14 Parents Admit To Truly Hilarious Mistakes

If there’s one thing no one is prepared for before they become a parent, it’s just how often you will screw up – and how truly awful you will feel about it, too.

As with everything in life, laughter is the best medicine, though, and these 14 parents just couldn’t help but laugh.

I wonder what happened?

My dad spent all summer growing this watermelon only for it to be just rind and seeds. from mildlyinfuriating

He just kept plugging away.

My dad attempting to ask my mom if she wants hamburgers or an eye of round for dinner from oldpeoplefacebook

Going old school/new school here!

The picture I get when my mom is having issues with her phone. from funny

I hope she offered to replace it!

My Mom is staying with us this week for thanksgiving. She wanted to make tea but instead of asking for help with the electric kettle she microwaved my chargeable self heating mug and caught it on fire. from mildlyinfuriating

Go ahead and tattoo it on your brain.

This is pinned above my dad’s computer to remind him not to call coworkers stupid from funny

Which, that analogy is probably not that far off.

The way my dad “answered” my questions from mildlyinfuriating

I challenge you to find one.

This note my dad wrote me to get me out of PE from funny

It is oddly adorable, though.

My mom has had this newspaper clipping pinned to the cork board in her kitchen since I was 12. I am now 26. from funny

Isn’t that all that matters?

My Dads phone. He says he doesn’t want to scratch it…. from mildlyinfuriating

Anyone else?

What was dad trying to do?? from oldpeoplefacebook

Potato, pohtato.

My parents threw me a belated birthday party at their house, and my Mom was confident she had the correct candles before I showed up. from funny

Asking because I honestly never thought about it before.

They’re not going to pay for their own Netflix accounts.

My mom thought this would delete her Netflix account. It’s been this way for TWO YEARS 😂 from funny

At least as long as the eggs were in the freezer.

My step dad keeps forgetting to take the boiled eggs out of the freezer when they’ve cooled down from mildlyinfuriating

Y’all, I’m probably laughing harder than I should me.

Because this time, these didn’t happen to me.