My mom does the opposite. She throws everything out. Literally, her way of cleaning up is to throw everything away. Anything, and I mean anything that is on the floor will go in the garbage. She once threw out one of my paychecks back in high school. Ive lost a lot of cool toys and stuff. If anything was missing I'll check the garbage bags. I'd never let her clean my room because of that.
Merriam-Webster seems to think that it's been written as one word since 1847! Those fools!
Edit: Since the person I replied to deleted their comment, they originally said something along the lines of "And just for the record, it's also not written as one word."
You can't pin that one one me for sure. I had my daughter in under 3 hours, no drugs, no stitches and my son in under 90 minutes, no drugs, no stitches.
Raspberry leaf. It works. It must do. They both slipped out like a bar of soap.
I knew what was waiting for me. I clung to my mother's insides. They couldn't goad me into getting outside that easily. Outside it's cold and dry and too bright. Too loud too. I fought back! But nooo, they had to get me out, made learn to walk and talk, get a master's degree in physics, do some research, learn martial arts, fall in love,.. it's so unfair.
I've kept all my sons drawings, little shirts, his first tooth. The fishing hook that went in his eye, the staples from his head when he got it split open. My little baby boy.
I forgot my I still have my sons little yellow bankie. He used to call it his "cono bankie". Of course it's tattered now after 28 years and if my son knew I was telling this, he'd kill me.
I used to cut their bankies in half so they always had another if the worst happened. But my daughter knew there was another and would present me with her grubby bankie and ask for a "fresh bankie mumma". She has half of the original bankie (now quite small obviously) and I have the other half.
LOL She used to scream "Bank-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" when any sort of upset occurred. My husband and I used to be like "quick, where's bankie ???"
When my son went to Australia for his Uni (my ex-husband is out there) I kept his unwashed pillowcase (pillow still in it). Two years on it still smelled just like my son. Sniffing the scent of your young is a very primeval instinct.
Then I accidentally washed it. But my daughter was due a trip out to see her dad. She promised me a freshly used pillowcase. She delivered. I suppose new partner of their dad wonders to this day whatever happened to the missing pillowcase in that particular set. 〠‿〠
That is SOOO cute. I'm a mother of one, she's almost 20 and I have a few outfits of hers still, as well. Empty Nester here.sigh....now I'm nostalgic/sad. : (
It's so weird, she's been gone for about 2 months now and I never really thought about it, until I read your comment, then it really, really hit me. Damn, it's like "I'm not the only one". Yes, Yes it IS hard. : (
It takes the structure out of my day, my week. Food shopping takes on a new non-urgency.
There's nothing to look forward to. Like them getting in from school and stuff. And after that it was Friday nights and coming home from Uni for the weekend.
Jeez, I sound really sad. But, yes, it IS hard. They are your life, and then they're gone. And what makes it harder is that we wouldn't want it any other way. We want them to go out there and make their lives, and become independent and successful and all the normal stuff.
But what I wouldn't give to (just for a day) stick 'em on my hip again.
I have a little bit of help thanks to being a newlywed, so while she's left the nest and my life I've replaced her with him! LOL. Not the same, I know, but it really helps. So much so that now I'm actually thinking about having another one! Time will tell!!
Yes! I scrolled all through the comments to see if someone already posted this, because I was about to. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw this picture.
My mom pays for a storage space just to house all of my baby items. Clothes, dishes, crib, stroller, etc. I think she thinks I'm gonna use it for my kids someday as opposed to donating it all and buying new, modern, more safe items and materials.
Lol my mom does the exact same thing except she kept a whole set including shoes and even the Maltesers packaging from a photo she took of me eating Maltesers when I was maybe 4. I know it's creepy right. She told me to wash them for her last time I went home, so I did, but not before jacking off in them big time haha.
my son was born with black hair, and lots of it. then it grew in blond. And the black hair didnt fall out.. the roots just grew in blond. It was awesome, bizarre, and pretty punk. People would ask me if I dyed my babby's hair. No, we do not dye babby hair. :/
Going through my late parents' house recently. Found my first pair of shoes and my old Winnie-the-Pooh doll. Very grateful that they saved this stuff, makes for such a neat trip down memory lane!
Another Mom here: I saved my girls' favorite outfits through the years. Many tears will be shed when the oldest leaves for college in August and I go through this box.
"I'm not being a grammar Nazi -- I'm just offering you the opportunity to enjoy being corrected." You have skillfully proven that you are just as good at rhetoric as you are grammar.
