Crazy shit my mom says

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Anonymous wrote:Another:

"Underpants that aren't cotton will give you a yeast infection"

WTF?? Well at least was never true for me.

Oh, there are a LOT of people who believe this nonsense. Someone here said wearing nylon panties was "like wrapping your vagina in saran wrap" or something like that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another:

"Underpants that aren't cotton will give you a yeast infection"

WTF?? Well at least was never true for me.

Oh, there are a LOT of people who believe this nonsense. Someone here said wearing nylon panties was "like wrapping your vagina in saran wrap" or something like that.

All the medical advice out there suggests cotton underwear because it is breathable. Air means that the yeast don't grow as quickly. So, yes, it does make medical sense to wear cotton undies--or no underwear at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another:

"Underpants that aren't cotton will give you a yeast infection"

WTF?? Well at least was never true for me.

Oh, there are a LOT of people who believe this nonsense. Someone here said wearing nylon panties was "like wrapping your vagina in saran wrap" or something like that.

All the medical advice out there suggests cotton underwear because it is breathable. Air means that the yeast don't grow as quickly. So, yes, it does make medical sense to wear cotton undies--or no underwear at all.

My experience is the opposite. Cotton holds on to moisture and becomes less breathable and much less comfortable. I'm keeping my saran wrap underwear.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:"On de baby child, you can see dat color on dey nail beds. Dats weh you look, dey nail beds."

Well... depending on what kind of color she's talking about, she's right. Say, what WAS she talking about?

This was at my SIL's mother at sil's baby's christening. The baby is biracial. I believe this was some prediction about the kid's coloring.

OK -- no joke -- Black woman here -- look at the back of their ears.
Children of color are not necessarily born being the exact complection they are going to be...
all the black folks i know look at the back of the ears to see what their complexion is really going to be...

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Anonymous wrote:Once, when I was talking with my mother on the phone, she randomly started going on and on and on about how miniature horses make great seeing eye guide animals.

A few days later, I talked with my sister and found out that mom had told her about the miniature horses, too, and also at great length.

That was a couple of years ago, and even now just mentioning miniature horses will get her going on the topic. I don't know why she's so enthusiastic about miniature seeing eye horses.

I just spit coffee across my desk!

Now you know what to get her for her bday!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another:

"Underpants that aren't cotton will give you a yeast infection"

WTF?? Well at least was never true for me.

My mom used to tell me that too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Growing up we were not allowed to say "fart," (a bad word!). The word we used was "rifter." I have never heard anyone else, ever, use that word. We are 100% American, fwiw. Thanks, Mom, for dooming us to geek status.

We weren't allowed to use it either. We said "tussy noise." Now we call it gas or toot in our house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another:

"Underpants that aren't cotton will give you a yeast infection"

WTF?? Well at least was never true for me.

Oh, there are a LOT of people who believe this nonsense. Someone here said wearing nylon panties was "like wrapping your vagina in saran wrap" or something like that.

All the medical advice out there suggests cotton underwear because it is breathable. Air means that the yeast don't grow as quickly. So, yes, it does make medical sense to wear cotton undies--or no underwear at all.

My experience is the opposite. Cotton holds on to moisture and becomes less breathable and much less comfortable. I'm keeping my saran wrap underwear.

But isn't this mostly true if you are sweating up a storm? So, no cotton undies for working out. But otherwise, when you aren't sweating or when your underwear is dry, cotton is better?

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can we please not derail this thread with a discussion of sweaty underwear?

[Anonymous]

My mom also told me never to shave above my knees! I believed her until I was in college.

And I'm a mom and hate the word 'fart'! We use 'poot'. Probably because my mom wouldn't let us say it either. She calls it 'passing gas.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Growing up we were not allowed to say "fart," (a bad word!). The word we used was "rifter." I have never heard anyone else, ever, use that word. We are 100% American, fwiw. Thanks, Mom, for dooming us to geek status.

We weren't allowed to use it either. We said "tussy noise." Now we call it gas or toot in our house.

We weren't allowed to say "fart" either, but we said "fuffy" which I think is way worse than "rifter". We call it "toot" in our house now, too.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom likes to comment on my weight. Her side of my family is all overweight by at LEAST 50 pounds (herself included) and the only time I've weighed over 100lbs is when I was pregnant (I'm under 5ft tall, fwiw).

In college - "looks like the freshmen 15 got you"

2 months postpartum on anniversary date with DH when I couldn't get the dress I wanted to wear zipped up thanks to my massive breastfeeding boobs - "maybe someday you'll be able to wear your nice dresses again"

3 months postpartum (yesterday) - had a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast and then a few hours later was making eggs and banana pancakes for myself and my 3yo for lunch, "oh, the oatmeal wasn't enough for you?"

This from the woman who starves herself all day and then will use it to justify going through a drive through and getting a large meal plus a milkshake.

Yep, I definitely started having body image issues at a young age.

My parents never commented on my weight, but one time my father was telling a story about a guy he knew and said (looking at me) "he's your size, but thin." My brother says it to me sometimes just to crack himself up.

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When we go to a seafood restaurant instead of ordering a basket of shrimp my mom orders a basket of "strimps"

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strimps...bahahaha.

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One of my relatives has been a roadie for a number of years. My mom never remembers the term roadie and, instead, refers to him as a groupie.