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Time Out: Who Said That?! Laugh Out Loud with Moms Reacting to the Funniest Tweets
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Ever watched celebrities read funny tweets and thought, 'We should do that too?' In this Time Out, we found the funniest, most relatable parenting tweets from both moms and dads! 😂 Join us for our signature mom commentary and let us know what you think.
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Funny Parenting Stories and Observations
Speaker 1Kids. Let me talk in their face before I brush my teeth and they don't complain about my breath, so I'm like their butt has to sink for a kid to say something. Kids don't randomly like. They're most honest, honest, so I think you need to get some like booty cream, some whatever Booty cream yeah they got stuff that like like deodorant for your butt. Yeah, what yeah. So at L Lauder, l L Lauder, I don't know, said today I work from home, rant this already. Just must be a dad.
Speaker 1Okay, today I work from home rant in miles, homeschooled my kids, cleaned the house, made a delicious dinner and got my kids in bed early. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you lie. I was like talking about mom's shame and I was like, yeah. I was like, wow, what time do you wake up? Did you see my name?
Speaker 2I got these on my face and I was like I thought it must be a dad. I was like what, how are you doing all of this? Teach me, I'm not saying that. You are mom's actually, yeah.
Speaker 1You do it.
Speaker 2Mom's actually get a lot done. Man, who is this Okay, All right At? Amy Dillon says not sure if I should be more concerned about the son who locked me out of my bedroom today or the one who showed me how to pick the lock.
Speaker 1Oh, he's crazy in the criminal, the pick the lock one for sure, I feel like locking the doors is normal.
Speaker 2Honestly, you need both you need both, you need the one? Well, I don't know. I don't know if you need both, because it sounds like she just I'll be happy to have the one that picked the lock, but it makes me nervous for the future.
Speaker 1Yeah, the one who locked her out. She's not going to be surprised when the police knock on her. Okay At Stay At Homies, said. My three-year-old wakes me up way too early each morning by singing, so it's like a Disney princess.
Speaker 2Yeah, my son does it, oh, prince.
Speaker 1So this morning I woke up early? Oh no, so this morning I woke up early, went into his room and started singing to show him how much it sucks. Then we had to do it, and my point was Because we're three-year-olds. This was absolutely happy.
Speaker 2Four of me like okay, what are?
Speaker 1we singing now. I do that to like a 16-year-old.
Speaker 2Like remember when you were three? Like here you go, Like that's when you do it, and my point was Right. Man, At Lizzer Real I hope I'm saying that right I pointed out a fire truck to my co-worker on our drive and I think I need to spend time less of my children. That is a fact, you know. That's all. That's what we're all about is you know we love the kids but spend less time because now, you don't know, because. I can't.
Speaker 1What I count, those big trucks now, like the 16, whatever 18-year-olds cause my kids count them, so I count them without them now. Okay, I'm like we're at 120. Just so y'all know, you did that on our road trip. No, no, I think of that when I see them up and no one's ever at Like.
Speaker 2I didn't hear you. I didn't hear you count. If you were doing that in your head, then my god.
Speaker 1So, elemy Gordon, okay, the eight-year-old distra I can't say that word. The eight-year-old disrupted my sleep again, so I texted my mom at 2 am To ask when it stops. Never, that's the point. Ever, this stops weird, when your mom doesn't answer the phone or text you back.
Speaker 2You know what yes and no.
Speaker 1I.
Speaker 2Well, I guess, when she, when she goes days, I'm like Excuse me.
Speaker 1What are you doing?
Speaker 2Yeah, so.
Speaker 1I'll call her. I text I expect like an answer in two minutes, immediately. What else could you be doing immediately? E?
Speaker 2I don't care that. I'm grown with a hair. Let's see where we at, where we at, where we at. Let's see oh, I hide from my kids great name. I burst my, my, my birth, my kid, faster than she could put on shoes. What? I don't, I don't like it, my kid faster than she could put on shoes.
Speaker 1This is who put on kid like the mom like did the baby come out before she could put on shoes?
Speaker 2I burst my kid Faster than oh, it's very slow oh.
Speaker 1Oh no.
Speaker 2I get it yes. Is that what that means?
Speaker 1her birth probably took like the birth probably took like 20 hours and she's saying her kid takes 22 hours.
Speaker 2Oh, kids putting on.
Speaker 1You actually help me figure it out.
Speaker 2Got it because it also it is torture. It's absolute, absolutely so. He's like put on your shoes, tire shoes, then we got all the.
Speaker 1Coffee, but like trying to get a foot in it's awful because they keep their foot the same position no matter what. So you can't get the foot in the shoe. I'm like, help me. I literally tell them help me, help me, you help me man, that was there, we got there. What's next At mama Jesse scene? Oh, good luck robbing my house. My home security system is Legos on the floor.
