21 horribly relatable moments people realised they’d become their parents
There’s a process in life in which offspring change how they view comparisons with their parents. A small child wants to be like them, but a teenager would sooner lose a limb, whereas for adults – it’s simply an inevitable fact they must accept. Writer, broadcaster and thrifty cook, Jack Monroe, shared one such realisation.
Quote this tweet with the moment you realised you were turning into your parents. Mine was assessing slippers in the supermarket today for 'warmth, enclosed backs and supportive soles'
— Jack Monroe (@BootstrapCook) February 28, 2019
The responses were concerningly relatable.
1.
couple of weeks ago I found myself pacing through the house switching all the unnecessary lights off while muttering about the Blackpool illuminations https://t.co/0XMOebjiBx
— Dan Hett (@danhett) February 28, 2019
2.
When I turned to my squabbling son and stepson and snarled, 'I don't CARE who started it, I'm finishing it." https://t.co/1YBEv3Wj5u
— (((Neil))) (@dungeekin) March 1, 2019
3.
Ha ha . I got very excited by a blanket recently
— Owen O'Kane (@owenokaneten) February 28, 2019
4.
Mine was eating my tea with the other half and the. I started saying, “this weather can’t make up its mind what it’s doing!” In that moment, I knew, I had become my mother!
— dawn (@dawnshiell) February 28, 2019
5.
I bought a red bobble hat similar to the one my mum knitted for herself when I was a kid… Because I was a dick, I refused to walk with her when she wore it. Then I bought one in Fat Face; turns out she set the trend 25 years earlier.
— Vicki Lamb (@vix_lamb) February 28, 2019
6.
When I tucked a tissue up the arm of shirt.
— Melanie Atkinson (@melvet77) February 28, 2019
7.
Flipping everything over in the supermarket to check for sneaky ingredients and sugar percentage (mum) and working out the best price for the weight or volume (dad).
— Eileen (@NZNeep) February 28, 2019
8.
Feeling the radiators as I go round the house and fretting about the bins (dad); spying on neighbours through the curtains (mum).
— Cardinal Pinnock (@MSPinnock) February 28, 2019
9.
Getting really frustrated when the washing isn’t hung up “properly”
— Hannah Tarrington. ✨ (@han_tarrington) February 28, 2019
10.
The minute I stroked the hem of a top between thumb and forefinger whilst thinking “oh this’ll wash well”
— GobbyHobbit (@Chavvers) February 28, 2019
11.
Asking servers if they could please turn down music in restaurants. My request is done in such a shamefully woeful tone I’m sure the restaurant staff thinks I have a serious impairment
— Lisa Haldane (@dovergirl95) February 28, 2019
