You Know You're a Parent When...
Parents look at the world differently than single, childless folks. Soccer practice takes precedence over scotch tastings. If you're up late on a consulting job, chances are you're advising Grade 4 science fair experiments. While your single friends are chasing someone to snuggle, parents crave the real estate of a bed with only one person in it. Here are 7 sure signs that someone's a parent, brought to you by parents who commit these very same acts.
You know you're a parent when...
1. You favor a certain kind of restaurant.
Choosing a restaurant, you tend to prefer the ones with keg-sized glasses of wine and kid's menus.
- JP Holecka
2. Your victory dance involves Dora the Explorer.
You achieve something at work, and your first thought is to sing the "We Did It" song from Dora.
- Stephanie Winans
3. You see a garbage truck and you...
Yell "GARBAGE TRUCK!" Even when you're not with your kids.
- Meghan Gesswein
Related: 15 things I can get away with because I have kids
4. Every bag is a toy box.
You pull your laptop out your bag during a meeting, and an action figure falls out on the conference room table.
- Amber Doty
5. When you gotta go...
You ask other adults where the potty is.
- Shannon Hilton
6. You don't shop like you used to.
You finally find the time to go shopping by yourself and the first store you hit is Gap Kids.
- Regina Principe
Related: 20 simple ways to show your kids you love them
7. You become a human garbage disposal.
You've swallowed your kid's gum because there wasn't a garbage anywhere nearby.
- Jeff Rutledge
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