'entertained' I mean those who must be exposed to 'things fun, and shopping malls and the like ..say lots of television and film...and lord knows what else...whereas..those who deal in, and nurture..introspection and/or.. figuring the overlaps and inter connections..can deal with fast changes, see..light at the end of the tunnel. If one has lived a life say..of Disco..and then the power fails..there they are..sittin' in the dark..waiting not for a new thought or direction..but simply..to have the power..back on. ) ina n HB n Kesa
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