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When my grandmother met my now wife, who is from Alabama, my grandmother told her “well, we all have to be from somewhere”

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As someone who’s family is from Alabama, I hard agree with your grandma. Where was she from? And can I steal her line?

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My grandma was from the Midwest, mostly South Dakota. My grandma was very sweet and so it really cracked us up when she said that.

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That to me sounds like a very northern state phrase. I can absolutely hear my grandma saying that (not saying you/they are, just made me smile thinking of that)

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“Better an empty house, than a bad tenant” after every loud fart.

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i use a very similar one, in german we say: everything that doesn’t pay rent gets thrown out

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“You don’t have to shovel rain.” - My grandfather when asked why he moved the family from Wisconsin to Oregon.

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“How are you ever gonna keep a job if you can’t keep juice in a cup?!”

I was 9 years old

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My grandmother used to say: if you expect your good deed to be reciprocated, you’re not actually doing a good deed.

She said it in dutch, so I hope it’s an decent translation.

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I’ve heard this one put similarly: “If you’re looking for something in return, even your good deeds are an extension of your selfishness.”

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