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"You don't have to like everyone in the world, but you can always be polite."
'Mark my words!' was another one until the day I used the quotation marks in the air fingers on her......she didn't appreciate that AT ALL!
"Because I said so."
And I never used that phrase with my kids.
And I never used that phrase with my kids.
My poor kids and what they have had to endure from me. I'll never hear the end of it. Let's just say, when I'm really mad, I can make really mean rhymes - just off the top of my head - like a prophet of doom. And look like a crazy woman. I'm afraid they'll record me someday. That's the advantage they have over me that I never had over my mom. Putting me on youtube looking like Joan Crawford and sounding like Satan.
As long as you live under this roof, you will live by my rules.
Me too!
Which pretty much precipitated my leaving. She thought it was retaliatory or sulky. I just thought it was the logical conclusion.
I'm not exactly sure what this meant, but in some strange way it makes sense. I even use it myself sometimes.
Whenever she caught one of us just standing there with no real purpose and staring off into space, she'd say, "What are you doing, posing for animal crackers?"
Makes me smile and laugh to myself just writing it.
Whenever she caught one of us just standing there with no real purpose and staring off into space, she'd say, "What are you doing, posing for animal crackers?"
Makes me smile and laugh to myself just writing it.
"Wait until your Father gets home............."
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
If we were laughing too much "You'll be laughing on the other side of your face before the night is over!"
Sounds ominous -
or (Made for a lady and wasn't required) - if she thought I was acting snooty which apparently was often.
I told Andy that one and he said it was sort of a compliment (Mom was Scottish).
Sounds ominous -
or (Made for a lady and wasn't required) - if she thought I was acting snooty which apparently was often.
I told Andy that one and he said it was sort of a compliment (Mom was Scottish).
...whenever something didn't look right...."Looks like that's trying to do something and can't!"....
Here it was "always wear clean underwear in case you are in an accident"
To which my brother replied "if I'm in an accident I'm probably going to have an accident."
"When you grow up I hope you will have a son that acts just like you."
(Well, I only had daughters... So ha ha mom! But only having daughters is a greater pain then she ever imagined.)
(Well, I only had daughters... So ha ha mom! But only having daughters is a greater pain then she ever imagined.)
"don't let the door hit ya on the way out"
(Which is what I'm saying to Target today. )
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This one started simple but could be fancied up if she felt like it. And it's one I used quite regularly with my kids.
When someone was whining "that's not fair" mom would say "who told you life was fair"
I remember one time she went on quite a ramble about it. "Who told you life was fair? Not me. I never said it. Was it one of your teachers? Is that what they teach with that new math?"
(Which is what I'm saying to Target today.
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This one started simple but could be fancied up if she felt like it. And it's one I used quite regularly with my kids.
When someone was whining "that's not fair" mom would say "who told you life was fair"
I remember one time she went on quite a ramble about it. "Who told you life was fair? Not me. I never said it. Was it one of your teachers? Is that what they teach with that new math?"
When I was annoying, she would say...Go tell your father he wants yah. Dad would say the same thing except it would be mother.