Back in Time - Maybe, Maybe, Maybe. . .
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| Baby Blues December 7, 2013 source |
When my niece, Brenda was about five years old, it became obvious that my Mother's response was not unique and had been passed on to the next generation: I heard Brenda's tear-muffled reply to her Mom and Dad, "It's always maybe, maybe, maybe, but it's never, never, never!" Words of wisdom from the mouth of a child.
Today, whenever I hear someone say, "Maybe" or "We'll see," I know that like my Mom, it most likely means "Never."
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| Cousins 1973 Larry and Terry S. Brenda and Dwight M, Bruce and Becky M. |
"I'll think about it"
ReplyDeletethey passed the buck---if you asked Dad he said "Ask your mother" and vice versa---then we knew it was not going to happen
ReplyDeleteNo or ask your Father/Mother...I always thought that was unfair:(
ReplyDeleteWe'll see...we'll see.
DeleteMy Mother's was, "I don't know. I'll have to think about it." Her thinking process always took a l-o-o-o-n-g time.
ReplyDeleteMy dad said SURE and then blew us off. Time and time again..
ReplyDeleteMy parents were in the ask the other camp, but I learned how to work that one to mostly get my way. I think by the time I came along my parents were pretty tired of BEING parents so they didn't pay much attention to what was going on with me.
ReplyDeleteIt worked to my advantage now and then. LOL
Oh those are words I had heard as a child as well. Love Brenda's expression.
ReplyDeleteMy folks would just say "ask your dad" or "ask your mother". Then the other parent would give me the "we'll see". I think they hoped I would give up.
ReplyDeleteThat cartoon really made me smile. And I'm sure I used the same "we'll see" on my own girls.
My parents never tried to soften the no. Maybe it's because my brother kept after them (mom, actually) when she said maybe.
ReplyDelete"Let's see what your father says." My father traveled. Long-distance calls were expensive... he was often never asked.
ReplyDeleteWe'll see was the one I always heard.
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