We want to know your best nan advice

kateegreen

Hi folks,

We have something fun coming up and we need our lovely members to help make it happen.

What is it? Well this is more than just a general discussion, we have something special in the works and all will be revealed in due course.

We've all been given advice and tips from the older generation and here at giffgaff we would love to hear from our members about the funny, bizarre, slightly old fashioned and most of all, helpful and important advice that has given to you by the older generation over the years - such as ways to save money, or planning for the future.

Please let us know the advice you were given below and if you're happy for us to use your quote, do let us know.

Guidance on examples (or that you can add into the post as a steer)
This could be -

Useful:
"Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves"
"Save your pennies and put a jumper on rather than the heating"
"Don't marry in haste"

Bizarre:
"Beware the man whose eyebrows meet in the middle" (Wait, what?)
"Don't eat cheese before bedtime as you'll have strange dreams" (It's literally my bedtime snack...)

Bad:
"Don't have ideas above your station" (Nah!)

Can't wait to read your nuggets of advice.

Have a great weekend! 😀

Kate

P.S. Although this is called "Nan advice" we of course welcome Grandad, aunties, uncles or even a friend or neighbour's advice as well 🙂

harrrrrry

kateegreen "Don't have ideas above your station" (Nah!)

You should try telling TFL that one 😮

essie112mm

kateegreen

Afternoon Kate ,

Here's a few pearls of wisdom dispensed by my father which many would be advised to heed today:

"Cut your coat according to your cloth" (ie don't spend what you haven't got or can't afford)
"Don't run before you can walk" ( take your time, don't get ahead of yourself)
"If a job's worth doing it's worth doing well" (self-explanatory, but something too few bother with these days ☹️ )

allan1954

kateegreen the grass is not always greener on the other side.

frenchielove

kateegreen look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
you are never to old for a good clout!
eat the crusts else your hair wont curl
always save a little for a rainy day
never go to bed in anger, you dont know if you will wake next morning
fetch some spuds and make sure they have eyes, to see us through the week 😂
always wear a vest
never cast a clout until May is out

ray2

kateegreen " Pull your socks up and hold your head up high " was a favourite from my nan,she was Romany gypsy, she said it helped her get through the years and i love her for passing that along 💜

"Tomorrows another day" my grandads famous last words to everything 😄

jasesmith16

kateegreen The best and most inspirational advice I’ve ever been given was:

“you will miss 100% of the chances you never take”

That stuck with me massively and I always remember it when I have a dream or I am wanting to achieve something. It makes me think you’ve just got to go for it or you’ll never know what would have happened.

msmon55

kateegreen don't marry the one you feel you can spend the rest of your life with. Marry the one you can't bear, to not always have in your life.

stephenpperry

kateegreen “education is the way out of poverty”

yvonnearmstrong

kateegreen

Coming from Newcastle

Mam used to say if you don't put more clothes on you'll end up with arthritis 😄

Whats for tea? A walk around the table

waste not want not

leopards never change their spots

amejoy

kateegreen My Gran advised "Always have a bit of money that you can call your own", also known as Come In Handy Money, which we now tend to jokingly call Running Away Money! A small spider was always a money spider. An itching left palm meant that you'd soon have to pay some money out, but an itching right palm indicated that you'd soon be in receipt of some cash!

mitzi67t

kateegreen
Mum used to say, when being efficient around the house, " time and motion". This was meant to ensure that when busy, I don't retrace my steps needlessly! 😆

timro66

kateegreen my advice is if God wanted us to climb up big hills, then he would of made them flatter.

harrrrrry

From my Grandad -- as repeated many times by Mum:

"Fingers were made before knives and forks"

But I don't think this one would go down too well in today's society: "Little girls should be seen but not heard".

kateegreen

harrrrrry You should try telling TFL that one 😮

This made me chuckle - thanks for your quotes Harrrrrry!

charlixsparkles

There’s only one way to eat an elephant: piece by piece

jt_21

kateegreen

"make do and mend" not just for clothing but for everything we buy, we are such a "throw away" society, lots of items can simply be repaired or upcycled or given a new use,

m0dcm

"Don't pick your nose, you'll pull your brain out!"

"Stop pulling that face, if the wind changes it'll stick like it!"

Dave

dez_d

Don't teach your granny how to suck eggs

kateegreen

dez_d essie112mm jt_21 bluenose55 Thanks everyone - really good bits of advice!

aiman12

essie112mm my grand dad used to tell me the same things as I was growing up he would make sure i understood them well

bluenose55

Don't come Running to Me IF you Break your leg, (mum)

dez_d

My ex girlfriends nan use to say "don't talk dry rot"
Not sure if that was just to me but she was always saying it.

mcilwraith

"if you dont stop crying youll get a belt in the ear"
words of wisdom from my mother
no one wanted a slap from her

my advice to my grandaughters
"dont get a boyfriend get a dog.at least it will love you back
and i wont hurt it"

bobrobinson

mcilwraith

My dad used to say something simular
If you dont stop crying il give you something to cry for. 😄

steliv35

Because my grandad was always lucky on his horse racing bets and win a lot of money.one day I asked him if he had any tips.He turned around looked at me and said DONT EAT YELLOW SNOW.So before I realised what it meant I told me dad and he laughed his head off..

mcilwraith

bobrobinson another one from my mum
"always wear clean underpants in case you get knocked down"
i mean what??? if we didnt we would be threatened with another skelp on the ear

isabel1066

my father said to me never trust a person who dosent look you in the eye.

bluemoonbaz

mcilwraith Hahaha I always got that one mate ..
And where have you been , we was worried sick something had happened ...closely followed by I'll kill you if you put us through that again 😅

bobrobinson

@kateegreen My dear ole mum used to say.

Always treat a person the way you would like to be treated ( Bless her )