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- If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?
- Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about.
- "ELBOWS OFF THE TABLE!"
- If you keep making that face, it'll freeze that way.
What did your parents tell you as a child?
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I was raised in a Roman Catholic home and every time I whistled when I was a kid, my mum who hated that and thought it was boyish, told me it makes Virgin Mary cry! :icon_scratch::shrug:
Then one same as the jumping off the bridge. When I was a teenager (one of the bad days lol), she said if your friends eat s**t, are you going to?
I tell my son his nails will fall off if he continues to bite them. :biggrin:
When I was little and was fussing and crying for no reason my dad used to tell me that I may use up all my tears and not have any for when I scraped my knee or something and really needed them.
When i was being bratty, my mom would always say to me: ``If you`re asking for it, you will get it!`` I knew what that meant! lol. I told my kids the same thing and i tell my grandkids that too.
Don't sit too close to the television, it'll ruin your eyes.
I don't know is NOT an answer.
I'll wash your mouth out with soap.
As well as several in Ukrainian, which really don't translate well -
“Figu z makom” (Figs with poppyseeds) - means you are getting nothing
“Masty sobi holovu!” (Go smear your head!) - used when a parent is frustrated, it's a way of saying do what you want, I don't care any more.
"Because I said so"... that one still irks me but I catch myself saying it to my kids now!
``I can see you! I`ve got eyes in the back of my head!`` When one of my grandsons was younger, he wanted to check out my head to see the eyes in the back of my head. lol
I was quoted poetry by parents when life lessons were being taught.Quote:
Originally Posted by Natalka
One of them,
The heights that great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight
But they while their companions slept
Tolled slowly upward in the night
I think:icon_scratch:
Meaning, you will get there, where you want to go, with hard work. Others try to skip some steps and cheat, but they fail. Others are looking at everybody else and not paying attention to their own stuff and they never get anywhere.
So pay attention to yourself and work well, trying to improve yourself to reach your target.
(parents had to memorize poetry in elementary school and high school)
I distinctly remember my father informing me that "we do not discuss family business/matters outside the house".
Mom told me early on - in primary or grade 1 - that female friendships in groups of three are not a good idea, that they usually result in some form of gossip, hurt feelings, or betrayal, and that they are best avoided. That was good advice. Unfortunately, I have not always followed it, and it has always proven to be true.
The 'eyes in the back of my head' comment. My mother said it all the time. I found it very annoying, lol. I make it a point to never say it to my kids.
"I'm not angry with you, I'm just disappointed"... that was the worst feeling in the world :(
Every New Years Eve if we didn't eat our dinner my mum would say if we didn't eat we weren't allowed to eat for the rest of the year. Think I was 13 or 14 before I figured it out, lol.
Oh, same here... talk about the guilts!Quote:
Originally Posted by sheetsofemptycanvas
"If you're bored, I can find something for you to do!"...which meant some menial housework thing...I soon found something to occupy myself!
...as well as many of the above mentioned....
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Moms answer to where ya going? Was always "crazy wanna come too? "
Theres some others but i cant remember whats made me think lately everytime i open my mouth my mother comes out.