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few weeks ago, the inevitable happened: I turned into my mother.
It happened at Nordstrom Rack where my daughter relentlessly begged for a t-shirt that I refused to buy. "Lily," I calmly said, "I refuse to pay 20 dollars for a shirt that has holes in it. If you want a shirt with holes, go home and rip one that you own."
And then it hit me. My mother had said the exact same thing to me 30 years before. I cried and cried for the acid wash jeans and the holey shirts and she refused. I swore that when I had kids someday, I would buy the trendy clothes for them unlike my mean mother and break this vicious cycle. So, of course, I bought Lily the damn shirt and rolled my eyes the whole time.
Seems I'm not the only one who says things I swore I wouldn't. I posed the question on my Facebook page, and here are my favorite replies. And, yes, I think I've said them all.
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1. Because I said so, that's why!
2. If you make that face for too long, it will stay like that.
3. Life isn't fair, get over it.
4. Go ask your Dad.
5. When I was your age ...
6. I'll give you something to cry about.
7. What part of NO don't you understand?
8. Go away!
9. I'm your mother, not your maid!
10. If you roll your eyes at me again, I'll smack them into next week.
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11. I brought you into this world, I will take you out!
12. Serves you right.
13. Get a grip!
14. I hope you have 10 kids just like you!
15. What's wrong with you???
16. You'll miss me when I'm gone one day, trust me.
17. If you want to act like a little shit, go lay in the yard.
18. You are driving me out of my damn mind.
19. I'm telling your father!
20. Don't make me pull this car over!
21. It's all mine until you're 18, deal with it.
22. I'm not asking you, I'm TELLING you.
23. I don't care what the other kids' parents said, I said no.
24. If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you??
25. I am NOT a referee in this house!
What do YOU say that you swore you never would?
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I also told my kids, " if you don't stop that, I'm gonna knock you into the middle of next week".
my mom always told me " if you dont have anything nice to say , dont say anything at all "
might i add that is the only thing my mother said to me that i said i would tell my children, the rest on the list i said i would never say but i am sure i have said some of them...#17 thats not really something i would ever dream of saying to my children but my husband yup i think i would, just because its one that has shock behind it .
If you wanna act like a lil shit, go roll around in the right side of the yard...where the dogs shit! lol, its ok to laugh doesnt mean people will use it! and if they do, whos to say they are a bad parent? Back in the day you could beat your kid with a belt or switch and that was good old parenting...so what has happened in the last 20-30 years? get a grip people...get a laugh...hahahahahahahaha!
LMAO!!! #17 I'm using soon XD and I have heard all these before from my mother and now I catch myswelf saying them......and yes it's official I HAVE turned into my mother!
If you think swearing at your kids is bad, then you haven't been to high school in a while. They are far worse there then we will ever be, at least we watch what we say to a point. And anyways, its a joke!
If you have a problem with it then start a club and get jackets.
If you are going to die, go dig a hole in the yard. If not, quit your whining.
since my kids have started smart mouthing its "you'll wear your lips on the back side of your head".... they know id never hit them like that, but still stops them for atleast a few minutes lol