Impressions your parents made.

[Hatred]

I just had lunch and this topic occurred to me as something that would be interesting to hear.
I ordered a huge plate of Orange Chicken and took the fortune cookie out of the bag.
This thought ran through my mind.
"You can't eat the fortune cookie til after the meal,and if you do not eat all of your meal, your fortune won't come true."

What are some things that are programmed to run through your mind that were put there by your parents?

I'll get this one out of the way:
"If I keep playing with this thing I'll go blind."

Discuss.

[midee1]

My mother used to always say "don't do as I do, Do as I say" That really made no sense as a teen but now I tend to do the same to my kids. That makes for a great roll model eh?

[Unholy]

May parents always told me that I was fat, and now I want to kill them.

[getfit]

my parents always told me they loved me everyday :)

[Roark]

"life's not fair"

[Organichu]

"Fags and negroes aren't real people".

I'm luckily old enough and developed enough to escape their sphere of influence.. but this is what they would have had me embrace. I suppose that I can only hope that my eventual wife's family maintains a more.. acceptable ethical doctrine.

[raniali]

for the longest time i couldn't shop at Sears. my dad had bad customer service, oh maybe, 25 yrs ago, and as a kid i was brain-washed to believe i would rot in the fires of hell if i even looked in their doors. it took many years of intensive therapy to banish this misconception. i no longer break out in hives when flipping thru their circular ads.

[Hatred]

So far ,Raniali is the only one to conform to the theme.
What things do you subconsciously think at the prompting of certain things?

[Roark]

well i guess you didn't communicate your "theme" too clearly in the original post

you said: "What are some things that are programmed to run through your mind that were put there by your parents?"

and i said: "life's not fair"

that's what my dad always said. and so i say it.

when someone says "that's not fair"

the obvious reply is "well, life's not fair"

[Beast]

What things do you subconsciously think at the prompting of certain things?
My dad is a health nut and when I was younger I was always out of shape. Everytime he saw me eating something unhealthy, he would ask, "What are you trying to do, kill yourself?" Of course, he would only say it if my mom wasn't around to hear him.
That will always be in my mind, and I find myself saying it to my family and friends. It's good in that it prompts me to eat healthier in general, but it was bad because it hurt my self-esteem when I was younger.

[Hatred]

well i guess you didn't communicate your "theme" too clearly in the original post

you said: "What are some things that are programmed to run through your mind that were put there by your parents?"

and i said: "life's not fair"

that's what my dad always said. and so i say it.

when someone says "that's not fair"

the obvious reply is "well, life's not fair"
Apparently I need to work on my clarity, and realize that things need to be simplified and dumbed down as much as possible to ensure all will grasp the concept.

Of course, most would infer the theme by my given example.

Upon review.
You grasped the concept but did not give what situation or stimuli exacted the response initially.



Only one thing remains to be said......












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[MixmasterNash]

What about palm shaped impressions on my ass?

[Roark]

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[BigCorey75]

Mother: "If you dont stand for nothing you'll fall for anything"


Dad: "Boy I brought you in this world and i can take you out, and can make another one look just like you"



such a wonderful child hood

[Built]

Mom: "You're the best thing I ever did."

Dad: "Nostalgia is just memory with the pain removed".

Dunno if there's a connection between those two...

[twm]

I had a great childhood. Too bad being old ****ing sucks - being naive and young is something I can wish I savored more at the time. Big regret for 23, eh? :P

[MrWebb78]

I can't look at coupons in the paper without thinking of my mom. She always has/had a million coupons for worthless crap. She would drive 30 miles just to save 35 cents on a bag of whatever. No matter where we go out to eat, this very day, she will say "oh I have a coupon here!"

[galileo]

My mother told me when I was very young that snakes were the devil. When I was 12 I saw a snake and had a panic attack which, much to my chagrin, wasn't the best defense against the devil.

[Focused70]

If I continue to be a joto, I'll never experience the radiance of Almighty God.

Obviously that line didn't work. ;)

Stash

[TwiloMike]

My father often says "You get what you pay for" which has resulted in my complete distrust of anything free and a personal quest for the best.

