Which Parental Cliche Got You Most Annoyed As A Kid?

[THUNDER HANDS]

Poll question: Which Parental Cliche Got You Most Annoyed As A Kid?

I know I used to hate it when my parents used ANY of the following...

[Maple]

1. Nope...none

"when I was your age I had to walk miles to school'

'In bare feet'

'Summer, winter'

'Uphill...all the way'

'Coming AND going'

[Padraig18]

2. "Because I said so."

I had a VERY difficult time with this one, because I had to make the transition from viewing my older brother as, well, my brother and then start viewing him as my father, after my parents passed. We had more than one HUGE fight about this one. :P

[dflprincess]

3. You must be younger than me because your list did not include

"I grew up during the Depression and we didn't have...."

I'm 50 and I still hear that one.

Though, I did hear several of the above and vowed I would never use any of them. Imagine my horrir when I would hear one of them coming out of my mouth when I was ranting at my nieces and nephews. (Though I never used the starving kids one.)

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. yeah

you're old enough to be my dad.

:)

I love saying that to other DUers

tee hee hee

:)

[dflprincess]

9. Except if I were your parent

I'd be your mom. (And don't you look at me like that when I'm talking to you!

[THUNDER HANDS]

17. oy vey

oops!

:spank:

I deserve that.

:)

[WilliamPitt]

4. "Go do something constructive!"

*ducking, fleeing, awaiting Raven's arrival*

:)

Sorry, mom. You'd say that and I'd want to go out and build a bomb or something. :)

[Kamika]

6. You know that there are kids in africa who doesnt have ANY food?

Fine.. send them mine!

[NashVegas]

12. "Name one"

Courtesy of Jeff & Akbar if I'm not mistaken.

[notadmblnd]

7. When you have your own kids

They'll be twice as bad as you kids.

I hated it. My son is only ten and so far her prophecy has not come to pass (knock on wood)

[GregW]

8. "You don't have to like it, you just have to eat it!"

:mad:

[Droopy]

10. "I'm sick and tired........"

That was my mother's favorite when she had a bone to pick.

[NashVegas]

11. "If All Your Friends Jumped Off the Brooklyn Bridge..."

There is no number to indicate how many times I heard that one (and no words to describe how annoying), but looking back, it must have sank in and I'm grateful.

I think of that line everytime I'm at lunch with a friend who takes a non-emergency cell-phone call; when I see the downtown streets and parking lots filled with SUVs; everytime I see a stupendously stupid business decision made "because everyone else is and we have to remain competitive"; etc, etc.

[HEyHEY]

13. I'll give you something to cry about!

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Everything comes....

...to he (or, she, in my case) who waits.

[Maddy McCall]

15. "What you've got to understand..."

I still hear this today! Anytime I discuss anything with my folks, my dad comes back with "What you've got to understand is..."

I love him and my mom, though, so it ain't a big thing. And most of the time...MOST of the time...he's right.

[populistmom]

16. I hope you have quadruplets- all boys!

Surprise, surprise, I was a hyper, wild little girl. I got excellent grades all through elementary school (mostly A's). However, we also got graded in "conduct" and that was strait C-'s, with an occasional D+. I'd get 97+ percentiles on standarized tests, but was always in trouble at school or at home. It was like this until puberty and spent 7th and 8th grades quiet as a mouse until 9th grade when I could reemerge in a new wild form. :evilgrin:

Anyway, my mom used to wish me a ton of hyper active little boys as revenge for my deeds. My first child was a girl. She was born a control freak, old soul, people pleasing kind of person. Even though she's 11 now and there's a few hormones present causing excesive door slamming, she's a relatively easy kid (mainly because she's her worst critic, so I get to be more support than disciplinarian). However, the other 3, you guessed it, wild, crazy boys. My 5 year old (middle guy) :bounce: is the roughest. Just like his mom was. Now I understand my mom a little more. However, I'm still a bit wild and hyper so I can handle it better than my mom.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. "We'll see."

"Mom, can we stop off for ice cream after you finish shopping?"

"We'll see."

Even at an early age, I knew that that meant "no." I wish she just would have said "No."

[VelmaD]

19. Go to your room and don't come out until...

you think you can act decent.

I still think that should qualify as psychological warfare.

DV

[YellowRubberDuckie]

20. "Because I said so..."

This is what parents say when they aren't smart enough to know how to tell a kid no and explain to them why. And if there's no go reason to say no, why are you saying no? My mom was the worst one about this. And I asked her one day, "If you don't have a good reason, why do you say no? It's ridiculous." It pissed her off. Because she was never smart enough to think of a good reason. She just never wanted us to go anywhere, do anything, or make anything of ourselves because she never made anything of herself. I will shoot myself if I ever say that to my child.
Duckie

[Shanty Oilish]

21. Who turned that heat on? Turn off the heat. Put a sweater on.

I'm STILL cold, and nobody tells me #$%& anymore.

Then there's the "eat" words. Eat your vegetables. Eat some more. Try this, try that. Have another. Is that all you're going to eat? Have you eaten anything today? Aren't you hungry?

I'm still not hungry.

Then there's, Pick up some of these books. Which of these books don't you need anymore? Look at all these books. Why do you need more books? Let's get some of these books put away.

Still bookish. :)

[PittPoliSci]

26. i fucking HATE that one!

i got it today! i was so pissed!!! :grr:

[TNDemo]

22. As long as you are living under my roof, with your feet under my table

and clothes on your back you will do as I say.

Aarrgh.

[flamingyouth]

23. "I'm cold - put a sweater on"

My mom said it all the time - I could never make sense of it.

[scarlet_owl]

24. Every time I suggested I should get an allowance,

my father would say "you are getting paid in experience", or "you're getting paid in character". Yeah, dad. Clean your own snake cages why don't ya.

[Kat45]

25. Probably a tie between

"because I said so" and "if everyone else jumped off a bridge...."
I never got the Brooklyn Bridge, just a generic bridge. LOL