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Bayard

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25. Wow....

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 11:31 AM

Jul 2020

I never received any life advice from my Mom, only things like--You will sit there until you finish your dinner. She was a strict disciplinarian--Spare the rod, spoil the child. Of course, she married my Dad at 16, when he got out of the service. He was 11 years older.

We did not become friends until I was long gone from home.

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Things our mothers said... [View all] MoonRiver Jul 2020 OP

"Do not get a divorce - you won't want to be a divorce." flor-de-jasmim Jul 2020 #1

Yeah, I remember that one too! MoonRiver Jul 2020 #2

How about snowybirdie Jul 2020 #3

And I'll put you in a home for unwed mothers if you do get pregnant! MoonRiver Jul 2020 #10

Stop crying or i'll give you a good reason to.... was certainly one sunonmars Jul 2020 #4

Yep! That was more like it! smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #7

My favorite was rsdsharp Jul 2020 #39

Get down from that tree so I can beat some sense into you! nt Xipe Totec Jul 2020 #5

Lol MLAA Jul 2020 #19

From my mom, a late 1930s college graduate: frogmarch Jul 2020 #6

Oh, yeah definitely! MoonRiver Jul 2020 #11

Sounds familiar. frogmarch Jul 2020 #21

I sincerely hope young women don't hear the ridiculous raccoon Jul 2020 #8

That's never been true. MoonRiver Jul 2020 #12

Stop smirking because if the wind changes, your face will stick. sunonmars Jul 2020 #9

That reminds me of the one about not crossing your eyes, cause they could get stuck! MoonRiver Jul 2020 #13

I was lucky - my mother never said those things csziggy Jul 2020 #14

After I turned 25 SCantiGOP Jul 2020 #15

Yep, I heard all of those from my mother lillypaddle Jul 2020 #16

Birthday spankings. Way little, i dreaded bdays because of bday spankings. Bdays are suppose to be LizBeth Jul 2020 #27

I don't have a specific memory of those ... lillypaddle Jul 2020 #29

Yes I have also heard of birthday spankings. Ohiogal Jul 2020 #30

Right? Isn't it? I think it is atrocious. Happy Bday, whack. LizBeth Jul 2020 #35

My dad used to call my sister Ohiogal Jul 2020 #32

Yeah, my dad called my sister "slim" lillypaddle Jul 2020 #36

And that book was for children?? Ohiogal Jul 2020 #37

"The Random House Book of Poetry for Children" lillypaddle Jul 2020 #38

I was only allowed to go to college MuseRider Jul 2020 #17

If you got it flaunt it. But if a boy wants to touch it.... LakeArenal Jul 2020 #18

I am so glad you got lucky with a lovable MIL, your mother sounds awful 💕 MLAA Jul 2020 #20

Mentally ill. Try to forgive. Just not able to. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #24

I come from a matriarchal family. hunter Jul 2020 #22

"Girls don't need middle names Cairycat Jul 2020 #23

Wow.... Bayard Jul 2020 #25

Debutant Balls meat market, T&A show, sex trafficking procon Jul 2020 #26

My mom was my best friend. She said she would be the one person I could unconditionally trust LizBeth Jul 2020 #28

"Why buy the cow Ohiogal Jul 2020 #31

Become a teacher Mossfern Jul 2020 #33

So I just want to say that despite some of her views, I really did love my mom. MoonRiver Jul 2020 #34