Share a childhood experience that...

jillianmb · May 2010

... is pretty unique to you.

(The tea post made me think of this.) My parents are big tea drinkers (as their parents before them). The other day someone asked me when I started getting into tea and I replied, "Oh I used to get it in my sippy cup when I was a toddler."

Turns out that isn't so normal! I never really thought twice about it, but yea it is kind of odd to give a toddler tea! Granted, I got it with lots of milk and sugar mixed in.

Any similar stories?

charitylynne_1979 · May 2010

I lived with grandparents for a while - some kids didn't get that. And when I got adopted, no kid knew what that meant either. LOL They couldn't understand that I had two sets of parents.

Kasa · May 2010

I had two eye surgeries when I was a kid -- one when I was 9 and one when I was 10.

That's the only unique thing that I can think of about my super typical childhood.

jkmcnamara · May 2010

It was never a big deal for me growing up to have a sip of wine or beer. I never got a full glass, but when I was about 11 or 12, at special occasions, I would be allowed about a 1/4 of a glass of wine.

I remember one time Grandma and I ate a box of dark chocolates that had beer in them! They were in the shape of beer barrels and were SO good!!

My Grandma is from Germany, and my mom was born there. I guess in Germany that wouldn't be a big deal, but I remember my friends being shocked!

The plus side of that is that I didn't go out with friends looking for alcohol. It wasn't a big deal for me.

Now? I'm a girl who LOOOOOVES a good glass of wine!

charitylynne_1979 · May 2010

jkmcnamara:

It was never a big deal for me growing up to have a sip of wine or beer. I never got a full glass, but when I was about 11 or 12, at special occasions, I would be allowed about a 1/4 of a glass of wine.

I remember one time Grandma and I ate a box of dark chocolates that had beer in them! They were in the shape of beer barrels and were SO good!!

My Grandma is from Germany, and my mom was born there. I guess in Germany that wouldn't be a big deal, but I remember my friends being shocked!

The plus side of that is that I didn't go out with friends looking for alcohol. It wasn't a big deal for me.

Now? I'm a girl who LOOOOOVES a good glass of wine!

I know what wine you like

TheWop · May 2010

I didn't own a pair of jeans until I was 12 or 13. I went to a Catholic school that required uniforms, so I didn't have a lot of non-uniform items to wear, and my parents didn't take us "back to school" shopping because of the uniforms. I basically had school clothes and church clothes and that was it. I make up for it now with my mild shopping habit Stick out tongue

jillianmb · May 2010

TheWop:
I didn't own a pair of jeans until I was 12 or 13. I went to a Catholic school that required uniforms, so I didn't have a lot of non-uniform items to wear, and my parents didn't take us "back to school" shopping because of the uniforms. I basically had school clothes and church clothes and that was it. I make up for it now with my mild shopping habit

Did you like wearing uniforms?

TheWop · May 2010

jillianmb:

TheWop:
I didn't own a pair of jeans until I was 12 or 13. I went to a Catholic school that required uniforms, so I didn't have a lot of non-uniform items to wear, and my parents didn't take us "back to school" shopping because of the uniforms. I basically had school clothes and church clothes and that was it. I make up for it now with my mild shopping habit

Did you like wearing uniforms?

Not at all. And I was always jealous of all my friends that had regular clothes in addition to their school uniforms too. I even went to a Catholic high school for 2 years and they had a very strict dress code which I hated even more. When I went to public school for my last 2 years of high school (my choice) it was SO nice to be able to wear whatever I wanted.

freeburger16 · May 2010

TheWop:
I didn't own a pair of jeans until I was 12 or 13. I went to a Catholic school that required uniforms, so I didn't have a lot of non-uniform items to wear, and my parents didn't take us "back to school" shopping because of the uniforms. I basically had school clothes and church clothes and that was it. I make up for it now with my mild shopping habit

I wasn't allowed to wear pants period until I was in like 6th grade - it was skirts or culottes and I did NOT go to a religious school lol. I was raised strict baptist and the church did not allow pants on women. Let's just say I was not heartbroken when my parents chose to leave that church.

charitylynne_1979 · May 2010

freeburger16:

TheWop:
I didn't own a pair of jeans until I was 12 or 13. I went to a Catholic school that required uniforms, so I didn't have a lot of non-uniform items to wear, and my parents didn't take us "back to school" shopping because of the uniforms. I basically had school clothes and church clothes and that was it. I make up for it now with my mild shopping habit

I wasn't allowed to wear pants period until I was in like 6th grade - it was skirts or culottes and I did NOT go to a religious school lol. I was raised strict baptist and the church did not allow pants on women. Let's just say I was not heartbroken when my parents chose to leave that church.

Did you go to strict Baptist church as in southern Baptist or what? I remember culottes and hated those darn things when my grandmother thought they were cute on me. Puke LOL

jillianmb · May 2010

freeburger16:
TheWop:
I didn't own a pair of jeans until I was 12 or 13. I went to a Catholic school that required uniforms, so I didn't have a lot of non-uniform items to wear, and my parents didn't take us "back to school" shopping because of the uniforms. I basically had school clothes and church clothes and that was it. I make up for it now with my mild shopping habit
I wasn't allowed to wear pants period until I was in like 6th grade - it was skirts or culottes and I did NOT go to a religious school lol. I was raised strict baptist and the church did not allow pants on women. Let's just say I was not heartbroken when my parents chose to leave that church.

