25 Reasons Why I Owe My Mother

[DiMoraGifts]

25 REASONS WHY I OWE MY MOTHER

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

3 . My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
"Because I said so, that's why."

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with
me."

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

7. My mother taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"

15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful
parents like you do."

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION .
"Just wait until we get home."

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!"

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."

19. My mother taught me ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don 't come running to me."

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE.
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!"

[rnrgiftsnmore]

Let's not forget COMPASSION...
"If you catch your death of pneumonia, I am not going to visit you in the hospital."

How about PATIENCE...
"Here is the wooden spoon, you sit there and think about what you did wrong. I will be back when I get ready to give you a licking with it."

[DiMoraGifts]

How many of these did you hear growing up Roz?
I heard everyone of them, plus the 2 you mentioned. LOL
Some I swore I'd never say to my kids,
and then one day it just pops out of your mouth
and a second later is the realization ....
I've become my mother:eek:

[katandron1]

Raises hand.......I heard every one of them too LOL And yes, I find myself saying them to my son all the time

[rnrgiftsnmore]

I have heard them all, some variation or another. Even as a kid, I always thought of one as kind of silly,,,

"You know, there are kids in India that would die to eat that liver, so you had better clean up your plate." I would think to myself, better them than me, can we send it to them. lol Both my folks loved liver, none of us kids liked it at all. I used to think, punish me please, send me to bed with no supper. lol

[katandron1]

How about the driving school lessons........You know the " Don't make me pull this car over " one lol

[DiMoraGifts]

How about the driving school lessons........You know the " Don't make me pull this car over " one lol

The Regret one ~ If I have to stop this car you'll be sorry you were born.;)

[rnrgiftsnmore]

Another lesson in HYPOCRISY.
"Do as I say, don't do as I do."

Lesson in CLEANLINESS.
"Keep talking like that and you will get your mouth washed out with soap."

[DiMoraGifts]

LOL Did we all have the same parents??:D;):eek:

[katandron1]

LOL I think we did have the same parents, might as well have cause my friends parents were also my parents when I was at their home......Mom used to tell them......treat em as if they was your own.

[DataCowboy]

Man, did you ever hit that one on the head....:)


I actually caught myself using #25 right after I read this..... and then my son watched me roll on the floor, laughing at myself when I realized it. He walked away, quickly.