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May 11, 2008: Happy Mother’s Day
In honor of the day, a kinder, gentler, momisms.

Today’s quote from my mom is a real one:
“When people show you who they are, believe them.”

Momism d’jour from Baby E to her mom, my sister: mamamamamamamamamamamamamamamam! ma!

and… finally, enjoy this, momisms put to music!

Momisms: The Song

please send me your softer, gentler, less snarkery momisms today!

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May 4, 2008 / Rocks in my dryer aka Shannon, Blogher contributing editor

Mother Knows Best | BlogHer asks “what has your mom taught you?” in honor of mother’s day. It results in momisms galore, on the more serious/touching side than most of mine, including this beauty: “‘I love your dad.’ It’s no small thing for a girl to know her parents are best friends. That sets the bar pretty high.”

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April 21, 2008 (my mom

Me: (on my favorite sporty backpack and favorite hat, both from a Dupont shop catering to hip young gay men) “Maybe in a past life I was a gay man.”

Mom: “Me too!!! Or a giraffe

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March 29, 2008 from:breed em and weep (one of my favorite newly found blogs)

Today’s email from Mom, verbatim (sorry, Mom, it’s just too good, I am overtired for no surprise reasons and now cannot stop laughing at 1am):

“How did this woman wind up with a $2500 per month mortgage payment to begin with?!! Gah! However, the rest of the story could be you: “From $70K to food bank, one family’s struggle – CNN.com” Love, Mom

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I wish you were coming. but I understand.Thanks “jake in l.a. via passive-agressive note

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Me: “Religion doesn’t have a place in public schools.”

Mom (disagreeing): “You can’t force your beliefs on other people!

Submitted by: “Cedric” / April 4, 2008. Thanks Cedric!

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Well I certainly am not offended but you are going to have to back up a bit to catch me up to this blog thing. oops should I email? What is wash words…when is says things I am blogging are those all things you have written. Sorry I am just not understanding the concept. I am old! Help. Anyway I will be curious to see the other responses you get. And I am trying really hard to think of kid-isms but I can’t! Now why would that be?

April 4: my mom

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My sister texts my mom in upstate ny, after the Eliot Spitzer (of whom we were all a big fan) news broke.

Her message: Spitzer in trouble. Call girls.

So my mom called her

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E-mail from mom of a friend: “Girls, make sure you get your tires checked. And don’t just lie and say you did when you didn’t. I will know

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What’s this all about? Mom bingo
Moms say the darnedest things. While I think the best momisms can be found in some of the “new media” out there (like any one of the emails or instant messages I receive from my mom, and I say this with love, mom!), there’s also the one-liners, the advice (my mom called hers “mommy nags” and sent my sister and I each off to college with a printed sheet of them. literally), the quips that push your buttons (cause damn it, they’re right, again)

My sister and I once prepared a mom bingo game on our way home to T-giving, full of some of the best in phrase (“holy cow on a stick!”) and mannerisms (chewing her thumb when telling a non-quite-truth). Even mom’s BF got in on the action “ooh, where’s my card?” So I thought I’d share some of the best of the best from my mom and moms I’ve loved.

Calling all moms and kids and friends of moms

Lest you think this is all unfair… all moms (yep, including mine) are welcome to submit the wacky things their kids say, or the great things they’ve said (that probably went unheard by those ungrateful brats!) EXAMPLE: my mom on mom bingo “Like Jeez, don’t you guys have a life?” So … here’s your chance, moms and kids alike! Send me your momisms. (It will help if you tell me the medium, and provide any relevant context). Or leave me a comment below.