The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 29, 2025)

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Apr 29, 2025 4:00 PM EDT

No parent is perfect. Every mom or dad will screw up at some point in the 18 years it takes for an infant to become an adult, and best believe it won't be without consequences for their kid. There is endless writing and posting about being a parent to a child; I'm less interested in that era of the parent-child relationship. What's more interesting to me is parents relationships with their adult kids, particularly when the lines are blurred and parents treat their adult children like they're still little kids. It's a fascinating phenomenon that's been exacerbated by technology. Parents can track their adult kid's locations to see where they are and pontificate upon what they're doing there. They can parent and control them from hundreds of miles away

Texting is a huge tool if you're a parent who's parenting their adult children. It's a way to talk to someone, even if they really don't want to talk to you. So many parents say things over text that they would never say in real life, and these parenting texts demonstrate this perfectly. 

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    Are parents usually this invested in their kid's physique?
    via u/Pleasant-Recording46
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    Hey Your fitness challenge will finish in around 2 months (by 1/7/2025)! I'm really happy to see two of you putting in great effort so far 12:22 PM Keep aiming for your goal and earn your special reward! Even if you don't fully hit the target, a well-balanced figure, toned physique (not a boxy shape), and wearing your full set of fitness gear can earn you bonus points. FITNESS CHALLENGE 10/11 1/7 GOAL WEIGHT 57KG 54KG CHEST 38" 39- WAIST 33" 27" HIP 37" 36" 12:23 PM
    via u/Pleasant-Recording46
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    Main focus on Fitness goal: 1)Slimming my waist and building abs 2) Improving stamina 3) Achieving an overall good body shape If you find the PT is good, you may ask her normal rates for one-on-one sessions. Also, does she has rates for training two people at the same time. 8:34 AM
    via u/Pleasant-Recording46

    "Overall good body shape" is crazy coming from a trainer, let alone your parents

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    I hope to see my daughters fit, healthy, and looking stunning. Keep it up - you're doing great! 12:42 PM
    via u/Pleasant-Recording46
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    Mom got me fired because her phone wasn't working
    via u/EebyIsShort
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    Lots of context needed I was working as a dog sitter/house cleaner for somone who worked long hours and was rarely home. I was just 16 at the time and was happy to be getting some money even though it was only about $20-$30 for 6am-8pm every day.
    via u/EebyIsShort
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    One day my moms phone was having issues, my boss texted her saying I arrived and they went to work but she never received it. She called me but couldn't hear me so she assumed I was doing it on purpose and sent me those texts (see immage attached)
    via u/EebyIsShort
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    Of course after this she decided to call my boss and scream at him for god knows how long just to get me fired. TLDR: Mom calls child at work with a broken phone, blames her child and calls their boss to get them fired.
    via u/EebyIsShort
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    ← Mom Thursday, Nov 7 • 8:19 AM Where the f are you You better answer me now bl pull your cuz I'll head off You're done working for him IM SAYING HELLO YOUR PHONE IS THE PROBLEM I don't give a f you don't work for him anymore he told me you weren't there So the problem is T you're done Boss name Alright fine
    via u/EebyIsShort
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    My mom refuses to let me live with her because she thinks I'm Satan
    via u/AHHHHHHHHH_355
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    I (17nb) recently came out to my mom. As you can probably guess from the title, she didn't take it very well. She blocked me on all platforms and refused to talk with me. About a week ago I came home from work to my bags packed and my mom standing in the doorway. I was confused and she yelled at me that she doesn't allow "satanic beings" in her house. I yelled back trying to defend my self she had already
    via u/AHHHHHHHHH_355
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    put my bags in the back of my car. How generous. I knew there was no fighting with her and I called my friends to see if anyone was looking for a roommate. Luckily one of my friends was, and I've been living there since. She's been non-stop texting me Bible verses and I just blocked her. I'm not sure if she knows it but some of my stuff is still there.
    via u/AHHHHHHHHH_355
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    My aunt tried to reason with my mom but my mom just yelled at her for being a "satan worshiper”. I've cut all ties with her and anyone who supports her and my friends all support me.
    via u/AHHHHHHHHH_355
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    23 10:51 5G iMessage Today 10:47 AM Why did you kick me out? I'm not Satan I hate you as Satan and I will nit let you live in my home until god has healed you This is insane. I'm not even 18. I'm pretty sure this is illegal. you are you are not a Idc what the f daughter of mine. I'm aware you don't like me but you are required to house me. Plus, not a girl God is your savior I'm not religious and you know that, this means nothing to me I am blocking all satanic forces including you from my life
    via u/AHHHHHHHHH_355
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    This is my dad after walking out on me and mom 3 months ago
    via u/Error407Tv
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    < 5:29 Hey sweetheart LL F Failed Abortion > .5G 22 Hey We need to talk. Youve been avoiding me and not wanting anything to do with me and frankly I'm done allowing your behavior You sat there and watched your mother's behavior towards me. You told me you saw it and all of a sudden you changed I get that you have been there dealing with her lunacy but that's her own fault I didn't "suddenly change" I have text after text of me begging her to stop begging her to not continue. So all her bulls abo
    via u/Error407TvT
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    5:29 FL .5G 22 Failed Abortion > So tell me what your issue is with me. Then I will tell you the actual truth I don't care about about the "actual truth" I honestly don't care about any of this None of what she has been spreading to everyone and on social media is actually true So whats your issue with me then Here is your chance Be honest and say it Understand your next few words WILL change your life How so what does that mean thats sounds like a threat just gives the vibe of a threat "Underst
    via u/Error407TvT
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    < 5:29 5G 22 F Failed Abortion > Be honest and say it Understand your next few words WILL change your life what does that mean thats sounds like a threat How so just gives the vibe of a threat "Understand your next word WILL change your life" You either open up and start talking to me or you prove that you've been brainwashed Do you know the truth? Highly doubtful I bet you don't even know when her and I decided we were over Late Oct early November of last year So tell me, what is it? What's you
    via u/Error407TvT

