Rules for life

[mumda]

Am I being unreasonable asking you to help create some general guidelines for life?

This is what I've got so far this morning. Perhaps I should read fewer threads on mumsnet?

1. Don't lend friends money
2. Don't lend family money
3. Call 111 if you can't get a GP appointment and you're increasingly unwell.
4. If you think he's cheating, he probably is.
5. If you catch him cheating, he'll do it again.
6. If he hits you, leave.
7. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
8. You get what you pay for,
9. If you don't need it, don't buy it.
10. All governments are stupid, some are more stupid than others.

I think it means treat them pleasantly andy with kindness and respect. Who would want to be badly treated unless masochism is their "taste"?
I don't understand the second bit about saying "bollocks" to somebody who is trying to be encouraging and supportive.

Don't spend more than your income.
Don't get into debt.

The only exceptions are mortgages, and maybe education (but only if it is really worth it).
Don't buy cars or other "consumer" items on credit.

Yes!
And walk whenever possible.

Nobody has ever disproved these two things as being just plain good for you.

Great minds!!!
Ahaha well im from down south and half asian...

I once had a dream in which an elderly "Wise Woman" told me the three Rules For Life, which I remembered when I woke up. They were:

1. "Never consort with those in grievous distress." (I wasn’t distressed at the time and didn’t know anyone who was.)
2. "Never travel in a horse-drawn cart." (I don’t think I ever have, and don’t know anyone who has one.)
3. "Never go to Budleigh Salterton." (I never have, had no intention of going there and don’t know anyone who lives there.)

No idea why, for any of them, but them's the rules!

Sell your time to the highest bidder.

I'm a big fan of NCIS and especially Gibb's rules...here are mine well actually mainly my dads!

Trust no one, be cynical. Every one has their own agenda.
Manners cost nothing
If you don't agree with something speak up
Be your own man, don't follow the crowd
Always have food in the cupboard
Sometimes violence is the answer
Always let the dog see the rabbit (no I don't understand that one either)
Always plan and have a plan b. In fact I have always had a plan z.
Always stand your round, but try not to get in a round!
Don't show off. In fact it's better if people underestimate you
If your on time, your already late
Always carry a knife ( from ncis as a tool)
Buy cheap buy twice
Never play cards with someone named after a city
A car is a tool not an example of your wealth
How much money you have is your business and no one else
And finally
Always be aware of your surroundings, what other people are doing, what risks are near and how you get out of dodge as easily as possible before anything goes wrong.

"Never play cards with someone named after a city"? What is that about? (Or is it a quote I ought to recognise…)

Have an escape fund
Always keep your own name
Give your DCs your name
Always have your own home
Never give up ft work if you're unmarried

Eat before shopping in a supermarket

Don’t take advice from the internet

As in Vegas Tom or St Louis Joe.. Those card sharps in the western films.A poor joke I'm afraid , although I won't play golf for money with anyone with one tanned hand!

The face and body you have today is the one you will wish you had in ten years time.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Ah! Thanks.

Ohhh!

Never save for best - we probably won't ever see a moment as 'best' until we look back. And we never know how long we have!

What other people think of me is none of my business.

Follow your instincts. In the last year a few times have had a niggle about things not being right and ignored my inner voice. Lost me £20k. In the future I’m going to follow my instincts and if it offends people
so be it.

"You'll enjoy it when you get there"

My mum used to say this to me as a child when I was whining that I didn't want to go on some outing or other. I say it to myself now if I am tempted to spend the day cabbaged on the sofa. Interestingly, it was following this advice that led me to meeting my DH, on an evening when I'd been within an ace of just staying at home rather than joining my sister on a night out.

I read a good saying “unless someone is actively plotting my death I have no wish to hear what anyone thinks of me”

That's definitely one thing I'm not starting that bloody elf on the shelf (sorry kids)

There's some amazing things in there - thank you! Some very thoughtful ones and some really interesting ones @Anonycat Budleigh Salterton is where Atomic Shrimp walked on the beach recently showing us the rocks you're not allowed to take home. I never wanted to go before I saw that video, and I do now. But maybe I won't go in a horse drawn carriage.

"Eat vegetables and Walk" would be a really fun thing to replace the "Love live Laugh" nonsense. :)

I agree with the second part because it’s not true. It’s just like when someone says that a bad person will get what they deserve. Bollocks. Lots of bad people don’t experience ‘karma’, and lots of good people live a hard life and never catch a break. Someone saying that is annoying and is ‘toxic positivity’.

Today is the youngest you will ever be - do it, whatever it is ( as long as it's not illegal) 😂

Don't try to make people like you. Be yourself and the people who like you for it are the ones you want. You only have a walk on part in most people's lives, so don't waste time worrying what they think of you, because odds on they don't give you a thought. Your body is your most precious treasure. Without it nothing else matters. Treat it accordingly. Never marry a drinker.