One of the resolutions of girls as they grow up is to never be like their mothers, in the sense of taking after them in terms of nagging and using one-liners that don’t leave any room for reasonable argument or discussion. As they become mothers themselves, they deliberately try to avoid making the same “mistakes,” as they once considered them, as their parents and are even convinced they’re doing a fine job, but according to the new survey conducted by the Daily Mail it reveals.

That it doesn’t change the fact that they still resemble their mothers, though, particularly when it comes down to the above mentioned one-liners used to stop arguments. “Because I said so” and “You’ll see” remain popular remarks mothers use on their children, even if they may have once promised not to resort to them, the survey conducted on 3,000 moms has learned. The bottom line is that, no matter how much we try or believe we’re succeeding, we’re not that different from our own parents.

Parents used these sayings on us for some reasons, and why we’re now using them on our kids, researcher further explains. To put it simply, they work. “Children are always questioning their parents, pushing the boundaries to see what they can get away with. Sometimes a quick retort such as ‘Because I said so’ is all mums can offer before running out of patience”.

For the top 20 sayings that moms uses, although they wished they didn’t, we can also include: “If someone asked you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?,” “You’ll have someone’s eyes out with that,” “Close the door, you don’t live in a barn,” “I’ve told you a thousand times!,” “Back in my day!” and “That’s for me to know and for you to find out.”

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