Signs You're Becoming Your West Texas Parents

It happens slowly at first. One day, you’re rolling your eyes at your dad for rechecking the rain gauge, and the next, you’re bragging to your neighbors about how much your backyard got.

Congratulations, friend — you’ve officially started your metamorphosis into your West Texas parents.

The Sayings

You’ll notice it when you start saying things like, “We needed that rain,” even if it only sprinkled for 12 seconds. Or when you give a loud, satisfied sigh, plopping down in your recliner after mowing, holding a gas station fountain drink the size of your forearm.

Did you hear that noise?

Yeah. That one.

Somewhere deep inside, your parents’ spirit just whispered, “That’s my kid.”

The Signs

It continues with your evolving relationship to thermostats. You used to love blasting the AC — now you’re giving side-eye to anyone who dares touch it. You’ve started using “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity” in arguments. You might even own a backup cooler in case the first one fails. Don’t worry — this is normal.

The Straight-Up Goofiness

You’ve started to care about cornbread, grocery deals, and the price of gas at the spot around the corner. You have a favorite gas station cashier. You secretly judge your neighbor’s Christmas lights for not blinking in rhythm. And you’ve said “y’all” more times today than you ever used to in a single year.

The Point of No Return

The final stage? When you start turning off lights in empty rooms and muttering, “I’m not made of money.” That’s when you know the transformation is complete. Welcome home, darlin’. Your West Texas parenthood badge has been issued.

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