Mothers are defined on dictionary.com as a term of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a female parent.
But as a daughter to your own mother you surely have different definitions, more personal and detailed descriptions. As a young girl you probably considered her your personal maid who drove you everywhere, made you mac and cheese, and whose closet you considered your own dress up room.
And then all at once, you started to turn into a hormonal monster facing puberty and your mother seemed like an immortal enemy that are only real in movies. Bonding was either in terms of eye rolls or silent treatments.
But THEN after series of fortunate & some unfortunate events (inserting plug on the Netflix series based on the Lemony Snicket books…now, go binge-watch that magic!) occurred. Between applying for colleges and leaving home for the first time ever you realize the scariest, but also all time greatest thing ever…you are now your mom.
HGTV is now longer an unknown acronym
The Home Goods Television network is a binge watch choice of yours and your #CoupleGoals is Chip & JoJo
Side note: never get the HGTV couples mixed up or you will make you mother cry when you tell her Chip and JoJo are separating when it really is the couple from Flip or Flop #sorrymom
Your mothers stash of Southern Living magazines seems like a better read than todays top moments on Twitter
I mean the thousands of food porn accounts have awesome pictures of donuts and chicken nuggets, but they can’t compete with the cream cheese seven layer red velvet crumble cake recipe you can make with just 20 easy steps. And do not get me started on the house plans in the magazine. This glorious magazine literally hands you the blueprints for your start to become a HGTV host.
Side note: try not to judge your mother’s notepad full of her own house plans she spends hours on making because remember that will probably be you in 5 years #shook
The number one tip your mom gave you when you left for college was to do laundry in the morning because 90% of college kids sleep in
You tell her that you are in fact a college kid so you will be sleeping in and doing laundry late at night. Fast forward to the last week of the fall semester and guess who is waking up at 7 a.m. to do laundry? That’s right, you are. Once again your mom was right and you honestly have to give her a major thumbs up for this life hack.
Side note: you do not need to tell your mother the reason you listened to her advice was only because it was the last day of exams and that was literally the last possible moment to do laundry #procrastination
The phone plans messaging rate is no longer an issue, but your minutes are because you talk more on the phone than text
Even though you are the cause of the family plan to go over, your mom is just so proud that you actually know how to talk on the phone.
Side note: the most precious and special phone calls you will have will be with you A1 since day 1, your very on mother #BFFgoals
Clothes and shoes will not be the items that will your closet, cleaning supplies will be
You are the one to hand your friends hand sanitizer before eating and offer to make people’s beds for them. Six months ago you didn’t even make your own bed!
Side note: try not to befriend people when you willingly clean their room and find mold in the grossest of places #younasty
Taking a huge step back from the argument you are having with your roommate because you said something word for word your mother always would say when she would be annoying
THEN you have to sit down because the whole reason for the fight was because you were acting like a stubborn bossy pants which is a total “your mom move”. Apologize to your roommate for your actions and eat a tub of ice cream.
Side note: also apologize to your mother because since you are going through this quarter life crisis of turning into your mom that means she went through the same thing at your age with her mom and dealt with the same mom issues you went through with her. #inception
High waisted pants are the BOMB
Not because they are trendy, but because you never have to worry about anything showing when you sit down. You have no time to deal with the wind running past your stomach with you low rise jeans and crop top so you go for the mom jeans and t-shirt that hasn’t been washed in a week because comfort, hello.
Side note: you can totally dress up mom jeans so be a Project Runway star showing no skin and being uber comfortable #gucci
Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snap Chat, and other social media sites you have not heard of are filled with unknown terminology and you start to sound like an embarrassing mom whenever you try to use the terms correctly, but fail
Examples: Shook, to be extra, Triggered, & to be soiled. Use UrbanDictionary.com to enlighten yourself)
So with these 8 signs it is safe to say you are your mother, but at this age it isn’t really a bad thing. You could be worse, you could be your professor who wears dresses with horses on them. That really is not a bad thing either, which should be another sign that you are SO your mom. Have a fantastic spring semester ladies and stay as cool as moms are!
And a shoutout to my mom for being so mom-tastic!