I don’t think a person becomes a real adult when they get a job and start earning their own money. I think a person becomes a real adult when they become adept at performing household chores and can correctly identify groceries. Because what is it point of earning 12 lakhs per annum if you can’t distinguish between palak and dhaniya?
However, one has to resort to many life hacks till they learn how to correctly identify pulses, leafy greens and vegetables. Many parents, especially mothers, either give samples to their kids while sending them off to shop for groceries or send them pictures.
A guy took to Twitter to share a picture of a masoor daal sample his mother gave him before sending him to the store because she didn’t think he would remember what it looked like!
My mom gave me a sample of the kind of daal she wanted me to get from the store because she didn’t trust me to remember 😭 pic.twitter.com/6u22wCI9Ls
— Ahmed // Rani & Munni stan 🚶🏻♂️ (@dumyboyfriend) July 18, 2023
He’s not alone. Several people online shared similar experiences of their mothers sending them off to grocery stores with daal samples or preparing a notebook for them that has descriptions of various kinds of pulses! Some were also reminded of their school projects. Have a look at the responses here:
Hum toh masri bolte is orange wali ko 🚶🏻♀️. Peeli wali ko moongi
Or dono jab mix karke banate toh moongi-masri ki daal— 𝚁υвʏ’s вαву❄️ (@rubinasbaby) July 19, 2023
My mommy also does this
— Fatima Mohammad Ramzan.🕊 (@Fatymah_07) July 18, 2023
Use to do 2nd grade projects this way
— Kauser Sultana (@Kauser_art) July 18, 2023
Omg seeing this daal packet reminds me of those projects where we had to paste different types of daal and grain on our scrapbooks and label them…core childhood memory unlocked https://t.co/GfkJWOI5gp
— ajeeeboghareeb (@SamjhNai) July 18, 2023
When I got married at 22, I kept a recipe book of all my mums recipes and stuck the different daals on there and labelled them so I’d remember. 😭🤣 https://t.co/yL0uGtkFHU
— Safura. (@iiamsaf) July 18, 2023
I wish my wife gave a sample of dhaniya/podina before sending me on that never-successful expedition.
I have given up and just get palak instead – at least I am left satisfied. https://t.co/vceaikogmB— Luqman (@LuqmanAhmad89) July 19, 2023
When I got married and moved to London I had my mum put samples of all kinds of daal in a ziplock and had them labelled. 😬 https://t.co/yY9sX0CyK5
— Dr. Tanya Ahmad (@tanyaahmad) July 19, 2023
Reminds me how one time I went to get grocery and I didn’t know what daal mash and sabit masar daal is, I asked someone and they all started laughing 😭😭😭 https://t.co/Q0FvkJkK1Q
— Azqa🇵🇰🇵🇸 (@azqarbon) July 18, 2023
my mom when she writes step by step instructions for every chore she has for me when she has to go anywhere bc she thinks I am incapable of doing anything https://t.co/2vfS14bkhj
— shiza (she/her) (@shizuwu9) July 18, 2023
Reminds me of the time my mum sent my brother to get her spinach and he bought back lettuce 👍🏼 https://t.co/rPZMP8Y4yn
— bobabae🧋🧋 (@chaishai123) July 18, 2023
This is how I am making sure that my brother will bring the asked item 🫣😂 https://t.co/pHG4nxDGs4 pic.twitter.com/tuYqXIE045
— ERROR 505 (@ZAINABA350) July 18, 2023
My tayi did this with my cousin and when i tell you he was offended 😭😭 https://t.co/5kTDeqNFfN
— 🇵🇸 (@CandlleJennerr) July 18, 2023
There are various ways a person can learn how to adult. This is probably one of them! 😛