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[Jannabelle]

Did all of you feel loved by your mom, despite her sayings, some of them sounds kind of sharp, but might not when spoken.

[Mominohio]

On 2/26/2014 CouponQueen said:

""nobody ever said life was fair.."" and I think that pretty much rings true.

Yep! That was my dad's big one. And oh so true.

[scotttie]

My dd likes to say ""put on your big girl panties and deal with it.""

ETA: this is her mantra to herself

I know a little different from the OP question but I still think it is a good one.

[croemer]

"A poor excuse is better than none."

"Wait till your Dad gets home."

"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside.

" Because I said so, that's why."

eta: "Do you want me to pull the car over?"

[pinkskates4]

My mom was very unhappy to have a child so I learned a lot of self reliance.

She also gave me the very strong message that being sick was a burden to other people and that it was absolutely not a situation for pampering or special attention. (Thankfully I only had the normal childhood things - measles, mumps, chickenpox, etc.)

While I certainly don't agree with her belief about sickness in toto, I have to say when I have had things like kidney stones (unimaginable pain), I didn't overreact and think I was dying or something. So maybe it was a good thing after all.

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[scotttie]

Croemer! ROFL I love yours!

My mom had one I just remembered: My brother and I always squabbled while doing the dishes. She would call out ""fight all you want to...you're still doing those dishes!""

[TaxyLady]

My Mom's favorite was, when we were down or bored, she would say "Start thinking about someone else rather than yourself and you will not feel so bad" It worked.

[Catfancy]

On 2/26/2014 tansy said: My mother's only acceptable-for-print advice was to marry a rich orphan.

Great advice! Did you?

[croemer]

On 2/26/2014 TaxyLady said:

My Mom's favorite was, when we were down or bored, she would say "Start thinking about someone else rather than yourself and you will not feel so bad" It worked.

Oh my mom's answer for us when saying we were bored..."Bored huh...well I can find something for you to do." That stopped that complaint in its tracks.

Morning scottie!

Sorry to hear some Mom's were not the most nurturing.

[Deb1010again]

On 2/26/2014 Dagna said:

My mom was very unhappy to have a child so I learned a lot of self reliance.

She also gave me the very strong message that being sick was a burden to other people and that it was absolutely not a situation for pampering or special attention. (Thankfully I only had the normal childhood things - measles, mumps, chickenpox, etc.)

While I certainly don't agree with her belief about sickness in toto, I have to say when I have had things like kidney stones (unimaginable pain), I didn't overreact and think I was dying or something. So maybe it was a good thing after all.

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(((Dagna))), so sorry you went thru that as a child. IMO you do need a little special TLC when you're sick as a child.