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Post by The Captain on Oct 18, 2014 13:11:04 GMT -5
Both my zingers came from my mom:
1. "It's a good thing you're pretty cause you sure are dumb"
2. "It's just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as it is to fall in love with a poor man".
Guess it's a good thing I didn't always take Mom seriously, hmmm? 
This came up because my sis and I were talking about some of our family dysfunction the other day and we were actually laughing at how wrong our mom was about us in so many ways (and laughing in a good way).
If you know me AT ALL you know my favorite saying is "If you hired me for my looks, you get what you deserve. Hire me for my brains and you get what you pay for...".
Please share so I know my mom wasn't the only one "out there". |
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Post by thyme4change on Oct 18, 2014 13:14:07 GMT -5
When I called home from college all stressed out, my mother said "You might do better off dropping out and becoming a secretary." I never called her with school or professional problems again. Thanks for the vote of confidence Mom.  |
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Post by Peace77 on Oct 18, 2014 13:39:44 GMT -5
I remember my Mom saying "Money is no problem".
I responded, "It is if you don't have any".
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Post by msventoux on Oct 18, 2014 17:09:45 GMT -5
I don't remember any good ones from my mother. My father said I didn't need an education, I just needed to find a man.
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Post by The Home 6 on Oct 18, 2014 17:13:02 GMT -5
My mom just about died when I told her I wanted to get my degree in accounting. "But honey, you hate math! You used to cry doing your math homework! In HIGH SCHOOL!" Well, this is APPLICABLE math, not that trigonometry bullshit.  |
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Post by zibazinski on Oct 18, 2014 19:27:40 GMT -5
Both my zingers came from my mom:
1. "It's a good thing you're pretty cause you sure are dumb"
2. "It's just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as it is to fall in love with a poor man".
Guess it's a good thing I didn't always take Mom seriously, hmmm?
This came up because my sis and I were talking about some of our family dysfunction the other day and we were actually laughing at how wrong our mom was about us in so many ways (and laughing in a good way).
If you know me AT ALL you know my favorite saying is "If you hired me for my looks, you get what you deserve. Hire me for my brains and you get what you pay for...".
Please share so I know my mom wasn't the only one "out there". Number 2 was also said by my mom, who proceeded to follow her own advice. Trouble was, after dad died, she married a loser.  . She was terrible with money anyway but marrying a moocher with moocher kids/family did not help. |
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Oct 18, 2014 19:45:01 GMT -5
"Going for a degree in art is a waste of time, no one needs designers or painters. All people who studied art are unemployed." - said by my father.
I proved dad wrong.
It was even more ironic coming from him, since my mother was an artist as well - as was my maternal grandfather -who also had an interior design business and did intricate wood carvings (his hobby).
(But then, my father was a teacher at a Technical College - so art to him was nothing more than a "frivolous hobby".)  .
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Oct 18, 2014 20:31:07 GMT -5
Dear Mom said no one is interested in hearing about you or your children.
Do not call me asking for advice because I won't give you any. If I called to ask a question, she hung up on me.
When my aunt, her sister, died, she called and said don't answer the phone or the door. I missed the funeral because of her.
That is only three. There was a life time of mean and dirty tricks from her.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Oct 18, 2014 21:10:00 GMT -5
I wouldn't let ANYONE tell me who I should or shouldn't answer the phone or door to. I assume you were an adult at the time. - since she called you, you obviously weren't living in her home.
If you followed your mothers demands and didn't answer the phone or door, there's only one person to blame for you missing your aunt's funeral.
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Post by mmhmm on Oct 18, 2014 21:18:57 GMT -5
My mother had a different version of the OP's #2: "You don't have to marry for money but it never hurts to marry where money is." I guess that must have been standard "mother fodder".  |
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Oct 18, 2014 21:21:02 GMT -5
My mother said "Don't marry a man for what's in his wallet - it may be filled with counterfeits."
(I consider that "best advice" rather than "worst advice".).
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Post by NastyWoman on Oct 19, 2014 1:24:45 GMT -5
I don't remember any good ones from my mother. My father said I didn't need an education, I just needed to find a man. My dad must have strayed... Hi sis  |
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Post by toomuchreality on Oct 19, 2014 3:24:06 GMT -5
Some day you'll thank me for this... I'm still waiting. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2014 4:26:08 GMT -5
That would have to be "Always be a gentleman".
Don't get me wrong... being a gentleman MOST OF THE TIME is a good thing... but ALWAYS being a gentleman kept me in the "friend zone" until I stopped "always being a gentleman".
