@smudges Oh, so many safety ones. I didn’t even list, don’t wear dark clothing at night, don’t wear a hood when climbing on the monkey bars or climbing trees, don’t wear my name on my clothing or a neckless, don’t put a baby crib near the strings of venetian blinds, lock your car doors right away, check the car back seat before you get in, don’t leave valuables visible on a car seat, get out of the swimming pool if you hear thunder. I could go on and on. My mom knows everything that can go wrong, and in turn so do I. It never ceases to amaze me how many people go through life not contemplating what can go wrong. Mostly, it’s men who are oblivious, must be so nice to feel so safe and that nothing can go wrong. Plenty of women don’t think about many of those listed either.
My husband sometimes says he doesn’t know how I get out of bed in the morning, but I don’t walk around paranoid and worried all of the time, I just automatically do the things that I was taught and then I don’t need to think about it. I lock my door like other people put on their shoes. It is just automatic.