Things Your Parents Used to Say to You
 

What did your parents say to you all the time?

My mother's favorite saying to all of us: "You haven't got the sense that G__ gave a goose!"

These sayings, by the way, will pop out of your mouth when you become a parent...

I used to get the "think of all the starving kids in China" routine when I didn't finish everything on my plate. I would never say that because I don't really care if people don't finish their food. Just don't ask me for more an half hour later. :p

I catch myself saying the classic parent line to my high school students all the time when they say that everyone is doing something.

"Well, if everyone jumped off the Dames Point Bridge, would you go, too?"

The other one that I have caught myself using frequently is, "What have you learned from this experience?"

Everytime I got dropped off somewhere by my mother...

"HAVE FUN AND BE CAREFUL!"

was what she'd yell at the top of her lungs. Tres embarassing.

24 years old and she still says that.

As a response to me when I said things like "But Mom, everyone else is allowed to [cool thing here]."

"I'm not everyone else's mother, I'm yours."

My dad, when he was extremely serious about my brother or me doing something we were supposed to do, would say he wanted it done "without fail" (i.e. "you need to call and make an appointment to smog check your car... WITHOUT FAIL") Eventually, our friends caught on and still mess with us to this day about it.

Most of the things I recall have to do with dinner ettiquette, such as: Kevin Kevin, strong and able, get your elbows off the table.

"If your ancestor Kate can have 15 children while crossing this country in a covered wagon, you can certainly (fill in the blank)!"

I hated Kate - until I realized that was no mean feat!

I got that also. A lot.

Dinner Convos
 

When I was little, my parents used to tell me to eat everything on my plate. I used to put it in my mouth and chew it with my mouth open, just to be annoying. So my dad used to say "You better finish that, or I'll smack the back of your head so hard that the food will fly out, bounce off the dining room wall and hit the back of your throat so hard you'll have to swallow it." My mom and I thought this was hilarious though, and usually through my laughter I would choke down most of the food. I think my dad suffered through too many meals at the mess hall in his Army days, and figured that anything my mom made would be better. Hahaha, yeah right, hence the saying "Your mother worked hard to put this food on the table, so you'll sit here and eat it if it kills you." (Sometimes I was afraid it would!)

Eh, I just got all the normal ones - - "Knock it off!!" - - "That's ENOUGH :mad: " - - "You're cruisin' for a bruisin'" - - "I'll knock you to Kingdom Come". I'm sure I'll think of more.


Disclaimer: My parents were never violent or physical with me, they just liked to talk the talk. :p

I forgot these...
 

"I brought you into this world....and I can take you out!!!"

and my personal favorite...

"I hope your daughter gives you ten times the shit you gave me!"

The starving kids in China-
Got this daily from the nuns at lunch time. My GAWD was that some awful food!

I'm the dirty dog.
Don't ask me, but every time we'd try to argue a point, Mom would lay this on us.

When you've been around as long as I have...
Because I said so.
Just wait till you have kids.

The first time crap/sh... slipped in front of her (I was in college)
I wouldn't have that in my HANDS much less my mouth.

Pretty is as Pretty does.

My mom said two line.

I brought you into this world I can TAKE YOU OUT!!


and " You want fair, I will give you fair"

Stacey (from the Babysitters Club)'s mom used to say that to her too. :p

the old stand by...."you just wait til your dad gets home and you will know what the word fear is"


Now that i am divorced and have a child all i have to say is ,
"Oh ok you want to play that way i can call you dad at home or work and he will have a few things to say to you about how your acting!" works everytime ! i eventually foundout the fear of dad isa good thing!


but my mom would use the kids in china too ....as well as i dont care what the other moms do i m your mom so deal with it

From my daddy:

"Go ask your mother"
"Because I said so, that's why"
"Don't make me stop this car!"
"Anything is worth doing is worth doing right"
"What do you think I am, a bank?" :p

From my mama:

"Go ask your father"
"Have fun and be safe!"
(as I got older it became:"If you can't be good be good at it!" (although she clearly stated to me that she was joking and she meant "Have fun and be safe")
"Just wait till your father gets home" :p
"Don't forget to call me when you get there"

Oh GOD. It's really bad that I remember that too.

At least Stacey was embarassed too, even if she was a fictional character.

In honor of CT4 I think I'll go look for my BSC books now. I know they're here somewhere!

From Dad . . .

A condom feels like taking a shower with your shoes and socks on .. .

That wasn't repetitive but kind of neat.

"No" seemed to be my parents' favorite :rolleyes:
"Because I said so"
"Why didn't you go before we left the house?" (when I was little)
"You will <insert task I didn't want to do> and you will like it!"

and a bunch of table-manners related things. For example, I had to ask to be excused from the dinner table (which is fine). One day I asked to be excused and left... then my parents brought out dessert (they NEVER have dessert) and when I asked where mine was, they told me I couldn't have any because I'd already been excused. :mad:

How could I forget-
THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRACY!

edited here-James, you made me think of another one, but this was passed down from the Grandparents-

Never come home with four legs instead of two.
I was really old when it dawned on me what the heck it meant!:D

Re: I forgot these...
 

