Ok, some of these are too real! LOL.
How many times did my mother threaten to give me something to cry about if I started crying. How many spoonfuls of cod liver oil did I have to take at night *just in case* I was going to get sick.
How many times did my daddy wake up from his nap when we tried to change the channel only to inform us "I was watching that dear." LOL.
Buying koolaid and candy from the backdoor of the neighbor, barbequing *every day* during the summer, not even thinking about backtalking - being smacked in the mouth before I could complete my sentence and seeing stars the one time that I thought that I was going to backtalk. LOL. Staring in amazement at how others backtalked their parents and got away with it or threw temper tantrums on the grocery store floor when I know that my mom would have shot me "the look" (ya'll know the evil eye) and I would have **straightened up** right away.
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Originally Posted by TonyB06
-You know what "no hometraining" means.
-You've told your mother you had a headache and her remedy was to take a crap or some Robitussin.
-You were always able to find a Jet, Ebony, Ebony Jr., or Essence somewhere around the house.
-Your dad had the uncanny ability to wake up just as you were changing the channel and yell "I was watchin' that!" - no matter how quiet you were...
-You fell asleep in your mother's lap while getting your hair cornrowed, woke up, fell back asleep, and woke up again and she still wasn't finished.
-Kool aid was the only "sports drink" you knew...
-You knew about the controversy of the barbershop/beauty shop dialogue way before "Barbershop" or "Beauty Shop" came out.
-Many of the people you grew up calling your aunty, uncle, cousin, sister, or brother have no blood relation to you at all.
-You have the tendency to describe people's complexions in terms of food.
-Your family had Sunday dinners.
-OJ taught you that Black or White doesn't matter. . .So long as you've got green.
-You've been told to stop crying before you got something to cry about.
-Your parents whooped your behind if you wasted food.
-Catfish was a popular meat at your barbeques.
-Your parents told you to not even THINK about asking for toys when you go shopping with them.
-Back-sassing a parent was the last thing on your mind… if you wanted to live.
-You saw your community as part of your extended family.
-Your barbers or hairdressers were your friends.
-You knew ladies who wore big hats to church that you can't see over when sitting down.
-Robitussin was a panacea.
-Food with too little spice was simply unbearable.
-You got baths in the sink as a baby.
-You were told "I'll get mine and forget everyone else" was a terrible mindset.
-As an adult, you still look over your shoulder when you know you're doin' wrong...
-When your white friends talked to their parents, you ducked...
-As an adult, your parents deny ever spanking you...
-You feared your friends’ parents as much as you did your own...
-You know how to drive a car with no brakes, or lights..Or windshield wipers...
-You put hot sauce on everything including macaroni and cheese.
-You compulsively barbecue when the warm weather arrives...
-When someone makes something good to eat, you say things like "You put yo foot in this"
-If you hear your jam you dance despite the location…You could be in the bank, and you would lean and rock with it...(slightly)
-You know about forty eight variations of hand shakes...and you can perform the black combination without training..You know the one which starts by locking thumbs, and then a series of other moves...
-You can make seventy dishes, including spaghetti with ramen noodles.
-You would not be shocked if someone passing in a car shouted out your name without stopping the vehicle...and then you compulsively shout back "Whaddup"
-You almost starve to death from December 26 to March due to your families Christmas shopping debt.
-Even though the neighbor's kid wound up in prison, your auntie makes sure to remind you of how bad you were as a kid because you painted the dog.
-You know what cod liver oil taste like.
-“oohh un hun” is an appropriate response to something you don't like.
-You know what it meant to be told to go get a "switch." And you bet not bring back a sheisty one.
-Sucking your teeth in front of adults ....ummm... bet not happen.
-"good hair and bad hair"
-When James Evans died you actually grieved
-Tremendously loud bass is an acquired musical delicacy.
-Your momma told you to put vaseline on your legs because "it's just like lotion".
-Dessert choices were sweet potato pie or pound cake.
-You were warned not to drink coffee because it made you black.
-Your momma's momma was "Big Mama" and Your dad's momma was "Muh Dea"
-You pronounce AUNT like UNTEE, not ANT
-You could buy frozen koolaid pops and faygo sodas from the back door of an old lady in your neighborhood
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