When you...

So this all started with my kids and their love of social media...the memes that read When You, When You're or When You Don't. They have even created their own.


They also verbally caption every day events like When yo mama cooks bad, When yo mama yells at you, When yo mama doesn't buy milk, When you look like a drug dealer, When you're divorced, When you tired of yo kids...

Well, not to be out done by the biologicals, I have been working on my own list of When you..and in order for this to work without repeatedly typing When you...promise that you will say When you, before each statement.  That will make things less painful for all parties involved.  

When you...
-get hit on by your ex-husband's friends and they are married (don't worry ladies, that's not my thing)
-have your arm, hand, ankle and earrings licked by a student all in the same week and once while you were being observed
-want to tell your co-worker to stop talking but everybody already thinks you're mean and so you just go to your happy place in your head
-a mosquito lands on someone's forehead and you stop listening to what they are saying and you wish the mosquito would drain the blood from their body
-are getting the looky-loo from the cholo at HEB wearing a fedora and you want to cock your head back and say Orale!
-are told you look like a Sexy Librarian after someone shouts in a noisy, crowded bar, "She's a teacher!" but you can't get excited because you're at a gay bar with your sister.  
-your mom tells you, "I'm glad you finally opened your eyes."
-that one person asks a question and you'd rather hear nails on a chalkboard then sound of their voice 
-think, "I'm glad I'm not on that team."
-want to push your finger into someone's abs to see if they will giggle like the Pillsbury boy
-wish people didn't wear dark bras with light blouses or at least invest in a camisole 
-are telling your exchange student to check out the cute third basemen at the Missions game and you look at the program and realize you were in high school when he was born!
-have to put a disclaimer on your blog because people like to read into things and then get butt hurt

for the biologicals

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