Strange etiquette/grammar things your mom was a stickler for

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Anonymous wrote:Mr and Mrs no first names

Apparently she wasn’t a stickler for punctuation, eh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This one is kind of cute...my mom made me call everyone Miss because calling them Ma'am might make them feel old. I remember being 6 or 7 and an old lady librarian burst out laughing because I said excuse me miss

Aw this is so cute! I love being called Mlss and always feel old as a ma‘am.

[Anonymous]

Not ending a sentence with a preposition

[Anonymous]

At dinner I would often tell a stories and say "Me and Joanne went . . ." My dad would calmly correct me saying, "Joanne and I." I'd just look at him and laugh saying, "No - you weren't even there!"

Drove him nuts!!

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Anonymous wrote:My mom did the can/may correction too! She was also a stickler for table manners, like napkin in lap, elbows off table, etc. She definitely stabbed me in the elbow with a fork more than once when I leaned my elbow on the dinner table.

She is also SUPER Catholic, and would make us: say three Hail Marys before any long car trip and pray to St. Christoper (patron saint of travelers); pray to St. Vincent (patron saint of lost articles) to help us find any missing items, like a lost jacket; bless ourselves anytime we passed a Catholic church; and say a prayer any time we heard an ambulance siren. Good times Mom!

My mom sprinkled our car with holy water, on top of the Hail Mary! I went to college an hour away, (lived on campus) and came home a lot. Every time I left to drive back to school, she'd come out with the little bottle of holy water. She gave me a little bottle and I kept it in my suitcase for decades (it's probably still in there in storage in my basement... I just have a different suitcase these days). I stopped going to church when I was 18, but I still like the superstition.

She's also big on burying St. Francis in the yard to sell a house.

It was saint Joseph to sell the house. C'mon people, let's get these saints straight. Chris for travel, Tony for lost, Joe for houses (the carpenter) and Frank for PETS.

haha - I was reading this and thinking "St. Vincent? St. Anthony is lost items!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mother was very strict about grammar. Still is, in fact. Not diction, but no grammatical rules could be broken without her calling you out.

My dad was very strict about manners. Specifically, if another adult walked into the house (even if it was just a neighbor returning our snow blower or something), you had to stop what you were doing, turn the TV off, come over and say hello. No exceptions. And remember, this was before it was easy to watch a TV show if you missed it!

Especially in the age of streaming TV, I will absolutely require the same of my kids.

Why??
When I come to your house. I don't want your kids coming to say hi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mother was very strict about grammar. Still is, in fact. Not diction, but no grammatical rules could be broken without her calling you out.

My dad was very strict about manners. Specifically, if another adult walked into the house (even if it was just a neighbor returning our snow blower or something), you had to stop what you were doing, turn the TV off, come over and say hello. No exceptions. And remember, this was before it was easy to watch a TV show if you missed it!

Especially in the age of streaming TV, I will absolutely require the same of my kids.

Why??
When I come to your house. I don't want your kids coming to say hi.

It’s not about you.

[Anonymous]

I make my kids do the the same. If someone is at our house or they stop by outside, they should acknowledge that person.