What things do you do because your parent did it that way.

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IdyllwildGal@reddit

Make the bed every day. I rebelled against this for years after leaving home because my mom was so strict about this. You made your bed every day, no matter what. In a hurry? Make your bed. Running late? Make your bed. Going to miss the school bus? Oh no, that sucks. Make your bed and walk to school. It was her version of, “Fuck you, pay me.”

For years the only time I ever made the bed was when the sheets got changed. Then about 10 years ago I started working from home, and my office is in a sitting room area off the master bedroom. I didn’t want to look like I was in a frat house on video calls so I started making the bed every day.

And realized that all the things my mom said about making your bed were right. It’s nicer to get into a made bed at night. It brings a little order and structure to your day. It just looks nicer. All of it. And now I make the bed every day. Thankfully I got to tell her she was right before she passed away. It was an immensely gratifying moment for her. 🤣

One thing I did always agree with her on was making that the very first thing you do when you move. We moved ALOT when I was a kid. She always said if you set up your bed and get it made before you do anything else, then, at the end of the day when you’re completely exhausted you can just collapse into bed without having to dig through boxes looking for sheets and blankets.

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boatingday@reddit

Your Mom was wise!!!

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USHaux@reddit

Morning routine for ‘making the bed’ was to fold the covers back to let the bed air out. I grew up with just a duvet, so it was a simple action, then straighten pillows and make it tidy. Is it unusual to air out the bed, or do most people fold sheets and covers up towards the pillows, in the morning?

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itsmyvoice@reddit

I did as a kid, then rebelled after I left college. Then I only started to make my bed regularly until my 40s. I love getting into a freshly made bed at night. I even straighten up hotel beds (if I'm there < 5 nights, I don't allow maid service in) so I can climb into something feeling nice.

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Mission_Breakfast548@reddit

Omg - me too!!! It’s so deeply ingrained that I cannot leave the house without doing it. And it’s soooo much nicer to get into a crisply made bed!

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IdyllwildGal@reddit

Yes! And it keeps the sheets straighter too. My husband untucks the sheets and wraps them around his feet. I retuck them every morning. 🤣

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Hoon0967@reddit

Don’t call people during dinner time and don’t show up at someone’s house unannounced.

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No_Goose_7390@reddit

My mom said not to call anyone's house before 11 am on the weekend. It's etched in my mind.

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mpnc1968@reddit

My Nana said “Not before 9am and not after 9pm.” I still stick to this.

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Sauterneandbleu@reddit

9:00 to 9:00 definitely

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AnybodyCanyon@reddit

My mom used to say that only bad news came from phone calls after 9pm

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boatingday@reddit

Your Mom was wise!

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popcorn-jalapenos@reddit

Í wish people used the same timeline for texting.

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mpnc1968@reddit

My DND is on from 8pm-6am. If you aren’t my child, I won’t ever hear your text or call alert!

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Quietwaterz@reddit

I've revised this a bit. I don't call anyone before 10-11am unless it's an emergency. Or I just text.

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No_Goose_7390@reddit

"Who is calling at this hour?" -Me

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Narrow_Ad_4037@reddit

Who still has a house phone?

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21stNow@reddit

I can't seem to run from one. I kept mine for years after it stopped working (dumb, I know). I finally forced myself to disconnect it. Fast forward a few years and I moved into my mother's house to take care of her. She's no longer in the home and again, I'm struggling to disconnect the home phone (at least this one works!).

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thejadsel@reddit

At last check, they were still really common in the UK even if a lot of people weren't actually using them that much day to day. Landline phone service tends to come bundled along with broadband there. It was hard to find a plan that didn't when we needed to change ADSL providers maybe 6-7 years ago. A little weird, and I'm guessing less of a thing with 5G getting popular for home connections.

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hairballcouture@reddit

Old people

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No_Goose_7390@reddit

Who said anything about a house phone?

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Historical_Chip_2706@reddit

Clearly you’ve never been to rural Nebraska - the unannounced drop by’s are a regular occurrence

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auckiedoodle50@reddit

At dinner time?

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Historical_Chip_2706@reddit

‘Supper’ time is a bit more off limits but the unannounced pop ins are a staple

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USHaux@reddit

Would drive me mad if unannounced pop ins were considered acceptable. I always try to call if I’m stopping by uninvited. Can’t always drop everything to cater to visitors

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YesNoMaybe@reddit

My wife's family is like this. My family and our family friends were always dropping by and hanging out. I liked our vibe way better.

