Mum, it's time we finally admitted it: You were right about EVERYTHING! Sitting on cold pavements does give us kidney infections. Johnny was an idiot. I don't need to lose weight.
It was only a matter of time really that we'd turn into our mums. And the funny things is, now that it's happened we're cool with it!
Here are the ten signs you've turned into your mum:
1. You complain about bad service
Gone are the days when you would be mortified that your mother is telling the wait staff the soup is rotten and lumpy. These days you’re asking to speak to the manager with the best of them because if you’re going to pay good money for a service you want it done properly right?
2. Your terms of endearment change
It’s used to be ‘babes’ and even an affectionate ‘biatch’. Now it’s slowly becoming ‘love’, ‘huneen’, ‘darling’, ‘loveen’ and ‘pet’.
3. You’ve no qualms giving out yards to teenagers
If you’re on the bus and a teenager is blaring Sean Paul from their phone you find yourself saying stuff like, “Will you turn that noise off? We don’t want to listen to that rubbish!”
4. You’ve no clue about new music
“What’s that band’s name? Little Minstrels? Jazzy Droolo? Oh Little Mix and Jason Derulo! That’s who I was thinking of!”
5. Young people now roll their eyes at you
It’s the sign you’re officially ‘uncool’ and have become your mum. Oh the arrogance of youth!
6. You dress for the weather
Style has now gone out the window (unless you’re going somewhere ‘nice’ of course). Now you just want to be ‘practical’ and ‘comfortable’ and ‘weather-appropriate’. All terms that would have made the younger you want to puke.
7. You have uttered the words ‘Is it too young for me?’
This pretty much speaks for itself we’re afraid.
8. You worry about the electricity bill
You’re tearing around the house making sure things are unplugged, the lights are off, the showers aren’t too long (and on that subject, why do teenagers spend about three years in the shower?)
9. You’re tiddly after a glass of red wine
Long gone are the days of knocking back Fat Frogs and Bacardi Breezers in nightclubs. Now after a glass of red wine your cheeks are rosy, you’re full of giggles – oh, and you’re worried you’ll have a hangover the next day. Which you probably will.
10. You’re mad into storage
What is it about a nice colour coded set of Tupperware that gets the excitement flowing? Or a clever underbed storage solution? Oh IKEA, how we never foresaw that you would become the place of dreams.
11. Being told you look young is the ultimate compliment
Before if someone said to you, “You look young” your response would be an arrogant sniff and a, “Well that’s because I am.” Now if someone says it you feel like dropping to your knees and sobbing with happiness and you immediately put the person that sent in onto your Christmas card list.
12. You send Christmas cards
Which leads us neatly to this. Now you send Christmas cards with stuff on them like robins and children singing. By bye texts, hello address book where you have written neatly the names and addresses of everyone you have ever met. You even have a roll of stamps, just in case.
What do you think mums? Have we nailed it? When did you realise you were becoming your mum? We’d love to hear your stories!
