What's one thing your parents used to tell you not to do, that you actively do in adulthood?

[Sadmac]

I'll start: Sticking the knife in the toaster to pull out a stuck slice. I haven't died yet

Forward park and reverse out.

Your parents told you not to do that because it’s really dangerous to stick a knife in a toaster. You’re risking electrocution! Just because you’ve been lucky so far doesn’t mean it’s not super dangerous.

Lick my knife.
Eat leftovers for breakfast.
Sit with my knees tucked under my butt on the sofa.

But I always reverse park in - ex cop, I am hard wired to prepare for an emergency exit at all times

@ALightThatNeverGoesOut

Forward park and reverse out.

But why? Aren't you worried about children running out while you're reversing? Seems so much safer to reverse park.

Talk to strangers.

Go to bed late.

Eat before dinner and before bed and before swimming. Don't eat breakfast.

@Sadmac

I'll start: Sticking the knife in the toaster to pull out a stuck slice. I haven't died yet

I was thrown across the kitchen from an electric shock doing that once. Never again!

Eat cereal for dinner

Eat and drink takeaway food in public. Looks common, apparently. I do not give a crap.

Have more than one cereal open at a time

Put the heating on rather than an additional sweater

Leftovers for breakfast
Smoke (i know how popular it is here!)
Drink more than a glass of wine in a sitting
Drink pints instead of two halves
Mostly wait until I've run out of plates to wash up instead of one at a time after each meal

Eat chocolate for breakfast. I am fat though...

Eat in public.

@Sadmac

I'll start: Sticking the knife in the toaster to pull out a stuck slice. I haven't died yet

That makes me panic, please don't do this!

Read while eating.

Pick up a piece of food or cutlery if I've dropped it on the floor and eat / use it (my parents hadn't heard of the 5 second rule!).

Lick the knife

Eat more than two biscuits at one time

Eat anything I want, pretty much!

Eat between meals.

As a result I am obese. They said it for a good reason.

Eat in the street.

Go out with wet hair.
Eat before swimming.
Not apply the “ you have to eat all your dinner before you get a dessert” rule.

Yeah ok, OP, you really need to stop doing that.

Sit on the kitchen worktop

Drink the milk straight from the bowl after eating my cereal. Apparently it’s very uncouth.

My parents are knit your own yoghurt types so buying brand new clothes, not saving wrapping paper, buying pizza instead of making it etc. I'm eco-friendly but don't feel the need to eat mouldy bread and cheese

Have more than 2 biscuits at a time
Going out by myself when it's dark
Going to bed with wet hair
Lying in on a weekday! (I work until 10 some nights and sleeping in the next morning is blissful)