1.
When your name was just "too hard":
2.
...and the teacher just gave up:
3.
When your dad was convinced he's a professional:
4.
When your parents ask for help with technology:
5.
When your parent's usage of internet slang was even better than yours:
6.
When your parents tried to give you a compliment:
7.
When your parents didn't follow through fully:
8.
When your parents supported you:
9.
When you've heard the same questions so much, you just tune them out:
10.
When you entered your home:
11.
When you couldn't trust the label on a container of food:
12.
Or really, any container at all:
13.
When you were at the forefront of housing technology:
14.
When your parents low-key evaluate money better than Forbes:
15.
And seem to have a very... specific... eye for math:
16.
When your mom always had a special flair for the dramatic:
17.
When you only used the generic names of most things:
20.
When dating was...complicated:
21.
And you realized how high the stakes are for bae.
22.
When you just didn't get sleepovers:
23.
When your parents' conception of weather was just different:
24.
When people ask dumb questions:
25.
When people don't understand where you're from, even when you explain:
26.
When pop culture just never gets your culture right:
28.
When you asked your parents about their history before immigrating:
29.
When you realize why you have such a subjective understanding of time:
30.
And why you never liked turkey much anyway.
31.
When you learned not to question mom:
32.
When you remember to count your blessings (or nuggets).
33.
And then you face the inevitable.
