What is the most ‘mum’ thing your mum does? – 22 infuriatingly maternal habit that we love them for anyway

13.

‘I have to give mine three rings when I get in. I left home in 2002.’
–ExoticPlankton8287

14.

‘My mother is the human equivalent of this meeting could have been an email. I love her dearly, but 99% of her calls could have been a text. Just today she called me to ask, ‘How long do I need to cook this quiche for in the airfryer?’.

I don’t know Linda, what does the box say?’
–doalittledance_

15.

‘She types with one finger, both on phone and laptop. Also signs off every message with ‘love Mum xxxx’.’
–Specialist_Emu7274

16.

‘Buys toilet roll whenever a supermarket has a special offer on. Always has done. She has an entire dresser in her house which is fully allocated to toilet roll storage.’
–Mr__Skeet

17.

‘Asks me if I want anything to eat and I say no. She then proceeds to list numerous items individually asking me if I want to eat each one. To be fair I usually say yes after the third or fourth one just to put her at rest.’
–55caesar23

18.

‘My mum has a special posh ‘telephone voice’ she uses when answering.’
–exkingzog

19.

‘Mum here, if I’m driving and brake sharply I put my arm across to stop my 40 year old son from going towards the windscreen!’
–Cantbearsed1992

20.

‘Takes 2-3 working days to reply to a WhatsApp but then sends five messages panicking the minute I don’t reply to her immediately.’
–moderate_enthusiast

21.

‘Also phone related. Mine just doesn’t answer hers. She’ll walk around with her phone blaring its default ringtone at 100 volume complaining about people who don’t answer their phones when they ring in public.’
–ShuffleFun

22.

‘My mum will occasionally have ‘left over cottage pie’ or similar and drop it over to me at home or work.

This ‘left over’ will be in its own dish, entirely untouched and quite clearly made specifically to be able to give to me. On some occasions she’ll have managed to make two ‘left over’ cottage pies so my sister gets one as well…’
–IAmTheArcher171

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