{"id":56560,"date":"2018-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/56560\/10-ways-lebanese-parents-react-to-rain"},"modified":"2023-05-08T11:35:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T11:35:24","slug":"10-ways-lebanese-parents-react-to-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/56560\/10-ways-lebanese-parents-react-to-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways Lebanese Parents React To Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"We\u2019re in mid-October, and naturally, it has rained a few times. Even though we wake up to 27\u00b0 temperatures on the daily, of course our parents are too far gone in their minds. In their eyes winter is here and they will be as dramatic as possible. Here\u2019s a list of things our Lebanese parents do when it rains.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>1. Your mother has already bought <i>pantoufle<\/i> for everyone<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/56560.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <i> \u201cMa ba2a hada yetmasha bel bet 7afe\u201d<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>2. The carpets are out<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <i> \u201cOu3a ted3aso 3al blat\u201d <\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>3. Your father is on the lookout for <i>castana<\/i> and <i>batata helwe<\/i><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/56560-1.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Winter staples!<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>4. <i>Sa7lab<\/i> is now the go-to drink<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/56560-2.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>5. You are officially banned from leaving the house without a jacket<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <i> \u201cLbeso 3laykon hala2 btemrado\u201d <\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>6. \u2026or an undershirt<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3XtigW1mlKBW0\/giphy.gif\"width=\"60%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  And God forbid you get sick, your shirt will immediately be lifted to prove you aren&#8217;t wearing one.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>7. An umbrella is packed with your lunch<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>8. You sleep with one blanket and wake up covered in three more<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>9. Your parents are shocked that you&#8217;re going out<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <i> \u201cMish sheyfeen l ta2es kif?\u201d<\/i> Umm, do you expect us to stay in the entire season? <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>10. Weekend plans include <i>tenzil el shatwe<\/i><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <i>\u201cKel wahad y3azel khzento yalla w kebbo li ma badkon yeh\u201d <\/i>    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" data-id=\"442777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/56560-3-250x166.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-442777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/56560-3-250x166.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/56560-3.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" data-id=\"442779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/56560-4-250x187.png\" 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