Mom’s Annoying Little Tidbits Of Wisdom
I hate to say this but I am kind of becoming my mother. Now don’t get me wrong, I love my mom and actually strive to be like her in most ways… BUT ONE.
All of my life my mother was famous for espousing annoying tidbits of wisdom. She had these little sayings that she would spout off to us kids that would drive us crazy. (Oh, she knew it too!) I fondly call them “Mom-isms.”
I can rattle off hundreds of them…
“Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.”
“Come back smarter than you left!”
“If you don’t have time to do it right, you’re going to need to make time to do it over.”
And my personal favorite: “Don’t drown in a glass of water.” When I hear this one I just want to throw myself off of a bridge, it makes me so nuts!
And now… well, NOW I find MYSELF saying the same damn things to my own kids. When did that happen?!!!
Anyone else know what I mean? If so, feel free to leave your favorite “Mom-isms” in a comment below. We will all relate, I am sure!
“This too shall pass.” Annoying because she was always right.
Of course, she never said how long it would take before things passed…
Christy
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November 10th, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Oh, how could I have forgotten that one!!?? Yeah, my mom left that part out as well.
“I don’t care if the POPE says you can do it!”
My Dad was/is the king of those. (I guess that makes them Dadisms.) One of the top ones, “God helps those that help themselves.” Aargh!
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“When I was your age…”
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“You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit.”
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Oh man, me too! I adore my mother but the things she did when I was growing up that irritated me are the SAME things I do to my kids.
Like brushing their hair out of their faces when they are eating. I mean don’t they REALIZE they are getting HAIR in the mouths while they are eating? LOL
I always tell them I have “eyes in the back of my head” and my mom used to say that DAILY.
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Fav momism:
time wounds all heels. (great after a breakup!)
Fav dadism:
I’ve got a bone to pick with you.
Fav mom-in-lawism:
Keep it up and you’ll be sh****** teeth.
I always hated “Because I said so.” HATED that answer. LOATHED IT. Just give me a freakin’ reason. Yeah, well that whole provide a reason thing hit bitten me in the ass for sure. Now, I give an answer and if I get pressed further, I whip out the best momism I know. “BECAUSE. I. Said. So. That’s why!”
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It’s inevitable that our “mom tapes” start playing when we have kids of our own. I hear my mom in not only what I say but how I say it. Somehow I channel her tone when I am “parenting” with emotion
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