{"id":81070,"date":"2022-08-26T18:42:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T18:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/?p=81070"},"modified":"2022-08-26T18:42:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T18:42:35","slug":"funny-tweets-about-being-stuck-in-parent-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/funny-tweets-about-being-stuck-in-parent-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"17 funny tweets that sum up being stuck in #ParentMode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kids are adorable, but they&rsquo;re not without parental side effects &mdash; one being, forgetting how to be an adult (or, at least one who can excuse themselves from a conversation without saying, &ldquo;Have to go potty!&rdquo;). The cause of this phenomenon? Kids and their all-encompassing demands! The solution? Getting a much-needed night out once in a while. Seriously! Do it! <\/p><p>From not having seen a non-princess movie in a decade to investing in &ldquo;going out slippers,&rdquo; these tweets nail what it&rsquo;s like to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/funny-memes-about-being-stuck-in-parent-mode\/\">stuck in #ParentMode<\/a>. Because one day you&rsquo;re young and cool, the next &ldquo;Cocomelon&rdquo; songs are eternally stuck in your head.  <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-hi-stego-i-mean-john\">1. &ldquo;Hi Stego&mdash; I mean, John&rdquo;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As the parent of a 5yo boy, I can name all the dinosaurs and none of my coworkers.<\/p>&mdash; Northern Lights &#129430;&#128034;&#128056; (@PinkCamoTO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PinkCamoTO\/status\/593151924456808448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-oscar-worthy-schmoscar-worthy\">2. Oscar-worthy, schmoscar-worthy<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don't ask me if I've seen a new movie.<br><br>I have four little girls.<br><br>If there wasn't a singing princess in it, the answer is no.<\/p>&mdash; James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XplodingUnicorn\/status\/686639785155366912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-i-d-tear-that-slide-up\">3. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d tear that slide up&rdquo;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You know you&rsquo;re a parent when you see a playground and think &ldquo;damn that&rsquo;s a nice ass swing set&rdquo; &#128530;&#129315;<\/p>&mdash; Jessica Wallace (@Jessicaaaaaa_xo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jessicaaaaaa_xo\/status\/1555918894820376577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-the-bar-has-officially-shifted\">4. The bar has officially shifted<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"You look fancy,\" my 3-year-old tells me when I put on pants with a button.<\/p>&mdash; Amy Dillon (@amydillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amydillon\/status\/693592129705267200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-one-day-you-re-young-and-cool-then-next\">5. One day you&rsquo;re young and cool, then next&hellip;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I could be out playing golf getting day drunk, or shotgunning beers and chugging wine from the box in a tube. Instead I'm eating corn dogs while wearing a crown while watching Peppa pig. Life is neat.<\/p>&mdash; Ben (@fenbrazier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fenbrazier\/status\/1000099914934710272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-who-needs-heels-when-you-ve-got-good-slippers\">6. Who needs heels when you&rsquo;ve got good slippers?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was worried I was underdressed for dropping the kids off at school, then I remembered I put on my going out slippers.<\/p>&mdash; Nicole Leigh Shaw (@NicoleLeighShaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoleLeighShaw\/status\/684737344424009728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-the-actual-worst\">7. The actual worst<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You know you&rsquo;re a parent when you&rsquo;re trying to go to sleep, but you&rsquo;ve got fricking cocomelon songs going round and round in your head. . . &#128553; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/73DDbS3KGX\">pic.twitter.com\/73DDbS3KGX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dollymarie (@DoIIymarie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoIIymarie\/status\/1557468828006744065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-annnd-this-is-why-getting-out-is-key\">8. Annnd this is why getting out is key<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Any time parents try to have a romantic moment <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KIDRmLAvBC\">pic.twitter.com\/KIDRmLAvBC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; A Bearer Of Dad News (@HomeWithPeanut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HomeWithPeanut\/status\/1460807479646900231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-9-to-be-fair-there-s-a-charizard-vmax-in-there-somewhere\">9. To be fair, there&rsquo;s a Charizard Vmax in there somewhere&hellip;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me: Babe, the kid is asleep. Wanna pour a drink and&hellip;<br>Jayson: Go on?<br>Me: &hellip;organize our bulk Pok&eacute;mon cards and pull the holos?<br><br>And some say romance is dead. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r05ZmV1a6u\">pic.twitter.com\/r05ZmV1a6u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Brittney Brombacher (@BlondeNerd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlondeNerd\/status\/1444544202520481793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-from-ragers-to-rainbows\">10. From ragers to rainbows<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing says wild quite like waking up covered in glitter except you just got drunk and passed out on your daughter's arts&amp;crafts supplies<\/p>&mdash; PunchyK (@AnkCoupleTO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnkCoupleTO\/status\/641065198091001856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-11-goop-approved\">11. Goop-approved?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i feel a little slimmer after a week of eating mostly goldfish crackers, clementines, fig newtons and string cheese&hellip;im calling this the toddler diet<\/p>&mdash; That Mom Tho (@mom_tho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mom_tho\/status\/1459517280275079169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-12-sick-but-true\">12. Sick, but true<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Parenting is begging for a night away from the kids then talking about them the whole time like a couple of Stockholmies<\/p>&mdash; I Hide From My Kids (@IHideFromMyKids) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IHideFromMyKids\/status\/1511137287484104705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-13-basically-your-life-soundtrack\">13. Basically, your life soundtrack<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylermill15_\/status\/1555909529761710082<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-14-we-ve-heard-pinot-grigio-pairs-best-with-george\">14. We&rsquo;ve heard Pinot Grigio pairs best with George<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">corgis &amp;<br>wine &amp;<br>Peppa Pig &amp;<br>coloring <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2WWVUNdaZl\">pic.twitter.com\/2WWVUNdaZl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Seth Palmer (@sethpalmer3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sethpalmer3\/status\/1333571250812227584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-15-appetizers-lol\">15. Appetizers? LOL!<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">me at restaurants before kids: \"Allow the dining experience to wash over you. Don't rush it!\"<br><br>after kids:<br><br>&ndash; read menu beforehand<br>&ndash; pick out exact order<br>&ndash; place orders as soon as we sit down<br>&ndash; give server credit card with order<br>&ndash; in and out in under 25 minutes<br>&ndash; 25%+ tip<\/p>&mdash; jxf@mastodon.social (@jxxf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jxxf\/status\/1221106954375958529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><p><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-16-cover-girl\">16. Cover girl!<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RuPaul<\/a> considered a children&rsquo;s album? Because &ldquo;You Betta Burp!&rdquo; has been stuck in my head all. darn. day. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DadBrain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DadBrain<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chasten Glezman Buttigieg (@Chasten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chasten\/status\/1441152273770377219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-17-need-we-say-more\">17. Need we say more?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The dad from cocomelon is kinda hot<\/p>&mdash; jizzbee || semi art hiatus (@paddlebee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paddlebee\/status\/1554182128371486721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From having &#8220;Cocomelon&#8221; songs on repeat in your head to pairing wine with Peppa Pig, these tweets show the true phenomenon of being stuck in #ParentMode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1273,"featured_media":81811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2022-08-26","view_count":750,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"member-type":[4],"vertical":[6,17],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-81070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","member-type-all","vertical-children","vertical-child-care-advice","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81070"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82366,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81070\/revisions\/82366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81070"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=81070"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=81070"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=81070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}