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thisiscrazy654@reddit

Our friends weren’t allowed to call us between 6 and 6:30pm. If the phone rang during dinner, my dad would be furious.

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Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit

My parents would lose their shit if the phone rang during dinner. Somehow it was our fault

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zalurker@reddit

Or call after 8 pm unless it's an emergency.

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Effective-Breath-505@reddit

Jimminy Crickets!!!

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Forking_Shirtballs@reddit

Wait, did you not have friends?

I was just in my old neighborhood, and I thought to myself "I just hold the world record for knocks on that front door". I didn't once call my buddy before I ran over to see if he wanted to play.

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SeattleUberDad@reddit

Eat watermelon with salt. My wife thinks I'm crazy.

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SC831PDX@reddit

Rub the cut ends of the cucumber before slicing the rest

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Ornery-Egg9770@reddit

???Why?

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SC831PDX@reddit

She mentioned it would take the bitterness away. Does it? Idk. But I still do it.

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Blerkm@reddit

It would be easier to list the things I don’t do because my parents did it that way.

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MuppetRejected@reddit

Let the dog "answer" the door. Unless l know you and that your coming. You get barking dogs

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Zpgrl@reddit

Decorate the Christmas tree exactly the same as it was when I was a kid- it MUST have tinsel!!!! My kids laugh at me!!!

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phillymjs@reddit

My parents were both dead before I turned 21. In 1994, the first full year without either of them, I decorated the house exactly as they used to the weekend after Thanksgiving. It took me 12 straight hours of work to get everything out of storage and put it all up. It took me another 12 hours of work to put the house back to normal on January 7th (we always kept the decorations up until the Epiphany).

Nobody visited my house in the entire time they were up— the only person saw the results of all that work was me, and all it really did was underscore how alone I felt. I still live in the same house, and all those Christmas decorations have never left storage since. I’ve never been able to bring myself to throw them all away.

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NewSpace2@reddit

Which decoration was your favorite?

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mekiva222@reddit

Turn the water off when you are not directly using it, close the fridge door if you aren’t taking something out or putting something in, turn off all the lights if you are leaving a room, push in your chair when you get up from the table, say please and thank you, look people in the eye when you talk to them, treat everyone from the bus boy to the owner with the same respect, recycle wherever possible, appreciate the beauty of nature, leave no trace and pay your bills first.

I was raised by two households, hippies and a service worker. My spouse doesn’t do most of these and I get real anxiety over it. She will open the fridge and walk around the kitchen doing stuff. I always lose it.

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Novel-Vacation-4788@reddit

So many of these are just common sense.

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colormeslowly@reddit

Gosh I hate, absolutely hate the words common sense

Turn the water off when you are not directly using it

after my parents split, we lived with mom in apartments, she didn’t pay for water so it didn’t matter if we left it on or not.

close the fridge door if you aren’t taking something out

we were not allowed to go in the fridge without her permission.

look people in the eye when you talk to them

my black southern parents didn’t have the pleasure of learning this

treat recycle wherever possible

wasn’t available to my knowledge when I was growing up.

appreciate the beauty of nature

We lived in concrete jungles

So no, not every thing is common sense - most are raised differently.

There’s a reason there’s a sign in most public bathrooms “employees must wash hands” It’s not common sense.

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mekiva222@reddit

Thank you for reminding me of this. I’m often quick to judge but the reality is everyone has their own experiences and reasons. Jumping to me being right and them being wrong is lazy on my part and doesn’t allow room to grow and learn. You make an excellent point and I appreciate you calling us out on this.

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NewSpace2@reddit

Damn… refreshing!

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mekiva222@reddit

You would think, yet so many people don’t do them or many of them.

And return your shopping cart, look behind you when you open a door and hold it for anyone coming up. Put stuff back in the store if you aren’t going to buy it. Don’t litter.

The list goes on and on, but I see so many people that were raised differently than that.

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TravelerMSY@reddit

I do it too. The light thing is really hard to get over, especially considering most of our house has LEDs and I could leave them on continuously for the next five years and not even notice the bill.

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RedQueenWhiteQueen@reddit

Wish me luck - I am actively trying to leave my kitchen lights on permanently for the next 6 months. I clearly have seasonal affective disorder (these are daylight spectrum bulbs), the switch is a bit awkward to reach, my kitchen is just dark in general, and leaving them on until spring will add a few dollars to my bill, at most. But it's a big change.

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Fast_Courage_2934@reddit

Feed my guests until they can't eat anymore. Having a guest leave hungry feels like a sin.

