to be irritared that at the age of 45........

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... my dear Mum still grabs my hand if we cross a road together.. Funnily enough am sure I mastered this at 7 but evidently Mum thinks otherwise.

AGH! Meant "irritated" of course.

she is probably doing it cos it makes HER feel safer

Hahaha! my Mum sometimes still does this! irritating it is!

That is lovely actually.

Ha! I say sorry to my 11.5y/o son when I do that to him.

I do this to both my boys (but they are only 9 and 12).

However I have been known to do it to my friends too

Its what Mums do.

My Gran always asks my Mum if she needs the loo when they are out together!

My late Grandpa always wanted to treat my Mum to sweets when they were out too.

My Mum is now 61!!

as long as she doesn't do the spit on the Kleenex thing

so does mine :) I'm 32
Went through a phase of being annoying, but now I just laugh

ha, ha, I wish my mother was the type to do this. She'd be more likely to push me in front of the bloody vehicle!

"My Gran always asks my Mum if she needs the loo when they are out together!"
Lol that's hilarious. Does she follow up with "We're going to be in the car for the next hour so have a little try now"? as I do to DS :o

Yep, when I had to do a sharp stop I put our my arm to stop my friend and husband (yes, I have done it twice ) gong through the windscreen.

That's classic OP and I love the story about the Mum and Gran too

My dad always shouts "Mind the road!" when I'm going out and I'm almost 42

My mam gives me her change to give to charity collectores and buskers when we are out together.

I have been known, when out without my dogs, to stop at the kerb and tell whoever happens to be with me to 'sit!'

"My mam gives me her change to give to charity collectores and buskers when we are out together."
hahahahaha I hope you always get a sticker

My Mum still does this - I'm 45 too but I take it as a sign that she cares about me.

Oh always Stealth

my dad is the opposite, im 30 and met up with him in london a few months back in the city at lunchtime and as a bus and cab were coming both sides of the road he grabbed my arm and shouted "run" and dragged me across the road. my heart was in my mouth

It's quite sweet really. When we last picked up DS from school together she bought sweets for him, her me and my sister who is a teaching assistant at the school. Much mirth about Mum meeting my sister from school with sweets.

No thank GOD she no longer does the "spit on the kleenex" thing. Even worse I now do it and DS goes apoplectic. I got "fired" as his mother last time I did that but he'd reinstated me by the time we reached the shop and a magazine was on offer

Oooh my dm and I do this - but then we're happy walking around hand in hand. I love it.

But mum does know I can cross roads and she's a pretty good road crosser herself.

I did this to Ds last week, he is 32

DDIL thought it was hilarious, DS didnt.

I might try the klennex on finger trick on her

I do this with my 22 year old dd.