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What were the main household rules when you were growing up?  What are the rules in your own house now?
Brought to you by the movie Georgia Rule. 

There's only one thing I can think of that I REALLY appreciated about my parent's house, and have tried to emulate here: our home was our home. My brother especially used to bring hundreds of rowdy little boys over-- and then, later, obnoxious teenagers who ate all our food and made lewd comments. My parents had a rule that if one person in the household was uncomfortable with a guest, that guest wasn't allowed over. It sounds harsh, but it made our home a real sanctuary... It went for their adult friends too. They had one friend that Michelle and I couldn't stand. He just came off as mean, petty, and creepy, and my parents would go out to dinner with him rather than have him around. It was nice to know I could could always feel comfortable with whoever was in our home. Or be totally alone, if that was the case.

I just like home to be safe, warm, secure, calming. In my house, as the mom, the main rules are to keep it clean and not fight. Easy, right? You'd think so. Heh.