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What was you parent irrational (and debunked) fear when you were a kid

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Growing up my mom was able to pretty much make up any bullshit she wanted to. My dad is really logical, has a degree in engineering and is a libertarian. He unfortunately got nabbed for drug possession/dealing charges on several occasions and has been sitting in a jail cell till 2012, so he coulnd;t offer any input on what I could or couldn't do.

The main problem was that my mom was really really superstitious and everything was a sign from a higher power. We saw an owl one at night when driving through the forest and my mom made us get out of the car and pray that we would be protected from evil spirits that plagued the woods, because if you see an owl it is a bad omen of death or some shit. My mom is like 25% Chickasaw Indian or something, so she really embraced the Native American culture growing up. We even slept with dream catchers. Which was good for me culturally, but bad for me socially. She never really taught us anything valuable, just the superstitions. She was also really into astrology, which is cool for fun not for making life changing decisions.

Basically I couldn’t do anything that would bring the family bad luck. Sounds silly now, but when I was a kid I totally bought into it. Oh, and I totally missed out on the “slap bracelets” because my mom heard from another mom that a kid slit his wrist with one and dies. Totally lame.  :(
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Growing up my mom was able to pretty much make up any bullshit she wanted to. My dad is really logical, has a degree in engineering and is a libertarian. He unfortunately got nabbed for drug possession/dealing charges on several occasions and has been sitting in a jail cell till 2012, so he coulnd;t offer any input on what I could or couldn't do.

The main problem was that my mom was really really superstitious and everything was a sign from a higher power. We saw an owl one at night when driving through the forest and my mom made us get out of the car and pray that we would be protected from evil spirits that plagued the woods, because if you see an owl it is a bad omen of death or some shit. My mom is like 25% Chickasaw Indian or something, so she really embraced the Native American culture growing up. We even slept with dream catchers. Which was good for me culturally, but bad for me socially. She never really taught us anything valuable, just the superstitions. She was also really into astrology, which is cool for fun not for making life changing decisions.

Basically I couldn’t do anything that would bring the family bad luck. Sounds silly now, but when I was a kid I totally bought into it. Oh, and I totally missed out on the “slap bracelets” because my mom heard from another mom that a kid slit his wrist with one and dies. Totally lame.  :(


Sounds like you had an extremely interesting childhood. I take it you take after your father more now.
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My parents didn't buy into the fear fad thing because my dad's mom was VERY into that (Seventh-Day Adventist) so we pretty much did whatever kids usually do, with extra doses of motorcycling and rollerskating.
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Sounds like you had an extremely interesting childhood. I take it you take after your father more now.

When I talk about my life growing up and my childhood people are usually shocked that I lived through what I have and have turned out somewhat well-rounded and so open minded. The hard part is that not everyone is as open as me and I tend to offend people…like a lot. My mom is pretty insane and I did turn out like my dad almost to the tee, but my mom did her best raising me and my little sister. Needless to say with all of her crazy beliefs, she too dabbled in a few illegal substances. The first time I smoked out was with my mom and our social service case worker when I was 13; I pretty much lived on a welfare childhood in St. Louis until I was 15 so we had a few sub-par case workers working with us. My mom was def. a free spirit and that is who she attracted…she called herself the re-incarnate of Stevie Nicks (sans Fleetwood Mac), The Gypsy woman extraordinaire!

I once got drunk and told a co-worker (at a bar while on a work trip) a summation of my life story…i.e. My mom sleeping with two of my boyfriends in high school, my dad having a Meth lab in our bathroom when I was 16, my grandpa accidentally shooting me with a blow gun, Me having to stab one of my mom’s boyfriends for beating her ass at a family party with a kitchen knife, being homeless for 3 weeks when my dad got busted and went to prison, not seeing my grandma for 3 months because her and my mother got into a fight about pain pills…etc. I could have gone on for days. I didn’t know she was a devout Catholic at the time, but I quickly found out when she refused to speak with me after that night. 

So yah, interesting to say the least. Those were some of the tamer stories, I deemed co-worker appropriate topics. Guess I was wrong.
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Sounds like you had an extremely interesting childhood. I take it you take after your father more now.

My mom is pretty insane and I did turn out like my dad almost to the tee, but my mom did her best raising me and my little sister.

You're alright with a great attitude. This is good and rare to see. So many others would be running to someone like that prick Stephen Malneoux if they experienced even a fraction of just what you spelled out here. Children sometimes forget that their parents are just people too.

Plus, just think of the material you have if you ever wanted to write a book!
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Video games.
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And their kids were hippie chicks - all hypocrites.

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Iced Tea
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Where's the option for "nothing"
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Where's the option for "nothing"

that is implied by not voting
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Iced Tea

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OMG, you poor thing.  Life without iced tea would be like life without coffee and that's just...sick.

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Iced Tea

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OMG, you poor thing.  Life without iced tea would be like life without coffee and that's just...sick.

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and coffee
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I keep trying to figure out what's so bad about iced tea...

Especially since I'm waiting at the airport and was about to go in to Starbucks and get some...
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I used to draw little Hitlers in all of my school books when I was a kid. This freaked my mom out, but I'm not totally sure if I fits the bill as irrational :P
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