Mums, mams, mammies, ma’s, mothers, mamas and aul wans (grannies, aunts . . . anyone with a bit of maternal dazzle) are renowned for dishing out great advice. They love dispensing their little pearls of wisdom upon us when we want it and – more often than out – when we don’t want it.
In honour of Mother’s Day us Grabsters have shared the practical and sometimes questionable pieces of advice our mams have given us over the years. See if you learn anything . . .
Kate O’Connor – “I think my mammy’s piece of advice of ‘don’t go for veterinary in your CAO, you’ll never get the points’ is a particularly fond memory I have.”
“She’s actually a lovely woman.”
Dee Mullins – “She told me once that ’If I realised how stressful bringing up kids was going to be I wouldn’t really have bothered. I’d have gone travelling. You should think about that before you consider settling down’ “
“Thanks Mum . . . “
Luke Pawley – “My mothers best piece of advice was ‘Don’t end up an asshole like your Da’ “
Ros Madigan – “She often told me to ‘cop on’. That was more often than not, really sound advice.”
Ciara Loughnane – “Asking for money to go out in my teens she would say ‘Cut your cloth according to it’s measure’ – baffled me for years . . . still not great with a scissors.”
Nicola Cunningham – “My Nana used to tell us to drink some of her Guinness as it would ‘kill the worms’ . . . We were seven and five at the time.”
Gregory Owens – “After backpacking for 6 months as a 20 year old I was just about to board my plane home from Bangkok. I had a few quid left in my pocket and decided to ring my mother. After five minutes of my mum telling me about all the bad things that she had seen on the news recently, my money on the payphone was just about to run out. On telling my mum this she decided to promptly inform that she had had a terrible dream last night that I died in a plane crash and under no circumstances should I get on a plane in the next seven days . . . the money ran out and the line went dead. I spent the next 10 hours on a plane absolutely terrified, and every time there was a funny noise or a bit of turbulence I thought we were all going to plummet to our deaths.” “Thanks mum, you’re the best.”
Tony Boland - “If you keep touching it, it shall fall off.”
Sasha Brady – “My mum always advised me that nobody could annoy me but myself – it means that you should never let anyone’s behaviour or actions affect you too deeply. It’s hard to put into practice but I’m hoping to master it one day and be zen and chill for life.”
Now it’s your turn, share the best piece of advice your mam has ever given you in the comments below so that we all learn something today.