When you become a parent, your social circle begins to dwindle as your priorities shift.

Theyâ€™ll wait until youâ€™re in public, on the phone, or about to do something really important and then theyâ€™ll unleash their wrath because they know they have witnesses.įriends? I think I used to have one of those. And theyâ€™ll let you know it by throwing a huge tantrum. Speaking of decision making, kids lose it when theyâ€™re forced to do something they donâ€™t like. They must choose wisely which means theyâ€™ll change their minds. To them, the world is so big, so full of possibilities and ways to ruin your day. Children are indecisive little creatures. If youâ€™ve ever asked a child a question, then this GIF is all too familiar.

Thereâ€™s no escaping this, and if you try, itâ€™s just a matter of time before they find you and turn into Jack Nicholson in The Shining to get to you. They must be right in front of you, maintaining the most awkward eye contact of your life. Thereâ€™s just something about a parentâ€™s bowel movements that strikes wonder and awe in the hearts of children. Candyland, Operation, How Many Times Can I Repeat Myself Before Mommy Loses Her Shit? This is when your kids get stir crazy and decide to climb your head like itâ€™s Mt. Sometimes, though, you just donâ€™t have the energy. When you become a parent, youâ€™ll have to get creative in order to think of ways to keep your child entertained. Whatever you set in front of them is what theyâ€™ll eat, dammit! Until you get fed up and throw crushed up Pop Tarts on the floor for them to eat.

One day your child likes something, the next they donâ€™t. Yup, every parent knows the trials and tribulations of mealtime. After all, what could your child possibly have in common with a tiny, temperamental, bug-eyed creature who runs around half-naked and obsesses over something you donâ€™t want them to have? Well, slap my ass and call me Bilbo Baggins.Īnd I know what you may be thinking, w hy in the world would anyone want to use Gollum GIFs to explain parenting? To which I say, why not? Nothing about parenting or children makes sense anyway, we might as well have some fun with it. Comparing your offspring to the likes of Gollum from Lord of the Rings may seem like a harsh comparison.

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