Speaker 2That hurts it's also why I don't really buy that type of stuff, because it gets me upset. And then I'm meeting with her. Everything in the trash. You know people be like Trash. I did that.
Speaker 1Everything Goes every month that clean out, like all their toys, and they're like where did they?
Speaker 2don't ever ask, they don't know, and they don't even have a Lot they don't ask and that's all I know.
Speaker 1I'm throwing away the right stuff, the right things, yeah, I just don't buy them. And then here we are. No, it's my turn.
Speaker 2Yes uh, my four-year-old. At Lottie poppy, I was gonna say poopy.
Speaker 1I love.
Speaker 2Lottie poppy said my four-year-old just shot it. I didn't do it, so now I have to get how, now I have to get to what, so now I get to have fun figuring out exactly what she didn't do.
Speaker 1I remember training when um Taj's sister was at my house and the kids were like all playing together quietly Taj's son and my kids. She was like oh so quiet, so nice.
Speaker 2As soon as you say that, that's when you know it's wrong.
Speaker 1They had like found something that my teacher left open and it was like like foam or something all over the place.
Speaker 2No yeah, I was like you haven't watched enough TV that you at least like, even if you don't have your own kids. You know, I know, when it's quiet, then there's something going down.
Speaker 1Yeah, so it's not right. Yeah, they didn't do it. That would be noble, for sure, noble.
Speaker 2I didn't do it, do what.
Speaker 1Yeah, and then she'd be freaking out. That's why we have an old story.
Speaker 2No, my son does that Like. If he knows he did something wrong, he'll come downstairs, it's like preemptive.
Speaker 1I'm like what's wrong with you?
Speaker 2What is wrong with you?
Speaker 1I'm not gonna know.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1I don't know. I don't know, I'm like that's not a little gaslighter? Yeah, a little gaslighter. That's what I'm talking about Drunk little gaslighter.
Speaker 2Someone said that once. Like if you look at little kids like like drunk adults, like drunk toddlers yeah, absolutely, I'm gonna rouse and random things, okay.
Speaker 1At real life, mommy three, I would. Oh, the follow was from Twitter.
Speaker 2I was like follow I.
Speaker 1Okay, I would like to officially apologize to my toddler for cutting her left pancake before I cut her right pancake. I don't know what I was thinking.
Speaker 2I Feel that in my soul, no idea what I was thinking. My goodness Cutting the crust off on accident. That, even though you asked, and now it's just it's not.
Speaker 1It's too much like having PTSD you're like Put the syrup on wrong. I broke the French toast to her, like it's just cut the wrong way, cut it the wrong way, so try and go another square, oh yes.
Speaker 2Because what, what is wrong with you kids?
Speaker 1And then they're only specific with certain people. Oh yeah, you know, it's like what are you talking about? You have to do the syrup, like you just pour it on. Yeah, I was like. No, I have to like Pour on all of the things and then I have to put a little puddle in the, so she can also know little little.
Speaker 2Yeah, just for me, that's what they are yes and then we grew up to be.
Speaker 1Great human beings.
Speaker 2Yes, let's see what it is At octopus cave. Ma man, octopus, I thought well that would have been a good one, octopus cave mom. Oh yeah, so maybe this is like yeah, but it's octopus cave man having a tough day. My kid told me I have the stinkiest butt on the planet earth. And he's just a little kid, but if he's right, that's the mistake.
Speaker 1Yeah, but definitely stinks, but definitely stinks because my kids let me talk in their face before I brush my teeth and they don't complain about my breath. So I'm like your butt has to sink for a kid to say something. Kids don't randomly like they are the most honest, honest, so I think you need to get some like booty cream, some whatever Booty cream. Yeah, they got stuff that like deodorant for your butt. Yeah, what.
Speaker 2Yes.
Speaker 1If you have to get deodorant.
Speaker 2I have deodorant for my butt. Deodorant for your butt? Yeah, because why do I want to?
Speaker 1it's not that my butt like stuff comes up, Like you want to keep yourself fresh all the time. So how do you do it?
Speaker 2I'm sorry, wait, there's like a cream.
Speaker 1Well, there's some that's like I think actually that.
Speaker 2But there's like a cream that keeps your butt, so you spread your cheeks so you don't get any moisture in there. Okay, I see that.
Speaker 1It keeps it like fresh, like a um decedent?
Speaker 2Yeah, I guess Adults. Whatever, that is sure you know like a butt paste, like I can change the diaper, but that's for like, so you don't get on A rash. Yeah, it's not for that.