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Ornery-Egg9770@reddit

Keep the doors closed when the A/C is on because the storm door isn’t insulated. Same with the furnace. Turn off lights that aren’t being used.

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Baculum7869@reddit

Put myself down

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UrBum_MyFace_69@reddit

Mix corn and mashed potatoes with gravy..."it's all going to the same place!"

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Frankjc3rd@reddit

I have a kitchen cabinet full of plastic bags in other plastic bags which I eventually use up as trash bags.

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Sensitive_Ad2127@reddit

Fold towels.

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cgund@reddit

Turn off the a/c in the car if driving uphill.

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texan01@reddit

I do that as well, it’s also the turbo boost switch in my 70s sled.

Modern cars will kick off the compressor if you get 90% throttle automatically.

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Ammortalz@reddit

There's actually highway signs here on I-17 between Phoenix and Sedona that tell you to do that.

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MiMiinOlyWa@reddit

Same on I 82 between Ellensburg and Yakima WA

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RedditSkippy@reddit

Wait, why would you need to do that? To save gas, or conserve battery power?

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Ammortalz@reddit

Yep, overheating.

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Snoozinsioux@reddit

I still do this despite driving a car whose a|c doesn’t have any impact on the engine.

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mika00004@reddit

I also turn off the a/c when I really have to hit the gas, like getting on the freeway.

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ZzzzzPopPopPop@reddit

I would yell “turbo boost!” when turning off the AC in my old ‘87 Ford Escort, the difference in power was significant. Still true in my current non-turbo drastically underpowered Veloster.

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Pads4Life@reddit

Driving 8W up Radiator Hill, as I call it. From the desert into San Diego.

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craftyrunner@reddit

We still do on the grapevine (I5, Kern Co) coming south—but only if we need that last bit of power. If traffic is very heavy or very light then that push isn’t needed. Or obv if it’s winter the ac probably isn’t on anyway….

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expespuella@reddit

That's exactly the spot I was thinking. I feel like they used to have one or two "Turn off AC to avoid overheating" signs but don't recall them in recent years.

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craftyrunner@reddit

I don’t know if the signs are still there, but there are often overheated vehicles pulled over! I think the pullouts still have “free water” signs. Hwy 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains also used to have “turn off AC signs”—no idea if it still does.

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Indigrrl_alto@reddit

Omg we would melt.

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Tall-Armadillo2078@reddit

There are still 2 signs in AZ that warn drivers to turn off A/c going up some steep climbs. I ignore them both.

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Ammortalz@reddit

Lol, I just posted this as well, I-17 between Phoenix and Sedona.

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jess_c_z@reddit

I’m howling 🤣🤣

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dede0502@reddit

Don’t show up to any party or gathering ‘with your arms swinging’. Always bring something for the host(but not flowers they will have to attend to immediately) 😊

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USHaux@reddit

I’ve never heard it described this way, but this is one for me. Completely agree about flowers too. If invited to someone’s house, never show up empty handed, even if the host insists you take it home at the end. Tried to instill this one in my kids too

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disapproving_cake@reddit

Nothing because they were abusive assholes

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit (OP)

Im with you.

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whydoIhurtmore@reddit

How I make tacos and spaghetti sauce is almost exactly how my mom did it.

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thisiscrazy654@reddit

I have to cut sandwiches diagonally. When I was a child my mother told me they taste better that way.

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit (OP)

You day can be ruined if your sandwich is not in triangles

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l00ky_here@reddit

Pour bacon grease on an old soup can and put it in the condiment section of the fridge because it prevents the pipes from getting clogged.

Only I use the grease to cook with occasionally

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit (OP)

Makes the best popcorn

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l00ky_here@reddit

I use it when making greens or spinach

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hlmoore96@reddit

Say “I love you” any time we’re closing a conversation or leaving. It must be the last thing said. We could sometimes get up to double digits of saying “I love you” if the conversation doesn’t end right away.

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Huh-what-2025@reddit

almost nothing.

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Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit

Overreacting, losing control of my anger. I’m still trying to unlearn it but it’s so hard.

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chjrtx2@reddit

DIY

Learned a lot helping my Dad and working with others

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lexliller@reddit

Fold towels. The sounds i make standing up from chairs and subsequent hobbling. Thats about it

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The_Great_19@reddit

The way I wrap gifts.

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BIGepidural@reddit

Don't put shoes on the table because its super bad luck. Like such bad luck that someone could die if you don't move them ASAP.

