To wonder what are the most [shock] family habits you've ever encountered?

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Mine are: an ex years ago was one boy with two sisters and one night we got talking about what they called their genitalia when they were growing up. I was flabbergasted when he said "Oh, I had a 'cock' and my sisters had 'minges'"

However that was not as bad as the family BBQ (same family) where we were all sitting around a table having a lovely lunch; me, ex-bf, his parents, sisters, sisters' boyfriends and then ex-MIL casually mentioned that she hadn't woken up till 9am that morning.
"That's not true," says ex-FIL promptly, "I heard you having a shit at 5." did not cover it.

I burst into song all the time, "look at the price of this Blu-rays" sounds fair enough as a song title to me.

It embarrasses my children though, so I am learning to tone it down in public. On the other hand they are used to it and occasionally come up with their own random song [proud emoticon]. Also, DS (9) has started calling everyone "old chap" (in posh accent) now, for his own amusement.

It's worse now I have a dog, and sing songs to her about bones and paw-paws and velvety ears.

And whenever fruit is mentioned DH sings in opera voice: "Have a banaaahna!"

we are annoying!

tit bits?!

TIT bits?!

rude!

LOVING this thread!

My mom is also a singer. "You have a wooly butt, Black Dog" was sung constantly to one of our family pets.

She also gives strange nn to all pets. They currently have a dog named Emmett who became Emmett Beshemmett. He now answers best to Shems or Shemmy Dog. (He's lovely but not bright.)

my sister talks to me in her best cutsie pie little girl shirley temple voice. Im nearly 50, she is mid 40s. FFS grow up.

some disturbing stuff on here

My ex and his entire family do not rinse their toothbrushes after use. In their bathroom they have four toothbrushes with dried on white foam all over them.

My husband once told me that a very long time ago when SIL was only his brothers girlfriend still (over 8yrs as it happens) they were all at PIL's house, clearly she had stayed the night...anyway she had a bath and then my husband used her bath water after her! I pretty much had a heart attack over this! And told him they were all weird! Can't understand how that is considered normal!!

random, yes, would be able to sit on a chair, we are veggies, so no dead stuff on the plate, oh, and the company of 5 guinea pigs, 2 rabbits and 2 hamsters who live in the dining room, they are clean though so no nasty niffs !

My parents used to have toy poodles. And many moggies. My dad used to replace everyday words with 'puddle' (as in poodle) Sometimes I'd ring, and he'd answer the phone with 'hello, this is puddle. I got what he was on about, but no doubt strangers would be baffled. He often answered with 'Battersea cats home' as well.

They had nicknames for me and my sisters. My eldests sisters nickname was flissy pitstop. He'd just shout in randomly in the house for no reason.

My DH cannot remember every day words a lot of the time, so he replaces them with random stuff. (unlike my dad who remembered the words, just chose not to use) He usually asks me stuff like wheres the sausage factory? This can mean anything - it refers to an item rather than a location, but not necessarily the same item. I quite often know what he's on about, however.

The one upthread with the sister who wanted the bathroom door open while she was using the toilet, in case she missed the conversation....!

Conversations must have been fascinating in that house. Ugh.

Mentioned this thread to DH last night, he has one to add as well. A bit similar to the wine wolf family I think!

During the summer when he was at uni he went to stay with a good friend and his family. Friend warned him of the 'horse tradition' but wouldn't say anymore than that. Turned out that in their family, you didn't say 'no', you said 'nay', to which someone would reply 'nay?' and everyone in the room would neigh like a horse. He was almost crying with laughter as he was telling me. And I can't believe he's never thought this was a story worth telling before!

Nowt wrong with a bit of singing - brightens up the day. 2 of us are singers here, but dh hates it.

isolemnly - bit of an over reaction there - perfectly sensible thing to do, particularly if a house doesn't have instant hot water. Used to be the norm in every house. 'heart attack' ?? really ??

Surely all families have things like whining when someone says wine / shouting 'hey' when you pass a truck full of hay, etc.......? No ?

I went to a then boyfriends for tea. The entire house was chintz and they called each other Mother and Father. 'More tea Father?' 'Yes please Mother'.

I dumped him not long after. I had a horrid flash forward of a house full of chintz.

backforgood it's his SIL! Not a blood relative or spouse!

My exs mum used to cut everyones dinners into bite sized pieces. Leaning over you after your plate was set down.

notagainffffffffs why did everyone let her?

I protested first time round but she looked devastated!
A very nice lady but... odd!

Another family of singers here. Everything has a song, my sister is the absolute best at them and has me howling with laughter wherever I see her. I'm still regularly singing a few songs from years ago, they're very catchy.
We also do the voices for pets thing and my DP has picked up on it now too. We're going to have to stop talking as our children soon as my eldest is getting to an age when he can understand our mentalness we do it when we're waking along the street, I need to stop doing that

My dh has developed his own language with the dogs.
The dogs understand him

I so very much want to be in the supermarket with the dad that sings 'look at the price of those blue Rays"

love this thread. Reading in amazement and larffing a LOT.

The bum holding child one is totally .??,,?! Trying to figure out how that could have evolved. " oh, darling, we're going to cross the road now! Hold my ha..oh dash it my hands are full of all this shopping! Well, darling, just grab my bottom and hold on tight! "

When I was 19 I was teaching English in Poland with another English lad. At Christmas we went to stay with some family friends of his who lived in Germany. Only when we got there did my friend tell me that he knew this family because they all went on naturist camps on holiday.

On the first night there I got locked in the loo and must have been making some noise trying to jiggle the door open. The dad came and let me out - absolutely starkers I muttered thanks, he said you're welcome, then wandered back off down the hall, giving me an unignorable view of his bare arse.

I couldn't look at him for the rest of the week we were there

Also the very first I met DP's family, after we'd been dating nearly 2 years (we were at uni so visiting families wasn't high up the agenda) his mum and dad pretended that they were still together, even though they'd been separated for about six years by that point. I can't work out if they genuinely thought their son wouldn't have mentioned at some point over two years that his parents had separated

I am laughing out loud at some of these and cringing at others

Love the carpet cat brooch hahahahaha

me and dh make up songs about everything, from having a poo to chips

"Chips are smashing, chips are great"
"in a bag or on a plate"
"CHIPSCHIPSCHIPSCHIPSCHIPSCHIPSCHIPS"

ETC

Our children, once amused are now displaying increasing horror and embarrassment . That's the ticket!