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30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic When she gets lost driving: "The world's round, we'll get there eventually".

anon , Wendy Wei Report

Final score:

114points

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Green Machine 4 months ago

Hah. That's a good outlook to have.

43points

-thedartedash- , Karolina Kaboompics Report

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic “It’s only money”

Generally used after paying a large medical bill, or if we got in a fender bender. She isn’t a big spender, but she never put too much weight in money, as she viewed it as a tool, not her self-worth or identity.

Final score:

88points

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AKA AKA 4 months ago

its weird how we value stuff. if you think about it gold is just a metal. diamonds are just pretty rocks. you can wear fake ones , who's going to know?

28points

And in fact, it is not so important under what circumstances our mothers uttered certain words - the main thing is that they were etched into our memory for many years. Our moms may have managed to grow old or even leave this world, but their favorite expressions have stayed with us for the long term, and some of us have even begun to use these words too. So to speak, to use our moms' cultural legacy.

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "It doesn't matter what you end up doing in life as long as you're happy."

She can be wise sometimes.

WrestlingWoman , jonas mohamadi Report

Final score:

83points

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Fish that is a Panda 4 months ago

But it does matter ifwhatever you're doing doesn't pay enough.

21points

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic She runs through each of the kids' names before she gets to the one she actually wants to call.

"Ti-Jaa- Sarah!"

Lone_Ponderer , Elina Fairytale Report

Final score:

73points

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Channon Doughty 4 months ago

Then ends with "Roll Call!' to play it off.

21points

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic Grain by grain, you can create a mountain.

Everytime she finishes a chore she says it like a mantra.

Mother of 4 and we are close in age, my dad worked 14h days so she did all the housework herself.

She went back to work when we were older and apparently her co-workers tell us she also says it everytime she finishes something.

Aizpunr , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

71points

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JM 4 months ago

I like this one!

17points

After all, what is a person if not a set of unique memories, character traits - and, of course, the perception of them by other people? For some, these catchhrases were associated with joyful moments in life, for others - with sad ones. But still, for almost any of us, the mother occupies a very special place in life.

After all, this is the person who brought us into this world. A person of whom we were actually a part for the long months preceding our birth. And therefore, even if we strongly disagree with these phrases, over the years their perception still changes to something warm, homely and a tad bit ironic...

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic English is my mom's second language, so instead of saying "It's my way or the highway" my mom says "My way is the highway."

[deleted] , Ketut Subiyanto Report

Final score:

71points

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Channon Doughty 4 months ago

That's the OG Mom version, where there is only one way, hers.

28points

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic If it was a snake it would've bit you!

When I was looking for something in plain sight

PopeliusJones , Kamil Zubrzycki Report

Final score:

70points

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Michelle C 4 months ago

My mom used to tell me this all the time when was a kid and still does sometimes! I’ve definitely picked up a lot from her!

14points

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "Are you drinking enough water?"

Headache? Drink more water. Upset stomach? Drink water. Bad grades? You need more water. Bone protruding from your knee? Drink some water, you'll be fine.

calinaxoxo , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

70points

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Binny Tutera 4 months ago

My mom was a nurse, and any time we said we didn't feel good, she would have us drink a glass of water. Guess what? It often worked!

28points

“Each of us, of course, has our own unique personal traits, and specific words, phrases and even filler words also form part of us,” says Irina Matveeva, a psychologist and certified NLP specialist, with whom Bored Panda got in touch for a comment here. "And our parents are no exception of course."

“The perception of even the funniest and most ridiculous phrases from our parents changes over the years and as we grow up. And we often end up using these words ourselves. At least I knew one family where the same comic saying was passed on for at least four generations. Moreover, the younger ones already used the phrase consciously, as the family's ‘unique feature.’"

#10

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic People in Hell want icewater, and they don't get it either. As a small child I used to point at things in stores and go "Oooooh, I want that!" She'd respond with that phrase. Now that I'm grown it's a joke. The other day we were driving to the grocery store and she mentioned wanting pizza from a certain restaurant that was closed. I grinned and said, "People in Hell want icewater, and they don't get it either!" She laughed and called me a smarta**.

sainsa , Elina Fairytale Report

Final score:

67points

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Apatheist Account2 4 months ago

In teaching us to be polite, we were told "I want doesn't get". That did not work with my bosses or wife :(

11points

#11

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”.