My mom got that from her mom and it passed onto me and me to my children. My son anyways. My daughter likes to love recklessly so we're always yelling at her 😂

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WhiskeyAndWhiskey97@reddit

We don’t go out on New Year’s Eve. Most New Yorkers know better than to go to Times Square. I grew up in a suburb of NYC, and we watched the ball drop on TV.

My husband and I broke the “don’t go out on NYE” rule one year, right after we moved to New Orleans. We made a reservation for an early dinner, and nearly ended up killed by a drunk driver on the way over (we gave our Uber driver a very nice tip for his quick reflexes - the drunk ran a red). Since then, we’ve stayed home - we watch the ball drop in Times Square on TV at 11pm our time, then head up to our building’s roof deck with some champagne to watch the local fireworks at midnight.

My parents were right.

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4Q69freak@reddit

I do a lot of stuff the way Dad did. I also look just like him so most of my facial expressions are his. I’m also a fan of the same sports teams, because that was something we always bonded over, after he died I had to resist the urge to pick up the phone and call him after a game to get his thoughts. I also eat some weird food combos that both my wives (current and ex) think are weird like Oreos with fresh peaches and cream. I’m sure there are more that my older brother could point out.

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ItsRedditThyme@reddit

I don't do anything for that reason, alone. I'll do it if it makes sense to, or I haven't learned a better, more logical or informed way, but never just because they did it that way. My parents suck, so doing things their way just because they did it that way is a stupid reason to do anything.

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Upper-Shoe-81@reddit

Always read the user guide before driving a car you haven’t driven before. I’m kinda surprised at how many people don’t…

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TheJokersChild@reddit

Cars are a lot more standardized now. It's not like the '70s and '80s where some had the high-beam on the floor and others on the blinker, and some had knobs for wipers and others had stalks.

Remember when Ford took the horn off the steering wheel and made you press the blinker instead? And put the wiper stalk behind it, opposite of where it is now?

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Upper-Shoe-81@reddit

Yeah they’re more standard now except my husband drove his car for the last 6 months and had no idea it had a heated steering wheel, remote start, keyless entry and didn’t know how to open the sunroof until I read the feature guide and showed him. 😂

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4Q69freak@reddit

I think the only time Dad ever looked at the owner’s manual was to look at the fuse box diagram. I’m the same.

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hoarse_of_course@reddit

Try driving a regular vehicle after driving only a Tesla for a while. I’ve turned on windshield wipers so many times trying to put my mom’s car in drive 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Alternative-Pin5760@reddit

Iron left handed. I’m right handed but my Mom is left.

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Special_Response_405@reddit

I love this and will now add pumpkin spice to my pancakes to honor you both. Honestly would never have thought of it but it sounds delicious,

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LectureBasic6828@reddit

Don't phone anyone after 9pm, unless it's scheduled or an emergency.

Christmas dinner.

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run_squid_run@reddit

Always serve the youngest first at dinner. It ensures that the kids have food if there isn’t enough. Even now when we are doing fine, we still do this.

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Sea-Toes-5475@reddit

We had codes when company was over... FLO - family lay off (not enough for everyone) LYF - Lick your fork (not enough forks for dessert)

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Feminist_Hugh_Hefner@reddit

lol we had "FHB" for "family hold back" but I guess we would just quickly wash forks, there wasn't a code for that lol

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cvaldez74@reddit

I did this with my kids and still do even though they're all adults now. always serve myself last.

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Dramatic-Counter2281@reddit

Shake gallon of milk before pouring myself a glass

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Feminist_Hugh_Hefner@reddit

that goes back to before milk was homogenized. We sometimes get milk straight from the cows (shhh) and you'll end up pouring a glass of cream and leaving the rest of the house to drink skim if you don't shake it!

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Sea-Toes-5475@reddit

I shake everything non-carbonated before pouring. Only exception is heavy cream for my coffee... 1st carton turned to butter before it was done 😅

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Soft_Construction793@reddit

I always shake the milk because mom did. I know there is no good reason to do so. I even shake the almond milk now.

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Surprise_Fragrant@reddit

Whoa, I thought I was the only one that did this (Hubby doesn't do it and thinks I'm insane)

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mpnc1968@reddit

Ok but we literally need to do that, right? Like all that milky milk stuff settling in the bottom…🤢

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit (OP)

Nope

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lngfellow45@reddit

I used to do that when I drank coffee - so it would get foamy - and pretend it’s an expensive coffee house drink 😂

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Recent_Data_305@reddit

Respect for all living things. We lived on a farm. Sometimes we had pests that messed with our animals. Example: Black snakes eating eggs. Dad would collect them in a bag and relocate them instead of killing them.

