Advice your Mother gave you that you actually listened to.

[TheLostWinchesterWife]

Talking to my children today about being nice. Two seconds after they were tearing each other apart again.
Found myself saying 'I always listened to my Mum!'
...then wondered if I ever actually did.
Some of it was good and I should have followed and some was rubbish. But I couldn't think of any that I remembered thinking 'ah yes..I must remember that' so has anyone, anywhere ever listened to their mother?

Always have your own bank account.

You can't help who you fall in love with but you can be realistic.

Pipbin that's really interesting, I thought it was just my mother that was crazy! She would also open two windows, one at the back of the house, one at the front so if lightening struck the house it could find a way out.
As a 5 year old I would run around the house hiding silver things if thunder came- seemed very natural to me and I was surprised that all families didn't do it!

Not much but

Marry a man you like to talk to, because when the excitement dies down you'll still be talking (very true!)

and (when weepingly failing to breast feed PFB)

Is it really really worth it? Just give him a bottle

Some people would find that terrible advice but I really loved her for saying that and "allowing" me to do what I really wanted to do!

It's an old custom I believe. My mother was from generations of farmers and has a lot of 'country ways'.

Pick a man whose faults you can live with, because everyone has faults and they don't change.

MrNC may have some very annoying faults but he is great.

Shame about the rest of the advice from my mum...

I have just been googling this Pipbin, apparently it's not unknown. I am in Scotland and we have a lot of old customs here.

..........never let the sun go down on an argument.

No motor bikes and no married men (she added that one later when I was being hotly pursued by a married bloke at work in my first job!)
Never iron a mans shirt.
Make sure you can support yourself financially just in case you get married and it goes tits up!

Wise woman my mother!

atthestrokeoftwelve, my family is all west county so it must have spread!

Always wear SPF moisturiser - I'm only 27 but I think it has made a difference.

Assume that everyone on the road is an idiot

Always be financially independent

When walking home at night, keep your hand on your house keys. That way if someone attacks you, you can gouge their face with your house keys

She also taught me how to change a wheel - 'no child of mine will call out the AA for a flat tyre'. Has been useful.

Always have financial independence, especially when you have children. Give the children your name or both of your names.

Don't contribute to the wealth of mexican drugs cartels.

Haven't read the whole thread and sure it's been mentioned before (I can see it on the last few at least)...maintain financial independence.

I have followed my mother's advice in so many ways:

1. Ironing is waste of time. True, and I don't do ironing if I can possibly avoid it.

2. Watch the pennies and try to stay out of debt. This hasn't always been possible because of a bit financial squeeze during the recession, but I have definitely minimised on debt. I always watch the pennies.

3. Don't lend anything, money or otherwise, that you cannot afford to lose. I follow this one.

4. Marry someone who is your equal. I have.

Oh, and my parents both strongly advised my sister and I never to start smoking even though they themselves are dyed-in-the-wool smokers. Neither of us ever has.

Another one, never go on a motorbike. I never have. I hate them (sorry to any bikers on here ).

"be who you want to be and never dream small, your children will learn from you," - My mum taught me so much but I'll always remember these words, she died a few weeks after.

I've always lived by what she taught me, I became who I wanted to be and still in the process of raising 6 beautiful children, and I'll be damned if people say I can't do, and I hope my kids forever dream big xx

Always have your taxi fare home, meaning have a get out from a difficult situation.
Iron everything, including nappies: ignored!
Have your own bank account: agreed.

I can't believe so many of you have such wise mothers. I am very envious.

Generally to work hard and do your best in everything. If things don't work out sometimes its a luck thing, sometimes its something you've done but just move on, there are plenty more paths in life.
The don't slag off your friends ex thing is a big one and SO true.
To budget (providing you have sufficient for the basics obviously!) for a few luxuries that make you happy e.g. holidays, the odd bit of extra-nice food.
To be organised and plan ahead.
Buying fewer but better quality things is generally in the long run more worthwhile than loads of poor quality things.. applies to clothes/food/general household products.
First invitation that you accepted for that date is the one to go to, once you have said yes, you go.
Writing thank you letters for presents within a few days.
It is ok, and sometimes good, to say no. Mostly referring to requests which are in ways taking advantage of your generous side.

Oh and keep a £20 note in the back of your phone for 'emergencies'... So useful for taxi fares.

Always wear clean knickers, you might get knocked down by a bus & taken to hospital

Always look in the direction in which you are driving
Never leave your new born baby alone in the bath ( lol)

Loving the one about the £20 in the back of your phone. For me it was a fiver and 2p in your shoe for an emergency phone call and taxi. Times and inflation eh .

My mum also had the thing about clean knickers. DH tends to wear quite threadbare ones and she does a cat's bum mouth about this and DH says, "why would I care if I'd been knocked down and if they are commenting about my pants I'd beg them to focus on my treatment". Ever the lawyer .

Like many others,

"Keep your financial independence."

"Just do your best, and that's always good enough"

Other people have said that sounds really pushy, but I was a bit of a perfectionist as a child (still am) and constantly worried that whatever it was I'd done wasn't good enough.

I'm sure that this advice stopped me from having a nervous breakdown as an adult.

My lovely late Dad gave me this piece of advice.

'When you get your own home sit on orange boxes if you cannot afford a sofa, if friends come round and sit on the orange box and stay, then they are friends. If they sneer forget them. Never get into debt to impress people'.

I have had first hand experience of this when young and newly married. The ones who sat on our shit furniture are still around and I ditched the ones who curled their lip!

Thanks Dad.

Miss you.