Was there a "good room" in your house?

giftgrub · 12-06-2011 10:14AM #1

We had a good room when I was a kid.

You weren't allowed into it and if you were caught there you'd get a belt...

f***ing good room.

W.Shakes-Beer · 12-06-2011 10:44AM

No, if you weren't aloud in a "good room" in my house you'd be banished from half the house.

God damn you small house.

orourkeda · 12-06-2011 10:45AM

The bedroom.

Jackasaurus rex · 12-06-2011 10:48AM

I was only talking about it the other day. we weren't allowed in the front room. I think it was a sanctuary from the kids

yeahimhere · 12-06-2011 10:49AM

hehe yea,we had a good room,front room,the middle room and a far room.too lazy in our house to come up with other normal names

Coriolanus · 12-06-2011 10:55AM

We were supposed to, but the mother could never make it stick.

Gary4279 · 12-06-2011 10:57AM

The parents room was off the cards.

OutlawPete · 12-06-2011 11:00AM

Yeah, years later I went in anyway and it turned out to be a sex dungeon.

BrianJD · 12-06-2011 11:04AM

yeahimhere wrote: »

hehe yea,we had a good room,front room,the middle room and a far room.too lazy in our house to come up with other normal names

4 living rooms.....swanky!!

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 12-06-2011 11:06AM

I hated houses like that as a child. Couldn't understand the logic behind having a room that was never used.

Skerries · 12-06-2011 11:08AM

my grandaunts and granduncle lived in a little gatehouse cottage which consisted of a bedroom, kitchen/sitting room and a good room
There was 4 of them at one stage all crammed into the tiny bedroom and the good room which they called the parlour was only used for special occassions :rolleyes:

furiousox · 12-06-2011 11:10AM

Father declared the entire west wing out of bounds for family (and staff) after the "great fire" of 1989.

Fbjm · 12-06-2011 11:19AM

Ha no, what are you on :P I can't see the logic in that at all. Our parents room was off limits but apart from that, nothing.

hondasam · 12-06-2011 11:26AM

Gary4279 wrote: »

The parents room was off the cards.

Fbjm wrote: »

Ha no, what are you on :P I can't see the logic in that at all. Our parents room was off limits but apart from that, nothing.

why were the parents rooms of limits ?

messrs · 12-06-2011 11:30AM

didnt have one in my house, but my aunt did and we were never allowed in there, except at christmas time - we would go over and everyone would sit in that room and have whatever treats my aunt brought into us - but after that it was back to the living room until the following christmas!!

Kasabian · 12-06-2011 11:30AM

At the age of 17, the whole house was off limits

Bens · 12-06-2011 11:30AM

Our living room was locked all the time in case we would mess it.

double GG · 12-06-2011 11:33AM

Yess! The Office, simply 'cos none of us were trusted to go near the computer

deisemum · 12-06-2011 11:34AM

The house I grew up in until I was 10 had a parlour that was the good room and was out of bounds. It was my grandparents house and it was only used if we had visitors, or for the priest when there were stations in the house and on Christmas Day. It had the best furniture and china and you didn't dare touch anything.

kfallon · 12-06-2011 11:38AM

The front room in our house was the 'good' room, while we weren't banished from it we rarely went in there....prob cos it was boring (no tv). Any visitors were ushered in there

jimthemental · 12-06-2011 11:42AM

My Gran had a good room, best furniture, a piano, plush carpet and a nice fireplace. After she died my uncle did it up a bit and I have to say it's one of the most cosy rooms you'd see. Don't know why it used to be off limits.

Joe10000 · 12-06-2011 11:44AM

My parents are in the same house 45 years and STILL the front room is only used at Christmas, throw back to a different era but hilarious these days.

emeraldstar · 12-06-2011 11:44AM

Yeah, we had the "drawing room". It wasn't so much that we weren't allowed in it though, as that we just didn't really use it except for special occasions.

sunflower27 · 12-06-2011 11:47AM

hondasam wrote: »

why were the parents rooms of limits ?

Think about it... what do you think they did in there apart from play board games...

Getting there · 12-06-2011 11:50AM

We had a front room too. Never ever allowed in there unless the priest was visiting. Seriously, the priest used come around to say hello when we were small.

But as we got older we were allowed have sleepovers in there and then boyfriends and girfriends were allowed in there to watch dvds.

thebigbiffo · 12-06-2011 11:51AM

yeah we had one. the auld wan would go nuts if we went in.

once, my mother was out and my brother and i were messing about. he locked me out the good room and i was banging on the door to get in - it was one of those door with like 10 panes of glass, is it venetian? i knocked one out and it smashed. waiting for my ma and da to get home was the longest, most frightening time of my life:D

as for these days - we've 2 sitting rooms alright and the kids have BOTH of them wrecked. it's time i put my foot down now i think of it!

phasers · 12-06-2011 11:53AM

We didn't have enough rooms in my house to do something like that, yis all must be loaded.

sunflower27 · 12-06-2011 11:53AM

thebigbiffo wrote: »

yeah we had one. the auld wan would go nuts if we went in.

once, my mother was out and my brother and i were messing about. he locked me out the good room and i was banging on the door to get in - it was one of those door with like 10 panes of glass, is it venetian? i knocked one out and it smashed. waiting for my ma and da to get home was the longest, most frightening time of my life:D

How many weeks were you waiting?

thebigbiffo · 12-06-2011 11:55AM

Getting there wrote: »

We had a front room too. Never ever allowed in there unless the priest was visiting. Seriously, the priest used come around to say hello when we were small.

mental when ya think about it - we were the same. one room built, paid for and kept in pristine condition for the infrequent visits of the parish priest. well that and the Christmas dinner...

thebigbiffo · 12-06-2011 11:55AM

sunflower27 wrote: »

How many weeks were you waiting?

they never came home - it's a very traumatic experience:(:(

sunflower27 · 12-06-2011 11:57AM

thebigbiffo wrote: »

they never came home - it's a very traumatic experience:(:(

Awful, really awful.

On the plus side, you never got a wallop for breaking the pane

Was there a "good room" in your house?

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