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[plattwaz]

I grew up in a house of tyranny, where the only input was Mom's input (no dad). So, my mom is forever remebered with...

"Because I said so!"

"Because I'm your mother, that's why!"

"One day when you're a mother you will understand. Right now, do it anyway!"

"Be careful, mothers find out everything...." (HAHAH to this day she thinks she did find out everything!! HAHAHAHAHH I win! )

[Hobophobic]

1. "Stop crying or I will give something..... (shows hand or foot in threatening manner).... to cry about..." wait..that was dad...

2. (with an evil smile after brushing off her punishment and also smiling)
"Guess who is coming home at 4 o'clock?" [see 1.]

3. "Get in! this house! this instant!"

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[xtchr]

"You've got enough cheek for another row of teeth!".

Said in complete exasperation after my sister (not me, of course) had talked back one too many times.

[manlyboy]

"You're going to have fun whether you like it or not"!

"They say money can't buy happiness...*raises cautionary finger*, but to an extent it can".

"They say you can't judge a book by it's cover...*raises cautionary finger*, but to an extent you can".

[Ekuboko]

I used to hear other mothers telling my friends "Eat your [bread] crusts, it'll make your hair curly."

[DRAMA OVERKILL]

Me: "Mom, can we go to... ???"
Mom: "If you got the money, honey, I've got the time..."

"Why don't you get out of the house and blow the stink off yourself?!"

(For my entire life, in front of my friends) -
"How are you doing honeybear?" / "What are you doing Angel?"
etc...

"You're gonna be the death of me..."

[robb9]

Are you on the pot? I thought she meant bathroom, but come to find out she wanted to know if I was on drugs

[Butterfly]

.....

[JongnoGuru]

(These aren't momisms, but where else to put them?)

Grandfatherisms

Grandfather Guru had this habit of saying silly things, ostensibly to my grandmother, but he'd answer his own questions before she or anyone else could.

For example, around March & April he'd say:
Q: Spring in the air, Mrs. Guru?
A: No, why should I?

And then around this time of the year he'd say:
Q: Winter draw(er)s on, Mrs. Guru?
A: None of your business!

He had so many of them, but we'd heard them all a hundred times. So even when the grandchildren were really small, we knew all the "answers" (but didn't understand the humour) and would try to say them before he could.

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A Momism, Sort of

I'd gotten myself in trouble for doing something stupid. Not a "bad" thing (lying, stealing, hurting someone) just something reflective of a kid's poor judgment. And as anyone would do, I blamed my friend for luring innocent little angel _me_ into it.

Guru: But it was all Peter's idea.
Guru's Mom: You know, your little friend Peter's a nice boy, but he's not very bright!

Fast forward a few days/weeks, and we're all in the car -- Me, Mum, Peter, and two other kids. Peter and I are having an argument over some point of fact, and I came out with this winner: "You know, Peter, it's just like my mum says -- you're nice, but you're not very bright!"

Guru's Mom: *tyres screeching*

It was the first time I'd ever seen my mother tell an outright, bare-faced lie. ("I never said such a thing! Stop making up stories!") But what else can a mother say in that situation? NOT telling a lie would be the same as if she said: "He's right, Peter. Now go home and tell your mum that I think she raised an idiot".

[jacl]

Whenever I used "bring/take" when speaking my mom would always correct me:

To this day, I'm still confused.

[jacl]

"Tuck your shirt in!"

"Get your elbows of the table!"

Was staying with a friend and his girlfriend in Tawain and she had been picking at me about manners. I was wearing my ball cap while we were eating and she said, "Didn't your mom teach you any manners? You should take you hat off at the table." Meanwhile, she was eating with her elbows on the table. I pointed that out to her and my friend laughed, "He's got you there!" Burn!

[Qinella]

"GO TO BED!!!" I heard that one almost every night.

"I'm just gonna run away and leave and no one would care!'

"You live under my roof, you go by my rules!"

"I hope you have kids like you one day!"

[denverdeath]

"Leave your brother alone!"

"Leave your sister alone!"

"Quit slurping your soup!"

"Are you sitting close enough to the TV?"

"If you two want to fight, go outside!"

"Put your hat on or you'll catch your death!"

"Don't you have something to do?"

"SHOULD HAVE GONE, not shoulda went!"

"Slow down, you're driving too fast!"

"Why do you smell like a forest fire?"

"Take the garbage out!"

"Feed the cat!"

"Take the dog for a walk!"

"Have you been drinking?"

"It's Christmas...you SHOULD go to church."

Where have you been all night?"

"Your grandfather would turn over in his grave right now if he only knew."

"The snow's not going to shovel itself!"

"Looks like the grass is getting long..."

"I pay for the paper. I'll be finished when I'm finished."

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

"You're not fat, you're big-boned."

Sparkles*_*