A 1970s/80s AIBU?

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Just been reading the brilliant and nostalgic threads about all the things parents did then that would be massively judged now so thought it would be fun to start a 70s/80s AIBU

Want to join me..?

Here goes,

AIBU to not want to have the whole of the street come and watch a football match on our new black and white TV?

AIBU to not tell dd off for being cheeky to Prince Charles.
The school allowed them time off to wave a flag when he visited recently and when he asked my dd if she had come especially to see him she said no, to play with her friends.
other parents were tutting, was she rude?

This really happened and dd was me

WIBU to steam a tinned Heinz treacle sponge for an hour in a saucepan of water? No microwave back then

AIBU to take my midwife's advice and eat as much Liver as possible during pregnancy- it's good for the baby she said.
And i'll put my baby on her tummy to sleep from birth- if she's sick it'll come out that way, far safer than sleeping on her back.
AIBU to wrap my child up in duvets in front of the fire if she has a temperature? My DM said they need to 'sweat the fever out', and these modern doctors saying to remove clothing to cool them down is 'new fangled hippy claptrap'

DD is now 7, AIBU to send her for 10 Berkeley Blue..the shopkeeper doesn't mind as she's got a note?
We quite enjoy a few drinks on Sundays, DD gets bored so AIBU to leave DD at home with some sandwiches, a drink, and tell her not to open the door to strangers? She's 9, and we'll only be an hour or two three

I love my Mum

AIBU to leave dd in the car with a bag of salt and shake crisps and a bottle of lemonade with a straw, while I spend the afternoon in the pub then drive home? (My dad).

AIBU to dip my granddaughters dummy in brandy to help her sleep? (My grandad).

Consequences for being naughty.Smacked arse, bedroom and no Top of the Pops.

(From my mum) AIBU to send my children off to the local river with a picnic and not expect them home until tea time. Thanks mum! I did have fun except on the day my older sisters made me lend my shirred swimsuit to an older girl who forgot hers so I had to swim in my vest and knickers. It wasn't always great being the youngest child!

AIBU to send my 6yo to ballet lessons on her own? It's only 2 busses.

AIBU to think if a buggy can't go on the hooks on front of the bus, or underneath the bus in the luggage bit, then parents with prams simply cannot catch the bloody bus.

70's one - AIBU to think one day you'll be able to watch the film you want, when you want and in your own home?

AIBU to let my dd go in the offie and buy her dad a miniature of whiskey for christmas? (My mum did AND I got served at 11-not UK though. I wrapped it up lovely with a packet of senior service)

AIBU to be the only girl in the school to pick that new-fangled computer studies O level option?

AIBU to hitchhike the 5 miles home from school because it seems like a good laugh?

AIBU to get thoroughly fed up of having Saturday shopping trips to Snob and Chelsea Girl ruined by constant bomb threats?

AIBU to think that betamax is far superior to VHS?

AIBU to think that those CD thingies are absolutely indestructible and we'll all be playing them in about 200 years time, because that's what James Burke told us on Tomorrow's World so it must be true?

AIBU to think that Benny Hill is just harmless fun, not even slightly degrading to women?

AIBU to buy beer from the off-licence dressed in my school uniform?

AIBU to be friends with someone at school because they have a soda stream machine AND a Mr Frosty?

Hang on, does anyone seriously believe that black and white TVs were a novelty in the 1970s and 1980s? Even in the 70s colour TVs were well established. And what is that about ten and six for a TV licence? Decimal coinage came in in the early 70s.

Farty..the betamax is better than vhs but like all better items wouldnt win..

AIBU to make my 7 y/o DGD and 4 y/o DGS stand outside the betting shop whilst I go inside an put some bets on the horses. I will only be 5 mins? I do give them a pound and let them go in the newsagent afterwards if they have been well behaved so I don't think IBU?

AIBU to dress my daughter entirely in flammable material, even though I smoke constantly, and have such amazing carpet tiles that we reel from electric shocks when greeting each other? Surely the joys of a fag are worth a few burnt holes in nylon party dresses at my daughter's eighth birthday? All the other parents had a fag on, plus we were all drinking Cinzano and that other pink one. I don't think it's our fault we didn't notice the kids putting the toy plastic saucepan set into the oven. Naturally, the polystyrene tile on the ceiling didn't help and my daughter had to come get the adults from the garden, where they were cavorting to Black Sabbath, and point out the fire brigade were hosing down the kitchen, or what was left of it.

1977. Thanks, mum.

AIBU to let my kids go off any play with the other neighbourhood kids from dawn until dusk during the holidays. I'm sure they aren't doing anything dangerous. It's normal for a group of 5 to 8 year olds to try and dam the beck so that the weir become more like a waterfall.

I know I'm NBU to let DD (7) walk to school with her 5 year old sister. The only really busy road they have to cross is Green Lane, and the cars only come round the blind bend at around 40mph. I can't possibly deal with the school run because DD3 is only a baby and isn't up in time.

(Both my mum)

Also my teacher (1st year junior) wasn't being at all unreasonable in taking the entire class on an impromptu trip to the beck. No need for permission slips, and the kids could all swim in their underwear anyway. Also it was fine to leave the class to entertain themselves for the afternoon, because he'd popped home for lunch and the ashes was really quite gripping and much more important than teaching a bunch of 8/9 year olds.

(I'm looking at you Mr W - on both counts).

AIBU to cover my three fair skinned children in olive oil and vinegar in the blazing sun at the beach day , its really fine because my uncle does it and he always has a great tan, does it matter that he is from the other side of the family the olive toned turns golden brown in the sun side like me ?
( yes we fried my sister had blisters the size of her arm and we all still remember how bad it was )
and when we bring it up many many years later have a wee laugh at the memory ?