<p>To my kiddos til their ears bleed:</p>
<p>To whom much is given, much is expected.</p>
<p>And they have been given very, very VERY much.</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>Not the best advice ever, but very practical advice from my grandpa: “We are not rich enough to be able to afford cheap things”</p>
<p>and “relationships are like shoes, if they do not fit right when you try them on, they will never fit”</p>
<p>From my Dad:</p>
<p>“A man who gives his children a habit of industry provides for them better than giving them a gift of money”</p>
<p>Acquisition Rule 168:</p>
<p>“Whisper your way to success”</p>
<p>Ferengi rules (Deep Space 9) (Please don’t ask me to explain)</p>
<p>Two things come to mind </p>
<p>The first was from a former boss who was struggling with his wife’s cancer ( maybe two of the closest married people I ever met in my entire life )
He told me to never go to bed angry and not to argue about petty stuff because you never know what kind of hand you will be dealt</p>
<p>The second was from my then pediatrician…I was exhausted from my baby not sleeping thru the night. I felt like the only one of my friends and family members who was failing .</p>
<p>The doc hopped up on the examining table and told me simply to stop nursing her until she was sleeping and put her to bed still awake, but relaxed and sleepy. There were other words of advice and details , but that very night, with no crying at all, she slept 12 hours. It began a lovely pattern that made changed everything and needless to say, made life SOOO much easier</p>
<p>This is one I live by, and it has served me well.</p>
<p>“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” ~Harry S. Truman</p>
<p>My advice to when their friends upset them -</p>
<p>“A friend is someone you know all about and you like them anyway.”</p>
<p>I have always told my sons that there are certain things a gentleman does for a lady like opening doors, walking on the traffic side of the street. However, I also said that if they ever ran across a girl who demanded that they do so or sat and waited in the car until they came around to open the door when there was no compelling reason to do so, they should run as fast as they could in the opposite direction.</p>
<p>Get lost.</p>
<p>Walk the other way.</p>
<p>I was once told, “Remember God gave you two ears and one mouth - use accordingly.”</p>
<p>tango14, your post reminded me of a story line from the comic “Peanuts.” I think it was Charlie Brown who commented that when his parents were first dating, his father would get out of the car to open the door for his “date” (his future wife), and while he was going around to her side, she would lock the door and then just sit in the car and “wrinkle her nose at him.” (Suggests to me that one might be a little selective about running away.)</p>