What the heck is a "culotte?"

freeburger16 · May 2010

jillianmb:
freeburger16:
TheWop:
I didn't own a pair of jeans until I was 12 or 13. I went to a Catholic school that required uniforms, so I didn't have a lot of non-uniform items to wear, and my parents didn't take us "back to school" shopping because of the uniforms. I basically had school clothes and church clothes and that was it. I make up for it now with my mild shopping habit
I wasn't allowed to wear pants period until I was in like 6th grade - it was skirts or culottes and I did NOT go to a religious school lol. I was raised strict baptist and the church did not allow pants on women. Let's just say I was not heartbroken when my parents chose to leave that church.
What the heck is a "culotte?"

They were like really wide leg shorts - cut to below the knee. At my church if we kneeled they were supposed to touch the ground. I guess similar to Gauchos, though not nearly as trendy haha.

And not southern baptist - but from what I hear it was similar in strictness. We weren't allowed to dance, go to the movies, listen to "secular" music, wear pants, and the only TV I was allowed to watch was the Disney channel and christian movies. It was normal to me because I grew up that way, but looking back it seems pretty extreme. All my friends made fun of me, and I hated it.

jillianmb · May 2010

freeburger16:
jillianmb:
freeburger16:
TheWop:
I didn't own a pair of jeans until I was 12 or 13. I went to a Catholic school that required uniforms, so I didn't have a lot of non-uniform items to wear, and my parents didn't take us "back to school" shopping because of the uniforms. I basically had school clothes and church clothes and that was it. I make up for it now with my mild shopping habit
I wasn't allowed to wear pants period until I was in like 6th grade - it was skirts or culottes and I did NOT go to a religious school lol. I was raised strict baptist and the church did not allow pants on women. Let's just say I was not heartbroken when my parents chose to leave that church.
What the heck is a "culotte?"
They were like really wide leg shorts - cut to below the knee. At my church if we kneeled they were supposed to touch the ground. I guess similar to Gauchos, though not nearly as trendy haha.
And not southern baptist - but from what I hear it was similar in strictness. We weren't allowed to dance, go to the movies, listen to "secular" music, wear pants, and the only TV I was allowed to watch was the Disney channel and christian movies. It was normal to me because I grew up that way, but looking back it seems pretty extreme. All my friends made fun of me, and I hated it.

My parents have neighbors like that. On Sundays they are not allowed to change clothes so it is really funny to see them playing basketball in the driveway wearing suits and dresses- haha. They are pretty nice, but kind of boring.

The best experience we had with them was one night around midnight it was pouring rain and my parents patio was flooding so that the water was coming inside the sliding door to the living room. My mom woke up, ran down stairs and was bailing out buckets of water by the door. The neighbour heard her calling to my dad and ran over to help. They bailed for about 20 minutes until the rain calmed down and the water level was low enough that it wasn't seeping inside anymore.

My mom thanked the neighbour for helping out and as soon as he left she realized she had her nightgown tucked into her underwear the whole time! Our poor conservative neighbour got quite an eyeful! hahaha.

charitylynne_1979 · May 2010

jillianmb:
freeburger16:
jillianmb:
freeburger16:

TheWop:
I didn't own a pair of jeans until I was 12 or 13. I went to a Catholic school that required uniforms, so I didn't have a lot of non-uniform items to wear, and my parents didn't take us "back to school" shopping because of the uniforms. I basically had school clothes and church clothes and that was it. I make up for it now with my mild shopping habit

I wasn't allowed to wear pants period until I was in like 6th grade - it was skirts or culottes and I did NOT go to a religious school lol. I was raised strict baptist and the church did not allow pants on women. Let's just say I was not heartbroken when my parents chose to leave that church.

What the heck is a "culotte?"

They were like really wide leg shorts - cut to below the knee. At my church if we kneeled they were supposed to touch the ground. I guess similar to Gauchos, though not nearly as trendy haha.

And not southern baptist - but from what I hear it was similar in strictness. We weren't allowed to dance, go to the movies, listen to "secular" music, wear pants, and the only TV I was allowed to watch was the Disney channel and christian movies. It was normal to me because I grew up that way, but looking back it seems pretty extreme. All my friends made fun of me, and I hated it.

My parents have neighbors like that. On Sundays they are not allowed to change clothes so it is really funny to see them playing basketball in the driveway wearing suits and dresses- haha. They are pretty nice, but kind of boring.

The best experience we had with them was one night around midnight it was pouring rain and my parents patio was flooding so that the water was coming inside the sliding door to the living room. My mom woke up, ran down stairs and was bailing out buckets of water by the door. The neighbour heard her calling to my dad and ran over to help. They bailed for about 20 minutes until the rain calmed down and the water level was low enough that it wasn't seeping inside anymore.

My mom thanked the neighbour for helping out and as soon as he left she realized she had her nightgown tucked into her underwear the whole time! Our poor conservative neighbour got quite an eyeful! hahaha.

Now that cracks me up

laurainMI · May 2010

Not sure if it's unique, but a funny story that my mom likes to repeat.

I was rather old when I gave up my bottle -- i was big enough to make a bottle of tang.

At Chirstmas we gave my bottle to baby Jesus in the nativity seen, because he didn't have one.

Deeder522 · May 2010

I remember being a kid and playing at a some friends house around the corner from my house and seeing their Dad come home from work for the night. I was so confused because my Dad was a police officer that worked nights so I though everyone's Dad did. I think my friend's were equally as confused when I said that my Dad didn't come home at night.

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