Important Advice from my family
From my paternal grandmother (via my father) : Aim for the eyeballs or the windpipe.
From my maternal grandmother: Read good books.
From my mom: They'll have to figure that out themselves.
(You can support people, but you can't make decisions for them)
From my dad: When playing poker with men, always show cleavage.
Any pearls of wisdom in your family?
posted by Aislinn Sirk @ 8:15 PM
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From my dad's mouth this weekend: Being nice will get you nowhere.
Ok, maybe his mind is a little jaded from the recent job situation.
Three...
Motorcycle uncle...Take their knees out first, then beat the shit out of 'em.
Dad...when I was 7 or 8 he told me something I have never forgotten and use all the time...Can't can't do nothing.
Another Uncle...when I was 12 and facing some adult life decisions...No one in the world will ever take better care of you than you can yourself. Depend on no one, and believe you can.
That last one actually got me through more times than I want to count. I never forget it and pass it on.
Never give your seekrit bomb making techniques to your incompetant minion. They might just blow up your lab one day!
Oh! Wait. That's not what mom said. *snicker*
Always make sure the lobsters have lots of margaritas before you put them in the RV!
Yeah, that's the one!
*grin*
From my brother, the cynic: Marry for money cause you can get love anywhere.
From my dad: marry a man you want to wake up with, not just a man you want to sleep with.
He also quoted Shakespeare to me endlessly. It was like being raised by Polonius. All good stuff, but still...
Neither a borrower, nor a lender be...
Ok, that's all I got.
And I'm not even sure it's Polonius.
It is.
To thine own self be true.
--Polonius' advice to his son.
And it therefore follows, as night follows day, that canst be false to any man.
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