Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread

[Stunned]

Oh man, the nuns! I had one in first grade who hated me. She used to smack my hand with a ruler every chance she got. I finally told my parents about it and we had a meeting at the convent with the nun and the Mother Superior. That nun never laid a hand on me again.

And it was even worse when my grandfather went to school. He was left-handed and the nuns thought he was some kind of demon, so they used the ruler on him too.

The nuns also made me right handed. Although I still do a lot with my left. I just typed this with it.

 

[Mo Thuairim]

The nuns also made me right handed. Although I still do a lot with my left. I just typed this with it.

The nuns used to force-feed my mother in boarding school. She has a dairy allergy (as do I -- I've never eaten cheese thankfully and was never made to.) The nuns would hold her nose and shove cheese in her mouth at dinner time. Not allowed to 'waste' food. She also wasn't permitted to leave the table until she drank her glass of milk. Of course they ignored her constant eczema flare-ups and sick stomach. Thankfully I never went to boarding school and was never taught by nuns. Many of them were cruel to children, although of course there were kind ones too.

 

[Dotta]

Typical texts of my Mum
when I was a child.
and...
Mums of my childhood friends were the same:

1. I'm counting to three!
(When I was lazy.
Another version: You have five minutes!)

2. And if someone tells you to jump into fire, will you jump too?

3. You can leave the potatoes, but eat the meat.

4. Do you think money falls from the sky?
(Another version: Grows in trees?)

5. I'm not your cleaner!

6. Don't make that face, it'll stay that way

7. The fridge is full and you don't have anything to eat?

8. I don't care who started it!
(When me fighting with brother)

9. When the potatoes are cooked, we'll eat!
(Mum, when's dinner???)

10. First chores, then fun.
(Countless times, like...every day
My chores:
homework, cleaning my room, mopping floors, washing up)

11. What happened at school?

12. If you don't clean this up right now, I'll throw it all out of the window.

13. You'll see when you have children of your own!

14. What are you waiting for? Applause?
(Me lazy)

15. One more word and we're not going anywhere.
(Me being argumentative)

16. Me:
Mum, But everyone does that!
Mum: you’re not everyone!

17. There were no toys like these in my day.

18. Close the door. Do you have a tail?

I think me and all my childhood friends had THE SAME mother!!!

 

[Stunned]

Typical texts of my Mum
when I was a child.
and...
Mums of my childhood friends were the same:

1. I'm counting to three!
(When I was lazy
Another version: You have five minutes!)

2. And if someone tells you to jump into fire, will you jump too?

3. You can leave the potatoes, but eat the meat.

4. Do you think money falls from the sky?
(Another version: Grow in trees?)

5. I'm not your cleaner!

6. Don't make that face, it'll stay that way

7. The fridge is full and you don't have anything to eat?

8. I don't care who started it!
(When fighting with brother)

9. When the potatoes are cooked, we'll eat!
(Mum, when's dinner???)

10. First chores, then fun.
(Countless times, like...every day
My chores:
homework, cleaning my room, mopping floors, washing up)

11. What happened at school?

12. If you don't clean this up right now, I'll throw it all out of the window.

13. You'll see when you have children of your own!

14. What are you waiting for? Applause?
(Me lazy)

15. One more word and we're not going anywhere.

16. Me:
Mum, But everyone does that!
Mum: you’re not everyone!

17. There were no toys like this in my day.

18. Close the door. Do you have a tail?

I think me and all my childhood friends had THE SAME mother!!!

Especially the part about my face freezing! I'd forgotten that one!

 

[Dotta]

Especially the part about my face freezing! I'd forgotten that one!

Guess what???

This is MY typical text now too
I'm turning into my Mum

 

[killarney rose]

As she’s scrubbing my filthy knees….” If you don’t stop getting this dirty,one day these knees won’t come clean!”

 

[Gemmie]

13. You'll see when you have children of your own!

OMG! This reminded me of something my mother used to say when I was 15-16.

You'll have kids and they will be JUUUUSSSSTTT LIIIKKEEE YOUUU, only WOOORRSSE!!!!

Suffice it to say I opted not to have children. lol True story. lol

 

[Gemmie]

Guess what???

This is MY typical text now too
I'm turning into my Mum

Heaven forbid that I'll turn into mine.

 

[Dotta]

Heaven forbid that I'll turn into mine.

