Jabba 18389 Report post Posted January 31, 2012 Did your parents ever confide in you there was a monster living under your bed or in your closet? I think this was a tool just to keep kids in bed. Or, as a parent, did you ever mention to your kid there was some kind of creature living in a dark spot somewhere? When I was a kid, I was absolutely convinced my closet door was opening all by itself. I got freaked-out pretty easily I guess. I mentioned this to my youngster, but said youngster thought it was a huge laugh. Monster's name was Maurice. Honestly, what kind of a monster has a name like that?? It was especially a huge laugh when youngster had a stay-over guest for the night. I would say goodnight to the kids & then say "goodnight Maurice". When guest asked who Maurice was, my kid casually said it was "oh, it's just the monster under the bed". Should have seen the other kid's eyes pop. A second later, I just laughed and turned out the light. I am so cruel. Did you have a favourite monster waiting just to get you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamanthaEvans 166767 Report post Posted January 31, 2012 I didn't have a specific monster, but I was very wary of whatever might be lurking in my bedroom closet when I was a kid. When my own children were small, we gave them a big Fisher-Price flash light that they could use to shine on any monsters under the bed or anywhere else in the room. My daughter got a lot of use out of it and would often deliver very stern lectures to those monsters, too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
etasman2000 15994 Report post Posted January 31, 2012 I mentioned this to my youngster, but said youngster thought it was a huge laugh. Monster's name was Maurice. errr ummmm the monster under my bed was Maurice as well.......ummmm Dad ?!? seriously he was. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted February 1, 2012 No discussion of monsters under the bed would be complete without these guys. And one of them was called Maurice. Coincidence? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabriella Laurence 301887 Report post Posted February 1, 2012 No discussion of monsters under the bed would be complete without these guys. Or them... These guys scare kids for a living! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest W***ledi*Time Report post Posted February 1, 2012 Courtesy of Gary Larson, monster empresario ... my own tried-and-true survival strategy: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamanthaEvans 166767 Report post Posted February 1, 2012 The Closet of Anxieties regularly featured in Bloom County: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted February 2, 2012 Off-topic, a bit, but it really had to be posted... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zorobaby 4121 Report post Posted February 2, 2012 for me it wasnt a monster under the bed or anything, i have a trailer in a campgroud (i dont live there i camp there lol) and to keep me out of the abandoned apartment buildings that were almost litterally a stones throw away my parents told me there was a warewolf that lived in the building and watched for kids as they walked by at night and once every full moon would be able to leave the building and walk around the buildings to make sure no one was snooping around. to this day its still kinda weird walking around those buildings lol. zoro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
castle 38816 Report post Posted February 2, 2012 I wasn't afraid of monsters under the bed.....I was afraid of clowns under the bed And this song seems pretty appropriate for this thread http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yamZk1f0uyw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted February 3, 2012 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