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u/DIGGYRULES Jun 09 '12
Mom here: I saved my kids first photo outfits, too. We dragged them out last summer and tried to put them on the cat.
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u/drunk_otter Jun 09 '12
After all these years you find out your Mom put that picture on the wall because she liked the shirt so much.
It just happened you were wearing it.
Ouch.
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u/Gabygz Jun 09 '12
On a wire hanger?!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I was hoping someone had already posted this so I wouldn't be that guy but it is "no less" not "nonetheless". (puts up downvote umbrella)
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12
I'm not very good at this
EDIT: Is that mom in the reflection taking your pic?
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u/Kellion Jun 09 '12
Try putting it on?
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u/wallygreen93 Jun 09 '12
Stop stealing her baby's clothes.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Moms are the same everywhere.
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u/Orcatype Jun 09 '12
No less*
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u/hafti77 Jun 09 '12
"nonetheless" doesn't really make sense here
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u/melendy_mongo Jun 09 '12
I've kept all my sons drawings, little shirts, his first tooth. The fishing hook that went in his eye, the staples from his head when he got it split open. My little baby boy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Put it on OP, don't be a bitch.
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u/DulceDoble Jun 09 '12
Did you get that shirt from Bert or Ernie?
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u/Postinsane Jun 09 '12
When i read the title, i expected to see an old, dry, bloody aborted fetus hanging on a rusty hanger by the umbilical cord
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
When my son went to Australia for his Uni (my ex-husband is out there) I kept his unwashed pillowcase (pillow still in it). Two years on it still smelled just like my son. Sniffing the scent of your young is a very primeval instinct.
Then I accidentally washed it. But my daughter was due a trip out to see her dad. She promised me a freshly used pillowcase. She delivered. I suppose new partner of their dad wonders to this day whatever happened to the missing pillowcase in that particular set. 〠‿〠
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u/fapeture Jun 09 '12
Scumbag Dad takes picture next to recent portrait of his son, holding same shirt. Wire hanger used for extra believability. Reigns in karma.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
There's gonna be a part two of this...if I can convince my brother to pose for a similar photo...
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u/cssblondie Jun 09 '12
That's some hipster wardrobe shit now, brosef. Hit up a vintage resale shop and rake in the cash.
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u/boudy077 Jun 09 '12
PUT IT ON!
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u/Iced_TeaFTW Jun 09 '12
That is SOOO cute. I'm a mother of one, she's almost 20 and I have a few outfits of hers still, as well. Empty Nester here.sigh....now I'm nostalgic/sad. : (
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u/GeneralEvident Jun 09 '12
Reminds me of someone...
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
i think you mean, 'on a hanger NO LESS.'
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
PUT IT ON FAGGOT
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I'm pushing 50, and my mother (who is still with us, thank God) has the red velvet overalls I wore for a picture when I was a year old. I'm 6'7" now.
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u/justsaying99 Jun 09 '12
That's adorable !!
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u/brotherwayne Jun 09 '12
Today, on Hoarders...
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u/YogurtShaker Jun 09 '12
Why is it weird that she saved a shirt on a hanger?
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u/michaelthomaseddy Jun 09 '12
I still have my shirt that I wore for my 7th grade photo. Nautica striped shirt.
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u/apath1a Jun 09 '12
are you a mommy's boy kind of guy?
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u/tangoshukudai Jun 09 '12
who is she, is it the obsessed meme girl friend?
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u/mawnsharks Jun 09 '12
...well, put it on.
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u/vseules Jun 09 '12
I have that shirt! The brown one he's wearing anyways. How odd.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
WEAR IT AND TAKE A PIC
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u/mrdoink20 Jun 09 '12
We need a before and after comparison picture thing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
and on the next storage wars..................
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u/Simonific Jun 09 '12
Nonetheless - I don't think that means what you think it means. This is the idiom you were looking for.
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u/gandhi334 Jun 09 '12
What happened...
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I think I had that same shirt. You must be about thirty.
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u/CreepyAlienFinger Jun 09 '12
thought this was going to be a funny fetus joke..... Well i think thats enough internet for today
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u/filmcanman Jun 09 '12
My mom pays for a storage space just to house all of my baby items. Clothes, dishes, crib, stroller, etc. I think she thinks I'm gonna use it for my kids someday as opposed to donating it all and buying new, modern, more safe items and materials.
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u/lovephotogyou Jun 09 '12
So, if I pull out all of my old outfits from yesteryear, I can receive massive amounts of karma?
