Momism of the Day (MOD)
Problems, you’ve got problems
You’re being melodramatic, mom has no sympathy for whatever you’re complaining about.
“I stayed up too late last night and now I’m tired and still have to go to school and take an exam I’m not ready for” “Problems, you’ve got problems, baby!”
Mommentary: Problems, you’ve got problems is my sympathetic way of suggesting there might be some melodrama involved. It has a Yiddish-English flavor to it. I have no idea where I acquired such a useful phrase, but there’ve been a lot of Jewish people in my life. With this one, I visualize Linda Harris’s mom (college friend whose parents lived in Durham; I visited them for years after she moved away).
Identified May 17, 2022.