Parental Sayings

My BF and I get a laugh from those time-tested parental sayings he and I both heard:

"Wait till you father gets home"
"If everyone was jumping off a cliff, would you do it too?"
"I'll give you something to cry about"
"Wait until you have children"
"Do it because I said so!"
"It's only fun till someone loses an eye."
"When I was your age....."

Which ones have you heard?

I've heard most of the ones you've posted.

My dad used to say this one: "Do as I say, don't do what I do".
There was also: "Go ask your mother." or "Go ask your dad".

I'll see if I can think of more. When I had my own child, I started repeating a lot of those old parental sayings I used to hear.

Here's some that my parents always said to me: "I see an accident happening/ that's an accident just waiting to happen" (meaning like something's going to spill or whatever). "Someone's gonna get hurt!" "I told you so..." "Well, you were asking for it!" (not like beating or anything lol, just in general) Oh, and here's my least favorite but probably most common: "I'm not your entertainment director!" cuz whenever I have nothing to do or no one to hang out with and am bored, I see if they want to do anything.

In addition to all the ones listed so far, I was often reprimanded with "Go look it up" if I asked what something meant or "Is your butt broken?" if I asked mem and dad to go retrieve something out of the fridge for me - generally, I only head that if I was healthy...if I was ill, then they didn't say stuff like that.

These sayings I used to hear quite a bit:

"Do as you are told!"
"Stop crying or I will give you something to cry about!"
"Go and ask your Father."
"Get upstairs and stay there!"

I personally think I was a misfit as a child but now I've learnt my lessons.

"Because I said so"
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out of it" (if you don't behave)

Whenever we asked why something was called "XXXX", my dad would tell us, "Well, they had to call it something."

When we ask how to spell something, he'd say, "Go look it up." Um....I would, if I knew how to spell it!

Oh- another FAVORITE of my father: "You are WAY out of line/place!" meaning I'm apparently speaking out or being rude or saying something he doesn't agree with. I totally ignore this, I'm not a child anymore and I'm allowed to speak my opinion the way I feel. I'm 20, and he thinks that he can still punish me lol. (that's the old attitude of a Northern German for ya! ) Then again, I have that exact same attitude

I thought of one more: "Don't give me any of your lip!"

ME: "Why does XYZ?"
DAD: "To make little girls ask questions."

Also many of the ones already offered. I'll probably think of others, too.

You'll be laughing on the other side of your face!

But the classics my Mum used to say to me when i was small..........

If your scowl the wind will make you stay like that!

It you don't eat your crust your hair won't curl (I did and it didn't!)

If i picked Dandelions my Mum used to say "You'll wet the bed mind, so put them down!"

If i was climbing anything such as a tree......If you break your leg don't come crying to me!

Don't swallow your bubblegum or it'll stick to your ribs!!

I used to have long hair and would suck on a few strands so i got "You'll get a fur ball mind!"

Always make sure you have clean knickers on incase you get run over!

Don't swallow any pips or seeds in fruit or an apple/orange tree will grow inside you

I swear i had a happy childhood though

Finish your plate, there are starving kids in China!
I never quite got this one, how was my eating my mushy tin can tasting much hated canned green beans going to help them?

My Dad " Don't make me stop this car" 4 of us in the back seat
My Grandmother " don't make faces, your face will stay that way"

if we would pick our nose my Mom would ask if we were digging for gold

my Dad's favorite was "In about 3 seconds I'm getting the belt" he never did though

Everytime I asked my mom for something she would say "we'll see". And then that meant no

One of my mothers favorite sayings was:

When pigs fly..

We would often get this when we asked for something, or if we could do something she didn't approve of.

About a year after she passed away my oldest sister sent me an email that just said "Wait for it"
You could hear a funny sound like a helicopter getting closer and closer then all of a sudden this little pink pig was buzzing across the screen. It was so adorable.
My sister then sent along another email saying" Can you imagine how hard Mom would have laughed at that"

This has been posted here before, but I think it's appropriate for this thread. It's hilarious!


(Is it just me, or does she remind anyone else of Sarah Palin?)

Originally Posted by calico2222

This has been posted here before, but I think it's appropriate for this thread. It's hilarious!


(Is it just me, or does she remind anyone else of Sarah Palin?)

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LOL!!!
I forgot about "Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about" And a few others in there.
Yep, she reminds me of Sarah Palin.

Originally Posted by tierre0

One of my mothers favorite sayings was:

When pigs fly..

We would often get this when we asked for something, or if we could do something she didn't approve of.

About a year after she passed away my oldest sister sent me an email that just said "Wait for it"
You could hear a funny sound like a helicopter getting closer and closer then all of a sudden this little pink pig was buzzing across the screen. It was so adorable.
My sister then sent along another email saying" Can you imagine how hard Mom would have laughed at that"

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Yep...heard that one! We actually have a restaurant here named "When Pigs Fly". The woman that opened it said she had always wanted to open a restaurant and her mom always said "yeah, when pigs fly" so she named it that in honor (or to spite) her mom. It's awesome too!

You'll never amount to anything!

When making straight A's: They must be giving them away!

If you graduate from college I'll eat my hat!
(Put myself through college and received two university degrees - but I'm still waiting for that hat to be eaten. )

Don't get smart with me!

And, as an adult but still treated like a child: You aren't a real mother because you had a cesarean!


BTW these are sayings that are not being being passed on to our child.