What are your weird family idosyncracies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We share all of our food. If we go out to eat at a restaurant, we are all passing bites of our dinner around the table to each other. I've come to understand that this isn't completely normal, most people eat the dinner they ordered.

That's my father's pet peeve! He doesn't want to eat with people who do that. He wants to eat his dinner and be left alone. No sharing whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom eats a LOT of peanut butter but doesn’t let like to touch it or smell it when she rinses off the knife. The dishwasher never gets it all off so her solution is to buy plastic knives for peanut butter only and discard them after each use.

Genius. I feel this way about cooked fried egg on spatulas. Someone needs to make disposable spatulas.

[Anonymous]

Growing up, once my brother and I were old enough to take showers instead of baths, we were only allowed to use the one in my parents master bathroom (shower only, didn't have a tub in there) so that my mom didn't have to clean the hall bathtub anymore.

In high school, when my friend was staying over for several days she went to take a shower in the hall bathroom and the water came out brown from the pipes never being used. I was so used to our way of doing things that my reaction wasn't "oh no I'm so sorry!" It was "what are you even doing taking a shower in there?!" Like doesn't everyone only use their parents master bathroom to bathe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom eats a LOT of peanut butter but doesn’t let like to touch it or smell it when she rinses off the knife. The dishwasher never gets it all off so her solution is to buy plastic knives for peanut butter only and discard them after each use.

This is a great idea for Nutella. My son loves Nutella on bagels. Sometimes he plops a spoonful of it onto a plate or bowl and dips pretzels into it. And I hate the cleanup. It doesn't rinse off so I have to use paper towels to wipe it up and it's just messy and icky. Your mom is a genius, I'm buying plastic Nutella utensils.

(Your mom needs a dog - I put peanut butter knives in the dishwasher and my dog steps in to lick them clean (before I turn on the dishwasher of course).

[Anonymous]

My entire family, if complimented on any sort of item, will proudly respond with how cheaply said item was obtained.
"I love this big salad bowl." "Thanks! Got it at a garage sale for 25 cents." All of us. Always.
My husband thought this was insane at first because his family doesn't talk about money and wouldn't be caught dead buying used items. Now he's all in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom eats a LOT of peanut butter but doesn’t let like to touch it or smell it when she rinses off the knife. The dishwasher never gets it all off so her solution is to buy plastic knives for peanut butter only and discard them after each use.

Genius. I feel this way about cooked fried egg on spatulas. Someone needs to make disposable spatulas.

They need to make peanut jars more like a flat container - like County Crock or Cool Whip type container.

It would make it so much easier to get out, eliminate the 20 % waste left behind bc it's impossible to get the last bit, and you can use a regular knife and not mess around with spatulas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mother, who lives alone, sets her place at the table after every meal. Fresh placemat, paper napkin rolled in a little ring, and one salad sized plate (which always gets returned to the cupboard because she makes her meal on a different plate).

This is adorable. She's very classy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious! A special shout out to your mother and her plate obsession.

Agreed! Though I am still cringe laughing at the DH sitting in his mom's lap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious! A special shout out to your mother and her plate obsession.

Agreed! Though I am still cringe laughing at the DH sitting in his mom's lap.

^^ But also glad to read that his wife loves his family. Very nice!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My entire family, if complimented on any sort of item, will proudly respond with how cheaply said item was obtained.
"I love this big salad bowl." "Thanks! Got it at a garage sale for 25 cents." All of us. Always.
My husband thought this was insane at first because his family doesn't talk about money and wouldn't be caught dead buying used items. Now he's all in.

My family does this too! Especially my mom.

[Anonymous]

My in laws incessantly tell the same sanitized versions of their family history every time they get together. There is a need to frame themselves as coming from royalty when the fact of the matter is they come from a bunch of up alcoholics who never made much of their lives. At first it was cute, then it was funny and it morphed into being so obnoxious that I never participate in in law gatherings. I’d rather gnaw my arm off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My entire family, if complimented on any sort of item, will proudly respond with how cheaply said item was obtained.
"I love this big salad bowl." "Thanks! Got it at a garage sale for 25 cents." All of us. Always.
My husband thought this was insane at first because his family doesn't talk about money and wouldn't be caught dead buying used items. Now he's all in.

Midwestern?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Growing up, once my brother and I were old enough to take showers instead of baths, we were only allowed to use the one in my parents master bathroom (shower only, didn't have a tub in there) so that my mom didn't have to clean the hall bathtub anymore.

In high school, when my friend was staying over for several days she went to take a shower in the hall bathroom and the water came out brown from the pipes never being used. I was so used to our way of doing things that my reaction wasn't "oh no I'm so sorry!" It was "what are you even doing taking a shower in there?!" Like doesn't everyone only use their parents master bathroom to bathe?

Haha, I love this. That's it in a nutshell (in bold). You're so used to your family dynamics, that until you go away to college or whatever, you have no context for how weird it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My entire family, if complimented on any sort of item, will proudly respond with how cheaply said item was obtained.
"I love this big salad bowl." "Thanks! Got it at a garage sale for 25 cents." All of us. Always.
My husband thought this was insane at first because his family doesn't talk about money and wouldn't be caught dead buying used items. Now he's all in.

My family does this too! Especially my mom.

My family too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My entire family, if complimented on any sort of item, will proudly respond with how cheaply said item was obtained.
"I love this big salad bowl." "Thanks! Got it at a garage sale for 25 cents." All of us. Always.
My husband thought this was insane at first because his family doesn't talk about money and wouldn't be caught dead buying used items. Now he's all in.

Midwestern?

Yes, we're from Michigan.