What is the best advice your mom ever gave you?

[worm761]

My grandma always said "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"

I agree with just because you can doesn't mean you should. This applies to so many things.

 

[wdw4us2]

My Mom passed away when I was 17. I remember her telling me "Be strong and never let people take advantage of you." I've followed that advice my entire life.

 

[mjkacmom]

I TOTALLY agree with your Grandmother. I would say that it does also extend to manners and such.

I used to believe that about dogs! Then, I had twins, and ds LOVED dogs, dd was TERRIFIED of dogs! She's 7, and still a little cautious. The rest of us love them.

 

[EMom]

1. Men are like buses. If you miss out on one, there will be another one coming around the corner any minute.

2. No matter how bad you have it, someone has it worse. (We had it bad, so that one was used a lot. )

3. This one was from both parents. If you want to be a SAHM, that's great. Nothing wrong with that. But get an education so that if you needed to work, you could support yourself and your kids. You never know what may happen in the future. (Note: The aforementioned "we had it bad.")

 

[nrsldy]

My mother passed away when I was 29 yo. I remember she always told me to "Rat Hole" money for a rainy day. I have always had a stash of cash for the unexpected.

 

[kaffinito]

My Mom's best advice to me: "this is what makes it taste good" when showing me how to cook. I've never forgotten that. She passed in June 2007.

My Dad's best advice? "Keep your head out of your a$$" . He passed in October 2008.

 

[PebblesMK]

When I was 19, my daughter was born and my mom said that from that day forward, life would pass by very quickly and I should live my life so that one day I didn't look back and have regrets...to cherish the time with my child. I didn't believe her and it wasn't until my daughter was about 6 or 7 did I realize what she had meant. HOLY CATFISH DOES TIME FLY! I take those words to hear a lot more now and I really focus on spending time with my daughter and creating memories and loving who she is becoming each and every day. I also cherish time with my 20 month old niece like you wouldn't believe.

 

[klacey1]

Working hard doesn't guarantee anything, but that's no excuse not to work hard.

 

[Disney Doll]

This too shall pass.

There is always someone worse off than you.

 

[cm8]

Forgive others for things that they have done to you, let it go and hand them over to the Lord for handling.

 

[crz4mm2]

You collect more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It happens for a reason and everything works out in the end.

 

[EclecticWAHM]

My mom has given me a lot of good advice, but IMO the best advice was to marry my best friend. I'm SO glad I took that advice to heart and did just that. Mom and Dad are best friends and are getting ready to celebrate 50 years married. Dh and I just had our 16th anniversary and I can absolutely see us getting to 50 and beyond!

 

[Mrs.Toad]

Lots of great advice here!

My late Grandmother gave me the best advice regarding raising children and it is so true!

"Your child will act the way you expect him to act."

She did not mean this in regards to manners, she meant it more in regards to - "Oh, he won't eat that!" or "He is afraid of dogs" and the like.

I agree with this, too, and have to extend it to other people. When dd1 was little, it took her a little while to warm up to new people, and so many people would say "oh, is she shy?" No, she isn't shy, but you are going to make her shy by saying that!

My Dad's best advice? "Keep your head out of your a$$" . He passed in October 2008.

Love it!

My favorite advice from my mom, and the bit I assume she felt was most important because she said it on her death bed, was simply to "have fun". And I do.

 

[Aisling]

"Get out of my house!"

I did, and it was the best thing I ever did!!!!!!!

 

[TheBigBadWolf]

"If you have to use credit cards, pay them in full each month. You don't want to be paying for a bathing suit in December that you bought in July".

This is one bit of motherly advice that I have always used. It's helped keep me debt free!

 

[Freyja]

Go with your gut feeling.

from everything from clothes to jobs. your conscience is almost always right.

This is the exact same thing I was going to write. My mom always listened to her gut feeling and refused to explain in such situations why she did/chose/acted so and so. She always said there must be a reason for why we have a gut feeling in the first place. I whole heartedly agree!

 

[DawnCt1]

1. There are worst things than being alone. (which went with the following advice)
2. If you hang around stupid people, you may end up doing stupid things.

 

[Acklander]

the best advice I ever got from my mom was on marriage. She said, "give in 90% of the time, but save that 10% for what's really important to you." I guess that's her way of saying don't sweat the small stuff. And she was right, if it's not that big of a deal I'll give in, but DH knows that if I'm holding firm, that it's important to me, so during those times he's happy to give in to me, even if he doesn't agree with me.

I just asked DS10 what was the best advice I ever gave him and he said it was to face his challenges. go figure. So for all the parents out there ask your kids and see what they come up with

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

There was one thing I won't share--but I felt it was the best advice.

As for everything else--I learned a lot--but mostly it is life lessons one what not to do.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

"always have on clean underwear"



No seriously, that is what she was concerned about. If we left the house "do you have on clean underwear?" Whenever Bill Cosby did a bit about it years later, I was crying with hysterical laughter.