Tell Baileys what you’ve learnt from your Mum that has made you the woman you are today – 10 MNers to win Baileys and glasses. NOW CLOSED

[AngelieMumsnet]

The team at Baileys HQ say "Here at Baileys, ahead of Mother's Day on the 30th March, we would love to hear from you as to what makes you your mother's daughter?"

So what have you learnt from your Mum*? Did she encourage you to be independent-minded? Or maybe she taught you to laugh at life? What (perhaps quirky) personality or particular physical traits do you share? Do you try to live by the lessons your mother taught you?

Everyone who adds their comments on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where ten MNers will win a bottle of Baileys and pair of exclusive Baileys glasses.

Please note your comments may be included (anonymously) on Baileys' social media channels, and possibly elsewhere, so please only post if you agree to this.

Thanks and good luck,

MNHQ

PLUS - For a chance to win an exclusive patisserie masterclass for you and your mum, submit your recipe featuring Baileys here.

• by Mum we mean any Mum-like figure you may have had when you were growing up

Don't have 6 children

Pride is painful!!

My mum talked the company she'd worked for pre kids into taking on part time workers during school hours during the 1960s. She was the first part time worker they had and many followed. In the 70s she took on the council to fight for women to have the same rights as men to use local leisure facilities, she fought for equal pay when she discovered male colleagues were earning more than her and her female co workers. She's been a trade union rep, a local councillor(and still is in her 70s), a school governor. She wasn't too proud to take a job as a cleaner when she got made redundant in the eighties. Recently she took on Age Concern on behalf of her fellow pensioners in her village.

She taught me to stand up for myself and more importantly to stand up for others. She taught me to have faith in myself and always to believe I was as good as anyone else. She taught me determination and she did all this with love.

Sadly my mom is no longer here and I still miss her so much. I would love to be able to tell her how much I appreciate what I have learned from her.
She was a marvellous cook, we made clothes together, she was kind and generous. I hope she would be proud of me as a mother.

I learned always to look forwards, rather than backwards, when life brings unpleasant surprises.

My mum's attitude has always been "well, this is how things are, what can we do NOW to make the best of it?

she taught me not to be racist. An odd statement you might think. it wasn't like a conversation or anything, it was just her actions and her words. this in a town where everyone i ever met was racist. You might say " that can't be true" is was.

She was a widow, we watched my father die and she tried to revive him. She was then a single parent and everyday before i became a teenager was filled with hugs and great food cooked by my nan.

my mum also taught me to make a stew. I make a mean stew.

I learnt from observing my Mum to be independent, to persevere and to be stubborn at times. And Baileys always helps our relationship to run more smoothly.

My mum taught me that is important to have a running away fund, to know how to change your oil in your car, and that Baileys goes well in hot milk at the end of the day!

My mum taught me a lot of my values and she also taught me how to bargain hunt!

I got my mums hair and legs. Thank you mum.

I always admired my mums patience. She never seemed to get cross or shout at us. She was very loving and tactile when I was younger. I loved my mummy cuddles.

That I should be cherished
She respects my parenting & is supportive without interfering
Reading is one of the best skills

My mum brought up 7 children, worked full time in a factory and stood by my dad who struggled all his life with alchoholism. What did that teach me? Strangely enough, not to accept second best and that the love within a family means everything.

That books and revolutionary politics are at the heart of life. And she is holding to this into her 90s.

My mum taught me that just because you become a mother you don't stop being a person.

Children are the most precious thing imaginable and we should give them as much love and attention as we can muster; but we shouldn't lose sight of who we are ourselves. Make parenthood the beginning , not the beginning of the end!

My mum has taught me so many things but the main two are to treat others as you want to be treated and always be polite. At my first work temp job, at 18, I held open a door for a delivery man as he was holding lots of heavy boxes. He thanked me and said I was the first person to hold open a door for him in that building. He looked really surprised yet I had automatically done it.

1. Look after No 1 - meaning you need to be independent and not rely on anyone else to keep you.

1. Don't judge others because you don't know what they're dealing with

My Mum taught me to be kind, loving and patient. She also taught me how to knit sew and crochet. I miss her every day.

My mum told me sobbing over a twin tub that gave off electric shocks when you put it on spin: - Never be financially dependant on a man,always earn your own money.Wise words that kept me working at my career with three children under two instead of giving up and staying at home.Thanks mum wise words indeed,now I'm a single mum.

My mum taught me it's never too late to reinvent yourself. She went to university in her 40's, and I'm doing the same now. She was the first person in our family to go to university and I'm very proud of her.

To never give up, and to be strong. To work for what I want.

She encouraged me to be diligent and very fair with my children!

My mum didnt let me watch ITV as it was ' full or rubbish" .. I am pretty sure she was right then and is right now.

if i win for that answer i will laugh my head off

other bon mots:

'there are no pockets in a shroud'
there is always a cold sausage in her fridge needing to be eaten
Only common people eat in the street