Stuff Mom said that turned out to be useful.

[quaint]

Here's two that popped into my mind around 3 a.m.

It'll never be seen on a galloping horse.
Never leave a room empty-handed.

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. "Opinions are fine but Knowledge is great" - yeah Mom, you're right.

[quaint]

3. Of course she was right! ☺

[Srkdqltr]

36. Opinions are like noses, everyone has one.

[PJMcK]

2. Here are 2 from my mom

Always make an entrance.

Always use your turning indicators when driving.

[quaint]

4. Good advice, especially the second one.

[BOSSHOG]

5. Advice from my Dad which has stuck with me for 60 years

Always clean your tools when you are done with them and put them back where they belong so they’ll be ready the next time you need them.

He also told me when I got my drivers license, “if you get in trouble with the law you better hope they keep you.” I didn’t.

[quaint]

14. My dad said the same about tools and following the advice sure makes tools last longer.

[BOSSHOG]

58. Excellent advice and as an added bonus

Every time I clean (always with a shot of WD-40) and put my tools in their proper place I have a nice quiet moment with Dad. Always a pleasure.

[Croney]

6. Can you explain the first one? What is it that will never be seen?

I'm not feeling sharp today. 🤪

[quaint]

8. Depended on the problem such as a safety pin holding a hem that just tore, or

...juice spilled on a blouse when already behind in the morning, or
two white socks but with different lace edging.

We daughters were the galloping horses.
Friday was the 103rd anniversary of her birth, she is on my mind.

[Croney]

24. Thank you!

[Walleye]

7. My mom used to always say "use your head", great advice

[quaint]

9. The best advice.

[claudette]

10. Mine was

Change your underwear every day. You never know if you’ll be in an account.

It may not be original but that’s what she said.

[quaint]

12. Clean, unholey undies are a preventative measure.

Accidents happen right after one goes down the slide backwards and lands in the sandpit.

[claudette]

25. 👍

😊

[SomedayKindaLove]

11. Mine said

Always look someone in the eye when you shake their hand, and press a gold coin into their hand, and you will go places.

She also said don’t cross your eyes they’ll get stuck in that position. I tried but it didn’t work.

[quaint]

13. I hope you have gold coins with which to follow her advice.

[dameatball]

26. Wanna shake hands??

[coprolite]

15. Momma never raised any fools that lived.

[quaint]

17. 😊

[Hope22]

16. I love that...don't leave a room empty handed!

Great advice!

[quaint]

18. It works, too!

All the women in my family worked jobs besides homemaking and used every hint for efficiency.

[Hope22]

20. Exactly.

My mom was a working divorced mother of three girls. We girls had chores that needed to done before mom got home. It was an unspoken ‘understanding’. 😉

[crud]

19. If somebody calls

tell them Barnaby said hello.

[quaint]

22. Good humor!

[Lulu KC]

21. Spend your time around people who like you

In any situation, that has proven to be good advice. Sounds obvious, but isn't. I see people going back trying to get something that isn't available all the time and really want to quote my mom, but she also taught me, "Don't give advice until you're asked for it." That was tough when I had teenagers in the house! (And btw, she didn't follow that one too well when I was the wild one.)

In romantic relationships: "If it's right, it's right. If it's not right? It's not right." So simple, but timeless.

[quaint]

23. Her advice seems to have grown a well-balanced adult!

[Raven123]

27. You can never bake too many Christmas cookies

We proved her point when we were home for the holidays

[quaint]

30. Truly words to be passed down, and can apply to all holiday baking.

😋

[dameatball]

28. "It's not what you spend on your kids, it's what you do with them." She was right.

Went through a devastating divorce in early 90's and was working an extra job just to pay bills. Learned a lot of things to do without spending a lot. Left more available for when they needed something special.

[quaint]

32. Soooo true. Single parenting is tough but gives lifetime rewards.

Bonus plus, shaking hands with SomedayKindaLove!

