“My family did ‘the bumps.’
One toss and kick per birthday, plus an extra one for luck.
It wasntquiteas bad as it sounds.”
“My brother-in-law’s family shares bath water.
They fill the bathtub once and took turns.
They thought my sister was ‘being fancy’ when she insisted on her own bath water.”
annew46a0a905a
3.
Apparently, my family did this before I was born.
My older siblings all remember the basement turtle.
I’m still dumbfounded."
ihateredroses
4.
“My family always used to call a remote control a ‘God box.’
I didnt realize this was odd until my college roommate clued me in.”
jaxbailey
6. teresalooy
7.
I thought it was a very common song growing up.
katelynn41ea92daf
9.
“Ive always called phone charger bricks ‘charger butts.’
My poor son didnt realize this was strange until he said it in front of a friend.”
titsnpigtails
10.
“My family addressed everyone as ‘poosh’ or ‘pushka.’
We still call everyone ‘poosh,’ and it drives people mad for some reason.”
Like the way little kids talk, but with big words that dont quite fit.
electricbutts
12.
“I call small pieces of garbage and paper ‘frible.’
I legit thought this was a real word.
My husband still laughs at me when I say it.”
krystalw4fe00ea7c
13.
“When I was young, my mom had a jar of rocks sitting next to an empty jar.
“I made chorizo and eggs for breakfast once and placed the bowl in front of my boyfriend.
He then looked at me and asked ‘wheres the mayonnaise?’
I was so thrown off.
A few weeks later, his mom made chorizo.
As I was making my plate, she asked, ‘Wait, dont you want mayonnaise?’
So apparently they all do it.”
samanthadays
15. to the conversation, and everyone laughs even harder.
No one knows why we say it anymore.
I tried to explain it to friends, and they think Im nuts.”
“BMJ: bacon, mustard, and jelly sandwiches.
Dont knock it ‘til youve tried it!”
gcmzepp
“We always put jam on the outside of our grilled cheese sandwiches.
Apparently thats weird, but I dont care because it is so tasty.”
adrianw440bbeae3
17.
“My family still uses the ‘baby words’ for random objects.
ghostless
18.
“My family didnt do birthday spanks, but we had ‘the bumps.’
One toss and kick per birthday, plus an extra one for luck.
It wasntquiteas bad as it sounds.”
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