Gross Things Your Parents Did

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Anonymous wrote:What are some gross things your parents did? I'm wondering if some of this will turn out to be mostly generational stuff.

My mother drank from the carton/bottle/pitcher -- as in the big one in the fridge that was for everyone. She'd grab the 2 liter of pepsi, unscrew the top, and drink from the bottle, and put it back. Disgusting. Did the same with milk, a kool-aid pitcher, etc.

My mom and stepdad probably showered 3 times a week or so. My step dad was a doctor -- a freaking pathologist -- you would think he would have known better. Nope. Rarely, if ever, saw them wash their hands. I do feel like those silent gen folks did not shower enough.

It's cute that you think your stepdad was wrong about showering or that you know better than a pathologist.

I will assure you that he was absolutely filthy.

Maybe he was filthy, but in general, there is nothing wrong or unhealthy about showering 3-4 times a week.

The minimum here is twice a day. That's 14 times a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are some gross things your parents did? I'm wondering if some of this will turn out to be mostly generational stuff.

My mother drank from the carton/bottle/pitcher -- as in the big one in the fridge that was for everyone. She'd grab the 2 liter of pepsi, unscrew the top, and drink from the bottle, and put it back. Disgusting. Did the same with milk, a kool-aid pitcher, etc.

My mom and stepdad probably showered 3 times a week or so. My step dad was a doctor -- a freaking pathologist -- you would think he would have known better. Nope. Rarely, if ever, saw them wash their hands. I do feel like those silent gen folks did not shower enough.

It's cute that you think your stepdad was wrong about showering or that you know better than a pathologist.

I will assure you that he was absolutely filthy.

Maybe he was filthy, but in general, there is nothing wrong or unhealthy about showering 3-4 times a week.

The minimum here is twice a day. That's 14 times a week.

For who hahHhaa

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not gross in the sense you mean, but I HATED it when my mom would whisper in my ear, like in church, and I could feel her damp, hot breath. Gives me shudders to this day. And she'd get super mad if I flinched away from it. I've always been very careful not to do that to my kids, or even to breath too near their faces because my mom had some kind of digestive issues and always had sour breath.

Same. And if she noticed a smudge on my face she'd wipe it using her spit. Gross.

My dad picked his nose in church. He thought he was discreet about it but he wasn't.

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Anonymous wrote:The only gross thing I can think of (which my mom still does!) is if she has something on her contact lens (she's basically the last person on the planet still using hard contact lenses), she'll take a lens out, put it in her mouth, swish it around, and put it back in. Disgusting!

Both my parents would definitely lick their finger and use it to rub dirt off of us, but I never really thought it was gross, and I do that to my kids, too. Also showering roughly every other day really isn't gross - I do that too in the winter.

Also I'm (female) a pretty loud burper in my own home. So maybe one day my kids will be writing about how that's gross!

It's gross.

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Anonymous wrote:Picking the food out of their teeth with a toothpick in front of us at the table and then eating it.

My MIL picks her teeth at the table and I have a hard time not gagging.

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My mother still offers me her used bath water. We used to bathe in series- Mom, me, brother. Whatever. We weren’t any sicker back when we were less hygienic. And yes I wash my hands after using the toilet.

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Anonymous wrote:My mother never did anything gross. She was always proper. My father chewed with his mouth open.

We are way grosser today than in recent generations. There were so many rules that governed behavior and most things were taboo.

Were your parents born in the Downton Abbey days? I don't think as a society we're more gross than recent generations. Some people choose to not care about grossing people out.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up pretty WT. We actually lived in a 50ft trailer home on the outskirts of a small town. My stepdad was often drinking or drunk. On those nights, he and my mom were either fighting or f**king. On the nights they weren’t fighting the whole trailer home would rock and creak and you could hear skin slapping sometimes, etc. I’ve never told anyone about this. Lol.

This sounds like the beginning of a movie. 8 Mile, or something similar.

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Anonymous wrote:not my parents but my kids talk about us.
-My husband occasionally uses my bath water.
-He licks his plate with his finger.
-He uses grocery bags as dental floss.
-We make travel arrangements and to get the cheapest flight, sometimes have to roll into town at 4 am and then work that day.

How does one do this?

you use the plastic handle and put it between your teeth. He says it gets the stuff his dental floss doesn't.
I suspect he's got some unmedicated OCD.
I'm not a germaphobe. But the sound it makes is awful.

I am the furthest thing from a germaphobe but that is absolutely disgusting. The plastic bag handle that has been who knows where. Has he never heard of a waterpik?

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My dad didn’t have deodorant and used a chewed stick to brush his teeth until he went to the Army. He grew up rural and they didn’t have things like that. He had one pair of shoes for winter, so ran cattle barefoot all summer.

He loved apples, and still has teeth because he ate them daily and they clean your teeth pretty well naturally.

I have been helping slaughter and process animals since I was around 5. It’s just what you do on a farm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:not my parents but my kids talk about us.
-My husband occasionally uses my bath water.
-He licks his plate with his finger.
-He uses grocery bags as dental floss.
-We make travel arrangements and to get the cheapest flight, sometimes have to roll into town at 4 am and then work that day.

How does one do this?

you use the plastic handle and put it between your teeth. He says it gets the stuff his dental floss doesn't.
I suspect he's got some unmedicated OCD.
I'm not a germaphobe. But the sound it makes is awful.

I am the furthest thing from a germaphobe but that is absolutely disgusting. The plastic bag handle that has been who knows where. Has he never heard of a waterpik?

I’m done arguing with him about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dad would pour Hawaiian Punch into his beer. This is a man who was raised in Germany with German parents, for Pete's sake!

I lived in Germany and they frequently mixed beer and champagne and it was very good.

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Nothing gross or unhealthy about not showering every day.

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Drove us home from parties after too many drinks.

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Let the dog lick plates and cutting board if we had steak
Not wash hands after handling raw meat
Never throw away sponges
Bar soap in the kitchen

…and yet, they are in their 90s and still alive, so who knows?