Momisms: I Can't Believe I Said That!

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Because I said so that's why!

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Jackie M added this item on February 25, 2010

Laura S voted on February 25, 2010

Michelle T commented on February 25, 2010 - Yes, got this one too.

Jessie H voted on February 25, 2010

Jessie H commented on February 25, 2010 - Yep, this is mine too. It used to infuriate me when my mom would say this but now I find myself saying it almost daily to my three year old!

Gina B voted on February 25, 2010

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Julia N commented on February 25, 2010 - Me too! Sometimes an explanation shouldn't be neccessary. (But I didn't understand that when I was a kid!)

Donna E commented on February 25, 2010 - You say it when an explanation shouldnt be necessary Ie I told you to do it, so cowboy up and just do it. also, used when I just dont feel like getting into the arguement... lol

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Loretta D commented on February 25, 2010 - Yes I say that too!!!!!

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Shawna G commented on February 25, 2010 - I remember the first time I said this, I had to call my mom as soon as could and tell her :) Mine was "Because I'm the Mother and I said so!"

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Melissa B commented on February 27, 2010 - Didn't we all hate that when our parents said it?!? But sometimes it seems like the only answer we can think of - or the only one that will get them to stop asking why!

Heather S voted on February 28, 2010

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The Mamagirl M commented on February 28, 2010 - OK I would cringe when I heard this one. Oh boy... I would think to myself I am never going to say that to my kids because it makes no sense! Guess what? I am the mom so....

Diane H commented on March 1, 2010 - yes I use this one as well.

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Tanna commented on May 28, 2010 - I heard this so much as a child that I honestly believed I would never ever say this to my children...I was wrong :(

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Momisms: I Can't Believe I Said That!

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Because I said so that's why!

"You have nothing to cry about. If you want something to cry about, I'll give you something to cry about." It was my Moms warning to get under control or expect a spanking. We learned quickly to heed the warning.

" I don't care who started it, I'm finishing it!" My mom would tell my brothers and I that one, and now I find myself saying it when kids fight.

"You think I didn't see that? I have eyes all over my body!"

I tell my kids that if they get out of their car seats while going down the road, that a police officer will put mommy in jail and then they won't have anyone to make cookies for them anymore. (To reinforce this I had a friend that is an officer tell them

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I never thought I'd be one if those counting moms! I believed that my kids would follow instructions the first time given! Yeah right! Now I find myself saying, "1...2....... If I get to 3 you're gonna get it!"

When the kid says "Its not fair!' I say "Lifes not fair, kid. Get used to it."

If you fall and break your leg dont come running to me!!!!

"this is why we can't have nice things" and yesterday I said "Don't make me pull this car over"

Go ahead - do it again - see what happens - I dare you. Works like a charm!!

"Find something to do OR I will find something for you"!~My Mom, and we always new it would involve cleaning something:)

Look with your eyes, not with your hands

Let's see I think my favorite one is "If you're not bleeding stop crying!"

"well go put more clothes on and you won't be cold anymore"

Callling your children by their entire name. My mom used to do that and when she did, I knew I was in trouble. This works so well on my kids, they both stop whatever they are doing and think about what they could possibly have done wrong. I LOVE IT!!!

Just wait until your father gets home!

One that was used on us & that I use frequently that my kids can't stand is - K-"What's for dinner?" M-"Food." K-"What kind of food?" M-"The kind you eat." K-"What kind is that?" M-"The good kind/ The kind I'm making" and so on .... kids hate it! LOL

"It's a GOOD thing you're CUTE!!!" is my favorite for any time my 3 year old daughter does something that makes me want to pull out my hair.

Where are we going? "It is on a need to know basis and you don't need to know." Our two sons hated it when we would tell them this.

After hearing the 50th "Mooo-oommm!" in one day from three kids, I finally broke and yelled, "I'm changing my name and I'm NOT going to tell any of you what it is!"

"Mom where are you going?" answer, "Crazy". It used to drive me nuts, now I find myself saying it all the time...

Don't do war with me- you'll loose every time! (My own moms quote- applicable during the teenage years. It worked beacuse my sister and I didn't argue with her to much:) )

When child is complaining about leaving a fun place: "If we don't leave, we can't come back another time" Hmmmm, makes them stop and think.

Do as I say, not as I do! I used to HATE that one and now I find myself saying it.

I actually still hate these kinds of phrases from my mom and dad when growing up so I try really hard not to use any of them - except one. It pains me to event write it here but I say, "We'll see." A lot. Ugh!

"Don't make me take my shoe off!!" I don't even know what I'd do with my shoe but neither do they....

My kids' favorite is one I accidentally invented. Frustrated in the car one day at their fighting, I couldn't decide whether to yell "Stop it!" or "Knock it off!" Instead I yelled "SNOCK IT OFF!!" Teenagers now, they still use it against me. :)

Dont make me come back there!

"Your face is going to freeze like that." It irked me when my mother tried to make me smile when I was trying to be mad at her...my kids hated it too.

"I have eyes in the back of my head." I remember totally believing this when my mom would say it. I haven't said it yet because my son is too young, but I am already planning on using it!!! :)

When my Mother got tired of hearing the constant "Mom!" from my brothers and me, she would say "I'm not your Mother, I'm your babysitter! Your Mom just hasn't come to get you yet, and she owes me a fortune!"

If I have to stop this car your in BIG trouble!

DO YOU WANT A SPANKING!?!?! I swore I would never ask that question, yet i ask my 3 yr old son that ALL the time. Usually, he decides that whatever he is doing is just not worth a spanking. :)

If you wake me up there better be 1.bright sunlight coming through your window or 2. house on fire or 3.large amounts of body fluids escaping from your body that you can't stop otherwise nobody is going to be a happy camper!

