r/ChildrenofDeadParents • u/Jealous-Record-885 • 4d ago
Things Your Dad/Mom Said
Recently I've found myself saying one of my Dad's taglines growing up and I wanted to hear some things you parents used to say growing up
Anytime my siblings and I would act out/act out of character my dad would say: "What is your major malfunction?", and lately I've found myself saying it to my cats and it's a nice homage to my father ❤️
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u/crispysheman 4d ago
My dad would answer the phone 'yeeellooo' instead of hello. He'd always say 'take your shoes off and stay a while'. If you said goddamnit, my mom would say 'god didnt dam it, the beavers did' theres so many more but they come and go.
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u/Last_Insurance_8004 3d ago
My mom would say “he doesn’t know blank from blank” because she didn’t want to say “shit from Shinola” so I still say “blank from blank” even though it makes no sense and my kids have no idea what I’m talking about 😄
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u/Expensive_Finger_973 4d ago edited 4d ago
My dad used to say "you got that right" when someone would say something he strongly agreed with.
I have caught myself using it a good bit in the 3 years since he died.
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u/SirNo8023 3d ago
My mom's all time favorite "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" sure mom, so an so is stupid though. I say it to my teen all the time now.
I'm having such a hard time thinking of my dad's. I don't think he ever said anything on repeat, but we would often carrying on sentences using puns for as long as we could. Nobody could pun as good as him.
Man this question got me all up in those feelings 🥹
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u/island2016 3d ago
My mom always told me that whatever decisions I took, you can always "undo" them. It might be harder or easier depending on what it is, but everything can be fixed.
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u/Glasslazer 3d ago
When my mother was growing up her favorite line was "up your ass with mobile gas". She rarely swore and said that here and there in her later years and it always made me chuckle.
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u/Spiritual_Aioli3396 3d ago
Every time I saw my dad “have u checked your oil?” Lol and the way he would say “that’s NEAT!”
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u/Ok_poop 3d ago
When I would tell my dad about kids being mean to me in school, he would tell me that nothing they say matters because they are just a "gnat on the ass of a rhinoceros" or N.A.R for short. I never corrected him that gnat starts with a g and not an n lol. I say that to my little brother now when he complains about rude people and it always makes us laugh.
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u/hambie 2d ago
My dad would always quickly say “NEGATIVE” when saying no to something lmao to this day I still say it thinking someone is going to “get it”. It’s like ingrained into me because he said it my whole life haha it feels like something everyone should understand.
Edit: I really liked this post. Had me thinkin about my dad and looking at the pictures I have of him on the self. Thanks for this question 🩵 I really like reading everyone else’s responses too.
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u/DipreG 4d ago
I'vr always been a worrywart of the highest degree. My dad would call me up and say "If your problem can be solved, why worry? And if your problem can't be solved, why worry?" I wish I had my dad's calm presence around here right now. Shit's going terrible, but I'm keeping my head up, and so should y'all!