6 Important Moments Where I Realized My Parents Are People
When I saw my mom throwing up from a hangover
My parents have always been “the cool ones.” In high school, they would allow my friends and I to drink at the house. My mother was the first person to ever get me drunk, putting a bottle of rum on the counter and telling me she couldn’t remember how much was left before going back to her New Year’s Eve party. Later that night, after I had projectile vomited all over the bathroom wall, she held a pair of barber’s clippers near my head to show the power of sobriety before writing in sharpie on my forehead: “Next time, I’ll drink responsibly.”