{"id":63217,"date":"2022-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/63217\/25-truths-anyone-raised-by-lebanese-parents-will-understand"},"modified":"2024-02-12T05:26:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T05:26:04","slug":"25-truths-anyone-raised-by-lebanese-parents-will-understand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/63217\/25-truths-anyone-raised-by-lebanese-parents-will-understand\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Truths Anyone Raised By Lebanese Parents Will Understand"},"content":{"rendered":"Growing up Lebanese: it\u2019s quite an adventure.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>1.<\/b> You know how dangerous it is to walk on freshly mopped floors.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_ma7bmlq1201ro2d43.gif\"width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>2.<\/b> You know better than to tell your dad \u201c<I>ma khassak<\/i>\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>3.<\/b> It\u2019s guaranteed that if you\u2019re going somewhere, you\u2019ll be taking <i>ekhtak\/khayyak<\/i> with you.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>4.<\/b> It\u2019s not your dad who\u2019s wrong, it\u2019s the brand new DVD player that \u201cdoesn\u2019t work properly\u201d.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_mbdiqroEpX1rnvwt1.gif\"width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>5.<\/b> You were forced to take a jacket with you everywhere, even in sunny 30-degree weather. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>6.<\/b> That feeling of true happiness when your dad tells you to take money from his pocket. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>7.<\/b> You know you have to have a full PowerPoint presentation and 18 good reasons if you want to sleep outside the house. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>8.<\/b> Smoking is the worst thing you could do, but both your parents smoke.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/a7\/68\/dd\/a768ddb9769c33b1326f751a758da5dd.gif\"width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>9.<\/b> Granted you have pictures of yourself smoking a cigarette as an infant.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>10.<\/b> The 20 questions you get bombarded with every time you want to leave the house.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>11.<\/b> Running away when you get a phone jammed in your face so you can talk to your <i>3amto<\/i> from the day3a.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/6yYsLwA5MqViM\/giphy.gif\"width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>12.<\/b> To your face: you\u2019re the worst kid. Behind your back: you\u2019re a straight-A angel.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>13.<\/b> You\u2019re not really sick unless you have a 40-degree fever and\/or are hospitalized. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>14.<\/b> You get screamed at for walking barefoot. During winter it\u2019s too cold, and during summer it\u2019s too dirty.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>15.<\/b> 7Up and Panadol are guaranteed cures to every illness under the sun. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>16.<\/b> Your parents buy fruits by the ton. Oh you want strawberries? Here\u2019s a field.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>17.<\/b> This reality:<br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Btxv4smFEWe\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  <br \/>  <B>18.<\/b> The <i>waynik\/waynak<\/i> text is guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>19.<\/b> Slippers are not just footwear, they double as weaponry.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>20.<\/b> You don\u2019t know true fear until your mom finds out you ate out while she spent all day making mloukhiyye.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/xThuW2rhTUqCIrqmUU\/giphy.gif\"width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>21.<\/b> Your family has one set of gold encrusted tea cups reserved for guests. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>22.<\/b> Ice cream during winter is a huge no-no.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>23.<\/b> Leaving your hair wet after a shower is a sure way to get pneumonia. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>24.<\/b> Fucidin on everything and anything.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>25.<\/b> And this is how you knew shit was about to hit the fan:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GrowingUpArab?src=hash\">#GrowingUpArab<\/a> means that if u get this from your parents infront of guests, youre getting an asswhooping. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lh9zrBztn1\">pic.twitter.com\/lh9zrBztn1<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Michael (@Saikalii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saikalii\/status\/628319907512483840\">August 3, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up Lebanese: it\u2019s quite an adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":428841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1223],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-63217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania","tag-lebanese-parents"],"authorship":[144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>25 Truths Anyone Raised By Lebanese Parents Will Understand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Growing 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