Not exactly a momism, but she’d do this a lot to piss me off…
(Whilst I’m in my bedroom and mom’s in the kitchen)
Mom: Bladder! Bladder darling? Can you come here a second? Me: (Running towards the kitchen) Yes? Mom: Oh you’re here, can you pick up that carrot peel I dropped on the floor? Thanks. Me: Ugh
Oh, and “Don’t eat so fast! Chew before you swallow!”
Don’t you use that tone of voice with me young man!
Draw in those poked out lips before somebody trips on them!
Please don’t jump off the barn roof again! (and she got to say this to four boys. :D)
You take those muddy clothes off on the back porch!
Don’t hit your little brother/sister with that (fill in the blank with object of choice)!
And once in total exasperation… Sometimes I feel like calling the hospital and see if they’ll take you back! (This is one of my all time favorites. I am so proud that I was the one who caused that one. )
Mom: Turn down that music. Daughter: Make me. Mom: Your dad and I did that 15 years ago. Now turn down that music. Daughter: Eeeeeeeew. (turns down music)
“You’re sitting there until you eat it. Or you’ll get it for breakfast.”
“I’m the mother. That’s why.”
“Because I said so.”
When I was inside, doing something like watching TV: “It’s a beautiful day; you should be outside.”
When I was outside playing: “Shouldn’t you be in here doing your homework?” (Or some household task.)
And one of my all-time favourites, from when I was about ten and my sister was seven and we were playing on a Sunday morning: “Don’t tie that rope around your sister’s neck! It’s dangerous to tie things around people’s necks; never, ever do it again!” She went on like this, about tying things around necks for a while, then said, “Now, put on your necktie; it’s time for church.”
I spent the next few years trying to figure that one out.
A lot of times, if she wanted one of us, she would run through the first syllable or so of all our names, e.g., “becwekimesha”. I have watched her do this two or three times while looking directly at me. Eventually she gives up, says, “YOU!” and points to whomever she means. I know other people with large families, and this is not uncommon.
But the true classic, if you’re imitating my mother:
“Oh, you girls!”
Said in exasperation when we did something stupid or silly. BTW, we are all girls. We never knew quite what she meant by it. :dubious: