Family Rules - Do you feel good about them or do they annoy you?

Every house has some set of rules for family. Rules are not set to show any kind of power or to be hard to anyone. It's just about what the family thinks is most important should be done by all. My family says that I set too many rules for them...hahaha...that's on a lighter side. But I do believe that it is important to have some family rules to keep some type of order in the home. One can look at rules in many ways. Some people think, if it is rule then it is a binding compulsion, so that depends on what type of rules are set.

When I was in my teens, the rule in my home was to be home before 9 p.m. no matter whatever is going outside but I had to be home by 9 p.m. unless I am out with my family. My dad would get furious if I would be out after 9. The annoying past was he never changed this rule till I got married, only the timeline was shifted from 9 to 10.30 after I was 18. Once me and my hubby, when we were dating, we had to attend one party, we were not sure what time it would get over. I had taken special permission from my dad that I would be home late that evening. I returned at around 1 a.m. and my dad was almost out on the street waiting for me. As soon as he saw me, he got very angry and started shouting. On that my hubby got annoyed, we were not married then, and I had to bear the tantrums from both ends. :-) Today I laugh at it, but in that moment, I was feeling like hitting either one of them.....hahaha. Yes, such rules can sometimes get very annoying.

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Family rules are goo but there should always be considerations. In my home, we do not have many rules restricting anyone's freedom, but yes, we do have a rule that anyone who steps out of the home should inform. The one most important rule in my home that I have set is Open Communication. There are times when we have differences but come may whatever the problem is there, we should talk it out in the family. Even if it is the gravest of the mistakes, the rule is to communicate with each other openly. Like any other normal family, we do fight and have differences, but the rule is to sort out differences by talking with each other and not staying angry with each other or holding any grudge.

This problem I majorly faced with my mother-in-law while she was alive. If there was any problem, she would just go quiet and stay angry with family not talking to them and many times we would not even know what's making her angry, because she would not communicate. This would create a very stressful environment at home and then it would become awkward for others to communicate also with each other. Learning from that, this is the most important rule in my home. Come may whatever talk to each other and sort out differences.

As I said I do not have many rules in my home. We do follow some good practices like having one meal together, switching off wifi at night with mutual consent of all, do a family outing once a week whenever we are together, celebrate all family occasions together. But these are not rules, there are always exceptions to them based on one's need.

So, what are those some family rules in your home. Do you feel good about them or do they annoy you?

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