Only a Mother’s Love: 8 Things to Thank Your Mom for Putting Up With
May 6, 2016 • Joyce Placino
4. Bouts of binge-eating
There’s no shame in cravings. But there are times when you surprise yourself even after finishing a bucket of Chickenjoy by yourself. Or finishing two boxes of pizza while watching a 30-minute episode of your favorite show. You might find yourself hating what you’ve just done to your body, but your mom will still look at you lovingly, and ask if you need a pitcher of cold juice to go with that.
3. Caught exploring your sexuality
Let’s not get into details. But whatever it is that your mom caught you doing in the name of sexual exploration, will be charged under “part of growing-up.” Even if it involved fruits meant for your family’s post-dinner consumption, or your sexually ambiguous “best friend.” Again, let’s not go into details.
2. Soiling yourself because you’re too drunk
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Ah. The beasts we become under the influence. It’s weird enough that you suddenly became British after a few pints, but things can get infinitely more interesting when you get too drunk that you sh*t yourself. You and your soiled self can still go home to mom without judgment. Okay, maybe a little. But rest assured, she’ll still love you in the morning.
1. Your gross self in general
These are things about you that you wouldn’t dare confess to even your closest friends. These “quirks” of yours, to put it lightly, put sniffing your fingers after you scratch your butt under the trivial category.
To put it into perspective, there was someone who preserved a booger wall on his bedroom, and his mother asked him only once how long he intends to keep it. If that isn’t love, we don’t know what is.
Ah, mothers. They seem to have an infinite room for understanding. Which is why one shouldn’t take their mothers for granted because who else would love you so completely? Sure, you could say your significant other. But remember, their virtue for unconditional love is something they also got from their own mothers.
Go on, greet your mom a Happy Mother’s Day and thank them for accepting you for who you are, no matter how weird you grew up to be despite it all.
What are you thanking mom for this Mother’s Day? Sound off in the comments!