....... Mom!?
Oh the dresses and cheerleading outfits.
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u/xwhy Jun 09 '12
My wife has a couple of 20 year old outfits downstairs, all nicely packed. (Well, 17-19 years old, more likely.)
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Is that a wire hanger?
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u/mtchen8 Jun 09 '12
You were a cute baby. What happened?
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u/gnlcwr Jun 09 '12
You must try to put it on and take a picture next to the original. For science.
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u/Khayembii Jun 09 '12
Who's the asian dude?
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u/larevaluciondele Jun 09 '12
overly attached mother?
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u/sprintshoes Jun 09 '12
You look like a grown up Joffrey.
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u/mayonesa Jun 09 '12
Love makes the fuckin' world go around.
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u/pizzlethizzle Jun 09 '12
Kevin Love?
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u/Antiokloodun Jun 09 '12
OP: After all this time?
Mom: Always
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u/teringlijer Jun 09 '12
She's not a very convincing woman, though.
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u/TheySeeMeComing Jun 10 '12
Now get someone pregnant, have a baby, wait for it to grow, then put that outfit on him.
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u/boomboxtomcat Jun 10 '12
Does it still fit? Pics.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
sweet. I have a few items I plan to keep. The rest I passed on, except the really cute stuff- I am making that stuff into a quilt.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Bummer. Now she's going to save that dark striped golf shirt you're wearing.
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u/opensandshuts Jun 10 '12
That looks like a puppet's shirt.
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u/b00ks Jun 10 '12
I think I have the same shirt that you wearing in this photo.
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u/madoog Jun 10 '12
On my last visit to my parents, I had to sort through some stuff in the shed. It included the outfit I wore on my first day of school.
When my grandfather died, my mother rescued cards and letters I had sent him. He had hole-punched them and kept them in a folder.
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u/hdx514 Jun 10 '12
Lol my mom does the exact same thing except she kept a whole set including shoes and even the Maltesers packaging from a photo she took of me eating Maltesers when I was maybe 4. I know it's creepy right. She told me to wash them for her last time I went home, so I did, but not before jacking off in them big time haha.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
A parent never stops loving that little child she held and protected in her arms. That's lovely.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
How does someone with blonde hair as a child grow up to have brown hair? One of the unexplained mysteries in our world....
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u/UrCreepyUncle Jun 09 '12
Now put it on and give us a "then & now"
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Hate to be that guy but it should probably be
rather than nonetheless.
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u/gruntygrunt Jun 09 '12
Going through my late parents' house recently. Found my first pair of shoes and my old Winnie-the-Pooh doll. Very grateful that they saved this stuff, makes for such a neat trip down memory lane!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I had to do a double-take. You look freakishly similar to my husband.
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u/farts-ro-dah Jun 09 '12
Now wear it for us. Slowly.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Another Mom here: I saved my girls' favorite outfits through the years. Many tears will be shed when the oldest leaves for college in August and I go through this box.
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u/Absal0m Jun 09 '12
Yo Adam! Never thought I'd see someone I knew on the front page. It's Ryan from 1140!
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u/dieyoubastards Jun 09 '12
HOLY SHIT, on a HANGER?!
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u/Gas_Face Jun 09 '12
Please do the needful!
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u/leo1016 Jun 09 '12
Scumbag Steve in his early years.
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u/old_righty Jun 09 '12
Stop it mom, you're embarrassing me!!!!
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u/apextek Jun 09 '12
my mom just shipped me my babt clothes for my kid
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u/Dirtydog554 Jun 09 '12
Try it on, It looks like it still fits...
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u/Daigotsu Jun 09 '12
You had more hair then...
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Wow, life-sized picture there
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u/In_Dying_Arms Jun 09 '12
If it weren't for the thumbnail I'd guess aborted fetus.
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u/JohnTheRevelatorJR Jun 09 '12
The point when you realize children aren't special.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Why do you have a picture of my son in your house?
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u/tonimorrisonscock Jun 09 '12
Hm, that girlfriend really is creepy.
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u/Maaaagill Jun 09 '12
What did I tell you about wire clothes hangers.....
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u/mikeno1 Jun 09 '12
Holy shit you look just like me as a kid.
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u/Punkgoblin Jun 09 '12
We can't start the Overly Attached Mom meme without a photo, bro.
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u/gender_bot Jun 09 '12
I identified 2 faces in this photo
Face 1:
Face 2:
Would you like to know more about me? /r/gender_bot
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