Good advice your momma taught you..

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  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    My mom always taught me ridiculous stuff. Not normal things moms teach you like what the OP posted. Her classic gems include:

    "Boys are stupid, honey. And when they grow into men, they're still stupid, but you learn to adapt."
    "Don't leave the house without mascara and lip gloss, at least. You never know who you'll run into."
    "If you think it makes you look fat, it probably does, so don't wear it."

    or, one of my personal favorites:
    "If your friends won't tell you when you look bad or that you suck at something, you need new friends."

    My mom's kinda my best friend :) wasn't always that way, but now that I'm an adult, she definitely is.

    My mom's that way as well. Blunt, good advice. She's now probably close to being my best friend, same thing though, she definitely wasn't when I was younger.
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    "If you and your husband start arguing, start stripping. Nobody can be angry long when they are naked"

    I've actually started doing this, and boy does it work!
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
    when asking my parents why I got a crappy car after my friend showed up in a nice new car, my mom responded, "Your good looking enough that you don't need the car."
  • rbn_held
    rbn_held Posts: 690 Member
    My Mom raised me and my brother both to have good manners and to treat others the way you want to be treated. Also that you should stand up for yourself and speak your mind but that you also need to know when it is appropriate to speak your mind and when it is not. You never help yourself or ask for anything when you are visiting someones house, you wait until something is offered to you. Never blow your nose at the kitchen table or when you are around poeple who are eating (i do find it totally discusting when people do this). That you should help others in need, even if you can't help financially you can always help in some way. I could go on and on. My Mom and I have always been best friends (even through my crazy teenage years). My parents were strict. Growing up I didn't always agree with them but looking back today I am glad they were so strict and I have the utmost respect for both of them.
  • THINandFABULOUS
    THINandFABULOUS Posts: 170
    My mom always taught me ridiculous stuff. Not normal things moms teach you like what the OP posted. Her classic gems include:

    "Boys are stupid, honey. And when they grow into men, they're still stupid, but you learn to adapt."
    "Don't leave the house without mascara and lip gloss, at least. You never know who you'll run into."
    "If you think it makes you look fat, it probably does, so don't wear it."

    or, one of my personal favorites:
    "If your friends won't tell you when you look bad or that you suck at something, you need new friends."

    My mom's kinda my best friend :) wasn't always that way, but now that I'm an adult, she definitely is.

    lol. Your mom sounds really cool. My mom told me a lot of similar things as well.
  • Evelyn_Gorfram
    Evelyn_Gorfram Posts: 706 Member
    Never stick a hand or foot into any place you haven't already checked for snakes.

    Try hard not to get into anything you don't know how to get yourself out of.

    Never gamble more than you can afford to lose.

    Get it in writing, or else don't count on it.


    ...Hunh - those all amount to just about the same thing. How about:


    Wash it til it's clean, chop it into pieces about so big, cook it til it's done, and add just about the right amount of salt.

    If all the other cars on the road are so far away that they can't hit you, they won't.
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    If you have something to say to someone, say it to their face.
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    The Lord loves a working man
    Don't trust whitey
    See a doctor and get rid of it.
  • mrsknotts
    mrsknotts Posts: 115
    every bit of good advice came from my grandmother...shes old school

    Good girls dont need to wear underwear

    Eat a piece of chocolate every day

    Take pictures in the morning before gravity sets in

    Never marry a man who weighs less than you

    She's one in a million that grandma of mine!
  • LishaCole
    LishaCole Posts: 245
    The only phrase my mom ever used was "I brought you into this wold, I can take you out".

    Dad always says "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh*t".
  • atsteele
    atsteele Posts: 1,358 Member
    Mom: You can't live in a bubble. (AKA get out there and DO STUFF!! AKA Don't be afraid of anything!)
    Dad: Only date guys that you would marry. (LOL .... Sorry, Dad.)
  • chasingbabes
    chasingbabes Posts: 93
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  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
    *If you get into trouble at school, you'll get it double at home.

    *If a guy in school tries something, kick him where it counts, and my parents would deal with the aftermath.

    *Don't get married until you know how to bake bread.

    *If a baby has been fed, changed, burped, and isn't tired but is still fussy, they're probably too warm. Strip them down to their diaper.
    It really does work every time.

    She also put me in charge of all the laundry quite young, and the kitchen was my room to clean every Saturday morning. She told me it was because no one else did as good a job. I was pretty proud of that.
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    Dad always says "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh*t".

    Haha! My ex used to say this. He's in sales. This always makes me smile :)

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