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Party-Fault9186@reddit

I rip up papers going in the trash.

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phillymjs@reddit

I mean, these days that’s just good OPSEC. Anything with my name and address on it goes through the shredder before it goes into the recycle bin.

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ColdKickin72@reddit

When I was a kid if someone knocked on the door between 5-6pm my father would say do they know we’re eating dinner.

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MommaGuy@reddit

I separate everything when doing laundry. Denim, towels, sheets, lights and darks.

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Rightbuthumble@reddit

I never make beans without making a pan of cornbread and skillet full of fried potatoes with onions. Likewise, I make homemade biscuits every single morning except Sundays and that is chocolate gravy day.

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OPsDaddy@reddit

How do you make the beans?

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Rightbuthumble@reddit

For my family who are meat eaters, I usually cook the beans with some hocks, salt, an onion, pepper, a tablespoon of cowboy candy. For my beans, I cook them the same without the hocks.

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GrammyGH@reddit

I was introduced to chocolate gravy as a teen and it is the best! Nothing better with homemade biscuits!

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Rightbuthumble@reddit

It is a good old southern dish for sure. I always add a tablespoon of butter on top of the chocolate that covers the biscuit.

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GrammyGH@reddit

Yes, butter is a must. I'm a southern girl, so I was surprised that I had never had it before my teenage years.

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Rightbuthumble@reddit

Well, I am old as dinosaur shit so I have a long history of southern. We were poor and growing up in the fifties and sixties with ten brothers and sisters, we ate a lot of food that was meant to fill us up without costing a lot of money. Our mom got commodities and flour, sugar, and other staples were given to us every month. So mama, like so many other mothers, made everything from scratch. Chocolate gravy is the poor man's bacon and eggs.

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lngfellow45@reddit

Chocolate…..gravy?

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zedgrrrl@reddit

I'm picturing this to be close to a slightly melted Nutella. I'm probably wrong, but now I'm craving it.

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Rightbuthumble@reddit

Nope...you use sugar and cocoa and a little flour in a pan and add milk and stir over low heat and when it is getting thick, turn off the fire and add some vanilla...delicious.

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zedgrrrl@reddit

This sounds like heaven.

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Rightbuthumble@reddit

It is...my grandkids all come over Sunday mornings to have biscuits and chocolate gravy.

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jjjjjjjjjjjjjoe@reddit

Fellow Natural Stater?

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Rightbuthumble@reddit

Yes indeed...Diamond mines, crystal minds, hot springs, and beans and cornbread.

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LayerNo3634@reddit

Beans and cornbread is a meal!

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Rightbuthumble@reddit

Damn straight it is.

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042AF@reddit

Laundry on Sunday. I can do it almost any day of the week but it just doesn’t seem as ‘right’

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AliVista_LilSista@reddit

Keep the gas tank full

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thisisstupid-@reddit

I know my mom did the best that she could but my whole goal as a parent was to be the kind of adult I wish I had had growing up so I don’t do anything like she did.

But my grandmother on the other hand, I have continued many of her traditions with my own children.

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wamimsauthor@reddit

Riding g a bike on Sunday. We never were allowed. The only exception was when we went to Ocean City because we’d ride in the morning on the boardwalk.

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Positive-Froyo-1732@reddit

This question really made me think. When I met my now ex-husband, I found that his family did a great many things differently from mine, and that I preferred his family's ways in many cases, so I adopted them. Now I'm a divorced empty nester, and I do pretty much everything MY way.

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Tramp876@reddit

I get mad, swear and then throw things or smash them with a hammer just like my Dad.

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hazelquarrier_couch@reddit

I still say Dinner for Lunch which is what we called it when I was a kid, but unfortunately I call Dinner "Dinner" which is confusing if you don't have context. I grew up calling Dinner "Supper".

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Ok-Move-2930@reddit

Nothing goes one the dash of the front car window or rear window.

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SWNMAZporvida@reddit

You DONT talk about your money.

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auckiedoodle50@reddit

To add to that you weren’t to talk politics, age, or weight. That’s really changed.

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Sea-Toes-5475@reddit

Or religion

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hoarse_of_course@reddit

My parents said asking someone who they voted for was like asking them what kind of underwear they had on. Nowadays I think both questions are asked a lot lol

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BasketBackground5569@reddit

Start my shopping with the clearance racks unless it's a present. I haven't been able to unlearn it.

