17 Times Being An Adult Was Not Nearly As Funny As Being A Kid

"Your front butt has too much hair on it."

1. When things like shutting the car door just slip their minds:

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2. When their standards for dinner are too high:

asked my 5-year-old what she wanted for dinner and she said “not a burned quesadilla” bc in the summer of 2019 I overcooked one side of her quesadilla

— todd dillard (@toddedillard) March 3, 2021

Twitter: @toddedillard

3. When they make your heart stop without trying:

Dear girlfriends and wives, pls hang ur wigs where the kids can't reach....

I nearly collapsed last night in my own house.....I thought it was Amardiorha pic.twitter.com/NNXOhuDkPg

— Ashola ILIE (@adex0057) April 5, 2019

Twitter: @adex0057

4. And when they make you scream without trying:

shoutout to my 6yo who, during one of her Zoom classes, brought the laptop into the bathroom while I was taking a shower, causing me to scream “TURN OFF THE CAMERA” several times while she screamed “I CAN’T HEAR YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE TAKING A SHOWER”

— Brian Wecht (@bwecht) October 22, 2020

Twitter: @bwecht

5. When nothing fazes them:

My son asked me
"Where does poo come from?"
I was a little uncomfortable but gave him an honest explanation.
He looked a little perplexed, and stared at me in stunned silence for a few seconds and asked, "And Tigger?"

— Zack Riley 🇦🇺 (@ColdHeart_Prj) January 2, 2020

Twitter: @ColdHeart_Prj

6. When they are unapologetically themselves:

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7. When they drop truth bombs:

We're watching Shrek as a family and at the moment when Fiona turned from a woman into an ogre, my 2yo pointed to the TV and said "now she's a mom."

— Laura Marie (@lmegordon) May 15, 2022

Twitter: @lmegordon

8. And when they somehow know just how miserable some of us are:

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9. When they write things like this in your 40th birthday card:

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10. When they try to be courteous:

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11. When they can reason better than you:

[Diner]

Waitress: Cops, and kids 5 and under eat for free

*me, discreetly nudging my 6 year-old*

my 6 year-old: im a police

— 🍁Graham Kritzer (@GrahamKritzer) October 12, 2022

Twitter: @GrahamKritzer

12. When they dish out insults:

Me: I think you're going through a growth spurt.

7-year-old: Why?

Me: You're eating more.

7: No. Your cooking just got less bad.

— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) March 1, 2022

Twitter: @XplodingUnicorn

13. When they are able to be funnier than you without trying:

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14. And when they are able to insult you perfectly:

I explained to my daughter that when Netflix started they used to send you DVDs.

6yr old: (old lady voice) You know, back in my day, the internet used to come in the mail.

— Donald Zimmer (@zimmer_donald) September 27, 2020

Twitter: @zimmer_donald

15. When they are too smart for their own good:

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16. When they make harsh jokes without trying:

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17. And when they do stuff like this:

No where in parenting books did it say that my 4 year old was going to exclaim, “your front butt has a too much hair on it” in a public bathroom.

— Your Favorite Gay Mom🌈 (@lezzimomof2) December 12, 2020

Twitter: @lezzimomof2