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When you grow up and realize that your parents are people too, it tends to put an extra strain on your relationship. Now, all of a sudden they need things from you, and you realize they're just as ignorant about certain things as you, possibly even dumber. Here are some people that got some occasionally honest, sometimes spicy texts from their moms. If you want to see it from the other side, here are some funny tweets about parenting.

These are ICE COLD. That being said, the moms in these situations are just kidding! We think...

The internet is not kind to the unreasonable adults who lie to and berate people in customer service. Abusive people like this are not-so-affectionately referred to as "Karens." While we've heard many stories of this kind of frustrating behavior, we often forget that many of them have families; some who see both sides, and some who are just ashamed.

When someone claiming to be your mom says they've just won a fortune and wants you to buy them gift cards, it's time to roll up your sleeves and mess with em until they want nothing more than to get away from you. What a fun way to spend an afternoon.

Nobody's family is perfectly normal, but some people's families are more interesting. And maybe not in the best ways. Some are more trivial and embarrassing, like liking pineapple pizza. Some are family shattering, like secret families. Reminds us of this girl who figured out her family secrets by taking a blood test in college.

You'd think after a few years of her mom having an "eye disease", she's catch on after like, at least year 10. Apparently it just never clicked? What can we say, parents lie to their kids all the time, sometimes not even for a good reason. Here are times parents lied to their kids just for a goof.

Back when we were stupid-ass kids we thought we could pull one over on our parents, but dear god could we not. And that mortifying moment when they figure out you've screwed up hard core... it's like your soul is leaving your body. They shouldn't expect much from us, here are times parents realized their kids were utter morons.

Getting your conservative mom absolutely zonked out of her gourd on jazz cabbage sounds like the makings of a downright epic fail. And it was, for a while. Then the game changed. For some weed-themed twitter fails, check these out.

You better hope you're not guilty of breaking any of these Mom Commandments. Some of these might hit painfully close to home. Especially that saliva-soaked tissue that may have been used to clean your disgusted face. 

It ain't all irrational, choosing beggars out there, folks! Every now and again, we'll stumble across a couple humans managing to navigate the ins and outs of polite conversation, without giving themselves over to fits of cheap disagreeableness. 

Nobody's perfect. If you haven't done it already, it's pretty likely you're gonna try to open your front door with your car keys or tell your boss you love them. You're not alone. Everyone has those moments where your brain goes on autopilot. Even Tumblr had a discussion about it.

As you get older, it becomes more and more clear that your parents didn't really know what they were doing. Some lies were rooted in real concerns our parents had for us. Some were just hearsay. And in some cases, they were just trying to make fun of us. Thank God we have Google to undo what our parents did to us. Anyway if these made you have flashbacks, here's some more lies parents told their kids.

When this mom and her painting were shared online, under the narrative that she said she didn't think anyone would like it; Twitter users stepped up to provide their encouraging, artwork of their own, that was inspired by her to begin with. All about this painting inception! 

These people got some seriously unwanted attention from their parents at all the wrong times. Spilling secrets, putting them in awkward social situations, you name it. As you get older, your parents will never see you as an adult. You will always be a baby. And that's assuming they like you. Here are some more parents who embarrassed the hell out of their kids.

You can just feel the cringe running amok in this story of an ill-timed, unplanned discovery. When Mom left her husband at home to look after their baby, childlike curiosity came out to play, and it claimed its prize. And that prize looks a lot like childhood attempts at fan fiction, never intended for her husband's eyes, and baby's ears! Check out more cringe-packed stories from people looking back on their wild teenage years, over here.