Oh, parents. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them, am I right? They do everything for us, but they can also give us headaches for days. My favorite thing that my parents do is deny their own actions. When you point them out they continue to claim they never did it!
1. Belt out oldies like it’s their job.
Mariah Carey, thank you for your top hits because my mother sings them as if she wrote them. Whitney Houston, you have created my mom’s lip singing career and she has continued to serenade me with your lyrics on every car ride we go on. And trust me, if she doesn't know them, then she'll make up new lyrics of her own and pretend like they're right.
2. Dance moves from when they were growing up that they still think are cool.
Mom, Dad, it's OK. I don't need you to hit the "quan" and the "nae nae." Honestly, I don't even need you to whip. But I'd really rather skip the cabbage patch and the running man era.
3. Zooming in on your phone screen.
Now parents, we get it, your eyes don't work like they used to, but you can't zoom in on Instagram. No matter how many times you tell your mom or dad, they will try every time you show them someone's picture so just get used to it.
4. Turning their flashlight on to look at menus.
Let's say you're out to eat with your family in a dimly lit restaurant. You can see your parents struggling to read the menu and you know before they do what they're about to do. They pull out their phone and automatically turn the flash on so the whole restaurant knows they're blind. Let the secondhand embarrassment begin.
5. Forgetting the names of everyone, all the time.
I recall to this day one friend in high school whose name my parents would forget every time. So, Katie, I'm sorry my mom called you Kara every time she saw you.
6. Use you as an excuse to get out of things.
No Dad, you can't use me as an excuse to not go to your meeting today. I don't think that's how parenthood works.
7. Bribe you to do things for them.
If your parents have ever asked you to do something in exchange for something you wanted, then you've been bribed. Accept defeat and it will all be OK.
8. Using “I said so” as a justification.
This one stopped working when we learned that we couldn't use it as justification against parents. "I said so," just isn't going to cut it anymore.
9. Yelling, “Don’t touch that,” to everything you tried to touch when you were little.
Not much to say about this one. If your parents didn't do this, then they must not have taken you to many museums.
10. Use slang words.
No, you can't say 'dope,' 'lit' or 'trill.' And please I beg you, stay far, away from Urban Dictionary.
Parents will always do things that seem crazy to us, but somehow make sense in their heads. If your parents do any of these things, then just let them be because we will be them one day.
