1. 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:
#GrowingUpBlack "Get it together because you're going to school tomorrow"
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:
#GrowingUpWithStrictParents "ill be home really late tonight" mom:
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:
