When you were a kid.....

[RoxyJosMom]

I had a super childhood, best family I could ask for, raised in the military, taught manners, spoiled rotten, but along with many of the sayings already mentioned, I remember hearing "Wait till your Father gets home!" -- alot.

[FL Tink]

Originally Posted by BubblPopElectrc

My Mom used to say something like, "Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about." Obviously it didn't have to much effect on me because I'm not even sure if I worded it correctly.

My dad always said that to me too!!

my mom always said "Dont make me get up!"
sounds like i was always in trouble

[sammiz]

Originally Posted by FL Tink

My dad always said that to me too!!

my mom always said "Dont make me get up!"
sounds like i was always in trouble

Heck, I WAS always in trouble. I really hated it when they planned on getting you. I was a runner. If I knew it was coming I could outrun them all. We had screen doors and they would latch them before you knew it was coming. I hated running into that latched door full force. LOL

[onebigteez]

Originally Posted by Sookie

My mother always said "Knock it off or I'll knock your teeth down your throat". I always hated it, but it straightened me up when she said it.

My father never lifted a hand to any of us - but my mother sure did.

OMG, Did we come from the same family, I heard the same thing from my mother all the time, and thank god for my father, he was our protector, he never raised a hand or his voice to us as long as I remembered!

[SladesMommy]

Mom used alot of the ones already listed above. Sometimes when she got angry I would smile even though I was in trouble.. i wasn't being disrespectful, but i just smile when i'm uncomfortable. And she would say you better wipe that smile off your face or i'll wipe it off for you.. but she never actually hit me in the face.

i did get butt whipped on occassion though.

[ckuz13]

my momma used to say life is like a box of chocolates..you never know what your going to get..uh no that was forrest gumps mom..My mom said and still says. Only God knows..and where there is a will there is a way..is that right ?

[Tillys_mom]

My mom use to tell us every morning before school..."A's, B's, and maybe a C, no D's or F's are accepted." LOL

[TootiesMom]

my mom said most of those things too, but all she had to do was use the MIDDLE NAME and we were at ATTENTION... LOL.....

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[sammiz]

Originally Posted by TootiesMom

my mom said most of those things too, but all she had to do was use the MIDDLE NAME and we were at ATTENTION... LOL.....

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My mom had soooo many girls she sometimes couldn't remember your name.After she ran the gamut of names she was so frustrated by the time she got to the 'right' name that you were in twice as much trouble. LOL

She also got mad when I tried to tell her who I was so she wouldn't be so mad by the time she got to my name.

It was a lose/lose situation.

I also remember having to go 'pick the switch'....I really hated that. Her favorite was called dog fennel. It was always greeen with feathery leaves all the way down. If you held onto the top of it, you could just pinch and run your fingers all the way down it and remove the feathery leaves quickly. Limber and painful. I learned to hate the smell of cherries because of the smell of cherry tree switches. I like cherries now, though.

I got to a point where I would bring her a big branch and say "Here. Beat me with this." Made her furious.

ETA: Refusing to cry was one I did too. This also made it worse. I was a stubborn child. My little sister would just fall apart immediately so my mom wasn't as hard on her. Me...I was just very stubborn. I didn't want to give her the satisfaction of knowing how much it hurt.

Ahhhh. Sweet cherished memories.

[sammiz]

Originally Posted by SladesMommy

Mom used alot of the ones already listed above. Sometimes when she got angry I would smile even though I was in trouble.. i wasn't being disrespectful, but i just smile when i'm uncomfortable. And she would say you better wipe that smile off your face or i'll wipe it off for you.. but she never actually hit me in the face.

i did get butt whipped on occassion though.

I have a niece that smiled a lot when she was nervous (as a teenager). It seems the worse the situation, the more she smiled. This can infuriate a parent, eh? It's a nervous reaction but seems, at the time, to be smirky.

So I totally understand.