Lies My Mother Told Me

[Jazzy1]

How many of these were you told as a child?

 

[hollydolly]

All of them apart from the driving...

 

[Lilac]

A few of them.

As a kid I didn't like butter on my bread for sandwiches & was told that if I didn't have it, my insides would grow together. , I called BS on it even before I knew what BS was as a little kid, .

 

[TeePee]

When getting a spanking, "It's going to hurt me more than you!" When I was a kid, I didn't believe it. Thinking as an adult, it's probably true.

 

[Paladin1950]

If you come in the house on a cold day, take your coat off, or else you'll catch a cold.
If you get warts from touching a toad, bury your clothes in the backyard.
If you pick a scab off a wound, one more scab will come back. If you pick that one off, you'll have a scar for the rest of your life.
If you are looking for a job at a certain place, keep going back and ask them again and again if there are any jobs available. They will get so sick of looking at you, they will hire you, just so they don't have to look at you again. (I eventually reasoned it out that if they hire me, they will have to look at me all the more.)

 

[Coco]

omg. i told my kids that same thing about the job application! It worked for 2 of the kids, they got the jobs, the other one refused to get out of the car when I drove her there. She was the youngest and spoiled.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

When getting a spanking, "It's going to hurt me more than you!" When I was a kid, I didn't believe it. Thinking as an adult, it's probably true.

This certainly wasn’t true in my family

 

[WheatenLover]

My MIL told me that if you touch a 3-legged yellow frog, you will get polio. This is NOT true.

My husband had just turned 2 years old when he caught polio. MIL said it was from that darned yellow frog. Only problem with that is who lets her 2 year old get involved with a frog to begin with. Don't you think the kid should be at least 16?

They were stationed in Texas at the time, and there are yellow (ish) frogs there.

 

[DebraMae]

I can't open the initial attachment so hope I am not being redundant.

If you wash your hair at night you will get sick. If you cross your eyes they can get stuck and stay that way. Cracking or popping your knuckles will cause arthritis.

There is only one true love out there for you.

 

[Jazzy1]

Not sure what happened to the attachment in the OP, but here it is again:

 

[George1959]

If you have a blister from a burn on your hand, put flour or oil on it.
She learned this at her nursing college in the 1950s!
Today everybody knows that you must immediately put cold running water on it for some minutes.

 

[Babs2u]

Not sure what happened to the attachment in the OP, but here it is again:

Thanks. I couldn't open it either.

 

[TeePee]

My mother said, if I ever came home pregnant, she would disown me. I never did, but I know it was a lie. My mother loved everybody and didn't have a vindictive bone in her body. She was just using scare tactics.

 

[oldman]

How about “Lies My Dad Told Me?” Dad told me when I turned 13 his version of the facts of life. By that time, most kids in my group knew a lot about how babies were made and so on. My dad being a military man had no problem talking to me about girls, sex and the things that go with the facts of life. Dad said we needed to have a talk about sex. I asked him what he wanted to know. He gave me that look.

My dad told me that I should never even lie down with a girl because we may end up having sex. I told him it was too late. My date and I laid on the sofa to watch some scary movie and we both fell asleep. Dad said don’t do it again. My dad started out asking me if I knew where babies came from. I said Yes, Sir, the hospital. He said don’t be a wise guy. I told him I knew all about making babies and such. He told me to just keep it in my pants until I was ready to get married. He asked if I understood and I said Yes, Sir.

Back during my time, it was acceptable for guys to pet their girlfriends. My dad said never do that because in most cases it always goes further. You don’t want to be a 16 year old father do you? I said of course not, but I was thinking, “It all depends on what she looks like.” My dad told me I need to go to confession more often. The “sex talk” ended.

 

[gruntlabor]

Eat your toast. Burnt toast makes you sing good.