To ask what the most ridiculous thing your adult child has asked you?

[hibye123]

My mum was at my house today and whilst she was there I asked her how to boil an egg. I'm 22 so she wasn't impressed at all to say the very least😂 anyway it got me thinking about all the silly questions I've asked my mum over the years since I've been an adult.

So can I ask, what's the most ridiculous thing your adult child has asked you?!
I'm here for the laughs😄

I had to ring my mum to ask how to boil an egg too as an adult, eggs make me vom so I never learnt to do it but I was looking after a little boy who wanted one and I had no idea where to start.

I remember I had to ring my Mum to ask her how to clean the loo. . .

I once asked if I could opt out of paying taxes after seeing my first pay check

Not necessarily asked but one time when visiting my nana and a pigeon made a noise I said to my mum "I love coming here and hearing the owls". I know owls are nocturnal and this was broad daylight. Why the f did I spend nearly 30 years thinking my nana had a load of owls for neighbours? My uncle was present too for this comment so I'm sure my mum had second hand embarrassment.

I had to show DH how to make scrambled eggs when he was in his 30s. My then 7yo took over... (he also dislikes eggs. However DDs love them, hence him needing to learn)

To even it up, he found my disbelief over the double decker car trains on the Channel tunnel most amusing. I even asked how they got in to the upper deck.

Apparently it's not uncommon to not know how to boil an egg. Just asked my dd, her partner and friend (all 18yo) and none of them knew 😬

A few year ago now someone unplugged my back up freezer and I didn’t realise for a good week. I rang my mum just stood there like yeah… mum my freezers all defrosted and it smells and looks yucky. She came around with gloves and bin bags lol in my defence she has no sense of smell so she doesn’t mind stinky jobs.

But for so reason my mind was like wtf do I do.

I tell everyone this story because it makes me die laughing every time. At Christmas two years ago my 22 year old sister asked how polar bears build igloos to live in. When we told her they didn't, she genuinely didn't believe us until she had googled the subject extensively.

She GENUINELY thought polar bears are out in the Arctic building igloos to live in. No idea where she got that idea but I absolutely love it

@Horst my mum was the only person I’ve ever known who had no sense of smell. She died last year and I miss her very much.
Thanks for that memory x

To be fair, boiling an egg is a skill. Yes, anyone can chuck an egg in some water and boil it, but to make the perfect not snotty yet runny yolk egg takes years of experience!

@ScotsMumOf4

Apparently it's not uncommon to not know how to boil an egg. Just asked my dd, her partner and friend (all 18yo) and none of them knew 😬

I don’t really understand how it’s possible not to know! If you know what the word boil means then surely you know that to boil an egg means to cook it in boiling water. And that’s all there is to know!

I ask Alexa most silly questions these

@RedPandaMama

I tell everyone this story because it makes me die laughing every time. At Christmas two years ago my 22 year old sister asked how polar bears build igloos to live in. When we told her they didn't, she genuinely didn't believe us until she had googled the subject extensively.

She GENUINELY thought polar bears are out in the Arctic building igloos to live in. No idea where she got that idea but I absolutely love it

🤣

Tbf I never have soft boiled eggs so I didn’t have a clue how long to boil them for until my DH did it for me!

I’m sure I’ve asked my mum countless daft things over the years haha

I once rang my mum steaming drunk to ask her the lyrics to 'Nelly the Elephant' (pre smart-phones) as I was trying to sing it to my equally drunk friends and couldn't remember...

I knew how to boil eggs though, so at least I spared her that conversation!

Why the pressure of the water didn’t break the channel tunnel. I honestly thought it was like a water slide, through the ocean! 🤦‍♀️

I once rang my mom to make sure raw mushrooms were not poisonous in all fairness she wasn't sure either and looked it up in her book 🤣

Not an adult to parent but adult to their twin when about to order a pizza: "Do I like olives?"

I once reversed into a perpendicular car park so I could drive straight out and when I came out of the shops someone had parked close behind me so I couldn't open my boot.

I ended up ringing my mum from the car park ranting about how I had to put my shopping in the back seat and she says 'why didn't you just drive forward a bit' 🤦🏻‍♀️

I think she was wondering where she went wrong.

I rang my mum when the ceiling leaked because of a loose roof tile. I just cried 😂 not much she could do from 7 hours away but videos to her for picking up at 6am

Yeah I'm ashamed to say my my daughter went pumpkin picking last month with my mam, it's the first time she's been. I honestly thought the pumpkins where bought and placed in the field because it was fun for the kids to find, not that they actually grew there. It was an interesting conversation with my mam 😂

When my daughter was about 2 years old. She was really sick all over my sofa. I rang my mum in hysterics asking her to come over and help me deal with it. She basically told me not to be so stupid and just deal with it .

Is this Vegan chicken mum?
He meant organic
Needless to say it's now tradition that someone asks if the meat is vegan at every family dinner.

@FrenchyQ out of interest how do you get rid of sick out of sofas? Planning ahead here