I brought you into this world and I can take you out!!!

I call my children by their middle names when they are pushing it and as soon as they hear it they know to pay attention!!!

"I will turn this car around if you don't stop (fill in the blank)" :-)

"Quit crying or I'll give you something to cry about!" My sister used to say to her kids ALL the time & I swore I never would! Thank God I haven't...but I have been tempted!

"Pay attention to what I mean...not what I say"

I actually said the other day, "If you can't wrestle nicely, don't wrestle at all!" I think the phrase my mom used was, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all," but since I have boys, they do more touching than talking.

If mommas not happy - nobodys gonna be happy!

Are YOU the Mom or am I the Mom?

When we kids whined that we were thirsty, our dad used to say "Open up your mouth and I will spit into it." Shut us up pretty quick. I found it IS rather effective on my 6 year old, too! Couldn't believe I said it, but there you go!

Because I am the Mom and you are the Kid, that's why.

I have not said this and I hope not to but my mom (to this day) says "Oh, get over it". Apparently it's a pretty useful phrase because it is used quite often and under numerous sets of circumstances.

I love you but , I just dont like you right now.

Our family of seven loves camping, so I was looking through a flyer for Dick's a sporting goods store with camp gear. So many items we needed were in the flyer on sale so I blurted out " I love Dick's"...my husband laughed so hard, I was so embarrassed!

My mom used to say im going to change my name to sh** and ur not allowed to say that when we would mommy her to dealth. I swore i would never say it!! guess what, i use it all the time, lol

just because

No Blood, No Bandaid! or When my 5 yr old complains every morning that a different body part hurts I say, " Lets go get a butter knife and cut it off!" It makes her laugh and most of the time the mystery pain goes away.

Kid :"I'm Thirsty" Parent: "Hi thirsty, I'm Friday! Come over Saturday, we'll have a Sunday"...My dad used to drive me crazy w/this!

Tonight, I had to finally break down and mention the starving children in Africa. I heard it so much as a kid that it took me three times to actually say it out loud - even though it was totally appropriate. Karma.

"Don't talk to me like that! I am your mother!" my mom said that a lot to us but it never worked on us.

Don't make me come over there(even if they are next to me)-if used right can defuse a tantrum because its funny but if i have the "mom" face it gets them moving. "Do i look like your maid" only works for now. my sarcastic 4 year old will catch on.

Once, I had had enough of my kids yelling at each other over some toy, I yelled out "Stop yelling!" I had to laugh, obviously do as I say, not as I do.

YOU KEEP LEAVING YOUR LIGHT ON AND ONE DAY YOU NOT GONNA HAVE ONE! (I THINK I CHANLED MY FATHER ON THAT ONE).

I have a 20 year old stepson and I told him once..."I was your age once" when he was trying to pull one over his dad and I...

I brought you in this world and I can take you out!!

"I brought you into this world and I can take you out just as fast!" got that one a few times growing up!

My dad use to always say this to us when we got scrapes & bruises "It will feel better when it quits hurting" - The first time I told my son that, it dawned on me that it was a DUH statement....lol

"I will turn this car around!" or "Don't make me pull this car over!" My mother said both to us frequently. I have had to pull my van over on the side of the road to deal with arguments more than once.

If you're friend told you to jump off a cliff would you do THAT?

An allowance - heck no, I'm not paying you to be my child!

When my 2 year old daughter WOULD NOT leave daycare for anything, I said to her "Do you want me to spank your bottom when we get home?" I NEVER have spanked her and don't believe in it. Also, I can't believe I said that when she didn't want to leave!

If you do that one more time, I am going to stop the car and you can walk home. It does not work and they want to walk home! Or I am calling the FBI and they can get the fingerprints to find out who broke/did this.

I find myself saying to my teenagers ,"When you pay the bills , thats when you can break the rules ."

Driving crazily when we didn't wear a seatbelt. When growing up, my mom did this all the time. We'd look at each other and yell, "ALL RIGHT!! WHICH MORON ISN'T WEARING IT!!!" I find myself doing it frequently with my friends children. *rolls eyes*

"If you get hurt, you're going to get spanked." That was actually my dad's saying for when I was playing on or around something that I had been advised not to. My mom used to say "monkey see; monkey do" when my sisters would leave their clothes around.

"Don't make me stop this car!!!"

I've recently found myself telling my 2 year old mini me "You think you can have an attitude. When you start paying some bills, then you can have an attitude!"

If you keep whining about bedtime you can sleep outside!

Don't you hate it when someone is a smart aleck when you can't find something? I find my self saying...." Well, If you had put your shoes by the door, like I TOLD you to, you'd KNOW where they are right now." uggh, I'm a jerk!

Go ask your mother/father...they wore me out running back and forth!

Anytime she gets in trouble, or I have to yell at her......"Trust me=This hurts me worse than it hurts you! It makes me crenge everytime I tell her that because I never believed my mother when she told it to me.

"It's Time" I have always been lazy to get up from bed in the morning, my son is kind of the same way.... I hate it when my mother came into my room and would say..... "It's time" I'm guilty, I've said it twice to my son....

Don't look at me in that tone of voice

Driving crazily when we didn't wear a seatbelt. When growing up, my mom did this all the time. We'd look at each other and yell, "ALL RIGHT!! WHICH MORON ISN'T WEARING IT!!!" I find myself doing it frequently with my friends children. rolls eyes