56 Things All Mums Love to Say

Just Like My Mother Used to Say:

21. “Don’t make me come over there!”

22. “Because I said so! That’s why!”

23. “This will hurt me more than it will hurt you!”

24. “Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about!”

25. “Beds are not made for jumping on!”

26. “How many times do I need to tell you…”

27. “Go ask your father.”

28. “‘Because’ is not an answer to a question.”

29. “If you’re too sick to go to school, you’re too sick to watch tv.”

30. “If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times….”

31. “Look at me when I’m talking to you!”

32. “Say that again and I’ll wash your mouth out with soap!”

33. “What do you think? Money grows on trees?”

34. “We’ll see” (means no!)

35. “Your room looks like a brothel/pig sty/rubbish tip”

36. “Throw your rubbish in the bin, not on the floor. The floor is not a garbage tip.”

37. “You can’t find it? Well if you put things where they belonged you wouldn’t have this problem now, would you!”

Sibling-Related Mum Sayings:

38. “Two wrongs don’t make a right!”

39. “I don’t care who started it – I’m finishing it!”

40. “Can you please leave each other the f*ck alone!”

41. “You go to your room. You go to your room. Don’t come out until I tell you!”

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