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Whether it’s tough love or pure love, it’s still love and this is how Lebanese mothers express it:
1. Forcing you to eat a kilo of Za’atar before an exam
Because we all know Za’atar gives your brain superhuman powers.
2. Judging all of your outfit choices…even your pajamas during quarantine
3. Cooking two of your favorite meals in one week
The best week of the year.
4. Not forcing you to say hi to your aunties every time they call
5. Being deeply concerned about your ripped jeans
Do you know what kind of impression you’re giving with those homeless pants?
6. Hating your boyfriend/girlfriend
And you’ll understand why when you break up.
7. Never letting you order food to the house
…and telling you to make a labne sandwich instead.
8. Constantly asking “waynak/waynik” when you’re out
9. Going out shopping for herself, but coming back with only bags of clothes for you
True love.
10. Getting you a doctor’s appointment even when you’re almost 30
11. Talking shit about you to your face, but bragging about you to her friends
Because if they showed you love to your face then they wouldn’t be helping you grow.
12. Forcing you to take a jacket with you everywhere you go
Even if it’s summer. And you’re going to the beach.
13. Going with you to the salon every time you decide to get a haircut
…and hovering over the coiffure to make sure he gets the exact haircut she wants for you.
14. Making you ginger tea when you have a stomach ache
15. Getting in the car with you and treating the ride like a near death experience
To make you focus on being a better driver, obviously.
16. Being ashamed to have birthed you every time she hears you curse
17. Putting your face as her profile picture on WhatsApp
Really zoomed in and horribly cropped, of course.
18. Having an Instagram account that’s solely dedicated to super close up photos of you and your siblings
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