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  • Aug 23, 2007, 09:22 AM
    Treeny
    Things mom told you
    Here's something my Mom told me when I was little and I giggle now when I think about it.
    When my Mom divorced my Father I asked her why, she said
    {BECAUSE HE DIDENT BRUSH HIS TEETH}
    I always made sure my mom seen me brushing!
  • Aug 23, 2007, 10:09 AM
    Dennis777
    My Mom like all moms said to make sure you have on clean underwear. Now that I'm a Grandpa I have found myself use that same line to my kids and grandkids. They always looked at me just the way I looked at my Mom when she said it hehehe.
  • Aug 23, 2007, 10:19 AM
    J_9
    My mom taught me that to be respected I should speak clearly and in correct English. Got me pretty far, I was the only one out of 300 that got a 100% on my English and Grammar portion of my nursing entrance exam.
  • Aug 23, 2007, 10:21 AM
    shatteredsoul
    My mother told me to be self sufficient, and to not look to others to define me or support me. She also told me to stay strong and independent, to educate myself and to be a good person. She is all of those things.
  • Aug 23, 2007, 10:31 AM
    nauticalstar420
    My mom always told me I was a unique person and that I should never change for anyone, and to this day I have never changed!

    Here's a funny one though. My husbands mother told him, when he was potty training, that there were alligators in the toilet to keep him from sitting down on the potty. So mean! Lol
  • Aug 23, 2007, 10:40 AM
    Treeny
    LoL, that's cute!
    My husbands DAD was POLISH and his Mom was not,
    She told him that fingernail polish was POLISH REMOVER!
    LOL!
  • Aug 23, 2007, 10:49 AM
    nauticalstar420
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Treeny
    LoL, thats cute!
    My husbands DAD was POLISH and his Mom was not,
    she told him that fingernail polish was POLISH REMOVER!
    LOL!

    Lol that is cute!
  • Aug 23, 2007, 12:16 PM
    nicespringgirl
    My mum told me be careful of guys!

    So I have achieved black belt in martial arts and never had a boyfriend! :D

    Also, my mum told me to eat more seafood, that will help me getting "A"s at school.:D

    Yes, I did do well at school.

    My mum told me to be well rounded, not just in school, but also in many other fields, like arts, sports, social/networking skill. She said society is best served by electing people who are particular hard working, intelligent and think in long term.

    I love my mum.:)
  • Aug 23, 2007, 02:36 PM
    shygrneyzs
    My Mom's favorite phrase was, "you made your bed, now lie in it." Whenever my brothers and I had a problem, out would come her saying. Supposedly it was to teach us to solve our own problems, be more independent and self sufficient and to never come to her for advice.
  • Aug 23, 2007, 10:46 PM
    Skell
    My mum tells me I'm exactly like my father and god help the women I marry!!
  • Aug 26, 2007, 12:36 PM
    Treeny
    My Mom also said you made your bed now lie in it.
    Another favorite was, If I said I wanted something she always replied,
    {IT NEVER HURT ANY ONE TO WANT.}
    And, { You can't always get what you want but you try sometimes you might just find , get what you need.} She got that from rolling stones.
  • Aug 26, 2007, 01:02 PM
    nauticalstar420
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Treeny
    My Mom also said you made your bed now lie in it.
    Another favorite was, If i said I wanted something she always replied,
    {IT NEVER HURT ANY ONE TO WANT.}
    And, { You can't always get what you want but you try sometimes you might just find , get what you need.} She got that from rolling stones.

    LOL that's cute. I love the Rolling Stones. :p
  • Aug 26, 2007, 01:08 PM
    Tuscany
    My mom always told me:

    "Cook like you love, without reserve." We did a lot of cooking together when I was growing up.

    She also always told me-

    If you eat the crust of your bread you will learn to whistle... I have been eating it for more than 2 decades and still I can't whistle. I think she was lying to me :)
  • Aug 26, 2007, 01:18 PM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Skell
    god help the women i marry!!!

    Apparently you have some adventures ahead of you, skell!

    My mom used to tell me, when my little brother messed with my stuff, "Just ignore him and he will go away." I did and he did.

    Another one -- "Always save room for dessert."
  • Aug 26, 2007, 04:29 PM
    Skell
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Wondergirl
    Apparently you have some adventures ahead of you, skell!

    My mom used to tell me, when my little brother messed with my stuff, "Just ignore him and he will go away." I did and he did.

    Another one -- "Always save room for dessert."

    Haha. Oops. Didn't mean that. LOL!
  • Aug 26, 2007, 04:46 PM
    ordinaryguy
    "It's better to keep your mouth shut and be judged a fool than to open it and remove all doubt"
  • Aug 29, 2007, 09:09 AM
    Michelle0410
    My mom always told me to be independent, even in a reltionship try to mkae everything 50/50 because you never know what could happen and you always need to know how to take care of yourslef. Now having a little girl, I am glad I was brought up that way and not totally spoiled, with her advice I have the ability to take care of myself and my little girl with no problems =) I love my Mom!!
  • Aug 29, 2007, 09:32 AM
    Emland
    One of my mom's favorites is:

    "Failure to prepare on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."

    It is one of my favorite sayings.
  • Aug 29, 2007, 10:12 AM
    templelane
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Emland
    One of my mom's favorites is:

    "Failure to prepare on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."

    It is one of my favorite sayings.

    My dad says that, but not to me because he also said the 6 Ps
    Proper Preparation Prevents P*** Poor Preformance

    It has served me well!

    My mum always said
    "You'll feel different when you are older"
    And I've thought about it and I think I do.
  • Aug 31, 2007, 12:22 PM
    startover22
    I wish my mom were around to tell me things...
    I will be a better mother than her!
    One of my things I tell my children is Never look down on someone unless you are helping them up! Of course you all know Allheart said it first but it is my fave.
    I also say because "I said so!" a lot!
  • Aug 31, 2007, 12:31 PM
    nicespringgirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by startover22
    I wish my mom were around to tell me things......
    I will be a better mother than her!
    One of my things I tell my children is Never look down on someone unless you are helping them up! Of course you all know Allheart said it first but it is my fave.
    I also say because "I said so!" a lot!

    What a beauitful mum!:)
  • Aug 31, 2007, 12:39 PM
    ashleysb
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by startover22
    I also say because "I said so!" a lot!

    Oh no! I hated when my mom said that to me, especially when I became a teenager.
  • Aug 31, 2007, 12:41 PM
    startover22
    Well, why ask why... do you think it will change the answer? That is something else I say. Sometimes I feel so mean but it is the truth!
  • Sep 1, 2007, 12:59 AM
    Stringer
    My mom passed last October and we lost our "fearless leader."

    She raised eight of us; second marriage and she accepted all as her own.

    She was always there and treated us with fairness, love and compassion. She always said that "children are a blessing from God and should be treated as such."

    However she would use any "saying" she could to make her point;

    "God will get you for that." "Oh GREAT do you want to put another nail in my coffin?"

    "Don't worry, your ship will come in." "Don't make that face, God will freeze it like that."

    "As long as your clothes are cleaned and pressed they don't have to be new, you should be thankful you have them."

    There were a lot more that I can't think of presently, I know she got a lot of them from her mom but I suspect she read a lot of them and took notes so she could use them later.

    We really miss our 98 pound mom who always set a good example; we all turned out well, were educated and have a fair balance of sanity.
  • Sep 1, 2007, 01:22 AM
    firmbeliever
    Stringer,
    Your Mom sounded like a wonderful person...
    Sorry for your loss.
  • Sep 1, 2007, 09:16 AM
    startover22
    Stringer, I am sorry for your families loss, she really does sound like a nice woman!
  • Sep 1, 2007, 09:51 AM
    Stringer
    Thank you guys, we miss her terribly; Bless you Mom.
  • Sep 14, 2007, 05:48 PM
    Shanni4
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Treeny
    Heres something my Mom told me when I was little and I giggle now when I think about it.
    When my Mom divorced my Father I asked her why, she said
    {BECAUSE HE DIDENT BRUSH HIS TEETH}
    I always made sure my mom seen me brushing!

    Hi Treeny Mine is kind of gross. My grandma used to say "sit with your legs closed because if God wanted everyone to see down there he would of put it right here" then she would point to her forehead
  • Sep 14, 2007, 07:09 PM
    startover22
    Shanni4... I love it... what a good grandma...
  • Sep 14, 2007, 07:43 PM
    Shanni4
    My cousins, sister and I would cringe when she said it to us. Now I laugh and say it to my daughter and watch her cringe.
  • Sep 17, 2007, 12:57 PM
    DrJ
    Well, this wasn't my mom but a funny story about how a child's mind works...



    When I was in 1st grade, my teacher (Mrs. Balmain) saw me scratching my head and was afraid I might have lice. So she sent me to the nurses office. The nurse whipped out 2 unsharpened pencils (the official scalp-scanning, lice-finding tool of school nurses everywhere) and began inspecting my head.

    A few moments later, she pulled an unused staple from my hair, you know... looks kind of like this: |___|

    And she said sarcastically, "Well, heres your lice (chuckle, chuckle)."

    "Wow," I thought, as the sarcasticness of the school nurse flew right over my head, "Lice sure looks a lot like a staple."

    And so on I went with that image of lice until the 6th grade when we studied Life Science and I saw a picture of ACTUAL lice.

    I remember sitting there looking at that picture... remembering why I originally thought lice looked like a staple... playing the scene in the nurses office over in my head... and finally, in quiet humiliation, getting the sarcasm in "Well, heres your lice (chuckle, chuckle)."



    .
  • Sep 17, 2007, 01:03 PM
    startover22
    DrJizzle... that is too funny... LMAO!
  • Sep 17, 2007, 01:09 PM
    firmbeliever
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by DrJizzle
    Well, this wasnt my mom but a funny story about how a childs mind works....



    When I was in 1st grade, my teacher (Mrs. Balmain) saw me scratching my head and was afraid I might have lice. So she sent me to the nurses office. The nurse whipped out 2 unsharpened pencils (the official scalp-scanning, lice-finding tool of school nurses everywhere) and began inspecting my head.

    A few moments later, she pulled an unused staple from my hair, ya know... looks kinda like this: |___|

    and she said sarcastically, "Well, heres your lice (chuckle, chuckle)."

    "Wow," I thought, as the sarcasticness of the school nurse flew right over my head, "Lice sure looks a lot like a staple."

    And so on I went with that image of lice until the 6th grade when we studied Life Science and I saw a picture of ACTUAL lice.

    I remember sitting there looking at that picture... remembering why I originally thought lice looked like a staple... playing the scene in the nurses office over in my head... and finally, in quiet humiliation, getting the sarcasm in "Well, heres your lice (chuckle, chuckle)."



    .

    That is so like a kid,
    To believe adults even when they are kidding.:D

    How innocent we were then.:rolleyes:

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