Old School Black Mothers - AfroChat - African American

QuEeN SuPrEmE · April 21st, 2006, 11:04 PM

OLD SCHOOL BLACK MOTHERS

There used to be a time when black children were the best behaved children
in the world. Now look at them.

Time out, my foot!

1. Have you ever been called downstairs from upstairs or the back of
the house, or from the front of the house to get the remote, change the channel, or fix her a glass of ice water?

2. Have you ever been hit with an extension cord, a switch, or the
nearest shoe?

3. Have you ever had to pick your own switch off the tree and she sent
you back because the one you picked was too little?

4. Have you ever been burned on your ear with a Straightening comb?

5. Have you ever been hit in the head or knuckles with a comb or hair
brush?

6. Have you ever been told to "Shut Up or I'll give you something to
cry about while she beats you with a belt - pronouncing every syllable---"Did-n't---I---tell----you---not---to-do---! --- That---no---more?!"

7. Your ponytails or plaits were so tight, you got those little bumps
around you scalp.

8. The white people in the school office (principal, secretary, etc.)
were afraid of her.

9. You were scared to go home when you had a badreport card.

10. Alcohol, peroxide, cocoa butter, and Vaseline were the main items
in the bathroom cabinet?

11. You were never "on punishment" - you just got Whippings right out
of the shower.

12. Have you ever been pinched for going to sleep in church?

13. She made you participate in every church activity (choir, Jr.
Usher Board, Easter play, Christmas play, etc.)

14. Has she ever come inside and picked you up from a school dance in
hair rollers and her gown or pajamas on under her coat?

15. When you ask her for something, her response is . . ."You got a
job?"

16. Have you ever been beaten for something your brother or sister did
just because you were around?

17. She vacuums everyday just so the carpet can have lines in it.

18. Have you ever been told to turn off the TV, get off the phone, or sit down and be quiet when it's storming outside because the Lord was doing his work?

19. Friends, family and friends of the family try to keep you out of
trouble because they know your mother and how she is.

20. You were afraid to call the child abuse hotline.

21. She has to talk to God...."Lord, please don't let me hurt this
child! before she gives you a whipping.

If you can relate to any of these things, then pass this on to all
your friends and see if they can relate too

"KNOWING THAT THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL BLACK MOTHER,

WHO DIDN'T TAKE NO MESS WHEN THEY WERE GROWING UP!"

GOD BLESS OUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS!

April 21st, 2006, 11:20 PM

Yup, sounds like my mama.

JamieC · April 21st, 2006, 11:28 PM

Ahhh the good old days.!! We never got whippin's but they knew how to set us straight.

charliekilothree · April 21st, 2006, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JamieC

We never got whippin's.

Y'all missed out then. That was just about a weekly event in my house.

April 21st, 2006, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by charliekilothree

Y'all missed out then. That was just about a weekly event in my house.

Daily for me!

QuEeN SuPrEmE · April 22nd, 2006, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by RanRan

Daily for me!

Ive gotten my fair share too. Not as often, because I didnt take them well (i.e. running, hiding, etc) My granny would get kinda of tired of the marathon (My granddad on the other hand.....)

urfan2c · April 22nd, 2006, 12:59 AM

I lived most of this list and i've lived a pretty straightfoward life. So thank God for my mommy! I respect those whippins that i'm older cept for like 4 cuz they weren't fair

goodcookinmama · April 22nd, 2006, 02:02 AM

yes that was the good old days man o man did we get it my mama was no joke
we got whippings for doing stupid stuff like playing in the livingroom when we knew we was not supossed to and fighting oh lord dont let us get caught fighting each other that was a no no in our house shoot we got worse if we did fight each other we might as well had broke something but i look back at all the times that we did get whipped and i know that it was cause we did do stupid stuff and my mama was not having it and i thank my mama for every whipping that i ever got what i whould give to get a fussing out, now all that i have is the memories

saraphen · April 22nd, 2006, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by JamieC

Ahhh the good old days.!! We never got whippin's but they knew how to set us straight.

My mother just had to look at me hard, and I would cry!!

Alisha37 · April 22nd, 2006, 10:55 AM

My mom was like that too! No time out in my house...she did not play. I can't remember my mom ever yelling at us, if we did something wrong we knew the beat down was coming! She also shared her talent with the rest of the kids in the family, one of my cousins lost her dayum mind and hit her mother one day. My mom drove to their house and beat my cousin's ***, she was the perfect child after that!