Chupaca_braj , Julia M Cameron Report

Final score:

66points

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PhaseWitFact 4 months ago

It's only been in the last few years that I've heard this.

21points

#12

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "Listen to me now and believe me later."

streamlivesoccerbot2 , Anna Report

Final score:

62points

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Channon Doughty 4 months ago

Brilliant

13points

"The nature of human memory is such that we tend to perceive many things from our childhood and youth with warmth, and various bad memories are actually 'washed out' from our reminiscences. This happens from year to year, from decade to decade - and now it’s our kids’ turn to crack up at our own 'mommish' wordings! This is life, and nothing can be done about it. Maybe someone could perceive this as yet another 'mom phrase'," Irina smiles.

#13

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic “It’s not what you say it’s how you say it”

CEO of not putting up with my angsty teen attitude. This phrase used to drive me crazy.

AngstyManatee , Liza Summer Report

Final score:

60points

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Binny Tutera 4 months ago

I think this is true waaay past teen years!

18points

#14

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "Dont come crying to me later...".

cr1msonxo , RDNE Stock project Report

Final score:

59points

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Trillian 4 months ago

Spoiler alert: They absolutely WILL come crying to you later.

39points

#15

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic Me: *does something stupid *

My mom: "common sense, not common in everyone.".

anon , Pinkinesss Report

Final score:

53points

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Channon Doughty 4 months ago

My Mom's version was "They couldn't find their way out of a paper bag with both ends marked exit"

31points

sloBrodanChillosevic , cottonbro studio Report

What else is left to add? Maybe to suggest that you scroll this list to the very end, read all these stories, smile and smile once more - and, perhaps, recognize the features of your own mom in someone’s nameless parent? In the end, mothers are all the same, at least in terms of love for their children. Even if these kids do not always realize this. Well, let’s just read and have a great time reading!

#16

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic When she gets startled she'll say "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" which we've come to understand was stolen from a Yogi Bear character.

Final score:

51points

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Jonathan 4 months ago (edited)

Snagglepuss! 🙂

44points

lord_mandrayk , Andrea Piacquadio Report

#17

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic “You can’t fly with the eagles when you run with the turkeys” It’s served me well so far.

Final score:

49points

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MotherofGuineaPigs 4 months ago

Good advice - turkeys are mean. We have a forest preserve down the street and whenever we need to drive in that direction, Mr. Turkey is always ready to attack the car.

13points

pinkglitteryseaglass , Karolina Kaboompics Report

#18

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic “Choices and consequences” recently I quoted it to my daughter (she was dancing in the bath,slipped and banged her head) and I realised I am my mum.

Final score:

49points

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 4 months ago

I hope you then told her not to come running if she's broken her leg.

23points

#19

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.".

anon , Polina Tankilevitch Report

Final score:

47points

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 4 months ago

You'll catch even more with a steaming great turd.

25points

#20

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic “All I know is, I love you”

followed by a close second

“I’m doing the best I can”

Grinder901 , Bruna Saito Report

Final score:

45points

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Parriah 4 months ago

Yeah, we only see our mothers as humans when it’s too late to have the compassion and understanding towards them. But this is the message most of them just wished we understood in our tumultuous growing up years.

9points

Patricia Smith 4 months ago

That is a great one. Affirmation and vulnerability taught from a position of strength. Amazing!

1point

Rhys 4 months ago

❤️

0points

#21

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic I brought you into this world and I'll take you the f**k out of it. Usually while holding this giant metal rolling pin she had.

Diligent_Slide , Katerina Holmes Report

Final score:

44points

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MotherofGuineaPigs 4 months ago

Mom had a wooden spatula - that sucker had no wind resistance in the swing

26points

#22

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic “Finesse, not force”

I have to admit over the years it’s helped me step back and take a breath before I end up breaking something to shit in frustration.

LittleBupBoy , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

44points

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driedgrapes 4 months ago

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

11points

#23

Every time we went on vacation when we started complaining she would yell "We are making MEMORIES."

fluffypuppiness Report

Final score:

43points

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 4 months ago

To be fair, she didn't specify *good* memories.

29points

#24

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "Wait! This bit's poisoned!"

Said every time she walked past me, while I was eating something; then promptly followed by her grabbing the "poisoned" bit of whatever I was eating and eating it herself.

