Today's Thought

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Whenever Mom starts to explain really obvious things like how to make toast or something, I remind myself that she was around when I actually WASN'T able to, say, navigate using the bathroom without some backup, and I can't get too annoyed that she thinks I'm completely incompetent.

Comments

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. Almost as annoying as when they dump some incredibly complicated thing you've never done before in your lap, and when you ask for help are incredulous, "You're ....years old and you don't know how to do this?"

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Hee! I guess it's hard to gauge what all your kids know at any given point.

[kt-n-dd.livejournal.com]

And they have the incredible ability to switch seamlessly between the two mindsets. One second you're the five-year-old who could get lost in the mall. The next second you're an adult who is supposed to have figured out that whole "taxes" thing already.

When it isn't frustrating, it's hilarious.