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Best Advice You I Got From Mom (or Dad)

Ranna51
Ranna51 Posts: 24
edited January 23 in Chit-Chat
Chill and enjoy life

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  • ereinik
    ereinik Posts: 73
    Live in the now.

    Make your happiness a priority.
  • xALEXANDROx
    xALEXANDROx Posts: 3,416 Member
    live the American dream.(so im living it)
  • SenseiCole
    SenseiCole Posts: 429 Member
    buy the worst house in the best street

    don't drink and drive.

    What i say to my kids is " what ever you do in life it effect someone, I might not effect you so much, but it could effect someone a great deal. eg if you take the 2 man tent with out asking, it effect the rest of the family's camping trip being short a tent and not knowing until we got the camp site
  • iradamrawr
    iradamrawr Posts: 35
    f*ckem and feed them fish (translation live how you want to and let everyone else deal with it) my dad was a little vulgarer with his sayings lol
  • KellyBurton1
    KellyBurton1 Posts: 529 Member
    I got self esteem problems from my Dad! His way of keeping us thin was teliing us we were fat! I was a skinny runt when I was a kid.
  • PaleoChocolateBear
    PaleoChocolateBear Posts: 2,844 Member
    My dad told me not to buy cheap condoms on my 18th birthday, it was kind of hurtful
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
    "Enjoy being a teenager, it'll be the best years of your life" - my dad.
  • onwarddownward
    onwarddownward Posts: 1,683 Member
    From mom: think twice before you say something and then don't say it.

    From dad: save your money.

    From both: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't.
  • HotMummyMission
    HotMummyMission Posts: 1,723 Member
    How not to treat your children I'm now the best mummy I know
  • tubbyelmo
    tubbyelmo Posts: 415 Member
    From my Dad: There is nothing you cannot do if you put your mind to it!

    Sadly Dad is gone now but I remember this advice every time I think, "I can't do that!" So I step up and give it my best shot, and you know what, other than singing which is NOT my thing at all, he's always been correct!!! :smile:
  • kwagganin
    kwagganin Posts: 34
    Don't make promises you can't keep.

    Birds of a feather flock together.

    Keep your mouth shut if you don't have anything nice to say.

    Grandpa
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    Always pull out.
  • pennydreadful270
    pennydreadful270 Posts: 266 Member
    The best advice from my dad was not to waste my money on university and get a job instead. I, uh, ignored that advice.
  • SkimFlatWhite68
    SkimFlatWhite68 Posts: 1,254 Member
    From my beautiful mother: "if you aren't sure about something, ask yourself if I would approve... If the answer is no, then don't do it"

    Wish I thought about that a bit more before I married my first husband...
  • crissy_percival
    crissy_percival Posts: 2,447 Member
    mum- boys only want one thing

    dad- dont get a tatoo from thailand
  • m76b
    m76b Posts: 1,498 Member
    do not marry... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    "Don't Pick at that."
    "If you don't get it right the first time, you learn by doing it twice."
    "If you can't get advice on how to do something; people will always tell you how you did it wrong."
    "Never hit a lady."
    "Treat others the way you would want to be treated."
    "Don't walk away; there are worse things in life that getting your a ss whipped. An a ss whipping goes away in a day. The memory of waking away can last a lifetime."
  • MFPRat
    MFPRat Posts: 201 Member
    You better go get a job!!!
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    I received lots of good advice from my parents, but one thing stuck with me. It was a little thing at the time, but it expanded to how I feel about my life in general. They always suggested I take my own car when going out with my friends. That way I was sure to be able to take care of my own way home. I can remember a few evenings that were just miserable when I was depending on others for rides. It expanded into - you are responsible for your own life, don't depend on others to take care of all your needs.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    My mom - "It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it."
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    "Enjoy being a teenager, it'll be the best years of your life" - my dad.

    thankfully, this was not the case in my life.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    1. Don't be "that guy".

    2. Don't make Idle threats. Never threaten something you're not 100% prepared to back up.
  • megalin9
    megalin9 Posts: 771 Member
    "Give 110% in everything you do."

    "Anything worth doing is going to be hard."

    "Life isn't fair."

    All from my dad. I always HATED hearing "Life isn't fair," but man, it's so true, and I'm glad I was set up for realistic expectations instead of expecting the world to cater to me or what was "fair." It just isn't.
  • kf4vkp
    kf4vkp Posts: 164 Member
    Not directly but

    Life isn't fair.

    You can work hard enough to over come crappy situations.

    Enjoy the little things in life.

    Time is precious, don't wait to say I love you.

    Going to bed hungry multiple nights in a row won't kill me.
  • swordsmith
    swordsmith Posts: 599 Member
    From Dad: Don't stick it in crazy

    From Mom: Learn how to cook, clean and do laundry. Us girls eat that up.
  • Naomi81378
    Naomi81378 Posts: 681 Member
    do not marry... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    \

    LOL Gaby...We can get married But it has to be "The one"
  • Some_Watery_Tart
    Some_Watery_Tart Posts: 2,250 Member
    My dad still says, "Work isn't supposed to be fun. If work was fun, they'd sell tickets instead of paying you to show up." I :heart: him so much!
  • lovelyMYlovely
    lovelyMYlovely Posts: 1,066 Member
    never drink and drive or you WILL end up having to blow in a breath monitor thingy.. lol.... i seriously NEVER drink and drive not even after one beer... DUI= no bueno haha (ps i dont speak spanish this is just how i talk) :)
  • digitalbill
    digitalbill Posts: 1,410 Member
    Dad: - Try not to fight but, if you have no choice, don't stop swinging until you are tired.

    Mom: Never kiss and tell. The girls will do their own telling.
  • m76b
    m76b Posts: 1,498 Member
    do not marry... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    \

    LOL Gaby...We can get married But it has to be "The one"

    that happens when you had the best advice but you are a donkey lol! you never listen baahahahahahahahahha!!!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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