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Post by mrnewengland on Oct 19, 2014 8:49:51 GMT -5
Trig is applicable math.
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Post by Shooby on Oct 19, 2014 8:52:38 GMT -5
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Post by Shooby on Oct 19, 2014 9:41:39 GMT -5
People mean well.
No they often don't. There are many people who will be happy to run their agenda off your back. So some people mean well and some don't.
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Post by The Home 6 on Oct 19, 2014 12:35:11 GMT -5
Going on 15+ years...still waiting to apply it.  |
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Post by justme on Oct 19, 2014 12:43:56 GMT -5
I forget what prompted it, but my mom once told me "oh just go throw up already". It then became my retort to her whenever she go flustered for a while.
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Post by mrnewengland on Oct 19, 2014 18:22:57 GMT -5
Going on 15+ years...still waiting to apply it. Sorry, I forgot it's mostly women on this board. It won't help you figure out the new price when something is 20% off at the store, or how to convert quarts to fluid ounces... but as someone that works in engineering and surveying it's extremely applicable. |
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Post by Pants on Oct 19, 2014 18:47:44 GMT -5
Going on 15+ years...still waiting to apply it.  Sorry, I forgot it's mostly women on this board. It won't help you figure out the new price when something is 20% off at the store, or how to convert quarts to fluid ounces... but as someone that works in engineering and surveying it's extremely applicable. Hello, Sexism, how are you today? I'm sure what you meant to say is that it's mostly NON-ENGINEERS on this board. |
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Post by taz157 on Oct 19, 2014 18:53:13 GMT -5
Sorry, I forgot it's mostly women on this board. It won't help you figure out the new price when something is 20% off at the store, or how to convert quarts to fluid ounces... but as someone that works in engineering and surveying it's extremely applicable. Hello, Sexism, how are you today? I'm sure what you meant to say is that it's mostly NON-ENGINEERS on this board.  |
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Post by taz157 on Oct 19, 2014 18:55:34 GMT -5
My mom just about died when I told her I wanted to get my degree in accounting. "But honey, you hate math! You used to cry doing your math homework! In HIGH SCHOOL!" Well, this is APPLICABLE math, not that trigonometry bullshit. I am in the field you are getting your degree in and I've never used trigonometry bullshit in the 10 years I've been a licensed CPA. ETA: I forgot to add the word "never".   |
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Post by mrnewengland on Oct 19, 2014 19:11:52 GMT -5
It was a joke. I thought it was over the top enough to be obvious.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Oct 19, 2014 19:37:07 GMT -5
It was a joke. I thought it was over the top enough to be obvious.
(Yes, that was sarcasm from a woman who worked in the Engineering field). . |
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Post by The Home 6 on Oct 19, 2014 19:40:15 GMT -5
My mom just about died when I told her I wanted to get my degree in accounting. "But honey, you hate math! You used to cry doing your math homework! In HIGH SCHOOL!" Well, this is APPLICABLE math, not that trigonometry bullshit. I am in the field you are getting your degree in and I've used trigonometry bullshit in the 10 years I've been a licensed CPA. YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! |
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Post by The Home 6 on Oct 19, 2014 19:44:49 GMT -5
Going on 15+ years...still waiting to apply it. Sorry, I forgot it's mostly women on this board. It won't help you figure out the new price when something is 20% off at the store, or how to convert quarts to fluid ounces... but as someone that works in engineering and surveying it's extremely applicable. I can't help it that my mind doesn't work mathematically. I am actually quite good at logic problems, though. So....I guess my brain is trying to conserve energy by refusing to learn the things that I would never need to know?  |
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Post by taz157 on Oct 19, 2014 20:28:28 GMT -5
I am in the field you are getting your degree in and I've used trigonometry bullshit in the 10 years I've been a licensed CPA. YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! When you quoted me, I realized I forgot to include the word "never".  |
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Post by busymom on Oct 19, 2014 21:00:23 GMT -5
Like Home 6, I struggled with algebra & some other math subjects in high school. But, I'm very comfortable with business math.
Wouldn't it be fun to look up a former math teacher, & tell him, "nope, I never used it after I got out of school"?
BTW, the worst advice I got from my Mom (she meant well) was, to never wash your hair more than twice a week, or else it'll fall out, so of course the minute I left home for college, I was washing it every day. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2014 21:06:46 GMT -5
YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! When you quoted me, I realized I forgot to include the word "never". LOL... only a slight bit of difference with that one word left out! |
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