[AllUp]

My father often says "You get what you pay for" which has resulted in my complete distrust of anything free and a personal quest for the best.
LOL.
Same here from my mum, if somethings free, it always makes me question WHY it's free (probably defective, or came from somewhere questionable)... I usually reject free things -unless it's 455. :D

[Rock]

My dad always told me that men always have an agenda, if they become a shrink, they what to see children naked, claiming they only want to see how they wash them selves. He told me women dont want respect that I do, so therefor it doesnt matter for the pretty girl in class if she doesnt know how many continents there are, she thinks its cute not to know and will only giggle. A priest is a child fecker and naked tribal men who swim in lakes will also urinate in the lake.

This is what he told me among other things.

I also learned from a very early age that there are no such thing as an induvidual, but a type of human, and each type has many many, and there are 100-200types or something. mens only goal is to terminate men, and now I agree.

Crazy stuff, but my mother was worse, she would talk about hanging communists loudly infront of me when I was a child, and how some socialist people cheated her in a line once at a university, and she is one of the top cancer scientists in the world, so she isnt like primivite or anything.

[galileo]

You live in a completely different world than I, Rock.

[Rock]

yes I live in a cold communist nation and I cant get laid.

damnit, I should be in Florida listening to kokomo by the beach boys and driving a sports car.

[BCC]

I've taken everything they've told me with a grain of salt until I formulated my own opinion.

I have never been the type of person to just agree with my parents because they're my parents. I never cared much for kids that shared all their parents political/social/religious/parenting views just because that's what they have been told. And it's a good thing, because I actually think I have helped my parents to become better more objective people.

[Rock]

same here, my father and mother are now bodybuilding fans and they want me to go as far as I can. But before, they were sceptical and didnt like it much.

[galileo]

yes I live in a cold communist nation and I cant get laid.

damnit, I should be in Florida listening to kokomo by the beach boys and driving a sports car.

Ha!

Trust me, living in the US won't help that much for getting laid. I'd suggest Australia, they seem to be all freaky down unda.

[AllUp]

I'd suggest Australia, they seem to be all freaky down unda.
:thumbup:

[Hatred]

Rock. Noone actually listens to the Beach boys anymore.

[Rock]

I do, I appreciate good music, with good lyrics, not just a bunch of *******s poorly raised screaming ugly words about women and how bad they are.

[Tryska]

my folks are the reason i'm a liberal feminist today - with an active interest in current affairs.

[Relentless]

every time I don't put something away, I hear my father's voice,
"A place for everything and everything in its place".
Then I put it away instead of leaving it lying on the floor/sofa/whatever.

[smalls]

I've taken everything they've told me with a grain of salt until I formulated my own opinion.

I have never been the type of person to just agree with my parents because they're my parents. I never cared much for kids that shared all their parents political/social/religious/parenting views just because that's what they have been told. And it's a good thing, because I actually think I have helped my parents to become better more objective people.


Actually I agree with this.
Now that I have grown a bit and my parents have become more open minded I can say there are no two people on this earth I respect more or owe more too than my parents. At this point I would do pretty much anything my parents asked me to simply because they asked, and their my parents, but that had to be earned by both parties.

Almost every time I say goodbye to someone I have to hold my tounge from saying "remember who you are" My father used to say that everytime we walked out the door, so I got it tattoed on my back so I'd never forget, he wasnt too excited, lol.

Remember who you are.

[galileo]

Almost every time I say goodbye to someone I have to hold my tounge from saying "remember who you are" My father used to say that everytime we walked out the door, so I got it tattoed on my back so I'd never forget, he wasnt too excited, lol.

Remember who you are.

Did you get "Remember who you are" tattooed on your back or did you get who you are tattoed on your back? If the latter, then you're going to have a hard time seeing it without a series of mirrors. :eek:

[Rock]

who are you?

[TwiloMike]

Some more impressions my parents made on me:
1- Working your butt off pays off.
2- If you were born in a country that hates you- move at first opportunity and if you have a head on your shoulders and you work your butt off it will pay off.
3- Never count on others and work your butt off- it will pay off.
4- Don't let others decide what is good for you- make your own decisions, own your decisions, work your butt off and you will be well off.

