Everyone remembers that blood-boiling teenage feeling of your parents giving advice. “Why don’t you understand that you DON’T UNDERSTAND ME!!??” you may have asked. Well, later in life, you might realize they understood more than you thought…
Here are 40 times people begrudgingly admitted that their parents were right about something.
1/40. At age 18 you’ll know everything.
By age 25 you’ll realize the world isn’t as simple as you think.
By 30 you’ll be frightened that people trust your opinion.
fortknox
2/40. I liked a girl that was way out of my league in college. Told my my mom about the bad crush and how I thought I would just move on. She said, “You can fail at something you dont want so you might as well fail at something that matters.” We’ve been married for 3 years this November. The crush… not my mother and I.
FunkatronicLightning
3/40. My ex-boyfriend WAS an asshole.
zephyrya
4/40. “You can’t fly with the eagles if you sleep with the pigeons.”
Turns out the wrong friends really can hold you back and drag you down.
DSAPEER
5/40. I’m mowing the lawn one summer and my 5 year old is peaking through the window from inside the Air Conditioned house drinking a juice box. I think to myself damn I can’t wait for the boy to be old enough to do this bullshit. I should get him one of those bubble blowing lawn mowers to get him used to the idea. Then it hit me
The old man wasn’t trying to spend time with me, he was training his replacement.
AirmanZimm
6/40. “You shouldn’t eat an entire cake, it isn’t good for you”
First thing i did when i moved out from my parents house was buy a cake and eat it, all of it. Because i was an adult and i could do what i want.
It hurt.
dudface
7/40. My Mum told me that I get to choose the person I become. All you have to do is to keep that thought in your head when making decisions. Also every action has a reaction, so make sure that reaction will be a good one.
It wasn’t something I really listened to at the time, now those thoughts stay with me all the time, and I have definitely become a better person for it.
PotsyWife
8/40. “Actually, we are really cool parents.” Turned out to be true…they were really awesome parents to have.
Pit9
9/40. “You’re lucky your parents still kiss”
They would always tell me that after I got grossed out when they kissed as a little kid. I didn’t really realize the huge truth behind that until I started going to friends house’s more and seeing their parents almost always argue and stay in separate rooms or something like that.
Be thankful your parents smooch god d*mnit
RoseTylerI-
10/40. My dad says “You’re never late with donuts.
FetusChrist
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11/40. My dad was always on me to budget everything. At 30 I understand it.
yankcanuck
12/40. Said to me as a young teenager… “I know it’s hard to imagine now but the age of 40 really isn’t that far away. Before you know it you’ll hit 40 and wonder how that happened so fast.
Bifurcated_Kerbals
13/40. Dad left me with something cool before he died: “Wanting to fuck somebody over and over for the rest of your life isn’t love. Wanting to be with somebody for the rest of your life no matter how many times life fucks you both over and over though? Could be.
AdamCartel
14/40. Dad: “heat never goes past 68! If you’re cold, put on a sweatshirt
Own house with roommates, set heat at 75, enjoy a tropical month, get first heating bill. Promptly lock thermostat to 68. Roommate whined, told her to put on a sweatshirt.
kryrinn
15/40. “Not all your friends need to be ‘forever-friends’, some people are just meant to be your friend for that particular time in your life
greasychimpanzees
16/40. “When you turn 25 you’ll start getting a gut.”
“You won’t always be able to eat like that.
30_rack_of_pabst
17/40. You need to sleep more.
RandomDeception
18/40. It really IS nice to just clean up as you make a mess instead of living in your own filth.
nkbee
19/40. My dad always told me not to be in a rush to grow up. I wanted to be 16 so I could drive, 18 so I could go on adult websites, 21 so I could go to the barsnow I’m 30 and I wish I was 12.
way_fairer
20/40. “You’ll never get a girlfriend if you keep acting the way you do.” They were right, I have a boyfriend.
bsod64
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21/40. Things don’t matter. People matter.
Once you’ve buried a loved one, the importance of getting the newest cell phone just doesn’t matter at all.
onlineFace
22/40. A phrase my mom always said to cheer me up while stressed in university: “If it was easy everybody would do it.” Sounded so stupid at the time but I’ve used the same line to cheer up countless friends who were stressed with exams etc. Mom is always right.
warrantedqueen
23/40. “Don’t touch the iron, it’s hot
AlchemyFire
24/40. Math is cumulative they said. If you don’t do your homework every day, you’ll be lost at finals they said.
No-Mas-Pantalones
25/40. Be careful with credit cards.
string97bean
26/40. My Mum told me that I get to choose the person I become. All you have to do is to keep that thought in your head when making decisions. Also every action has a reaction, so make sure that reaction will be a good one.
It wasn’t something I really listened to at the time, now those thoughts stay with me all the time, and I have definitely become a better person for it.
PotsyWife
27/40. You’ll need a plunger in your new house.
At first I wondered why I would even need one since we never used it at all in my old house. Immediately regret not getting one when shit got real.
petrichorE6
28/40. Vegetables are actually pretty good. Spinach is delicious.
Celery can still go die in a fire, though.
SymphonicStorm
29/40. “Don’t balance the full can of orange paint of the roof like that
M_Proctornator
30/40. Don’t burn a bridge until you’re sure you’re never crossing it again.
SourceCollector
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31/40. “Nobody cares what you were thinking; they care what you did
anotherpoweruser
32/40. ‘No-one ever got up in the morning hoping to make a bad decision’
It’s something that my Dad used to say that really stuck with me for some reason. I find myself reminded of it whenever I’m about to judge someone for doing some dumb shit, and it helps me make an effort to understand why people make the decisions they do.
TheBadgerWhisperer
33/40. During my weekly call from my dad on Wednesdays, exactly at 7pm for 20+ years: “You know, someday you are going to miss our conversations.”
Goddamnit dad. TT
ChuckinTheCarma
34/40. My father once told me, “Never make fun of the way someone laughs or eats because they won’t want to do either around you.
Anonymous
35/40. If you can’t out-think them, out-work them. It’s proven remarkably helpful to my career. I can hold my own, but am nowhere near the smartest person in the room. But you know what? People are generally pretty lazy and I do my best not to be. It more than levels the playing field.
Thanks, dad.
Anonymous
36/40. I grew up on a farm. Taking care of the chickens was one of my chores. One day, I didn’t do it, and my father said, “How do you think it feels to have no food or water?”
I realized then that if you’re responsible for an animal, you have to take care of it to the best of your ability. They are so dependent on you.
I cannot understand how people get pets and then discard them. Animals are a commitment.
workingboy
37/40. Don’t break the law while you’re breaking the law. If you’re drinking and driving, don’t run a red light. If you’re planning on running a red light, don’t murder your wife. Simple stuff.
SECRETLY_STALKS_YOU
38/40. My grandpa used to always say: “Do a job, big or small, do it right or not at all.”
It has kept me from doing a lot of things half-assed. I also like to say it to my girlfriend when she forgets to cup the balls.
way_fairer
39/40. My dad told me to always be curious, to often question, and to never be an idiot.
He also taught me that respect is not obtained for free, but earned. That goes both for authority and yourself.
HoboChique
40. When I was about eleven, we had this exam.
Most of my teammates were terrified because it was a really difficult exam and many failed, and then, our teacher, some old grumpy man, just smiled and said:
“Don’t worry, if it makes you guys feel better, I don’t remember what grade I got in any exam I did when I was eleven”.
That’s what made me realize that those small things we always feel bad and anxious about, don’t matter that much in the grand scheme of things.
Anonymous