She did this everyday while I lived under her roof. She still does it every time I visit or we go out for dinner.

vmlm , Elina Fairytale Report

Final score:

40points

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Kare Deter 4 months ago

I call it *Mom tax*

19points

#25

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic At the grocery store and looking at prices:

"What? Do they put gold in it?"

GoreyFeldman , Jack Sparrow Report

Final score:

38points

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AKA AKA 4 months ago

also - put that back, we have that at home

16points

#26

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "We've got food at home"

Andy_7071 , Greta Hoffman Report

Final score:

38points

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 4 months ago

Yeah, but I've got to cook it and then clean up afterwards.

16points

#27

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "Know what I mean, Jellybean?"

My bf says if you asked his mom what's for dinner, a common response would be.. "fried farts, and pickled a******s" lol - shes very eccentric.

d0ubl3l0v3 , Katerina Holmes Report

Final score:

36points

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UncleJohn3000 4 months ago

She must be eccentric. You don't fry farts, you poach them.

38points

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#28

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "Look with your eyes, not with your mouth"

heard this one too many times when asking mum to help me find stuff.

w0w0lf , SHVETS production Report

Final score:

35points

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TheOneAndOnlyLightFury 4 months ago

My mom's version is "close your mouth and open your eyes"

16points

#29

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic You reap what you sow.

MadLintElf , Danik Prihodko Report

Final score:

34points

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Magenta Blu 4 months ago

Saw winds you will reap storms

2points

#30

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic Muuuuuum what's for dinner?

"S**t with sugar on top".

anon , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

31points

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SlothyK8 4 months ago

My Latina grandmother used to say "caca con cebolla". Sh!t with onions.

19points

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30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "Long story short"

Even when there wasn't a story, even when nobody has been speaking.

RogersPurpleShoes , Pixabay Report

Final score:

15points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 4 months ago

In the words of Colonel Mustard, "too late".

6points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

#32

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic My mom would say this in Spanish.

“No te estoy diciendo te estoy mandando”

translation “I'm not telling you , I'm ordering you”.

Basically telling us to do something for her.

C_Rom , Monstera Production Report

Final score:

15points

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Mike m 4 months ago

What a wonderful mother /s

-2points

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#33

"Are your ears painted on!?" - any time I wasn't listening.

iamhana Report

Final score:

14points

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driedgrapes 4 months ago

I was always instructed to get those bananas out of my ears.

5points

CuriousWaterBear , SHVETS production Report

#34

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic “This is not a hotel!”

Final score:

12points

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Mike F 4 months ago

We don't have maid service!

5points

TelescopiumHerscheli , Andrea Piacquadio Report

#35

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "Eat it now while it's hot, or you'll have to eat it later when it's cold.".

Final score:

11points

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Apatheist Account2 4 months ago

Unless it's revenge.

4points

TannedCroissant , August de Richelieu Report

#36

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic Mom: "Would you like something to eat?"

Me: "Nah, I'm not hungry thanks"

....5 minutes later.....

Mom: "Would you like something to eat?"

.......

Repeated every 5 minutes until I go home. On a side note, this has reminded me to give her a call

Edit: By the way, didn’t realise it was Mother’s Day in the US today, here in the UK we had it weeks ago, I wasn't just ignoring my mom!

Final score:

10points

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Mike F 4 months ago

Grandma: let me fix you something to eat. Mom: did you eat yet, honey? Maternal side was always about feeding you.

1point

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#37

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic She was really good at faux profanity like "dad gummit!".

stupidlyugly , nappy Report

Final score:

9points

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AtMostAFabulist Premium 4 months ago

Jesus Criminently

2points

#38

"Could you do me a huuuge favor?"

"Yeah sure what?"

"Could you put that glass in the sink?"

Dazered Report

Final score:

9points

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Mike m 4 months ago

Respectful request as long as you were done with it.

1point

batmanisfiya , Karolina Kaboompics Report

#39

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "Play with the knife, you might end your life" She used to tell me this whenever I told her I was going to cook. 20 years later, I tell her this since I have been to culinary school and have worked with many professional chefs before.

Morgan_Gacha , Sarah Chai Report

Final score:

8points

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#40

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic Are you yankin my d**k? Instead of are you kidding me. My moms a special lady.