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BabadookOfEarl@reddit

No reason to unlearn it.

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VegasLife84@reddit

Wash everything in cold, and hang it up before it's completely dry

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Motor_Wasabi3127@reddit

Still prefer to sweep the kitchen floor vs. vacuum. But I do own a robot vacuum, too. 🤷‍♂️

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harley_hot_wheelz@reddit

Always move the eggs in a carton before buying them. It's how you know if the bottom is busted.
Never ever call someone past 9 pm.
Always return a cart to a corral or in store.
Blow a kiss when going through a yellow light.

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hoIygrail@reddit

Apple pie with a nice thick slice of cheddar cheese. That was from my dad.

From my aunt, I always loved her sweetened ice tea and when I got married I told her all I wanted for a present was her iced tea recipe. She laughed and said “It’s just Tetley.” She did share her method, which I understand now is fairly common, to use 12 teabags, heat 2 cups of water with 1 cup of sugar until dissolved and starting to boil. Add the tea bags, remove from heat, and let sit 15 minutes. Ditch the teabags (don’t squeeze them she said because it releases tannins), pour into a pitcher with ice, fill with water to make a gallon. That’s how I always make it now too.

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ms_rdr@reddit

Clean the lint filer before I run the dryer, not after.

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MrsQute@reddit

Thank you! I do this too and my husband grumbled at me when we first started living together because he was raised to empty it when he was done.

I pointed out that if you empty it after you run the risk of lint coming off the filter and drifting onto your freshly cleaned basket of clothes. Plus you can confirm that it IS empty.

He did eventually come around to my way of thinking. 😄😄😄.

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brickbaterang@reddit

Whatever they did i try to do the opposite. Except for music i guess, they taught me to listen to everything

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Tyrigoth@reddit

Same here, except I use apple pie spice.

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flipzyshitzy@reddit

I do everything the opposite because they did it that way.

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MaximumJones@reddit

Sit around in my underwear and watch football?

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Surprise_Fragrant@reddit

Ma'am, this is a Wing Stop.

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tube_pilots@reddit

Hang my t-shirts in my closet facing left. My mom's habit is now mine.

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bike619@reddit

Constantly make stupid puns. And sing-narrate my life to random or made up tunes.

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colormeslowly@reddit

LOL. I do this to my kids LOL

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bike619@reddit

Plot twist… I don’t have kids. So my wife and cats are the victims.

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YoNothingMan@reddit

I actually sing to my cats more than my actual kid

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cowbud1@reddit

Everything.

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bishopredline@reddit

I always asked what would my parents do in this situation... then do the exact opposite. It has worked.

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R67H@reddit

That's pretty much my strat. It's worked well so far.

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GiantFinnegan@reddit

That my general MO, too, ha ha

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R67H@reddit

I add pumpkin pie spice to pancakes because it tastes good. My mom couldn't cook a good pancake to save her life. The only thing that sticks in my head that I still do regularly is tri-fold my bath towels.

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Lazy_Leather_561@reddit

Pronounce wash as wrash.

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ghertigirl@reddit

Buy gifts for every birthday party I’m invited to and never show up empty handed to someone’s house.

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bevothelonghorn@reddit

Out-work/out-last the competition. 2. Do it right the 1st time. 3. Praise in public; dog-cuss in private. 4. Always put Trappey’s pepper sauce in/on your beans. 5. EVERY bite of toast should have an EQUAL amount of butter/jelly/jam.

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NeedleworkerLow1100@reddit

That actually sound delicious.

I keep cash on hand, passport updated and a suitcase packed w/ essentials, just in case.

My parents did that.

Their parents did that.

It's ingrained in my DNA.

Now my son does the same.

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit (OP)

Make pancakes using egg nog sometime. Its amazing also.

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fleetiebelle@reddit

Making lasagna with cottage cheese

Always have some cash on hand, because you never know.

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit (OP)

I use both cottage cheese and ricotta

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Upper-Shoe-81@reddit

I do this too! Started with my grandmother, so my mother only used cottage cheese, so that what I’ve always used (and prefer).

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3yl@reddit

Friend onions on green-bean casserole (and cream of mushroom soup 😄)

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit (OP)

I use cream of chicken soup!

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No_Science_8600@reddit

The way I fold laundry and wash dishes is the way my mother did them and taught me. My partner does them a different way. And honestly? The dishes don’t get cleaned properly, there’s still grease on the pans and I have to rewash them.

