Re: back in my day!

I don't know if this one was unique to my mother but she said it often to my older brother who was a right poser. "If you look in that mirror any longer you might see the devil looking over your shoulder". Her way of telling him he was vain

Re: back in my day!

Mothers can say some cruel things, intentionally or unintentionally.

My Mother never said 'come here so I can give you a slap' she knew she would have to catch me first.

The one thing that sticks in my mind that I said and regretted to my daughter was when she dropped some of her food on the floor while eating her dinner.

I said 'ok now you can get down and lick it up', I then went to get a dust pan and brush from a cupboard and when I came back she was licking her dinner off the floor, so I shouted 'what are you doing licking the dirty floor' and realised too late she had taken me seriously when I had been joking, she was only about 3 and I did feel bad. She was actually a very tidy and good eater bless her.