re: My dad's 3 unpardonable sins (sure to get whupped)

For me

Whatever you do don’t wake him up in the night. Unless the house is getting robbed or on fire there’s not a real reason to wake him up. Even then it’s better for the robber or the fire to wake him up. ??

Thou shall always mow the lawn on Saturday.

No matter how tired or hungover you are.

My dad made fun of me for drinking cheap beer like Milwaukee's Best and Natural Lite


Still sticks with me as an adult

Did he work in LaPlace?

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I leave all the lights in the house on and it makes my husband crazy.

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must be a woman thing.

Thou shall double and triple check to make sure a freezer door is closed and sealed properly if thy open it, lest thy incur the rage of the father when it defrosts and he loses frozen goods.

I never met my mom’s dad, but my uncles tell stories. He apparently was mean as dirt and had a temper.

When they were little, he would take them bird hunting (Arkansas still had quail back then). They always had to be standing in a very specific spot a certain distance away from him. He was missing one eye, so the rule made sense.

What didn’t make sense was that he gave zero fricks about what his wandering around a field meant for his 8-10 year old sons. He might turn directions without notice, which meant an instant 50 yard dash through a field for his sons or they were getting their asses whipped. Rinse and repeat all day.

My uncles are all in their 80s now, funny story tellers, and laugh about it, but you can tell it wasn’t as much fun living through it!

Thou shalt hold the flashlight even if I repeatedly bitch at you that you are doing it wrong.

Apparently my dad was the only one.....had us convinced that if we touched the roof of the tent while it was raining, it would collapse on our heads.

I could bonk the wall next to the thermostat and make it come on. I would then get in bed with my head under the vent. Yes, that's how fricking hot my parents kept our house.