(My fiancé has a medical condition which causes him to be sick frequently. For once, I get sick and am begging him to take care of me.)

Me: “Can you make me some tea? My tummy feels icky.”

Fiancé: “I already brought you some ice water, the humidifier, your laptop, and I even ran to the store first thing this morning for some medicine. Plus you haven’t touched the soup I made you.”

Me: “But it’s cold, and I feel like I’m going to throw up.”

(I start to cry, so he drags me to the bathroom to throw up while he makes my tea.)

Fiancé: “Ready to get back in bed?”

Me: “Yes, thank you for taking care of me.”

Fiancé: “You’re welcome, but don’t make a habit of this! You are very needy and difficult when you’re sick.”

Me: “Hey, I take care of you when you get sick!”

Fiancé: “That’s different! When I get sick, you can drive me to the hospital and leave me there for a few days until my body stops trying to kill me.”

Me: “I stay in the hospital with you, don’t I?”

Fiancé: “Yes, you do. When we get married I’m going to ask the preacher to leave out the ‘in sickness and in health’ part.”

(My brother and I are both in the kitchen before school. I’m 19 and he’s 14. I am up very late, as usual, and am a bit out of it.)

Me: “[Brother], pass me the p*rn cops.”

Brother: “…I guess I know why you were up so late.”

(I’m 15 years old. My mother mentions to her friend that I love to read. Her friend buys me a bunch of new books to read, as a present. I begin reading, and I realize that some of them are ‘adult’ books. My mom is kind of strict, so I’m surprised she would okay me reading these books, but I figure she is loosening up a bit and say nothing. A few weeks pass…)

Mom’s Friend: “So how is your daughter liking her new books? Is she reading them?”

Mom: “Oh yes, she is devouring them.”

Mom’s Friend: “That’s great! I’m glad she is enjoying them. It’s great that a young woman of 25 still enjoys a good book.”

Mom: “25? No, she is 15.”

Mom’s Friend: “15?! I thought that you said that she was 25!”

(My mom comes into my room red-faced, and takes my books. She donates them to charity! She doesn’t talk to that friend anymore.)

(I am a customer, and I overhear a cross-generational conversation in the store.)

Grandma: “Well, can’t they just drink water?”

Mom: “Ugh, no, Mom. They are kids. They don’t drink water. It’s nasty. Seriously, who likes water?”

Kid #1: “I like water!”

Kid #2: “Me too! I like water!”

Mom: “Well, that’s weird and gross.”

(My mom and I are in a hotel room, and she’s flipping through channels on the TV. She comes across ‘Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’, at a scene where Gandalf is standing and talking to Pippin. I gasp, as I love this movie, and haven’t seen it in a while.)

Mom: “Oh, is this Harry Potter?”

Me: “No, Mom. No. This is definitely Lord of the Rings.”

Mom: “Well, I don’t know. It was a guy with a long white beard. It could have been Gandalf!”

Me: “Mom, that is Gandalf.”

Mom: “Oh. Well, what’s the guy’s name in Harry Potter?”

Me: “Dumbledore. That would be Dumbledore.”

Mom: “You’re going to disown me, aren’t you?”

Me: “Probably.”

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