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BobsleddingToMyGrave@reddit (OP)

There is an order!

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Pads4Life@reddit

I never show up at someone’s house without calling first. Never.

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ags_heels_95@reddit

I show up to any appointment, even a casual get together, 5-10 years early. Both parents were teachers, and being late to a classroom full of kids wasn’t an option. It’s practically a family tradition to sit in the car or drive around because we’re too early for whatever event is supposed to start.

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ChickinMagoo@reddit

I don't know what I'm doing later today and you manage to get to your scheduled activities 5-10 years early. I've got to step up my game 😉

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ags_heels_95@reddit

A few years with my mom and dad would fix that. 😀

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Karamist623@reddit

Nothing.

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zalurker@reddit

You cut an avocado in half, remove the pit. Sprinkle with brown sugar and eat with a spoon. It's something my mom taught me.

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TitoBandito5@reddit

My grandmother would yell at me if I started to eat an apple without washing it…’The Strychnine!!!!’

So wash your fruits & veggies kids

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QuiJon70@reddit

I'm a dodger fan for no good reason other then my mother was.

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No-Mango-4604@reddit

Something I fixed: I used to pre-boil my lasagna noodles because that’s what my mom did, until I discovered they’d be just fine.

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Sauterneandbleu@reddit

Sorry to ask, but I always buy the pre-boiled ones. Are you saying that any lasagna noodles will do even if you don't pre-boil them?

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Street_Roof_7915@reddit

Yes. Just add a little extra water to the sauce so they can absorb it.

Or don’t. Honestly, it turns out good both ways. :)

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Emotional_Print8706@reddit

Correct

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pingpongwatch@reddit

Cook for others

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Natural_King2704@reddit

Never go out in the woods at night without a dog and a gun and a lantern. Flashlights have a way of just going out for no reason..a lantern won't

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Former_Balance8473@reddit

My mother had Polio as a child and one leg was shorter than the other... when I was 16 a friend asked me what happened and why did I walk with a limp... I did it because she did it. I worked my way out of it,but sometimes when I am really tired I will walk with a limp for no reason.

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Onyx_Lat@reddit

I have a lot of her sayings I use even though they're from before my time. My favorite is "Pardon me, as Nixon said to Ford." This often confuses younger people, and surprises older people.

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Taleigh@reddit

Love it and I am of the right age

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glitteringdreamer@reddit

The sink must be empty! Dishes get rinsed and stacked on the counter to the side if they can't be done at that moment.

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hairballcouture@reddit

Don’t take the last of anything as a guest unless the host insists.

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garygnu@reddit

I cut off both ends of the ham.

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SuperannuatedAuntie@reddit

I heard a ham story on NPR. Mother was showing her daughter how to cook a ham, "Then you cut off the end and put it in beside the rest." Daughter: "Why?" Mother: "Well, that's the way my mother did it." So they called her, and she said, "Because that's the way my mother did it." So they called her, too. "Why cut the end off the ham?" "Because my pan is too small."

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cvaldez74@reddit

I went back to college in my mid 40s and had a professor who started telling this story to the class as if it was a true story but the mother in the story was his wife and the daughter was him. I whispered the end of the story before he finished to the kid sitting next to me, he kinda looked at me funny but when the professor hit the punch line, the kid looked at me amazed..."how did you know he was going to say that?"

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EntertainmentOwn6907@reddit

I’ve heard of this. Someone said they always cut off part of the ham and then they ask her mom why they did it and their mom said because the pan wasn’t ever big enough for the whole ham.

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NashvilleTypewriter@reddit

Load the dishwasher to where there's barely a crack between dishes.

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Mission_Breakfast548@reddit

I never have clutter - house is always tidy and things picked up/put away (just not deep cleaned, lol 😂), because you never want to be embarrassed if someone stops by unexpectedly. Mom swore by that - and with 7 of us kids, it was actually pretty important.

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No-Buddy873@reddit

EU Parents never used ice cubes , I don’t either .

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GreenSalsa96@reddit

Read to my kids. Nothing beats reading to your kids. I think the last books we read aloud together were when my youngest was 10 or 11.

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LayerNo3634@reddit

Shut the door, I'm not air conditioning Texas. My kids and grandkids know this. My niece and her kids do not. Drives me crazy.

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BuDu1013@reddit

Can't come up with anything.

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No-County7603@reddit

Never turn the dome light on in the car at night while driving😂😆

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mockity@reddit

“It’s illegal!!!”

