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31 Signs You Grew Up With A Persian Mom

Dooset daram, maamaan. Even though sometimes you're a little crazy. 😂
Minou Clark
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Associate Editor of News and Emerging Platforms, HuffPost

First, let's set the mood.

1
Your mom had some of the weirdest and most questionable home remedies when you got sick.
2
There was pretty much nothing your mom wouldn't pickle. And don't worry: She'll force you to eat it 20 years later because that's when it's the "eh-tastiest."
3
Your mom's opinion on dating certainly shifted as soon as you became "marriage material."
4
You never ate a meal at home without a giant bowl of maast-o-khiar.

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5
This cookie box charade is probably the reason you have trust issues.
6
This too.
7
There was never a dull moment grocery shopping with her.
8
When your mom packed you lunch for school, it was gourmet Iranian leftovers every time.
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9
She found it perfectly normal to eat raw mint, parsley, cilantro and other herbs by the handful.

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10
Your mom never missed a chance to force you to dance.
11
Your mom disciplined you by inventing weird and ridiculous lies to scare you into behaving.
12
Your mom raised you to give three kisses when greeting others, which gets pretty awkward when you're meeting non-Persians.
13
Parties with your mom's Persian side of the family gave you a pretty good idea of what it feels like to have paparazzi.
14
Your mom loves to give speeches about how much better she was than you at your age.
15
Your mom could spend nine years making the perfect khoresht, but all anyone ever cared about was the tadigh.
16
She never had a problem being vulgar.
17
Your mom always gave you shit when your non-Persian friends would forget to take their shoes off at the door.
18
Chocolate and vanilla were NOT the ice cream flavors you grew up with.

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19
Your mom may have called you fat, but don't worry, she also made sure you stuffed your face with her cooking.
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20
You 100% blame your tardiness on your mom. She took that whole "fashionably late" thing to a whole new extreme.
21
Your mom would spend a lifetime at a party, and right when everyone was finally about to go home, you'd hear "bezar ye chaie bokhoram" and end up staying another five hours.
22
Her idea of décor essentially meant throwing Persian rugs in every single room.
23
Your mom absolutely hated if you ever brought vegetarian friends over for dinner.
24
She called you "jan" or "joon" so much that people actually thought your name was John or June.
25
You learned from a young age that insults and curses in Farsi are the most ludicrous expressions ever.
26
Your mother's version of the bend and snap involves way more intricate snapping than anything Elle Woods was doing.
27
Your mom trained you from a young age to take part in the custom of taarof, but your American friends seriously don't get it.
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28
Spending time with your Persian mom could quickly become emotionally draining.
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29
Your mother's idea of a refreshing drink always involved doogh. Lots and lots of doogh.
30
It was impossible to leave a party at a reasonable hour because your mom felt the need to say goodbye to each individual person 20 times.
31
You grew up with some pretty bizarre terms of endearment like "jeegaré man-ee," but you always knew you were loved.

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