Parenting can be quite the experience. For the most part, it brings pure, unbridled joy. But there are those moments when being a mom or dad brings out the sarcastic person from within.
These social media posts from the Sarcastic Mommy Instagram page show the best of both worlds. Some are about adorably funny parts about raising children, while others are subtle expressions of the occasional exhaustion and mild frustration.
Check out our top picks from the page. If you’re a parent, see which ones are most relatable.
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Let's not forget the acid-tripping king sized bird with his imaginary friend, Snuffaluffagus, a depressed furry elephant hybrid.
I always thought he was a mammoth who didn't have any ears...
Load More Replies...And wind down the window as you drive past a group of his friends.
Load More Replies...My daughters song choices has started influencing my Spotify recommendations 🙄. I was the top 1% of listeners of 'Anna Kendrick - get back up again' last year.😣
The page’s creator, Lisa Munn, created Sarcastic Mommy to document the funny moments while raising her four boys. As she told Bored Panda in a 2024 interview, she used the platform as an “escape” and to “decompress.”
Knowing that her social media acquaintances have also shared their experiences, Munn continued to post content until the account grew into what it is currently. The Instagram page has 573,000 followers and counting.
Lol one kid will do the dishes and stuff, two of my children would burn the house down making a cupper
Our oldest was just totally oblivious to stuff going on around him. You couldn't leave him home alone because he'd be reading or on the computer and never notice the house on fire. His 2 years younger brother was the exact opposite. Always aware, very responsible, could handle life well ahead of his years.
Relatedly, I asked the kids "Is there anything you'd like to tell me before I audit the router logs?" The shocked silence that ensued was ... intense.
My friends told me they didn't realize how messy they were until their kids were all gone for a week last summer because they're used to the kids having assigned chores and doing the clean-up. I told them maid service would be cheaper, lol.
I was always very lax about my kids chores, but when my daughter went to college and left me with my husband and son, I realized how much cleaning she was actually doing!
Load More Replies...Total tosh.. as if a child understands a figure of money/ salary. But given the username I’m guessing it’s a joke!
As you’ll read from these posts, parenting has its draining moments. Moms, in particular, may experience periods of burnout, which experts refer to as Depleted Mother Syndrome (DMS).
As the name suggests, it happens when a mother gets physically, emotionally, and mentally drained from the demands of her role. According to Parents.com, DMS may manifest in the form of chronic fatigue, appetite changes, and overwhelming guilt, to name a few.
I went in looking as terrible as I could on purpose. Now every time I’m carded I look way better than the swamp monster on my ID. Follow me for more life hacks. ;)
While DMS isn’t an official medical diagnosis, it gained traction on social media as a fitting description for the burnout women experience as parents. As Cleveland Clinic Director of Behavioral Medicine Dr. Amy Sullivan, PsyD, explains, moms experience higher levels of stress and anxiety compared to their husbands.
“All that juggling and those mental exercises — and the guilt from not doing it perfectly — results in women experiencing burnout more often than men,” Dr. Sullivan stated.
Haha. My husband has the audacity to ask me what to do when we are doing chores. Um, I KNOW you know what to do without my input and direction. I know because we have been living together for 22 years. You seem to manage chores just fine without me. Just pretend I wasn't here also doing chores.
My hubby thinks that leaving the recycling in the hallway is the same as putting it in the bins outside. Like it is somehow going to hop out of the door and into the bins all by itself. I had to smile a few days ago though when I was telling our kids off for leaving the place a mess. I must have been assertive because even though I wasn't addressing him, he got up and tidied away some of his own stuff.
I feel sad for so many of you. As a man who can cook, clean, and do yard and house work; I also feel sorry for these men not being raised correctly.
Hi. I'm single, living in Alabama, and have big b***s.
Load More Replies...I would treat him like the 5-year-old he's acting like. I'd get out a piece of colorful posterboard and we'd sit down together and draw up a chores chart, and when he was a good boy, I'd let him put gold stars in the right squares. Bonus points: I'd keep it out so friends, relatives, visitors, repair techs, anyone coming to the house would see it.
Along with Depleted Mom Syndrome is mom guilt, where mothers experience feelings of inadequacy and think that they have failed as parents because of unmet expectations. According to Dr. Sullivan, moms should drop the “Superwoman” label and recognize their strengths apart from their weaknesses.
“You’re spectacular in some areas of life, but accept that other areas are a work in progress — just like all of us.”
Grab two different things from the hotel breakfast bar and bring them up and say this one is for you, wait a second and she will say I want what you got.
My wife asked me what color are her eyes. And,l i didn't know! Btw, we've been married 17 years. I feel bad that I didn't know. Guess who's sleeping on the couch tonight.
No, the sequel is "The 6-year old who learned to make toast." One child's struggle with ancient technology and bread will have you in tears - of laughter.
Load More Replies...Dr. