10 Things You Say To Your Mom On The Phone In College
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10 Things You Say To Your Mom On The Phone In College

We need them, we love them and we can't "adult" without them.

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10 Things You Say To Your Mom On The Phone In College
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Let's face it, even though almost all of us feel like adults when we're in college, we all need our mom's help from time to time. Somehow they seem to know the answer to every question (and are way more trustworthy than Google), they know exactly what to say when we need comforting, they help keep our morals in check (or at least try to) and they love us unconditionally. Here is a list of 10 things that almost everyone has either asked or said to their mom.

1. "Can you talk to me on the way to class?"

When you have to walk what seems to be a marathon from one class to the next, sometimes listening to the same Spotify playlist just doesn't cut it. That's why you need a mom to help distract you. (Plus, it looks like you have friends to everyone walking past you).

2. "I can't talk it's a Thursday/Friday/Saturday night."

Mom's seem to have a sixth sense when it comes to calling at the worst time. So, of course, they call you when you're halfway through your pregame, ready to go out. Who knows if they just coincidentally call at that exact time each weekend, or if they call on purpose to see how often you go out. Regardless, they're just looking out for you and want to hear your voice. So be sure to at least call them back.

3. "I need help with my resume!"

You can go to all the resume building seminars your school offers, but no one knows you like a mom. Who else will remember that one weekend of volunteer work you did four years back?

4. "Can I mix whites and colors in the wash?"

If anyone has seen "Friends" Season One Episode Five "The One with the East German Laundry Detergent," you'll know that putting a red sock in your load of whites makes everything look like pajamas. But we seem to resent the fact that we have to take the time to separate our loads and pay for each load individually. So we go to our moms, hoping that they'll tell use we can mix our loads, even though we both know we can't.

5. "What's our amazon password?"

Amazon may be the best thing to happen to college student everywhere (especially if you have prime), but to parents, it's a bottomless hole of money spent on yet another useless item we all know we don't need, but we're convinced we'll die without another peel off face mask.

6. "Can I get more Lioncash?"

You tell your mom you need it to do laundry so she thinks you're washing your clothes and sheets on a regular basis. When in reality you have a huge pile of clothes overflowing from your laundry bag and you have a list on your phone of every Order Up restaurant that accepts Lioncash.

7. "I needed those Ubers."

If it's any longer than a half mile away you for sure need an uber. Your mom, on the other hand, thinks walking is the way to go. Little does she know walking in heels is simply not an option.

8. "I'm sick, what do I do?"

Or more commonly known as: how many Advil can I take before it becomes too much? When we're home and get sick we have the luxury of homemade soup, blankets, clean sheets, ice packs, and love. Whereas in college we have week old sheets, a roommate who was either sick the week before or is about to be in a couple of days and canned soup warmed up in the microwave. Needless to say, you've taken more Advil than you should have.

9. "Please send a picture of the dog."

We love our moms, but the bond between you and your dog is inseparable. So you need your mom to send you constant reminders that your dog is still there. Personally, my mom got me a pillow with my dog printed on it, but I still need pictures.

10. "Miss you too, Mom."

We need them, we love them and we can't "adult" without them. They love us unconditionally and when we call them for help it makes them feel needed, loved and missed. Make sure you tell them that you miss them because they miss you too.

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