You know your parents will always treat you like a child when (insert own text here)

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they phone up at 9.30 in the morning to find out if you "are coping" - just because dh has been away for a week with work.

..they stay with you, you start to prepare a meal, and on finding out what's being made, Mum always says "Oh love, don't go to so much bother, here sit down, I'll make us a nice spag bol/meat&potato pie/insert favoured mother food of the moment. On occasions, she has actually left the house and gone shopping for ingredients in order to regain control of the kitchen.

And when she does eat my food, she always plasters on an incredibly bouyant smile and nods fiercly and says, "Ooooh, lovely" - all the better to leave you unsure and riddled with insecurity

When they disagree with every decision you make for your child.

They try to hold your hand when you cross the road - my mum only stopped doing that when i had my own children!

your dad insists on holding your passport when you fly together, in case you lose it .

just after your wedding your dad sits down and tells your DH all the reasons that you should wait to have children.

you're 28 but still feel the need to hide the fact that you smoke from your dad

Thye go to Australia for a month and your mum insists on phoning you every day to
a) check you are still ok without them 20 mins away for emergencies

b) to complain aobut you cutting your ds hair.

c) to claim that you cannot do a 90min drive on A roads, because it is far to far and you will be too tired - and then phones your aunt to see if she can drive you down instead - ignoring your protests (bearing in mind I am a good, confident driver and have been driving for a few years).

Luckily I managed to sort things out with aunt, who fair enough didn't really want to leave at 5am to drive us there and back (unneccesarily).

My mum is a tad overprotective to say the least.

Your 24, have been smoking since you were 16 and still hide the fact from your parents