[Srkdqltr]

29. God helps those who help them selves.

Meaning, no matter how hard you pray you have to study to pass the spelling test

[quaint]

33. Dammit, she was right.

[Phentex]

31. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?

My mother said this. I was surprised so many people had not heard this when Harris said it recently.

She also said if you use what you have, you have what you need.

[quaint]

34. "Fell out of a coconut tree" was new to me.

Your second one is certainly true. Reminded me of one of my dad's favorites, "I want $1 more than I need."

[enid602]

35. Mom

It’s always the Barbie & Ken types that end up shocking you the most.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.


The cobbler’s children go shoeless.

[quaint]

37. The Barbie and Ken aphorism sounds original.

Both funny and true, at least in some people I've known.

[enid602]

38. Barbie/Ken

Kind of goes with this election season.

[quaint]

39. Hah!

[Aristus]

40. "Count to ten before deciding if something is worth getting angry about."

That piece of advice prevented me from becoming a fly-off-the-handle, hair-trigger-temper jerk.

For decades, it was popular to believe that not expressing your anger and “getting it all out” meant that all that anger was building up inside you, and soon you would explode at the least provocation.

We now know that “bottling it all up” is a myth. Staying calm, being slow to anger, and measuring the need for an anger response is healthy, while ranting and raving all the time about everything is physically unhealthy, and will probably mark you out as a poorly socialized jerk.

Thanks for the good advice, Mom.

[quaint]

42. Complete agreement.

Staying calm enough to measure the need for an anger response is something I still work at.

[Skittles]

43. DON'T BE A PAIN IN THE ASS

(my dad)

whenever I see videos of these "Karens" I think, that is one lesson they never learned!

[quaint]

46. Definitely! Goes along with mind your own business.

[Dem2theMax]

44. Reading all of your posts, I'm jealous, and sad.

I cannot think of a single thing mine said that was of any value. Everything she said was fear-based. Not a great way to be raised.

But I did learn the part about always cleaning your tools and putting them back where they belong. My dad was a mechanic. Definitely learned that one. And to this day, I still do it.

[quaint]

47. Major bummer. Hopefully, you have found joy away from her fears.

I am so lucky with my family (sister excluded, different story).

[Dem2theMax]

49. To be honest, I'm still looking.

Life goes by so fast. In a few more years I'll be 70. Not quite sure it's in the cards for me. But I keep hoping.

[quaint]

50. I'm mid-seventies and still working on myself.

[Dem2theMax]

57. Then I'm in good company!

[OldBaldy1701E]

45. This is a tough one for me because most of what my mother told me turned out to be wrong or contrived.

As far as social issues, she was WAY off. (Southern belles are not known for their awareness I am afraid.) Ditto her business advice (Why the hell I listened to business advice from someone who has issues with balancing her checkbook is a question I should have asked back then.)

She had her positive traits as well, but giving advice about life is not one of them.

[quaint]

48. Most of us moms do our best, some of us don't realize when we fall short.

Been reading your posts for years, and seems to me you learned social skills fine on your own.

[cspanlovr]

51. "Don't rise to the bait"

[quaint]

52. Excellent advice but really, really difficult for me to follow.

Sigh.

[cachukis]

53. No.

It is not always going to go your way. You are not taking the car tonight.

Ironically, she always said don't take no for an answer.

[quaint]

55. Universal, I think, plus if I asked a third time, I earned serious "Don't sass me" warning.

[LuckyCharms]

54. Not from my mom, but from an uncle...

Someday you will be on a flight sitting next to a man.

After striking up a friendly conversation, this man will bet you $10,000 that he can pull a 3 ton martini out of his left ear, and drink it down in 5 seconds.

Don't take that bet.

Because he'll do it.

[quaint]

56. More excellent advice from our beloved LuckyCharms!

I promise not to bet.

[Iggo]

59. If you don't vote, you can't bitch.

[quaint]

60. Agree!