What one phrase your mother told you has stuck with you through today?
by 
Leese In Maine
ANSWERS: 23
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Mine is if someone really wanted to be with you, they would do everything in their power to make that happen. :-)
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Always wear clean underwear... or none at all!
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"bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch." i forget why she felt the need to call me a bitch four times, but i remeber her doing it. and another time after I came back from hanging out with friends (3 guys) she asked if I was having sex with them. she must have been such a ho if she thinks I'm having orgies with all my friends which she seems to.
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If you start something, then you MUST finish it.
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"Every place has a thing, and every thing in its place." When she wanted me to be tidy. I wish it would have sunk in a little more. Cause I am a messy packrat!
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My mother used to ask us, "Do you think I am stupid?" It still makes me smile, because no one wanted to answer that honestly....
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Oh another one: life is not a popularity contest. LOL says who?? ;-)
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Life isn't fair... so get used to it..OK!!
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"You may have to move something" Used when unable to initially find something in the closet or pantry.
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Fall in love - get married - and have children - in that order.
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I havent learned from phrases shes told me, but from what shes been through, from that it has made me the strong person I am today.
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mom said - if you cant say anything nice... then dont say anything at all grandma said - it aint a sin to get head lice, bit it is a sin to keep it
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Fret not thyself of evil doers
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Sow in order to reap. Of course, she said in Spanish. I miss her...
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Well, there are a few...."That's it, No Christmas", "Now, you're really gonna get it" (I never really understood that one cause we really got smacked around the same no matter what, however that was a good one!!!) My old time favorite..."If you cry, I'll really give you something to cry about", You're grounded for the rest of your life", "Don't make me come in there", "OK. that's it, get me the soap"
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It is not your friends that buy you drinks
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Well my dad said to me a few months ago, Dont go looking for the right person, she will find you. Good quote but another thing he said that was kind of profound was, The road ends when there is no more road.
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"Wear clean underwear--you never know when you might be in an accident." My mother died at age 87, 17 years ago. You know what? She was right.
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"I raised you the best I could with the knowledge I had at the time." That utterance was in defense of her poor parenting style.
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I wasn't always listening [I'm kinda spacey], but USUALLY wen she told me to do something I did it, unless I forgot
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You have to suffer to be beautiful. Never really liked that one too much :/
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Hi Leese in Maine! My mother was a guru of sayings that are still stuck with me. Here are a few: 1.My teeth are closer than my relatives. 2.Each monkey to his rope.( Each person to his position in life) 3.No one knows what he carries in his sack, only the one who carries it.
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"A mom always loves her firstborn the most" and that wasnt me. I tell you it's been stuck for a little over a day.
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