[smalls]

Did you get "Remember who you are" tattooed on your back or did you get who you are tattoed on your back? If the latter, then you're going to have a hard time seeing it without a series of mirrors. :eek:

I got who I am on my back, and trust me others remind me enough as it is. Plus I'm narcassistic enough to see it quite often in mirrors.

[galileo]

I got who I am on my back, and trust me others remind me enough as it is. Plus I'm narcassistic enough to see it quite often in mirrors.

Yeah, but it looks like this -

[smalls]

Touche.
LOL, but I didnt put an internet pseudonym.

[Hatred]

my folks are the reason i'm a liberal feminist today - with an active interest in current affairs.
So what is it that makes the thought"I'm a liberal feminist with an active interest in current affairs"? go through your head?
A kick in the shins? While you are putting something away, like Callahan?

[Tryska]

well a couple of things my folks taught me - (and mind they come from a culture which is pretty repressive to females)

That being a good christian doesn't mean you go to church every sunday and thump the bible at every opportunity - it means doing good works, standing up for what's right, and choosing that right-hand path whenever it's presented - to me that's at the heart of my liberalism. Most importantly they showed this by their actions - not drumming it into my head.

Something they did drum into my head was that a woman can do anything she aspires to do, i am smart enough, i am capable enough, and i better damn well seize every opportunity to make my mark on this earth.


and lastly - every night, when we sat down to dinner - the entire family watched the news and discussed current affairs. our views on most subjects were all over the place - but the importnat thing is we learned to discuss these topics and think rationally about them, and most importantly - decide how we felt on issues based on who we were, not on what anyone else said.

[Gyno Rhino]

Something they did drum into my head was that a woman can do anything she aspires to do

Can you leave a semen sample?

Ouch. I think I just heard the toilet flush on feminism across the globe.

[Tryska]

you're presuming i'd aspire to have a penis.


honey i can get one of those anytime i want to. and it's only temporary. ;)

[Tryska]

as for phrases that ring through my head - one that always makes me laugh is from my Dad - "Taxation is like a mule - if you try to get around it from the front it bites you, if you try get around the back it'll kick you. There's no escape. it's like death."

[Hatred]

ROFL.
Although I find it hard to believe that you can't get a temporary penis whenever you want. If you look anything like your avatar you are set.

[Tryska]

doh. that was a typo. it should have said CAN. hee hee. i'm gonna go correct it.

[shootermcgavin7]

My parents taught me how to drink, and also how you still have to work hard the next day even if you have to take puke breaks every 45 minutes.

My parents also taught me the importance of reading at an early age, and the importance of also playing lots of sports so that you don't get your ass kicked by peers for reading at an early age.

[Organichu]

My parents taught me how to drink, and also how you still have to work hard the next day even if you have to take puke breaks every 45 minutes.

Is your father PJ O'Rourke? :P

[Gyno Rhino]

My parents taught me how to drink, and also how you still have to work hard the next day even if you have to take puke breaks every 45 minutes.

My parents also taught me the importance of reading at an early age, and the importance of also playing lots of sports so that you don't get your ass kicked by peers for reading at an early age.

I call BS.

We all know the Irish can't read.

[Rik-s]

What about palm shaped impressions on my ass?
Yehh got a pretty hefty one of them(only boot shaped) when i got caught smokin weed as a teenager lol


I call BS.

We all know the Irish can't read.
Agreed!!!! wait a mo ....damnit i'm half Irish ! :scratch: doH!

[Relentless]

Some more impressions my parents made on me:
1- Working your butt off pays off.
2- If you were born in a country that hates you- move at first opportunity and if you have a head on your shoulders and you work your butt off it will pay off.
3- Never count on others and work your butt off- it will pay off.
4- Don't let others decide what is good for you- make your own decisions, own your decisions, work your butt off and you will be well off.

I am assuming that today, you have no butt.

(having worked it off)

[galileo]

I am assuming that today, you have no butt.

(having worked it off)


Glen must've taken that exact advice.

[Hatred]

Ha!

[shootermcgavin7]

I call BS.

We all know the Irish can't read.


We make up for it with our drinking prowess.