Your parents never brush their teeth
Your mom walks around the house, talking to herself
Mostly all of your siblings have 3 kids and usually not until their late 20's/early 30's
Your dad asks you to pull out his rotten teeth
Your lips are always parted naturally
You have chubby cheeks
Your nose is really wide
If you're a guy, you have a moustache
Your mom always says that she is going to kick you/punch you in the face after you argue with her
Your parents like to shoo you away by saying, "bpai non" (go sleep)
Your mom managed to have her last child(ren) in her 40's
Every Lao song your parents listen to sounds exactly the same and they blast that shit
You have
fish sauce in your kitchen and freak out when it's gone
You also have
rooster sauce in your kitchen and put that shit on everything
Your mom goes to han lao to buy food and Daily 3 lottery
Your parents ask you to check the
Daily 3 numbers for them
You don't use the showerhead, you use the pot that is in the tub
You talk to your cat/dog in Lao and say that they speak Lao
Your mom has a Louis Vuitton handbags to try and impress other Laotians
You have
pho almost every week
Your parents are
oldYou wear strings on your wrists for "good luck" or to ward off ghosts
You and your family claim that they have seen a ghost
Your parents claim they were Buddhist monks, but drink like there's no tomorrow at parties
Your dad goes fishing
You eat
sticky riceYou have thip kow in the kitchen to hold the sticky rice
You have to pluck off the stems from the peppers so your mom can smash them
You say "close the light" and "open the light" instead of "turn on the light"/"turn off the light"
You say
eat water instead of
drink water
You have never said I love you to your parents
You have never seen your parents hug/kiss
Your parents used to chew the food for you when you were younger..ew
You have to dial the numbers on the phone for your parents
Your mom likes to say, "Oh my god!" and "Shut up!" in English
You have a lot of dogs and most of them are Chihuahuas
Your parents refuse to bury a dead pet, they throw it away in the trash instead because they are afraid their spirit will haunt you
You have beef with Hmong people
You squat when you use the toilet
You hate when people call you Cambodian and they ask you "What's Lao? Where's that?" when you tell them what you are
You have a lot of nieces and nephews that are really young and
really annoying
You are taller than your parents, especially your mom
Your mom gives you this black rock looking medicine that makes your pee smell just like it for days
Your parents room smells just like that medicine and other weird unknown substances
Your parents are obsessed with talking about money and say saam loy a lot (three hundred) or twenty dollars (sao don)
You don't use plural nouns when you talk -(i.e. wash the dish, instead of wash the dishes)
You say take them a shower or take them to sleep instead of give them a shower/put them to sleep
Your dad tells you to step on his back
Your siblings are gone all day at your other sibling's house
Your parents talk with their mouths full
Your mom chews beetle nut all day
Your dad cooks squirrel over the stove and it smells so bad
You always have MAMA noodles and Cup Noodles
You have single mattresses for relatives to sleep on
Your bowl of pho is bright red because of all of the rooster sauce and spices you added in
Your parents always have their Lao friends over at their house and they're as loud as can be
You put fish oil and MSG in your eggs
You go into the rice fields and get crawdads and sell them by the bucket full
You have a chicken coop in your backyard
Your parents have been in the U.S. for over 30 years and don't speak a lick of English. They understand it though! Especially all of the cuss words.
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