Telling Your Parents You Are Pregnant

‘Hey Dad! I have sex now!’ We had to fight the urge to apologise.

The Day You Leave The Hospital

They just let you waltz out of there with a brand new human being and absolutely no clue how to care for them.

The First Time You Say ‘My Son/Daughter’

‘My baby’ is fine, but there comes a point where your ‘baby’ graduates to ‘child’ status and you realise you’re somebody’s MOTHER.

When It’s Your Job To Make Someone Else a Doctors Appointment

Those receptionists are terrifying. Who knew you had to pay for prescriptions?!

When You Get Excited About Household Appliances

It’s not JUST a hoover. It’s a motherf*cking DYSON.

When You’re Filling In A Form Online…

…and it takes you a good 30 seconds to scroll back to your birth year. 20 year old’s born in 2001? HOW?!

When Someone Calls You Mrs/Madam/Lady

‘Why is someone shouting my MIL’s name?’ Oh no, wait… THAT ME.

When You Don’t Get ID’d Anymore

‘I don’t need to see your driver’s license, I can just count the number of bags under your eyes.’

Staying Out Past 10pm Is No Longer An Option

We used to sneak out of the house to go to parties, now we sneak out of parties to go to our house.

When You Start Buying Wine To Cook With Not Just To Drink

The good shit too.