13 Memories From Sleepovers At Your Lebanese Grandparents’ House

Sleepovers at Teta and Jeddo’s house were undoubtedly some of the best nights of your life, ones that you will remember forever. Here are 13 memories from those incredible days with your Lebanese grandparents.

1. The thrill you feel when your parents say you can sleep there

Followed by a stern warning, “Ma 7ada 7a jeye b noss el lel iza ghayarto ra2ykon.”

2. Sleeping with your 46 cousins in one room on makeshift beds (mattresses on the floor) = hours of giggling and bouncing around

3. Your jeddo bringing you fresh manouche for breakfast, accompanied by an unbeatable spread of labne, eggs, and 5 types of cheeses

The best breakfast of all time. Jeddo bya3ref to3met temmo.

4. Endless supply of Riz B 7alib in the fridge

They stock up as soon as they know you’re dropping by.

Or if your grandma was really cool, you got the custard with a Gandour biscuit at the bottom.

5. The antiques you were never allowed to touch, look at, or breathe near

They’re still on those shelves, 20+ years later.

6. The white crochet cloth covering every surface in sight

It was practically illegal to have a table without a crochet cloth on it.

7. Black and white family pictures AKA naked pictures of your parents when they were kids

“Shu tale3 bteshbah bayyak” OK THAT’S ENOUGH.

8. A wealth of books and encyclopedias for hours of entertainment

9. And you’ll definitely find strange cedar wood ornaments

10. Boiling all night because they’re all about that daffeye life

Coupled with the three covers your teta would stack on top of you.

11. Wearing your aunt or uncle’s rejected pajamas if you came unprepared

And they were always a few sizes too big, so you did this:

12. Enjoying snack after snack of baskot w ra7a

No one around to police your sugar intake!

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13. Overhearing your teta and jeddo’s “grown up” conversations

AKA gossip about other relatives.

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