The fuck it is, mom.

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No-County7603@reddit

😂😂

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11CatLady@reddit

The way I fold my jeans

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emburke12@reddit

Get blotto drunk and pass out by five pm.

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RaqMountainMama@reddit

I put hot canning jars on great-grandma's tea towels (probably from the 1930's & 1940's) spread out on the counter when we are canning fruits & veggies. I save these tea towels just for that. They are gorgeous- pretty stripes & floral patterns. It's ritual that makes me feel connected at this point.

Also, gardening & canning in general... because it's what we do.

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Yersinia_Pestis9@reddit

IN or OUT!!!

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jess_c_z@reddit

I never put the interior light on in the car while driving, when it’s dark.

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Visible_Structure483@reddit

yea, people who did that in the 70s/80s are all dead which is why us survivors continue to not do that today.

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Historical_Chip_2706@reddit

“Do you have it in your hand? Are you ready because I’m only turning it on for .5 seconds. Are you ready?”

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jess_c_z@reddit

🤣🤣🤣

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Grand_Taste_8737@reddit

Say yes mam yes sir, etc

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Unexpectedly99@reddit

By yourself something at least once a month when you are working, even something small, so that it doesn't feel like you are only working for the bills.

For my mom it was a Pepsi and a 2- pack of Hostess cupcakes to be enjoyed in the silence of her car away from her kids. Lol. Yes, we were poor.

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ElJefe0218@reddit

My wife said her sister calls her every time she is eating something. I told her to stop eating.

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MissMurderpants@reddit

Driving. The front seat passenger is the navigator.

They watch out for traffic patterns or accidents. They have control over radio/device and they make sure driver has fluids or snacks and id ok.

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Due-Statistician-682@reddit

My mom makes sloppy joe meat with ketchup and mustard as the sauce. Of course, I make it the same way.

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Fluffy-Opinion871@reddit

I make dill pickles the way my mom used to.

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Pleasant_Block5539@reddit

Hardly anything

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zedgrrrl@reddit

Lessons in what not to do.

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Malapple@reddit

Breathe.

That’s about it.

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Pypsy143@reddit

Homemade dinner at the kitchen table every night. No screens allowed.

I was constantly told how well behaved my kids were while they were growing up and I truly feel this was a big part of it.

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hopeinnewhope@reddit

All are always welcome. And we mean all 🫶🏼

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Miserable_Willow_312@reddit

My parents were poster adults for what not to do. Therefore, I do the exact opposite of anything they ever did.

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JonesinforJonesey@reddit

Always buy good shoes. And oxo gravy with roast beef, I tried making it differently once and was informed that it was inferior to Granny’s.

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Winter-eyed@reddit

I was 24 when I realized I had set my kitchen up the same way my mother’s kitchen was. Plates, bowls, glasses junk drawer, measuring cups and cookbooks all in the same places respectively

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Slow-Complaint-3273@reddit

I only buy things on sale or clearance. I don’t bother with coupons as much as Mom did, but I go to thrift stores more often. (Where I live now has several really good ARC shops that we didn’t have in the city where I grew up.)

One thing I don’t do because my parents did it is tell my kids, “I told you so.” That phrase turned every disagreement into an I’m-right-you’re-wrong competition. If my kids decide they like a food they thought would be gross, “I’m glad you like it. I like it too!” If they do something we warned them against and it blew up, “What have you learned?” I try to really focus on my kid’s experience of the event and not on proof that we were right.

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TheJokersChild@reddit

I only buy things on sale or clearance.

Oh, that's totally me. I feel ripped off when I have to pay full-price for anything. I even buy open-box and factory refurbs. Never had a lemon yet.

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SuperannuatedAuntie@reddit

Clean sheets, towels, and pjs on Saturday. Only flat sheets were available, so put the bottom one on with hospital corners. Change the bottom sheet once a week--the old top sheet becomes the new bottom sheet. Pillows get two cases. Remove the inner one weekly and put a fresh one on top.

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phillymjs@reddit

My parents were both alive for the Great Depression. They paid cash for everything and never had a credit card in their lives. I have credit cards but kept my aversion to being in debt— the cards are paid off in full monthly, and when I’ve taken out car loans they’ve always been paid off ahead of schedule.

When my mom baked chocolate chip cookies she used the recipe on the back of the Nestle bag, but doubled the quantity of chocolate chips. I still do that.

I’m sure there are a lot of other things that I don’t even realize.

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