What my Mum said was just typical of her generation.
They were tough, hard working women.
No-nonsense.
And the times were difficult.
Kids had chores and there was discipline - both at home and in school.

Now I chuckle remembering these texts.
She loves me very much,
and I love her as much

 

[Gators North]

Just a few things that I heard growing up from my German/Irish mother:

Sing before breakfast, cry before dinner.

You’re running around like wild Indians! Ah, the days before political correctness!

Make up your minds - in or out!

Don’t cross your eyes; they’ll stay that way.

Oh, du lieber Gott!

 

[Dotta]

Just a few things that I heard growing up from my German/Irish mother:

Sing before breakfast, cry before dinner.

You’re running around like wild Indians! Ah, the days before political correctness!

Make up your minds - in or out!

Don’t cross your eyes; they’ll stay that way.

Oh, du lieber Gott!

I checked nr 1 from the post above

If (you) sing before breakfast,​

(you'll) cry before night.​

Proverb
If you are too joyous or optimistic at the start of the day,
you run the risk of having a far fouler mood by the end of it.

Pessimistic outlook IMO

 

[Dotta]

I checked nr 1 from the post above

If (you) sing before breakfast,​

(you'll) cry before night.​

Proverb
If you are too joyous or optimistic at the start of the day,
you run the risk of having a far fouler mood by the end of it.

Pessimistic outlook IMO

To add

IMO
this proverb indicates
that positive things (like singing) do not guarantee a good end to the day (crying),
emphasizing that things can change.

It shows that Fate and human emotions can change suddenly.

 

[killarney rose]

OMG! This reminded me of something my mother used to say when I was 15-16.

You'll have kids and they will be JUUUUSSSSTTT LIIIKKEEE YOUUU, only WOOORRSSE!!!!

Suffice it to say I opted not to have children. lol True story. lol

Ha ha! My DD was dead serious while frustrated with her oldest. She said,” you can stop wishing now!!”

 

[Stunned]

Guess what???

This is MY typical text now too
I'm turning into my Mum

And...You're known by the company you keep!

 

[Stunned]

I checked nr 1 from the post above

If (you) sing before breakfast,​

(you'll) cry before night.​

Proverb
If you are too joyous or optimistic at the start of the day,
you run the risk of having a far fouler mood by the end of it.

Pessimistic outlook IMO

My mom always said that! It was always a prophecy, because I would! I hated her for that!

 

[Dotta]

And...You're known by the company you keep!

I work with kids.
I'm turning more childish with each passing year hehehe
I even giggle like a schoolgirl

 

[waitin'4thewrld2chg]

My mother would say, "When you grow up and I come to your house, I'm going to mess it all up". I grew up and she came to my house, but she always behaved very well and unfailingly kept things very neat.

To counter my 'everybody's doing it' argument, which I always thought made a lot of sense, my dad would ask, "If so-and-so (insert the name of one of my friends) jumped off the Monroe Street Bridge, would you?"

We lived a hundred miles from Spokane but there were no bridges in our little town, and it's true the Monroe Street Bridge was impressive and filled the bill. Then I grew up and lived in Spokane for twenty-three years. One March a friend and I painted a birthday greeting to my dad on a high and huge broken concrete abutment above the Monroe Street bridge that displayed messages which changed almost daily. (If you ever lived in Spokane, at least on the north side, you'd know what I am talking about.) My dad was thrilled. We went home to get a camera but by the time we got back, somebody had painted over Dad's birthday message. The guy painting felt bad and tried to paint my dad's name again. It was misspelled but we didn't mind because what a very kind gesture.

 

[Dotta]

Oh
I nearly forgot!!!

The most horrific warning all of us kids got from adults was:

"Don't sit on the concrete/cold surfaces
because you will get a wolf !!!"

What???
A Wolf??
We were terrified.

Years later
I realized it meant getting health problems in certain (lower) areas of the body hahaha

This warning was soooo traumatic
that even now
I prefer standing than sitting on something cold!

 

[Gators North]

Oh
I nearly forgot!!!

The most horrific warning all of us kids got from adults was:

"Don't sit on the concrete/cold surfaces
because you will get a wolf !!!"

What???
A Wolf??
We were terrified.

Years later
I realized it meant getting health problems in certain (lower) areas of the body hahaha

This warning was soooo traumatic
that even now
I prefer standing than sitting on something cold!

I heard the same thing except that it wasn’t a wolf!

 

[Dotta]

I heard the same thing except that it wasn’t a wolf!

What was it???