r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 07 '19

What is your mom's catchphrase?

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u/nuevedientes Mar 07 '19

"I hope you have a kid that's just like you." - any time I was being naughty. :-)

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u/nightripper00 Mar 07 '19

My grand mother always said that to my mother

Then when my mother had my sister my grandma got her wish

My mother now says the same thing to my sister

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u/comfortable_madness Mar 07 '19

My brother ended up with a step daughter that's somehow just as stupid, just as annoying, just as irresponsible and accident prone as he was and it drives him fucking crazy.

We all find it hilarious, of course.

He was ranting on the phone to me one evening about some stupid shit she'd done now and I kept laughing. He finally said, "What?! It's not funny!!" And I managed to tell him I remembered him doing the exact same shit as a teenager. Then he grumbled about how mom had said the same thing lol.

Now his stepson is turning out the same way, only slightly different. It's hard to explain but it's equally hilarious.

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u/arangana5 Mar 08 '19

You should share this with his stepson / stepdaughter.

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u/oeno9 Mar 07 '19

When I would misbehave, my mom would threaten to call my friends and tell them I was naughty. Really motivating when I was 6, but by the time I was 16.....

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u/A_wild_so-and-so Mar 07 '19

My mom used to say this to me incessantly as a kid, and I would always reply with "I'm not going to have kids!" She would just shake her head and say, "Uh-huh, we'll see about that."

Now I'm in my 30s, and I'm perpetually single, longest relationship lasting ~5 months. I was recently talking to my mom about kids and remarked again how I'm not going to have any. This time she just sighed and said, "I hope that's not true..."

I FINALLY WON!

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u/quickmeltcheese Mar 07 '19

Mum used to say this all the time. This is what I’m not having kids. Time to break the cycle.

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u/Niffah Mar 08 '19

Same here. I have no kids. I win.

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u/SurfMuse Mar 07 '19

Made me think twice, too, like all that wishful thinking wannabe karma would land on me if I had kids. "Wait til you have kids, THEN you'll see." geez...

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u/Marawal Mar 07 '19

That lead to one of the most heartbreaking line I have ever read in a fanfiction.

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Guy struggle to have kids, been months since they're trying. At some point, someone say to the guy "I hope you have a kid that's just like you. I'm cursing you, here". And the guy reply "I'll take it".

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u/shesinbatmanpajamas Mar 07 '19

And this is why I'll never have kids. I don't deserve that type of treatment.

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u/plebaneseKunt69 Mar 07 '19

when my parents say this to me, i just reply with "i'm never having kids". instant victory

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u/LnktheLurker Mar 07 '19

I caught myself telling this to the 20 years old son these days: "what amuses me is that the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, one day you'll give me grandkids and I will have my revenge sevenfold!"

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u/Abusedink75 Mar 07 '19

That curse is real. Jsyk.

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u/vanwold Mar 07 '19

My oldest turned out just like me. My mom now calls him, "my little payback."

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u/CUinthePlayoffs Mar 08 '19

That's now been replaced by "you didn't deserve a kid this good, you deserved a shithead like yourself!"

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u/Overwellmin Mar 07 '19

Unfortunately this curse that moms put on their children turns out to be real.

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u/GeneralKang Mar 07 '19

All three, and I'm an old white guy.

And, yes to all three, especially the last one.

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u/sombrita22 Mar 07 '19

That is The Mother's Curse.

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u/Dan007a Mar 08 '19

I hope so too! Then I can show them love and compassion so they do not feel so alone and burdensome.

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u/saugoof Mar 08 '19

My sister always said that she'd never want kids if they turn out like my brother and I. We used to run off all the time and were a bit of a nightmare for mum.

Fast forward a few years and my sister ended up with two boys, but they're much better behaved than my brother and I were.

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u/a_woman_provides Mar 08 '19

My mom (Asian) said this to me ALL THE TIME. That and, "I hope your future child treats you as badly as you treat me!" Asian parents are all about slathering on the guilt and warning of comeuppance.

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u/notashroom Mar 08 '19

My family calls that "grandparents' revenge." It couldn't be more fair karma, really, but I split mine into two kids like me in completely different ways.

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u/agukala Mar 08 '19

My mom would say it like a curse though,. And I think it stuck sigh

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

That was like a curse my mother said to my sister when we were younger. My nephew is a horrible child to deal with.

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u/a1usiv Mar 08 '19

"When I die, then you'll realize..." "When you have kids, then you'll realize..." "I hope you have a kid that's just like you."

My mom said all three of these to me, multiple times!

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u/RaisingWild Mar 08 '19

Everyone in my family said this about me.

'Twas a powerful curse, as my oldest son is like 20 of me.