OT: Momisms

[meyers7]

With my mom we could how mad she was by the number of times she went through the list of all 5 kids.

Mine would add in cousins names.

 

[ChicagoGG]

If (blank) threw herself off a building would you want to follow her then, too? (In response to "Blank can do it, why can't I).

 

[DaddyChoc]

Our mothers must be related.

I think it's one giant sisterhood.

3rdbass I always thought they were related... "different name sound the same"

 

[UConnChapette]

Just remembered another one of her favorites:

Money doesn't grow on trees you know!

 

[Dove]

"If you were sorry you wouldn't-a-dunnit!!"

"Who was in my purse?!?"

"Oh, you were gone?"

"We don't have enough money for that."

"You're so cute. Now go on now."

 

[UConnChapette]

And another just came to mind..."if you want to cry, I will give you something to cry about"

 

[RadyLady]

And another just came to mind..."if you want to cry, I will give you something to cry about"

yup

 

[Sargassoc]

"You kids! I'm going to put my head in the oven like Sylvia Plath."

and

"You kids! I'm going to put rocks in my pocket and wade into a lake like Virginia Woolf."

(Is it any wonder I'm now an English teacher?)

 

[Yukon]

"Why buy the cow, if you can get the milk for free?"
but so conversely....
"Marry in haste, regret in leisure"

Yes, I'm a woman, so Mom was always throwing these little Bon Mots out for me to digest....

 

[terif831]

Oh I forgot they most important and embarrassing. When leaving for a date. ..Keep your legs crossed!

Oh, yes she did do that.

LOL one of my mom's favorites was that the best birth control was an aspirin . . . held between your knees!

 

[terif831]

"It's just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one."

 

[katiecrum1992]

Also, 'can I have a bite/sip of your food/drink?'

 

[CTyankee]

"Nice girls don't do that." (Showing my age, I am. Caught in a dark room as a young teen with a young lady sitting on my lap.)

 

[triaddukefan]

My mother used to always ask me when i was a kid.... through high school.... " Do you eat to live.... or do you live to eat ?"

She doesnt ask me that anymore... though Im sure she still thinks that sometimes

 

[Zorro]

"Mom, why is..." "To make little boys ask questions,"
"Curiousity killed the cat."
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."

 

[UConnChapette]

Close the door! We aren't paying to cool/heat the outside!

 

[Zorro]

"No use crying over spilt milk."

 

[UConnChapette]

Only two more days to share your favorite - or not - sayings you heard uttered by the mouths of our moms.

"your face will freeze like that if you don't stop making that face"

 

[UConnChapette]

Mine would add in cousins names.

On a few memorable occasions, the dogs names were thrown in. You knew she was really angry when that happened!