What is something your mother said that you will never forget?
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. . .here are my thoughts.
What is something your mother said that you will never forget?
“If you don’t have something nice to say, keep your damn mouth shut!”
I’m paraphrasing there, but that’s the gist. What a golden mantra that has turned out to be. I’ve heard it countless times since, stolen and repurposed into all sorts of popular media. Yet Mom never even once demanded credit for the saying’s pioneering delivery. I recently watched Bombshell, a film about the FOX scandal. At the very end, Nicole Kidman’s character signs a non-disclosure agreement attached to a $20 million payout—assuring she’ll keep her damn mouth shut concerning the lawsuit and settlement. Before the ink of her signature is dry, she says with a wink, “We’ll see about that.” Obviously, the film I’d just watched sufficed in telling her story to the masses, and circumvented the NDA. This makes me wonder how NDAs are enforced. They don’t exactly seem to be iron-clad. Is it a fear technique, more than anything else? Perhaps it’s the threat of being sued into poverty—while time and money are monopolized in court—that strikes one dumb at the very thought of opening their mouth in violation of an NDA.
You remembered the saying. Did you listen to me?
It’s hit and miss to be honest.
My mom says to me every day to “always be nice because everyone is going through something.”
More recently, “Don’t marry that guy.” 😂 turns out she was right on both counts!
Sounds like a wise woman.
My mother use to say “if you don’t stop crying I will give you something to cry about”. Not so much of a kind encouraging statement but she made her point. She also use to tell me every dog has their day.
That second one is a bit more encouraging.