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When you ask "Can I..." and before you can even finish your sentence, your mom says an emphatic "NO!"
2.
When your friends don't really know how your mom works:
3.
When getting called home by your mom feels like a Shakespearean tragedy:
4.
When your mom comes into your room and thinks she's going to catch you red-handed:
5.
When you're dating someone and they think they're going to get to meet your mom:
6.
When you were enjoying some peace and quiet alone at home and then this happens:
7.
When you check your texts and it feels like the apocalypse:
8.
When there's no way your mom is going to let you take a sick day from school:
9.
When you see your friends outside enjoying the sun, but your mom told you to clean your room:
10.
When you forget to do your chores and you know your mom is going to tear you a new one:
11.
When you're making a beeline out of your house:
12.
When your mom decides to drag your dad into a situation:
13.
When you need to get your friends in line, because your mom might punish them too:
14.
When you're getting home after a night out but you're trying to play it cool so your mom doesn't suspect anything:
15.
When you make a last-minute request and somehow you get your mom to approve it:
16.
When you're checking your missed calls and you know where all 10 of these came from:
17.
When you're hanging out with your friends but your mom needs the receipts that you're not up to no good:
18.
When you're trying to have a fun night out, but your mom makes it seem like Mission: Impossible:
19.
When your mom is going off on one of your siblings and you’re trying to hold it together, because you don't want to be next:
20.
When your mom says this and you try your hardest not to roll your eyes:
21.
When your mom gets a call from one of your teachers:
22.
When you try to tell your mom that no, you won't be home by 11, and you know this is the face she's making:
23.
When you ask to have a sleepover and mom shuts that idea down real fast:
24.
When you try to play it cool when an accident happens:
25.
When your mom busts out your full name and you know you're cooked:
26.
And finally, when you really, really screw up: