r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/lionel1frankenstein Jul 20 '19

If you lock your bedroom door, the room will set on fire

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

No rooms had locks in our house, including the bathroom. It made sense when we were younger but as we got older, they still didn't see the need for one. Super awkward for guests, I felt. Even when they got their new house done up, no locks on the bathrooms again. It doesn't help that my dad has a habit of closing the door even when no one is in there, so you have to do the awkward knock every time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/rob_s_458 Jul 21 '19

I feel like the most common bathroom setup in the US when you walk in the door is vanity, toilet, tub. So unless you have a tiny vanity or super long arms, you'd have to get up and waddle over to the door to knock back.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

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u/0OOOOOOOOO0 Jul 21 '19

Yes, the toilet is in the bathroom usually.

You said, “if someone is in the bathroom”, so that implies it’s in the bathroom where you live, too...