Final score:

8points

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LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago

I admit that sometimes when I am frustrated at a game or some other player, I will yell "Suck my nonexistent díck!" at the screen. It's not something my mom said or anything, it's something that makes me laugh after I say it, so it diffuses my own frustration and anger XD

10points

#41

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "It is what it is.".

Lepidopterex , Kindel Media Report

Final score:

6points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 4 months ago

Well, it can't be what it isn't.

8points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#42

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic "Clean up your f*****g room".

Guy_tookatit , NastyaSensei Report

Final score:

4points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 4 months ago

My mom would pick everything up and dump it on the bed, then tell us to clean off our beds.

3points

sadmangosteen , Karolina Kaboompics Report

#43

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic The “im your mother” / “i gave birth to you” somehow this entitles them to everything, things i dont even own yet.

Final score:

3points

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LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago

I would get the "I am your MOTHER" thing as well to justify her abuse to me - which, while true, was always somewhat weird to me because I'm adopted. I was adopted at birth, so she's the only mother I've known, but it always made me wonder "did you adopt me just to beat me and scream at me?" Because she never hit my older sister, her biological child, I'm pretty sure it's the truth to an extent.

4points

#44

30 Adult Children Online Open Up About Their Moms' Best Catchphrases, And Some Are Simply Iconic IM GETTING THE BELT.

ToasterCubed , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

-5points

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Channon Doughty 4 months ago

I'm sorry that happened to you.

10points

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Binny Tutera 4 months ago

My mom always said, "You can make the world better, or you can make the world worse. But you cannot leave it the way you found it."

15points

LauraDragonWench 4 months ago

I'm surprised I didn't see one of the more famous phrases: "There are starving children in Africa, so finish your food!" Never did understand the correlation - I was always perfectly willing to mail those poor kids my unfinished food, but that answer never went down very well. 😜

10points

Auntriarch 4 months ago

We went to Africa when I was five, I noticed pretty quickly that there were no starving children in evidence, my mother had to backpedal smartly and assure me that the starving children were in a different part of Africa because it was big. She was actually right on both counts...

5points

Gale Carmona 4 months ago

In my house the starving children were in China-

1point

Kelley Baltierra 4 months ago

I know. I never understood why my eating all my food is supposed to help them

0points

Trillian 4 months ago

"I am not your external hard drive" for my son who expected me to remember all his things for him.

9points

Michael Largey 4 months ago

Somehow my mother (born 1923) never came up with that one.

4points

"Disembodied voice" 4 months ago

"Advice after mischief is like medicine after death" was one my mom said a lot (still does sometimes).

7points

I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 4 months ago

Can't believe no one mentioned "would you jump off a bridge of your friends did as well"

5points

Auntriarch 4 months ago

We had, would you put your hand in the fire

1point

Show Thyself 4 months ago (edited)

German here. One of the first things I learned was "Wie es in den Wald hinein ruft, so schallt es heraus" - nearly literal translation: "As it shouts into the forest, so it calls out" - meaning: "the way you act/talk will be reflected" or "What goes around comes around."

4points

Carianne Sanders 4 months ago

I was raised by grandparents and my grandma had the best idioms. I'd say "I wish..." , her response was "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride ".

3points

Parriah 4 months ago

From my grandma when she found out I’d shaved my legs at 12. “if a boy is close enough to tell if you shaved your legs or not HE’S TOO CLOSE!!” I still find that hilarious. And once when my brother and sister were play fighting as teenagers and my sister was screeching at the top of her lungs my anxious mom yelled “STOP! the NEIGHBOURS won’t understand !!!!” Now almost 30 years later we say this to each other and it drives mom nuts. My final contribution is my mom referring to our private areas as “the bathing suit area” so as an adult we would say things like “ooh don’t look at my bathing suit area!” Or “I have a little bruise, you know, kinda by my bathing suit area.” Hee hee

3points

Kitchap 4 months ago

Your grandma lol! The best.

0points

Linda Lee 4 months ago

Stop your crying or I'll give you something to cry about!

