14 Over-The-Top Things Your Lebanese Mother Has Done
Not that we don’t absolutely adore them, but Lebanese moms certainly come with their quirks (EXTRA quirks). It comes from a sweet place of care and over-protectiveness (CCTV style), and you might just that it’s just how Arabs show love. Read on and see if you can relate to these over the top Lebanese mom things.
1) Leh mech 7atta/et last seen?
When you are out partying and you receive that text, you know you better come up with a good excuse that doesn’t involve ghosting your hook ups.
2) When they’ve left 17 missed calls on your phone
You pray that someone in your family hasn’t fallen into a coma as you dial back, only to find out that your mom is asking about the green tupperware she hasn’t seen in a couple of days.
3) When you receive 6 voice notes on WhatsApp on the same subject
And they all are detailing how she needs you to print something for her before you get home.
4) When she insists on FaceTiming you
But you are on vacation abroad and 4G is expensive. Then, she asks you to send her pictures of your hotel room so that she makes sure you are not sleeping in the metro.
5) When she calls your old friends from school
The ones you haven’t seen in five years because you didn’t answer the third time she called.
6) When your mama packs a 4-course meal for you 30 minutes lunch break
But you secretly love it.
7) When she calls you 17 times to tell you to answer your voice note.
And the voice note is : “Hi kifik habibi, rassik sar ahsan?”
8) When she mentions 5 times that she cleaned your room until you thank her 10 times.
9) That time when she almost contacted the headquarters of where you work (that might just be in New York), if you didn’t reply to her texts.
10) When she gets in your car
And makes you feel like you are driving on lava.
11) When she’s cooking in the kitchen, the kitchen turns into a closed fortress
That is not open for snacks until the meal is done.
12) When she insults you for not knowing where the ketchup is in the supermarket you visit twice a year.
13) If you bring food to the office but you end up ordering sushi with your coworkers.
And then you hear: “Eh ana la min botbokh w bet3ab men albe ?”
14) When she turns into an FBI investigator when it comes to the people you date.
