This is probably my favorite Growing Up Black meme

[05heel]

This is me every night.  Hot as fuck over my sink being 1/4 "full" of dishes. 

[meshaliuknits]

This one was me

[NitaX]

This is my daily saying to my kids ...

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 7, 2016 12:43:46 GMT -5 NitaX said:

This is my daily saying to my kids ...

My kids relate to this. lol

[NitaX]

So, true story. One time this happened, but because I've been sarcastic like - since - well - ALL MY LIFE, I had a retort. 




So, I forget how old I was but my smart ass answers "No. My brain cells for memory were not fully developed at that time." And walked off. I may have started clapbacks, and I didn't even know it.
LOLOLOLOL

[iammalcolmx]

[iammalcolmx]

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 7, 2016 12:54:06 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

My youngest sister used to use SO MUCH Let's Jam her pony tail swayed as a whole. She even used it in her eyebrows.

She smelled like strawberries because of it, though.

[iammalcolmx]

#Growningupblack Putting on "play clothes" as soon as you step in the crib after school.

[iammalcolmx]

Sept 7, 2016 12:22:59 GMT -5 05heel said:

This is me every night.  Hot as fuck over my sink being 1/4 "full" of dishes. 

I once went out of town for a work trip for about 3 days. I got back to my house to find THE SAME FUCKING DISHES IN THE SINK. H came home to a screaming bitch. I am still mad.

[05heel]

Not Auntie TooGood!  I have a couple of these. 

[gazpacho]

Reminds me of my granny and other older relatives....so much!

[skwcm80]

My childhood. My kids are also familiar with the look.

[wesleycrusher4ever]

Sept 7, 2016 12:56:55 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

#Growningupblack Putting on "play clothes" as soon as you step in the crib after school.

I still do this! I have so many categories of clothes: house clothes, church clothes (and I'm athiest now lol), going out clothes. I yell at my SO all the time for wearing his work clothes around the house.

[dowagercountess]

Sept 7, 2016 12:22:59 GMT -5 05heel said:

This is me every night.  Hot as fuck over my sink being 1/4 "full" of dishes. 

To this day the sound of someone cleaning a kitchen makes me nervous because if I was hearing it, that meant I failed to do it and was gonna get my ass beat.

[sfy]

Sept 10, 2016 6:24:13 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Sept 10, 2016 4:44:01 GMT -5 1234FIF! said:

My mom used to say "come w me to the bathroom" through gritted teeth then when she was done it was "YOU BETTER NOT GO OUT THERE CRYING. FIX YOUR FACE." but you just pinched the shit out of my arm, lady. Give me a second, lol.

My mom's (and later my ) line was, "Do we need to take a trip to the restroom?" And then, in response to the obviously vehement rejection, "Wonderful!"

[imobviouslystaying]

This thread is EVERYTHING.


My greatgrandmother did my hair

[imobviouslystaying]

Sept 10, 2016 8:14:18 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Chicken out of the freezer or clothes out of the washer into the dryer. FML.

Or get your school clothes together so she can take the laundry down.

[sfy]

Sept 10, 2016 7:59:18 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Sept 10, 2016 7:42:30 GMT -5 sfy said:

My mom's (and later my ) line was, "Do we need to take a trip to the restroom?" And then, in response to the obviously vehement rejection, "Wonderful!"

I am horrified by my quick transformation into my own mother. I think I need a few "I told you so"s and a good "I'm not your friend, I'm your mother" before its complete, lol.

They're coming soon!

[imobviouslystaying]

Sept 10, 2016 8:18:18 GMT -5 @natariru said:

This thread is going to make it hard to look at a wooden spoon later, lol.

I may have taken a wooden spoon on vacation with us last week.

Actually, it was bamboo. They are hardier.

I don't think we actually used it. It was just a warning spoon. A silent 'try me if you want to'.

[imobviouslystaying]

[bimbi284]

Sept 10, 2016 8:34:55 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Sept 10, 2016 8:28:04 GMT -5 imobviouslystaying said:

I may have taken a wooden spoon on vacation with us last week.

Actually, it was bamboo. They are hardier.

I don't think we actually used it. It was just a warning spoon. A silent 'try me if you want to'.

I don't think she ever actually used it either. She did slam them on counters and those shits would break & splinters would spread across the room. She had really good aim throwing Havaianas though

Ahh yes, the ever powerful chancleta

[redwino]

Sept 10, 2016 8:30:09 GMT -5 freedom said:

And lol I just pulled this one

AT my house it was gospel or some old preacher my grandmother had recorded at the last revival. Torture. But at my aunt's there was blues and she sipped gin. By noon she'd let us out to play so she could nap in peace.

[andwhat]

Sept 10, 2016 8:34:55 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Sept 10, 2016 8:28:04 GMT -5 imobviouslystaying said:

I may have taken a wooden spoon on vacation with us last week.

Actually, it was bamboo. They are hardier.

I don't think we actually used it. It was just a warning spoon. A silent 'try me if you want to'.

I don't think she ever actually used it either. She did slam them on counters and those shits would break & splinters would spread across the room. She had really good aim throwing Havaianas though

This was my mom. She wouldn't spank us, but she had incredible aim with a shoe. 

[dreamcrisp1]

So many flashbacks.

My mom used to throw hair brushes at me. I ran fast hahaha. She got too tired by the time I came around to try to catch me.

[05heel]

Sept 10, 2016 8:30:09 GMT -5 freedom said:

And lol I just pulled this one

that was gospel in my house. Or Patti LaBelle.