3points

nonesuch 4 months ago

Heard this a million times

0points

The Redhead 4 months ago

This was actually something from my Dad but it fits here. My Dad turing off lights when someone wasn't in a room. -Child me "why are you always turing the lights off?" -Dad "when you grow up & pay the bills you'll feel differently." -Child me "No I wont. I'll keep the lights on all the time!" -Adult me Runs around the house turning lights off all the time. Saying to my six year old "turn off the lights, it costs a lot of mony". -6 year old daughter "So". ~''~

3points

Eva 4 months ago

Ignorance is bliss. To be a child again. 😆

0points

Emmy S. 4 months ago

Y’all’s mom are so inspiring and mine is over here like: “I hope you have a child as difficult as you someday.” IM SORRY I FORGOT MY PASSWORD DID YOU HAVE TO INSULT ME AND MY BLOODLINE

1point

Leah Banks 4 months ago

Whenever I would complain, my mom would say "oh spare me!"

1point

T'Mar of Vulcan 4 months ago (edited)

My mother would say, "You've got to be better than that." One day I called her out on it when she sympathised with her sister and other relatives but never me. She said, " You're my daughter and you've got to be better then that." I've had mental health issues since I was a teenager. That saying doesn't make them go away.

1point

Rae Rory 4 months ago

When he was toddler, my oldest had to undergo an unpleasant medical treatment daily. While his dad administered the treatment, I would cuddle him and sing "It's no-no fun, but it's gotta get done."

1point

Valerie 4 months ago

Done bun can't be undone.

1point

Venice Newling 4 months ago

When we couldn't find something and asked grandma where it was she would say, "up Mike's butt" well, we never found out who Mike was but over the years that guy must have had a hard time explaining it to his doctor.

1point

Comfortably Numb 4 months ago

"Ready Freddy?" "Home again home again jiggity-jog".

1point

nonesuch 4 months ago

Yes. I heard both of these often.

0points

Deitra Pawley 4 months ago

My mom said the weirdest phrases if we asked where we were going she'd say "Maury's nuthouse" (which ironically is a real place) if we asked what she was doing she'd say "Hanging on the roof spitting nickles" four decades later no idea what that means or my favorite if my siblings were late getting into the car on their somewhere usually church "I'm going with or without you" she was only going because of them ,I think she would have rather stayed home.

1point

Becca not Becky 4 months ago (edited)

"You get what you get and you don't throw a fit," when Christmas and birthdays came around. She tried to follow our christmas lists but sometimes the popular things were just too expensive.

1point

Kitchap 4 months ago

Hmm, I say you get what what you get and you don't get upset

0points

Andy Frobig 4 months ago

We often got the classic "stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about!" Mom is a sweet, positive old lady now, but she was in over her head raising kids

1point

and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 4 months ago

She has two particular favorites: “the maid quit!” and simply, “F**K!”

1point

PhaseWitFact 4 months ago

Never heard most of these. Maybe they are regional?

1point

Jaya 4 months ago

I assumed the idea was personal catch phrases, that were specific to that mom?

3points

Happy Onion 4 months ago

Four most dreaded words in my childhood: "I beg your pardon." Said quietly and stonily. Still makes me pause and go, "oh, f**k. What did I do/say?"

0points

Lorraine Woollands 4 months ago

My mum's favorite was "if you fall and break your leg, don't come running to me", when I was running in the house

0points

Michelle Eager 4 months ago

From my Mom : " The last time I USED IT, I put it back where it belonged" always said after I complained that I could not find something of mine ( that nobody else in the house would have used ). From my Gran: "You have no right to criticise, unless you could have done it better"

0points

Tobias Reaper 4 months ago (edited)

when me and my siblings were young and we would say i thought to my mum she would say "well you know what thought did don't ya"

0points

T'Mar of Vulcan 4 months ago

"You won't die." If we came crying with a scrape or moaned if we didn't like something, that was always the response. Imagine my surprise when I said the same thing to one of the children in my class! I've turned into my mother!

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Kathy Kennedy 4 months ago

One I found useful as a mother was" I don't always like you, but I'll always love you" it has diffused many a tense situation

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heather morris 4 months ago

My mom has said so many of these phrases and I say a lot of them too

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shankShaw deReemer 4 months ago

My mom, especially about yard work or housecleaning: "If you're going to just half-a*s do it, don't do it at all."

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Spittnimage 4 months ago

My mom: I've got eyes in the back of my head.

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Raven Reed Starr 4 months ago

Were you raised by wolves? I think I would have remembered wolves.

