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August 24, 2004
Mom Phrases
My daughter was taking the WildChild back to his mom's recently, and had a most horrifying experience. See, she'd given him some chewing gum....and you know what kids that age do with gum. He'd chewed it happily for a while then took it out of his mouth and started playing with it.
She asked him a couple of times to stop playing with his gum, but he of course ignored her. Irritated, she opened her mouth to ask him to stop again. Instead, this phrase came out:
"IN YOUR MOUTH OR IN THE TRASH!"
She said she slapped her hand over her mouth and thought 'OMG, I can't believe I just said that. I'M BECOMING MY MOTHER!"
Heh.
I laughed (cackled with evil glee actually) and told her there were worse things she could become.
Besides, it worked. He stopped playing with his gum.
The most annoying thing about Mom phrases is how effective they are, right?
Posted by Rita at August 24, 2004 07:35 AM
Comments
definitely worse things she could end up being....
and yeah, if it works, it works.
Posted by: Da Goddess at August 24, 2004 07:41 AM
My kids' favorite has always been "If you fall and break your leg, don't come running to me". That one always cracked them up.
Posted by: rita at August 24, 2004 07:48 AM
I've completely turned into my dad; especially when I get close to the boiling point.
"Shut the damn door. Were you born in a barn?"
"Quit crying, or I'll give you something to cry about."
"Eat it or wear it."
Instead of worrying about it, I just decided to embrace it. After all, I think he did a pretty good job. Heh.
Posted by: Craig at August 24, 2004 08:20 AM
"Shut the door. I know you weren't born in a barn, I was there."
"I'm sorry. I don't talk to people who whine."
"In you or on you."
And my favorite response to "Are we there yet?" "Yes we are. Get out and wait while I find a place to park the car." (said while driving down a deserted stretch of highway)
Posted by: rita at August 24, 2004 08:36 AM