The appropriately named u/CheeseLover80 shared their story in the popular r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit, where users share stories of times where they followed the letter—if not the spirit—of the law. The original poster (OP) earned 10,000 upvotes and 500 comments for their post, “Be Careful What You Say to Children.”

The OP has always hated iceberg lettuce, and even when they were 5 years old, they complained about the amount of lettuce in their salad. But every time, their mom would reply, “When you make dinner, you can make it how you like it.”

A few years later, when the OP turned 8, they were allowed to use sharp knives. When their mom asked them to help out with dinner by making the salad, u/CheeseLover80 remembered what she always said and took it to heart.

“I took one leaf of lettuce and chopped it up and then put in about a half pound of cheese, every grape tomato we had, and lots of raw onions. When I put it down on the table, she said it was not a proper salad as there was not enough lettuce. My response was, ‘Well, Mom, when you make dinner, you can make it how you like it,’” u/CheeseLover80 wrote, adding that they were never put on salad duty again—but the family did indeed eat this salad.

Iceberg lettuce is a popular salad lettuce—the wedge salad is literally just a quarter of a head of iceberg, covered in dressing and toppings—and it’s the most popular lettuce in the U.S. However, despite its popularity, it’s also got a number of detractors who decry its weak flavor and low nutritional value.

Thankfully for u/CheeseLover80, there are a number of other lettuce varieties that may be more to their taste in salads. Romaine is a popular lettuce, and is the most common type used in Caesar salads. It’s high in Vitamin K, and is much more flavorful, with a herby, bitter taste. Butterhead, also known as Bibb lettuce, is another popular variety, and has a sweeter flavor.

And, of course, not every salad has to have lettuce at all. The food blog Eat This, Not That compiled a list of 20 salads without lettuce. Though there are some pasta salads on the list, and a few with other leafy greens like cabbage and kale, other options include a salad using zucchini “noodles” as the base, broccoli and cauliflower-based salads, pea salads and a salad made from chickpeas and roasted carrots.

Other redditors shared their own stories of fighting back at their parents’ rules.

“Growing up I was NEVER allowed to pick what was on TV, I got the same line…when it’s your house and your TV you can pick….well my mother comes to visit me in my first apartment and wants to change the channel to Young and the Restless….I absolutely shut that down! ‘It’s my house and my TV, we watch what I want!’” u/SuperVanessa007 shared.

“My dad worked at a paper mill all his life. He would brag to me when I was in high school how he has half a day in at work before I even got out of bed,” u/redline380 wrote. “I turned 18 and got a job at the same paper mill. I was on the production team meaning I worked rotating shifts. The first night shift was a Friday night, getting off at 5:30 on Saturday morning. I called my dad, who didn’t work weekends. I purposefully woke him up just to brag that I had a whole day’s work in while he slept.”

“My mom is not a good cook. Two pieces of pepper is too spicy for her. We finally complained, i mean, school lunches were better. Fatty and fried and just not good stuff. She said something like that. Not malicious compliance, but my older sister basically took over cooking for us. It was so much better. I basically went from plain meat and potatoes to healthy near vegetarian and such an array of dishes and spices,” u/s-multicellular shared.

Newsweek reached out to u/CheeseLover80 for comment.