Things Your Parents Used to Say to You

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

[texas*princess]

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?"

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"
"Don't forget to call me when you get there"

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Stacey (from the Babysitters Club)'s mom used to say that to her too.

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!

[James]

From Dad . . .

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

That wasn't repetitive but kind of neat.

[aephi alum]

"No" seemed to be my parents' favorite
"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.

[justamom]

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!

[DigitalAngel126]

Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine
"I hope your daughter gives you ten times the shit you gave me!"

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

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

[aphigirly]

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)

[labeachgrl]

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.

[Jill1228]

I think we had the same mom!

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

Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine
"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!"

[ThetaPrincess24]

"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?"

[Jill1228]

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

[aephi alum]

Originally posted by DigitalAngel126
"You know, Amy, I hope you have TEN kids and that they're all JUST. LIKE. YOU!!!"

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

[veemers]

Originally posted by DigitalAngel126
"You know, Amy, I hope you have TEN kids and that they're all JUST. LIKE. YOU!!!"

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....

[ZTAngel]

"Because I said so!"

Ugh. Hated that answer.