Do you do things just because your Mum did?

sillybilly2011

I am trying my hardest not to be my mum! But the more the years go on I say things and realize I am turning into my mother.

Tiglath

I was always told the bath/hairwash/period thing by my Nan (although I took no notice); she always claimed I'd catch a cold. Mind you, she had a loo in a shed at the bottom of the garden (yep, with a cutout bunch of grapes in the wooden door), a gazunder, and a tin bath hanging on the kitchen wall that she boiled saucepans for ... mostly she strip-washed at the kitchen sink. Hot water from a tap was unheard of for her. The only heating was a log fire in the front room, so even in summer it was freezing there when we stayed overnight.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I did things specifically because my mother didn't. And vice versa.

It's a fairly good rule for life, actually, thinking what she would have done and then doing the exact opposite.

LisaLou1982

Ive loved reading this thread!!!

Things i do that mum does:

Cant stand things on the floor. They go in the wardrobe or the washing basket. No exceptions.

No wet towels on the bed under any circumstances

Cupboard doors and drawers should ALWAYS be closed! Cant stand them half open or not shut properly! lol

Rinse plates before they go into the dishwasher

Its only cold in the house when youve got a jumper on and you still feel cold.

The heating goes on no earlier than October (think this is a northern thing!!)

Always add salt to eggs

Always cook in salted water

Neither of us can stand crumbs on the kitchen worksurface!!!

Mum always goes with the dark haired stranger at new year - something ive never followed although i did cry with laughter when she rang me at 3.30am last new year to tell me that shed gotten out of the taxi after her night out, told the taxi driver to get out and walk into the house and then back out again, said Thanks very much, Goodbye! And shut the door!!!

The poor bloke was apparently beweildered!! lol

Jinx

Things I do that my mum did:

Always make enough food to feed the 500
Wear jewellery and perfume every day
Polish my shoes properly
Did used to do the crosses in the brussel sprouts, stopped now though
Full freezer and the odd nicetie in case of visitors
Clean often but REALLY clean when getting visitors - all sparkling
Christmas - my mum LOVES christmas, totally passed this on!
First Footing (we're Scots) dark haired 6ft bloke required each Hogmanay to come bearing coal, shortbread and comes in for a wee dram.

Things she does that I do/did:

Internet dating
MSE bargains!
Will buy nice food to save time instead of being a slave to the stove
Champers for the chef on xmas day as a new tradition

kirstle99

This thread is brilliant!

Some things that my mum does are;

- Clean the house before going on holiday
- Leave open the oven door after it's been used to heat up the kitchen in winter
- Iron towels, dusters, socks, underpants :eek:
- Wash curtains every 3 months

- Never leave the house in the morning without making your bed

- Put your clothes for next day on the radiator so they're warm when you get up in the morning (in winter)

- Peel veg in front of the tv into a plastic bag

- Tidy up toys before sitting down for the evening

(I don't even do half of these)

System

Faerie wrote: »

I also salute magpies for luck like my mum does. If a magpie is alone you have to salute it and say "Good morning/afternoon Mr Magpie and how's your wife?" My boyfriend thinks it's hilarious, I never thought it was strange until he pointed it out. I do it when I'm alone too, I just do a small salute with 1 finger and mutter it under my breath

Ahh i do this too, though i picked it up from my nan I did worry i was the only one so feel a bit less weird knowing someone else does it too!

Ruby_woo

I always say hello to the magpies x

mighty_mondo

brill thread btw! loving it

i do things my mother did but they are more superstitions though so a wee bit off topic -

never put new shoes on a table
don't open an umberella indoors
never ever EVER cut your nails on a sunday!

the last one has had such an impact on me i wont let my wife cut her nails or the baby's even if its needed lol

balletshoes

Judi wrote: »

Smells the same but not as intense. Its a more watered down product though than the vosene i used as a child.

I love the smell of Vosene - Polytar is good and niffy too .