Sure, if you own the house, you get to make the rules. But if you make unreasonable rules, sooner or later everyone in your family will decide they don't want to live there anymore. A rule against closed doors seems utterly unreasonable, because everyone needs some privacy now and then. What kind of monster would insist on this?
You should have seen that one coming. This also applies to dogs and toddlers, who really own the home, no matter whose name is on the mortgage. The only consolation is that cats, dogs, and toddlers are highly unlikely to laugh when they tell the rest of the family what they've seen in your most private moments. This comic is from Pedro Arizpe at Port Sherry. -via Geeks Are Sexy