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10 shits we often face when we’re having a sleepover when we were young

2016-03-22 , 10:52 am

Last Updated on 2016-05-19 , 1:54 pm

All of us were young and energetic once and we, especially the girls, loved our sleepovers A LOT. Why? Because those were the only times we actually got some girly time to talk about boys, gossip about that hotshot girl in Class 2B and get a little crazy with junk snacks and sometimes even a bit of alcohol.

BUT, mummy dearest and daddy darling will always be the ones to spoil the mood, and change the entire sleepover to something that reeks of “I might as well just go to bed alone like every other night and sleep better” kind of situation.

Cannot stay up too late
Because your mum says you are still under their roof so when your bedtime comes around, you better go to bed. And yes, it doesn’t matter if your friends are over too. ALL of you go to bed at YOUR bedtime. Lights out! No negotiations. Sian!

No snacks in the bedroom
No eating where you sleep! You are going to get crumbs on the bed, insects will come and I will have to clean your room again! Sounds familiar? Because that’s what my mum would tell me when I had a sleepover. Didn’t matter that we had a deal to just have this one night to do whatever we wanted.

Hungry in the middle of the night but cannot eat
Why? Because we will mess up the kitchen. Because she does not want to wake up in the middle of the night to the sounds of clanking kitchen utensils and the burnt smell of toast. Not even to the crinkling sound of a bag of chips being opened.

Prohibited from telling ghost stories as will cause nightmares
My mum was cool with this because both of us adore the supernatural stuff. But I’ve done sleepovers where even a pip of a ghost story from us would send my friends’ mums into a frenzy. No ghost stories! I said no! But why mum? Nightmares girl! You remember the last time you crawled into my bed in the middle of the night because your friend told you a ghost story in the day and you got scared? Ok lor. You win liao lor.

Cannot talk about anything pertaining to boys
Because we were too young to be talking about boys and our parents will do “spot-checks”.

Mother won’t allow me to do sleepover at my friends’ place
My mum never allowed me to do that. She was always afraid somehow we would do something that would ruin the rest of our lives in one night. I still wonder what that ‘something’ is.

If she does, she will call my friend’s mum every hour to find out what we are doing
Nary a minute will go by without her wondering what we are up to, even if it was as innocent as watching a cartoon. Calls will come almost every hour until she decides it’s time for her to go to bed and continue when the sun rises until I return home. That’s the reason for #5, by the way.

No pillow fights!
The pillows are expensive and we don’t want to have to buy you new ones just because you and your friends thought it would be fun to destroy those in your room. Then what’s the fun in having a sleepover when you can’t replicate those moves you saw in the movies?

Don’t try and be funny with the type of pajamas you wear
Nothing above mid thigh for the bottom and nothing below the collarbone for the top. No slinky business girls otherwise I will call your parents to bring you home. Oh my crying out loud mum, it’s a sleepover!

Everything is controlled by my parents
They pay for everything in the house, including what’s in my room, so they make the rules. From the time my friends arrive until they leave, whatever we do will be controlled by the almighty duo known as my parents. Way to go to making my sleepover so memorable, mum and dad.

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10 shits we often face when we’re having a sleepover when we were young

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