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Julia Daly 4 months ago

My dad would tell us when we were slow getting something back to him be it a tool or his coffee or jacket etc " come on ! You're slower than the 2nd coming of Christ! '

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M.J. J. 4 months ago

"Are you bragging or complaining?", usually when we'd be whiny about something. Sometimes thinking about it made us laugh (no fair, he got more than me! Are you bragging or complaining? )...

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Dragon mama 4 months ago

With my mom it was "this too shall pass." I realize now she was trying to be reassuring and telling me I would get through "it" but at the time it felt very dismissive. I am sensitive and my emotions feel very intense so it hurt that she seemed to dismiss my problem and my.pain.

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Adam Zad 4 months ago

"You know where the dictionary is."

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Michael Largey 4 months ago (edited)

"Always assume that no one you meet has ever heard of gratitude. And it's not the point, anyway."

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BatPhace 4 months ago

When my kids were younger and told me "so and so has a new thing, I want one too" I would sweetly tell them no and that if I was their parent "so and so" wouldn't have it either, does that make you feel better? Usually in response to something especially expensive

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Lindy Routh 4 months ago

"I hope your children act just like you, so you understand."

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FHH 4 months ago

"Know everything beforehand, and you can travel the world on a dime". "Always put on clean underwear, in case you get hit by a train. And end up in hospital."

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Binny Tutera 4 months ago

My mom always said, "You can make the world better, or you can make the world worse. But you cannot leave it the way you found it."

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LauraDragonWench 4 months ago

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Auntriarch 4 months ago

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Gale Carmona 4 months ago

In my house the starving children were in China-

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Kelley Baltierra 4 months ago

I know. I never understood why my eating all my food is supposed to help them

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Trillian 4 months ago

"I am not your external hard drive" for my son who expected me to remember all his things for him.

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Michael Largey 4 months ago

Somehow my mother (born 1923) never came up with that one.

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"Disembodied voice" 4 months ago

"Advice after mischief is like medicine after death" was one my mom said a lot (still does sometimes).

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I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 4 months ago

Can't believe no one mentioned "would you jump off a bridge of your friends did as well"

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Auntriarch 4 months ago

We had, would you put your hand in the fire

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Show Thyself 4 months ago (edited)

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Carianne Sanders 4 months ago

I was raised by grandparents and my grandma had the best idioms. I'd say "I wish..." , her response was "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride ".

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Parriah 4 months ago

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Kitchap 4 months ago

Your grandma lol! The best.

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Linda Lee 4 months ago

Stop your crying or I'll give you something to cry about!

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nonesuch 4 months ago

Heard this a million times

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The Redhead 4 months ago

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Eva 4 months ago

Ignorance is bliss. To be a child again. 😆

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Emmy S. 4 months ago

Y’all’s mom are so inspiring and mine is over here like: “I hope you have a child as difficult as you someday.” IM SORRY I FORGOT MY PASSWORD DID YOU HAVE TO INSULT ME AND MY BLOODLINE

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Leah Banks 4 months ago

Whenever I would complain, my mom would say "oh spare me!"

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T'Mar of Vulcan 4 months ago (edited)

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Rae Rory 4 months ago

When he was toddler, my oldest had to undergo an unpleasant medical treatment daily. While his dad administered the treatment, I would cuddle him and sing "It's no-no fun, but it's gotta get done."

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Valerie 4 months ago

Done bun can't be undone.

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Venice Newling 4 months ago

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Comfortably Numb 4 months ago

"Ready Freddy?" "Home again home again jiggity-jog".

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nonesuch 4 months ago

Yes. I heard both of these often.

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Deitra Pawley 4 months ago

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Becca not Becky 4 months ago (edited)

"You get what you get and you don't throw a fit," when Christmas and birthdays came around. She tried to follow our christmas lists but sometimes the popular things were just too expensive.

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Kitchap 4 months ago

Hmm, I say you get what what you get and you don't get upset

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Andy Frobig 4 months ago

We often got the classic "stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about!" Mom is a sweet, positive old lady now, but she was in over her head raising kids

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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 4 months ago

She has two particular favorites: “the maid quit!” and simply, “F**K!”

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PhaseWitFact 4 months ago

Never heard most of these. Maybe they are regional?

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Jaya 4 months ago

I assumed the idea was personal catch phrases, that were specific to that mom?

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