    He's acting like he's in junior high

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    Dad called me a hippo to my stepmother.
    via u/WH0MP_
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    76 2:26 IG 68 Argyle, TX Aug 31, 2020 at 11:44 AM Check how long for the corn dogs I can't even with. 0 8-9 She's out of breath and sweating She out of shape. Maybe this is good for her. Lol her breathing Yes she needs to do this more Aug 31, 2020 at 2:37PM 2 YEARS AGO + iMessage
    via u/WH0MP_
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    6:01 < D Dad Check how long for the corn dogs I can't even with NO 5G 51% She's out of breath and sweating 8-9 She out of shape. Maybe this is good for her. Lol her breathing Yes she needs to do this more Aug 31, 2020 at 2:37PM 2 YEARS AGO iMessage Just to provide context. I was talking about conditioning not weight. I love you! Regardless of the context I apologize and I hate that you thought I was body shaming you. ||| + 6:00 PM J 8
    via u/WH0MP_
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    I am an unschooled 16- year-old with a mom in an online religious cult seriously considering running away due to my parents' neglect.
    via u/AsterFlowerzzz
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    replied to you Whatever act like your sh doesn't stink, who gives a sh anymore, btw... I'm not perfect and I don't believe I am or that I'm better than anyone. I DO however know there are rules to what we should and shouldn't do and as your parent, I am supposed to teach you and help you practice following those rules. I have also said you are allowed to wear pants I, but they cannot be too loose or too tight and the shorts cannot be way above your knees. Dress codes are enforced at public place
    via u/AsterFlowerzzz
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    My father's side doesn't include my partner
    via u/AnonymousSandBass
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    My partner and I have been together over 4 years now, my dad is wanting to go out of country for a trip before my brother goes to college (which will be 30 minutes away from where they live) and wants it to just be a "family trip" meaning he just wants me to go and not my partner. He tries to play it off by saying "Oh you're gonna get married and we'll never see you anymore", but I haven't really
    via u/AnonymousSandBass
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    missed out on that much since we live together. They also "didn't know" it was her birthday so when we celebrated my dad and I'd birthday she felt left out. This has been ongoing and it's not that I don't appreciate the gesture of inviting me, it's the fact that they purposefully don't include her, keep in mind she hasn't given them a reason to do so. Am I wrong for being upset?
    via u/AnonymousSandBass
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    1 1:50 Dad > Today 9:56 AM Did you think about the trip? We are starting to book stuff. LTE 38 Today 1:38 PM I appreciate you offering for me to go but I think I'll probably sit this one out, I'd hate to leave alone and also just worried about it being dangerous over there Delivered Well it's your decision but I hate for you to miss out. You guys aren't going to be able to do everything together your whole life. But if that's your decision I won't bother you about it. + iMessage
    via u/AnonymousSandBass

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