# Momma saying Later gator **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147 "2015-08-06T12:52:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/21 "2015-08-08T00:07:17Z")
> [@caters](#): > > Could it be possibly because of my fast growth and her thinking that I will be taller than she is(She is 5’ 5" and I am 5’ 4" but a growth spurt could happen at any time) and that crocodiles are bigger than alligators and thus I should be the one saying “Later gator”? I think you’re overthinking it. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/22 "2015-08-08T06:49:03Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > At a certain point in your life… > > The day comes when they stop playing “this little piggy” with your toes. Hey, speak for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/23 "2015-08-10T12:44:36Z")
> [@Strainger](#): > > Hey, speak for yourself. Seriously – my mom would piggy me at any age! She did the best wee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee EVAH! ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/24 "2015-08-11T01:46:46Z")
My dad still calls me by my childhood nickname - Scooter Bug - and I’m well into middle age. In fact, I’ve never heard him call me by my given name, even when he was mad at me. He even had my nephews calling me Aunt Scooter. Thankfully, they’ve grown out of that - but not until they were adults themselves. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/25 "2015-08-11T13:42:40Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > My dad still calls me by my childhood nickname - Scooter Bug - and I’m well into middle age. In fact, I’ve never heard him call me by my given name, even when he was mad at me. He even had my nephews calling me Aunt Scooter. Thankfully, they’ve grown out of that - but not until they were adults themselves. Being stuck with Scooter Bug your whole life can be a bit of a challenge. I’ll have to tell my grown daughter “Stinker Butt” about that one. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/26 "2015-08-12T17:19:56Z")
My mom would say things like, “Shut up you little shit.” And I would respond with, “Mom please stop hitting me.” ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/27 "2015-08-12T17:51:48Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > My mommy stopped calling me “pumpkin” about 32 years ago. Is it because I grew bigger than a pumpkin? You kinda just made me tear up. My dad called me “punkin” since I was a little kid. He never stopped, and I found it oddly endearing. The last time was in 2013, shortly before he passed away. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/28 "2015-08-12T19:48:35Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > You kinda just made me tear up. My dad called me “punkin” since I was a little kid. He never stopped, and I found it oddly endearing. The last time was in 2013, shortly before he passed away. I used to get piggyback rides from Mom, “for the sake of a song”, meaning for as long as it took her to sing a nursery rhyme, usually Four and Twenty Blackbirds…complete with her “nipping off my nose”. This continued our whole lives whenever we’d be in a swimming pool, with her pulling adult me around “for the sake of a song”. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/29 "2015-08-13T14:00:38Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > You kinda just made me tear up. My dad called me “punkin” since I was a little kid. He never stopped, and I found it oddly endearing. The last time was in 2013, shortly before he passed away. This thread has made me smile and tear up too. My 97 year old Mom lived with me and every night I’d end with a “See you later alligator” and (if her mind was clear enough), she’d respond with “In a while crocodile.” Sometimes it was only “Croc…?” She passed away day before yesterday. See you later Mom. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/30 "2015-08-13T14:23:44Z")
My condolences, **brachyrhynchos**. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/31 "2015-08-13T20:13:58Z")
> [@brachyrhynchos](#): > > This thread has made me smile and tear up too. My 97 year old Mom lived with me and every night I’d end with a “See you later alligator” and (if her mind was clear enough), she’d respond with “In a while crocodile.” Sometimes it was only “Croc…?” > > She passed away day before yesterday. See you later Mom. I’m so sorry, but I am also happy you had a good long time with your mom. I used to wish I would get to take care of my mom when she was old. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/32 "2015-08-14T00:00:56Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > You kinda just made me tear up. My dad called me “punkin” since I was a little kid. He never stopped, and I found it oddly endearing. The last time was in 2013, shortly before he passed away. I’ve stopped reading this thread more than one time because it is so dusty. My dad was in the end stages of Parkinson’s and really couldn’t talk, but as I was leaving my final visit with him (also in 2013) my Mom leaned over to him and laughed. She told me he said “see ya’ later alligator.” I told him “see you soon dirty spoon.” Those were the last words we shared. Damn dust… it’s getting bad in here. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147/33 "2015-08-20T16:24:27Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Being stuck with Scooter Bug your whole life can be a bit of a challenge. I’ll have to tell my grown daughter “Stinker Butt” about that one. That’s just rude. That’s not a girl’s nickname!! Stinkerbell is a much better choice :D. (Moon Unit disagrees, for some reason :D:D:D:D). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/momma-saying-later-gator/727147.md?page=1)