My mom and I used to play this game. One time we were fighting real bad and she screamed "You know, Amy, I hope you have TEN kids and that they're all JUST. LIKE. YOU!!!" I said "ME TOO!!"...She had the most confused look ever as I paused, until I fished with "BECAUSE THEY'LL BE LIVING WITH GRANDMA!". All she had to say was :eek: :mad: :eek:

Perhaps it was a had-to-be-there type of thing, but I'm tellin ya, it was hysterical! :D

hahaha, that IS hillarious

my mom and I talk and sound exactly the same....a few phrases that stick out in my mind are

"WHAT ARE YOU? COMMUNIST?"

"wow, you're funnier then a rubber crutch"

"walk much?"
(said when someone trips....usually, when i trip)

Most of these were in response to the constant fighting between my older brother and I:
"Don't make me stop this car..."
"If you don't cut it out, I'm going to spank the living tar out of you.." (what is the living "tar" anyway??)

"not while you're living in this house"
"I don't want to see one lima bean left on that plate!"

My mom is famous for saying:
"You can run but you can't hide" - She tracked my brother down in another city by calling every single Radio Shack to find him after not hearing from him for about a month.

Re: I forgot these...
 

I think we had the same mom!

Also "I will give you something to cry about!"

Q
 

"Dont make me stop this car and come back there!"

"(Insert my name or my sister's name here) what in the HELL are you doing up there(referring to our bedrooms)/downthere(referring to the basement)?!"

"Dont do what I do, do what I tell you."

"If you ever meet a boy who doenst like dogs, there is somethign wrong with him, and move on."

"Why do you kids today think you are invincible?"

"You cant go (insert college here), they are a big rival of Kentucky." (this actually translates to "I'm not going to pay for you to go there.")

"We'll go to (insert cool vacation spot you never got to go to here) one of these days."

"Are you making straight A's?" "Why not?"

"You are spending entirely too much money."

"How much is it going to cost me?"

"Dont roll your eyes at me again, or you're grounded!"

"You're grounded!"

When I came to college, my dad being a fellow greek kept asking me this........"Are you going to rush a sorority? Why dont you rush a sorority? You need to rush a sorority!"

After I joined one, he would say this "How many times do I have to pay this sorority?"

Oh yeah...
As long as you are under my roof and I am paying da bills, you will do what I say!

Re: Re: I forgot these...
 

How could I have forgotten that? My mother always used to say "I hope your children treat you the same way you treat me!" My response: "I should be so lucky!" ;)

Here's one from my husband: His mother was really angry with him one day and called him a son of a b!tch :p

My reply to this is always, "I want my kids to be like me! At least then I'll know how to react to them!"

Other quotes from my parents:

"I want you to go and sit on your bed and THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!!"

"Go weed the garden and THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"

"You can't go shopping with us! You're going to stay home and THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!"

....I did a lot of thinking as a kid....

"Because I said so!"

Ugh. Hated that answer.

"It wasn't what you said...it was your tone of voice!"

I never liked that one either . . .

get the belt.

My mother used to say this alot (not necessarily to me):

"Isht fuzzy fire and save the matches!"

:confused:

PsychTau

Me too. And I swore I would NEVER say that.
But once I started to work in public education, I found that I said it a LOT!:p

My parents said it...I"ve said it too!:o :p

Yup... I got that one too.

My mom used to say "Your face is going to freeze like that!"

Another of my parents' favorites was "I'm so disappointed in you." They had this whole script for my life, that pretty much went out the window when I hit 16 or so... but that's a rant for another day. Suffice it to say that I'm the black sheep ;)

lol all of these are hysterical! the ones i got were... if i wanted to do something my parents would say.... how many votes does mommy have? (i would say- 30 or however old she was) how many does daddy have? (age here) how many do YOU have.... 8... i have 8 votes.. thanks dad..

and when i would try to get my mom to buy or get something- she would say... i am not montey hall... this is not lets make a deal... grrr

OMG, these are all so familliar!:D

I'll wash your mouth with soap if you da say that again! Soap did not taste the bad!:D

Wait till your Father Gets Home! Where in the hell was I going at 5-6.

Dad gets home, Boy Go to the switch bush and dont you run! Well did of course, but was not allowed out of the yard! Boy did I get it as had already been told you ass will get spanked so hard, you wont be able to sit for a week!:( Well still set, but moved a lot on the chair! Cheek to cheek, no comfort there at all!:eek:

Damn, I remember that one too! or "pick a switch off the tree" WTF? Yeah that is adding insult to injury!