Speaker 1It's just like saying why would you put on deodorant? It's not that you know, Because you sweat there. You don't think your butt ever stinks you just think your butt smells like flowers all the time.
Speaker 2Man, I just didn't know.
Speaker 1I didn't know, I feel like you just got to wash. You do wash, but then the whole like you're out for eight hours. Oh yeah, then you take a shower, but your butt has stunk for eight hours.
Speaker 2Like for me, it's not so. Anybody can smell my butt.
Speaker 1It's like I feel fresh all day.
Speaker 2I feel fresh all day. Okay, you gotta show me the butt deal Cause. Wow, okay Is your girl.
Speaker 1Yes, okay, tweet. We just want to say tweet. Okay, what's seven, I guess seven year old Mom. What's chicken? Made of Me Chicken, oh no, seven, seven year old.
Speaker 2Oh, okay.
Speaker 1Are we made of chicken? Me? No, seven year old. How about our dog Me? What application.
Speaker 2What, what? This is slowly, like, nevermind, like everybody's just made of chicken.
Speaker 1I don't think they like realize. Like the little chicken is like what they're eating. Like they don't realize they're eating a chicken. Yeah, I don't think. So I try to let my kids know, like you're eating a pig.
Speaker 2Oh, I see what you're saying, like this is a chicken, this is a cow that you're eating.
Speaker 1Yeah, because you know how like when kids are young to well, at least for me, to make them eat new things, I'll just call everything chicken Like you're eating chicken.
Speaker 2Oh really, yeah, I don't want to explain like Deciding and then you decide that you don't like like burgers because it sounds weird yeah.
Speaker 1If I said oxtail she wouldn't have tried it. So afterwards I let her know it's oxtail and she's like, but before I'm like it's like chicken is chicken Like, it's fine. So I think that's why they give me.
Speaker 2I'm gonna get a gas lighter. Yeah, we just grow up into that Gives you great mom's let's see Okay At Dadman walking says most often it's cute when kids have alternative names for things. I love her. My eight year old calling Taco Bell cinnamon delights creamy balls confirms that we are out of the cute renaming things.
Speaker 1That's a long title, no-transcript. Or cinnamon ice creamy ball. I thought it was like no cinnamon lights from Taco Bell. Okay, like, oh, now I want creamy balls.
Speaker 2I don't eat Taco Bell, but I used to.
Speaker 1I used to go In college I had the nachos bell brown grande. I don't like cheese sauce.
Speaker 2I like cheese. I love cheese sauce.
Speaker 1Cheese sauce is like a little meat. What's? What's the stuff that people make it like parties, the Rotel.
Speaker 2Oh, that's good. That's good. Now I'll eat that.
Speaker 1Okay, you're human.
Speaker 2Yes, I was like the cheese, the cheese sauce, like that's on fries instead of melted cheese.
Speaker 1Oh, okay, you know what I mean. You're like I want some real cheese. Yes, okay, okay, I mean, you know I mean.
Speaker 2I get, yes, but this is like different. Yeah, it's different.
Speaker 1I was like is it real cheese and real cheese? Yeah, okay, at mary fairy bobbery. That was twitter names. Be crazy, man. One of the most rewarding parts of parenthood Is when your child is finally old enough to have deep and meaningful conversations with you like mom. Oh man, mom, Do you know why your makeup always looks so crusty? Yeah, they tell the truth, though.
Speaker 2They tell the that's the thing, if that's why I keep her letting me know a lot of times, if I'm getting dressed, I'll ask my kids yeah, does this look right? Because they're gonna tell me, yeah, then rivers might lie to me. Yeah, leila, she's gonna be like take it off.
Speaker 1It's, it's take it off. I don't know I get the truth and not sometimes like noble. So in love she's just like, you're just so beautiful.
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Speaker 2So beautiful, because I think it's how I talk to her all the time, so I don't know if I really get it, unless I did something crazy but she'll let me know if something's on my face or something. Yes, no, I really love. Okay at Lane gordon, I am gordon, I'm me, I'm me, gordon whatever names.
Speaker 1Yeah, okay, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2There are four little girls fighting in my house right now because they all want to play family. But nobody wants me to be want, nobody wants to be the mom. I've never felt so.
Speaker 1My noble always says you do everything, you do everything.
Speaker 2I do not want to be the mom.
Speaker 1I don't, I don't want not me not me, not, me no.
Speaker 2First person because I'm not being the mom. Oh, that's it. Wow, that was good, chinks, that was really good. That was really good. Well, guys, if you have more insane Things that you have seen from the internet, that people are saying, or maybe you have a good story from your toddler gaslighting you, manipulating you or whatever, or just or vice versa just tell it, because sometimes they just are truly telling the truth. Yeah, let us know in the comments below. Yeah, see you soon.