“How are you ever gonna keep a job if you can’t keep juice in a cup?!”
I was 9 years old
Don’t pass up the opportunity to have sex or take a shit: you’ll always regret it.
From my grandma (who got it from her father):
“Of course the story is true, it just didn’t happen”
Essentially, the story is more important than the actual event.
Sound like a motto for Reddit lol
My grandmother used to say: if you expect your good deed to be reciprocated, you’re not actually doing a good deed.
She said it in dutch, so I hope it’s an decent translation.
I’ve heard this one put similarly: “If you’re looking for something in return, even your good deeds are an extension of your selfishness.”
“You don’t have to shovel rain.” - My grandfather when asked why he moved the family from Wisconsin to Oregon.
“Better an empty house, than a bad tenant” after every loud fart.
i use a very similar one, in german we say: everything that doesn’t pay rent gets thrown out
Everytime my Nana would send an email or leave a voicemail, she would sign off “Ciao for now!”
I was raised by my grandparents.
My grandfather was the cook most of the time, and he was always trying new recipies he found online: in years, I don’t think I ever saw him cook the same meal twice.
Everytime he’d taste something new, he’d enthusiastically comment “it’s different than usual!” (Rough translation from French “ça fait changment!”)
To this day, I have no idea how good or how bad he thought any of those dishes were.
All my grandparents passed when I was young and I didn’t know them well. However, my uncle quotes his father quite a bit. General advice “Never do anything you wouldn’t want to read about in the paper.” Whenever he offers you something, or is jokingly telling you why you shouldn’t do something “It will make your babies come out naked and screaming” Also my mom’s side of the family has a common last name and my grandfather stated that if we met another person that shared our last name that we could accept them as family if they were “reasonably dressed, moderately sober, and not asking for money”
When my grandmother met my now wife, who is from Alabama, my grandmother told her “well, we all have to be from somewhere”
“… So I said, ‘I do too know how to dig a hole! I say [racial slur], dig me hole!’, Hahahaha!!!”
I learned more than I wanted to as a kid…
redditor, dig me a hole!
I don’t care for that Adolf guy one bit, such foul language!
Don’t you dare use that kind of disgusting language here!
‘Whits fur ye will no’ go past ye’ - what’s for you will not go past you
My wee Scottish granny had some real wisdom.
‘No point in worrying about somethin cos if it happens ye suffer twice!’
Those who run don’t see it, those who love don’t mind it.
“Aki szalad nem látja, aki szeret nem bánja.”
Basically strangers don’t matter, your flaws wouldn’t stick out to them. And your loved ones will accept you as you are.
My grandma, having to call for help but doesn’t know who of the many kids are around: hey, hey human who was named
Translation takes away from it.
“[Life is] only once around. Travel while you’re young.” -Grandma Violet
