21 People Reveal The Hardest Thing They’ve Ever Had To Explain To Their Parents

18.

Explaining the difference between poutine (my favourite food) and poontang. I kinda let it go for a while, as I didn’t want to explain what poontang is to my sweet ma. But I had no other choice after she excitedly exclaimed “You ready to get some poontang?!” as we’re walking into restaurant.

19.

Downloading an App to my dad. Everytime. I know what “websites” my dad visits. I know why he has viruses. He tries to tell me that the viruses come from whatsapp and skype and he must have did it wrong. Mate. I have seen your browser history. It’s okay. We are both dudes. Mom is in her late fifties. I understand. But please don’t try to tell me that you somehow acquired malicious software by downloading something like whatsapp from the playstore.

20.

My mom read a newspaper article about some gay high school kid who committed suicide. She then asked me what “gay” meant. After explaining it to her, she started ranting about how being gay is disgusting and how my life would be over if I were gay. Wow mom, I didn’t know you were so homophobic.

21.

I was born and raised Mormon, and that’s not a light statement. Being raised as a Mormon means that Mormonism and its values come to truly define you, you embody those beliefs and if someone asks who you are, Mormon is always an enormous part of who you are. I had to explain to my parents I didn’t want to be mormon because being Mormon was driving me towards suicide, I was 18.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.