What are your house rules?

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Whether you're still living at home, live by yourself, or have your own family, what are your house rules you must abide by? Here are the ones at my house (I just live with my mom):

*No going outside after dark
*No going outside between 12 and 2
*Be quiet if on the phone late at night
*No food or drinks outside the kitchen
*No hitting or slamming doors

Needless to say, I break nearly all these rules about every day or two but there aren't any consequences or anything. So what are the rules at your house?

Just curious, why can't you go outside between the hours of 12 and 2? I've heard that the sun's rays are the most dangerous between 10 and 2 p.m. Is that the reasoning?

On an unrelated note: Did you ever post pictures of your prom makeover? Such a pretty pink dress.

I live by myself in a single dorm. I chose to live alone because I knew I would be a poor roommate because of the ground rules I would have set which includes:

*NO ALCOHOL! NO EXCEPTIONS!
*No Smoking (even though that's already a rule in the residence hall)
*No drugs of any kind
*If I'm sleeping, you are to be QUIET!
*Don't invite friends over without letting me know first
*No sex with girlfriend/fiancee/wife if I'm around
*No parties without my approval
and last but not least:
*NO VIDEO GAMES! It's too distracting! Acceptions include PC games, puzzle games, and gameboys.

As you can see, I'm strict about my own rules because I want to do everything possible to graduate and get good grades in college. Again, I would be a poor roommate.

My parents are pretty lenient but they do have a few rules which I can't think off the top of my head right now.

I was an orphan and foster kid, my rules changed rapidly and usually my caretakers were useless and only took me in for money so I had to bid by my own.

The main rules were always:
Take care of yourself
Be careful
Be smart and observant
Stay the hell away from [enter name here]

I currently live with a family member, but I'm an adult so there are no rules.

I dont have any house rules except for my children their rules are bedtime at 8pm and no going outside without asking first and no staying outside when its dark .

I live on my own in an apartment but still have to abide by the landlord's rules. And boy, is she strict.....

1. No pets of any kind.....not even goldfish.

2. No loud music since the walls are extremely thin (it's a converted 100 year-old house).

3. No smoking since the smell would travel to other people's apartments.

4. No room mates. And if someone stays more than a week, $15 will be added to the rent for every day over the limit that person stayed.

And here's one of my own.....If you come to my home without calling first or being invited, I will not answer the door for you, even if you sit on the floor outside my door waiting. (had a friend who did this....seriously )

Clean up after myself

Let the dog out before I go to work

Put the towel on the floor when I shower

No bringing strangers over when my aunt and uncle are at work

Put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher when it's unloaded

Turn the computer off at night

Turn the light off when I get home from work

No rules here...for now.

In August, I will be living on campus when I go off to school, so there will probably be a lot of rules then.

Tim

I live alone. These are 'my' house rules (never mind the apt. complex . . . ):

- No 'drop-in visitors.' If you want to see me you'd better call first. I virtually never even
answer the door if I'm not expecting someone.

- I also almost never answer the phone if it's someone I don't know/call I'm not expecting. My
friend knows that sometimes I don't feel up to talking & that I may just let the call go to the
answering machine & I'll call her later on.

- If you make a mess, clean it up (I have friends right now who are without utilities - long story)
and they're over sometimes to take showers, or they cook & we share a meal.

- Put it back where you found it. Not that my house isn't a mess, but I have a thing about this.

- If you're not nice to my cat (who's a somewhat timid shelter rescue), you wouldn't be welcome.

That's all I can think of . . . I guess anybody who got bossy or demanding would be gone pretty fast. I had enough of that in the past, when I was a real pushover and didn't stand up for myself.

Live in a rented room in a shared house, so cannot really make my own rules. But not allowed pets here.

I tried to make a rule of no letting doors slam all the time, but the sadistic asses just took pleasure in slamming them more.

Really, I just don't like people coming round, but then, I have no-one to come round anyway.
And I try to keep things relatively tidy.

I don't live with my parents and haven't for years so there are no curfews. ) The rules in my house are dh's rules. He's the OCD one so his rules are iron clad and breaking them is verboten. It would make him crazy if I did that, so I don't. Besides, I could care less about the house or the yard and since I don't want to make any decisions regarding it, he makes them all. That's the way it is. If you live with your parents, it's their rules. If you don't like them, you have to get your own place. Same with me - if I want to live with him and enjoy the benefits, I live by his rules and if I don't, I need to get my own place. Simple really once you are out of high school. You choose how your life is at that point. If you have significant sensory issues, there are things for that. If you have other physical disabilities and have to stay with your relatives, then you are going to have to put up with rules. It's really unrealistic to think they are going to pay all the bills AND let you do whatever you want. I certainly wouldn't do that.


As to people coming around, I hate it and people want to be around me for some reason. I won't answer the door if they come over and if dh is around, he'll run them off. We're both very quiet and don't like all the commotion of company. If he wants to be NT, he goes out.