Things my Mother taught me

[qwertyMike]

"Manners maketh the man"

"A Man's Hair is his Crowning Glory"

"Learn to Dance"

"Elocution"

Margaret died 1961

[wildhorses]

1. Rest In Peace, Margaret

She sounds like one cool woman....

:hug:

[qwertyMike]

3. Jeez I wasn't crying for synpathy

Just wondering what yer MaMa advised you.

Oh she also said "Don't mind your dad, he's from Barcelona""

[wildhorses]

6. well, my Mom is one of those really booksmart people

without a lick of common sense

the original dumb blonde if you will...

but, she has a very a kind, gentle and generous heart.

She told me

1. If I don't like it, put it on the side of your plate and ignore it.

2. If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything.


:shrug:

[qwertyMike]

9. Hey, my nother was no genuis

She worked in a Linen Mill in Belfast - Remember Irish Linen?
My Dad worked in the shipyards - Remember Titanic? Actually that was my Granda

She wanted out of the slums and after the 1945 war we got it.

The elocution was to get rid of my street accent. Mike

[qwertyMike]

5. She was

I was 16.
It wasn't my purpose to elict symapthy, just remember the good times.
Thanks

[wildhorses]

7. gotcha...hugs are free

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

2. Wise woman she was.

The only one there i missed was "learn to dance"

(I was born in 1961)

RL

[qwertyMike]

4. 1945

And she was right - about the dancing.
Got laid 0 times

But I learned to Jive

[RetroLounge]

12. Got laid a lot in the 80's with girls from the dance clubs

but somehow i think it had more to do with alcohol than my dance moves :rofl:

RL

[davsand]

8. Pretty Is as pretty does.

She'd say that whenever some young lady was being mean or hateful.

She also introduced me to one of my favorite sayings to this day: "It isn't who's right--its who's LEFT (when its finished.)"

I hope I can do just half the job as a mom that she's done.


Laura

[Ptah]

10. If you break your leg,

don't come running to me.

[LeftyMom]

11. "Buy two pounds of butter. If you haven't opened the second box before

(thanksgiving) dinner is done, you're doing it wrong." -My Mom, November 1999