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Did your mother tell you

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gail2

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those high heels will ruin your feet, when you are older you will settle for good comfortable supporting shoes
Always wear decent clean underwear in case of accidents
Good manners cost nothing
Always have two months wages saved for a rainy day
Mum you were right
anyone else have any their parents told them?
 
Dont waste food
Always look for a bargain
Be nice to others
 
If you eat your crusts you'll have curly hair, like your Dad.

Either that wasn't a fail-safe instruction, or she fibbed!

More serious,...... "Do the right thing. You never know who's taking your example".

Don't lie. The truth will do.
 
"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all!"
"Clear your plate because there are children starving in the world!"
 
“Two wrongs don’t make a right.”
“If you don’t eat your dinner you can’t have any pudding.”
“It’s worth paying a little more for something that lasts than cheap “disposable” items that you need to keep replacing and will work out more expensive in the long run.”

I am not sure if she ever said it but she taught me that home made food tastes better (and is better for you) than packets which you don’t recognise half the ingredients. And that was before anyone said “ultra processed food”,
 
gail2 said:
those high heels will ruin your feet, when you are older you will settle for good comfortable supporting shoes
Always wear decent clean underwear in case of accidents
Good manners cost nothing
Always have two months wages saved for a rainy day
Mum you were right
anyone else have any their parents told them?
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Your title reminds me of the Slade song 'Did Ya Mama Ever Tell Ya?" lol
 
My mom always told me to always tell the truth and added to that, 'and shame the Devil'. Not sure he's ever felt shame, though!
Yes with the high heels, which I ignored, but ensured every pair I bought fitted well and Ooh yes, frequently spent £100+ on a pair. I could run in heels and got pains in my calves wearing flat shoes. I still got ONE bunion (well mother thanks for it, since it runs in families) plus later hammer toes and now couldn't walk in heels down the hall to get out of the front door if I could get out the bedroom.
She told me she thought I had symptoms of diabetes. Don't be so over dramatic, mom - it won't be anything serious! said I.
Always buy good quality everything, costs less in the end.
I moved in with husband Mk 2 and after we got together I was making lunch for us 2 and his eldest granddaughter, aged about 7ish, and cut the sandwiches cornerwise - she asked me why and I told her that I always thought it looked nicer so probably made them taste better too.
On another occasion after a sandwich she hadn't eaten her crusts so I made the comment she hadn't, no criticism or anything else, just Oh, you haven't eaten your crusts. Her reply, No grandma, I haven't and don't try telling me it'll make my hair curl because it definitely doesn't, so it's just a LIE that grown ups tell children. I agree with that completely! said this grandma.
 
CliffH said:
Your title reminds me of the Slade song 'Did Ya Mama Ever Tell Ya?" lol
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Not to mention "Mama told me not to come,... that ain't the way to have fun, son", I think that was Three Dog Night written by Randy Newman.
 
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I remember my Mum always saying “where’s me knitting”
It wasn’t my Mum but my nan used to say “never a borrower or a lender be”
 
Merluza said:
My mother told me never to get married, she did it twice so I suppose she had her reasons. I obeyed her for over 60 years and finally got married this month, so we'll see if she was right.
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Hi Merluza
Hope married life is going well.I thought I was a little late but was in 30s ( my 30s not the 1930s lol).
However my brother who got married at 21 but then divorced at 30 got married the second time last year at 70 and he is loving it.
 
Thank you Wendal, and everyone for the <3s. I don't want to hijack the thread but I'll say that after living together for 35 years we thought it was a pretty safe bet and, strangely, it does make a difference.

From my mother - "Be told" and, of course, "Don't say I didn't warn you".
 
goodybags said:
I remember my Mum always saying “where’s me knitting”
It wasn’t my Mum but my nan used to say “never a borrower or a lender be”
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Both my parents said the latter but of course, by the time us children got wed, inflation was raging at breakneck speed so by the time you could have saved up for whatever - it had doubled in price! Hence, I had to disobey that one.
 
Merluza said:
Thank you Wendal, and everyone for the <3s. I don't want to hijack the thread but I'll say that after living together for 35 years we thought it was a pretty safe bet and, strangely, it does make a difference.

From my mother - "Be told" and, of course, "Don't say I didn't warn you".
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My mom, having said she thought my symptoms might be of diabetes and my denying that - never ever said that to me or in my hearing. Not like her - she wasn't vindictive - but very blunt usually. I have to bite my own tongue some times; they do say you end up like your mother!!!
 
That’s the meal. If you don’t want to eat it there is nothing else.

When something went wrong/got broken
Did you do it on purpose? No -then let’s just sort it out/clear up/mend it

Always pay your taxes
 
trophywench said:
Both my parents said the latter but of course, by the time us children got wed, inflation was raging at breakneck speed so by the time you could have saved up for whatever - it had doubled in price! Hence, I had to disobey that one.
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I was thinking as I typed the comment yesterday, I wonder how Nana & Paps bought their house
they lived in a rather nice 4 bed semi in Harrow On-The Hill down in London
Maybe a mortgage wasn't considered as being a borrower ?
 
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