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do you hear the voice of a parent every time you do a certain task ?

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Floradora9 Fri 30-Dec-22 10:00:16

Once again when I sat down to do a bit of mending I looked through my needles and heard my mother saying " Please thread me a needle and not a dagger " . It never fails .

VioletSky Fri 30-Dec-22 17:25:42

Yes, sadly nothing positive.

I also sometimes hear her voice shouting my name which jolts me out of falling asleep

Callistemon21 Fri 30-Dec-22 17:31:18

My Mum had a proverb (cliche?) for every occasion, all designed to keep us positive and optimistic!!

And - "Are you wearing a vest? You'll catch your death of cold"

Callistemon21 Fri 30-Dec-22 17:33:46

FannyCornforth

TV related.
If the continuity announcer says,

‘Coming up next… (insert title of disapproved of program - probably on ITV)’

I hear the voice of my mom briskly saying,

‘Not in this house it isn’t!’

😂😂😂

We say that although I can't remember my Mum saying it.

allsortsofbags Fri 30-Dec-22 17:42:16

I hear my Mum saying "your head will never save your legs" when I go up or come downstairs without something that needed to be taken up or down.

My Dad when I say to the cat "you make a better door than a window" :-)

My driving instructor (from way too many years ago) saying "red light never stopped a lorry" when I'm at certain traffic lights.

My Gran when I'm really angry and say "Blithering Heck" at times when I want to use some real profanity but it's not a good place to do so. I use it as it was her worsts bad language, bless her.

Thorntrees Fri 30-Dec-22 17:48:51

My Dad used to say’were you born in a barn’ if we left a door open. Mum always insisted on clean undies for church, any appointments and when we had visitors coming,- just in case- of what I’m not sure!.but I do always check everything is as it should be on these occasions- just in case!

25Avalon Fri 30-Dec-22 17:56:02

When I’m driving I hear my Dad’s voice quite often. If there’s a bend I hear him say “slow up for the bend, now accelerate out of it”. In a tight spot he would tell me to “stop and let the other person do the driving”. If there is some idiot tail driving I hear “ let him go by.”

Yammy Fri 30-Dec-22 18:02:23

Mainly, my father, his work was to do with safety and he applied it to his home as well.
Cold before hot water in a sink etc, always turn pan handles towards the worktops, DH often forgets that one with dire results.
The one that kept me going was,' The man who never made a mistake, never made anything".
My mother was the clean underwear one, I still can't wear anything twice. Once when on holiday we realised I had forgotten DDs knickers. They had listened to granny as well, I had to go into a very old-fashioned Drapery shop in Scotland and ask for 14 pairs of knickers, which were promptly binned when we got home.smile

Wyllow3 Fri 30-Dec-22 18:16:47

Yes, a mixture of positive and negative:

the former have served me well ("do as you would be done by" "if its worth doing it's worth doing well" and her general belief that if something is wrong in society one must right the wrong - and it can be done, and that we are all equal and never let people put you down social class wise, "speak up and tell the truth" -

the latter, not so well "You're your own worst enemy" "chin up, darling" (unsuitable as was saying "pull yourself together" to a depressive), "you're over sensitive" and thinking she knew me better than I did.

lixy Fri 30-Dec-22 18:25:04

My Dad - 'f h b' - meaning 'family hold back' when visitors arrived unexpectedly so we had to stretch a meal further than intended.

Jaberwok Fri 30-Dec-22 18:33:30

Oh yes, I often hear my stepfather saying 'lights on all over the house !! as I wearily turn off said lights! Also, 'Don't go empty handed '(upstairs, but WE live in a bungalow!) My mother? 'Ignoring it won't make it go away' (illness!) 'Chins must be kept up at all times! Wrap up warm darling, you don't want to catch cold. This was said to me till my mother died and I was over 40! Oh, and 'Don't put it down, put it away!' I do miss them.

CanadianGran Fri 30-Dec-22 18:41:37

Ha, I just told my grandson at Christmas dinner "your eyes are bigger than your stomach", a saying that my mother used to say. He couldn't finish his plate that he had piled high.

ExperiencedNotOld Fri 30-Dec-22 19:46:35

Not a parent, but for the past 55 years, every time I dry a sharp knife, I hear the voice of my brown owl telling me to hold the blade away from your hand.

JackyB Fri 30-Dec-22 20:00:01

Using anything sharp, my father's words always come to mind: "Always cut towards your chum, Never cut towards your thumb"

My mother told me to iron tablecloths in the form of an "M" and napkins in the shape of an "N" - advice I rarely need these days! She also taught me that root vegetables start in cold water and the others in boiling water.

I always think of her when I have a half a grapefruit which is a bit pointy and cut off the point to give it a flat bottom to balance on!

I do actually hear her saying to anyone who starts a conversation without taking their coat off "Aren't you staying?"

At the typewriter she always did as she was taught at school: three spaces after a full stop, two after a comma. I learnt two and one, 40 years later, and always wondered when it changed.

BrightandBreezy Fri 30-Dec-22 20:10:46

My dear mam if she thought I looked a mess...'you look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards 🤔

ExperiencedNotOld Fri 30-Dec-22 20:13:39

“root vegetables start in cold water and the others in boiling water”
I repeated this just the other day!

Callistemon21 Fri 30-Dec-22 20:38:26

allsortsofbags

I hear my Mum saying "your head will never save your legs" when I go up or come downstairs without something that needed to be taken up or down

I can hear my Mum saying "Will you fetch ........ from upstairs for me - your legs are younger than mine"

Wyllow3 Fri 30-Dec-22 20:49:59

yes to the "dont put it down put it away" AND "dragged through a hedge backwards.* And Dad, "put wood in't hole.

Casdon Fri 30-Dec-22 21:01:26

When she was surprised by anything my nana always said ‘Well, I’ll go to our house!’ No idea why, and I’ve never said it myself, but I think of her saying it when something happens.

MissAdventure Fri 30-Dec-22 21:16:15

"Oi! Pack that up your head will cave in" if "some person" was caught picking her nose. blush

joannapiano Fri 30-Dec-22 21:18:53

Every time I fry an egg I hear my Dad screaming at me as I broke the yolk on the one I was cooking for his tea.(I was about 10. )

pinkprincess Fri 30-Dec-22 21:36:33

At the end of everyday, when I am sitting down, I can hear my mother saying ''Someone bring me a coffee made with milk please''She would say this every day when she eventually sat down on an evening. It was her version of a latte,a cup full of hot milk with a teaspoon of instant coffee stirred in.
When ever we asked our grandmother if she would be going to any event her stock reply was ''I will be there if The Lord spares me''

Jaberwok Fri 30-Dec-22 21:52:32

Yes I remember, Eyes bigger than tum! and, drawn through a hedge bqckwards!

NanKate Fri 30-Dec-22 21:57:41

My dad would often say ‘You haven’t washed your neck’ and he was usually right. 😏

AussieGran59 Fri 30-Dec-22 22:29:54

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BigBertha1 Fri 30-Dec-22 22:35:41

My dad says 'it'll be alright'.