All I have to say is that, unless you’re mom is a horrible person (there are cases like that, we all know it), you should listen to your mom.

As you get older, you will find over and over again, that most of the time your mom was right about things big and small.

I’m not saying my mom has always been right, but those mom sayings we all hear and roll our eyes at, she’s right about those. And, like any kid, I mostly ignored them.

All the preaching to pay attention to my spending, to save for a rainy day, to clean up after myself because it will be harder later, all those things? Yeah, my mom was right. It took a while for me to realize it and grow enough to acknowledge it, but if I were to have kids one day (scary thought), I’d tell the little brats to mind their mother.