I am XX years old and this week my Mum told me off for ...

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I am late 50s and my Mum (early 90s) ticked me off for not messaging her to say I'd arrived safely at my holiday destination (France). Ffs.

Please add your own. I'm going to put them on a list of things I am never going to nag my DC about.

Despite living 400 miles away, my mum has joined my roads Facebook group so she can keep an eye on anything dodgy going on.

I’m 43 and although my dad would never dream of commenting on my dusty house or grubby bathroom, he does tell me off for not dead heading the flowers in my garden or weeding my lawn. I nod and smile.

I cooked my 86yo mum an M&S meal, M&S, mind you so good quality, and mum said I habe to do better. She does have dementia so I'm giving her a pass...otherwise she'd have been wearing it!

I am 30 and my mum will also find whatever in my house is not tidy or cleaned before her visit.

I just sit in the garden with her now when she deigns to visit me. Or I go to her house. Much less stress all round.

52. Looking pale (usually followed by worry about being anaemic). She has developing dementia though, so I let her off.

Yeah, it never made sense to me but once my mother passed away it was the first thing that hit me, after traveling back home after the funeral, that that "was missing" and she really had gone. No one to phone I had arrived safely home😢

Did you do a perfect pairing ? Which chips go best with your choice ? Was the manager in ?
Sorry to those who don't have a clue what I'm talking about

My mum tells me off for the traffic en route and the fact it's difficult to park sometimes. Unlike her friend's house where you can drive up to the door. Funnily enough you can nearly always park outside my front door. Her current house and previous house you have/had to go at least 100 yards!

I’m pushing 50. Today was told off for not sitting properly, poor posture, and failing to call to say I was safe after I had driven the 2 miles home at lunchtime.

Bless her heart 😆💕

Oh, and for getting drunk at school (well over 30 years ago!!).

I'm 37 and my mum 59 held my hand to cross the road the other day. Does this count?😅

I'm NC with my mum but it's ok, my dad tells me off twice as much to make up for it 😅

I still grab hold of my 12 year old's hand when we're crossing a road (he still lets me do this 😁).

We don't see our Mum so I often felt motherly towards my younger brother. I think I didn't stop reaching for his hand crossing the road until he was about 35 and reminded me he was a proper grown up! 😂

I got told off for cutting a small branch off the apple tree which was touching the lawn. Somehow I am supposed to go on my knees and mow under it...

I'm 36 years old and my mum reminds me to contact anyone official (this week it was my housing association) as well as what to say in the email.

I've been sending professional emails since the age of 20. Also have a degree in English and have never once struggled with engaging with anyone when things need Sorting Out.

Oh and both my parents also insist on narrating an entire route I 'need' to take to avoid a 2 min delay or extra mile on my journey despite me telling them many many times that I will never take in these directions and Google maps will serve me just fine. I know I'll miss that a lot when they're gone ❤️

I'm mid 30s and mum told me off last week for letting DD wear odd socks.

I'm 35 and my mum tells me off for biting my nails.

Mid-30s and got told off for misplacing something I had never actually seen in real life, never mind put anywhere. It was later found in a shoebox in her house 😁

Ha ha, that’s fabulous and so sweet that they were both fine with it 😁

My mum still likes to know I've arrived places safely and I'm 44. I like to know that ds1 has arrived places safely too and he's 27 .

The worry doesn't stop when they get older, what you worry about just changes!

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Taught me 🤣 not twiggy 🤣

My mum always tells me off if I wipe my finger along the plate if we’ve had something delicious at home. I think she truly thinks I’d do the same if I were out dining with the Austrian Ambassador or similar (unlikely) or at work.

I have a fond memory of my late gran (88) telling off my dad (65) for not wearing a warm enough jumper. He did point out that if he was old enough to collect his pension he was probably also old enough to make his own knitwear choices

I'm 62, and my Mum always reminds me not to stay out too long in the sun. I once got sunburnt on the beach nearly 50 years ago, and she has never let me forget it.

Mind you, I am turning into her. When we get ready to go out I hear her voice coming out of my mouth " have you got a coat/the car park pass/your wallet etc etc"

I'm 38 and my Mum tells me off every time I swear, even though I only do so under my breath and when extreeeemely frustrated!

She also won't be seen in public with me until I lose weight and start wearing make up daily

I'm 66. And when I've got time I'm going to start an OP about what my offspring have told me off for.

And genuinely, it's much worse than being told off by your mother. I've had a day of it today and it's really got me down. I love my eldest to bits, but...

I'm with kittythames - I always rang my mum when we arrived at any holiday desti action & I WhatsApp my adult children. They always message me when they go on holiday because they know I'm ridiculously anxious.
It may not be normal, but I bet it's quite commonplace

It very much is commonplace. I WhatsApp my dd when I get home from visiting her. 20 minute drive away. I just send her the little house emoticon because it actually looks a bit like my house. She knows then that I'm safe home. She does the same for me. No massive long texts. Just the house emoji. Then we know we are home safe. We live quite rurally so lots of windy country roads.

When my mother was alive I always called her as soon as I could, to let her know we'd arrived at wherever we were going and all was well. It's just a simple thing to do to let your elderly parents know you are ok.

By the time I was 30 both my parents were deceased so I haven't really had it in the past few years. But if they were still alive, I'd still be keeping them apprised of my whereabouts and safety. I can't see how it's a hardship to be honest, to let your loved ones know you are ok.

I used to have to find a telephone in a foreign country. I had to go to a call centre in Barcelona one time, to check in. Now, you can just do a text in seconds. if you can be arsed.

Attitudes and values have changed so much since I was a young adult.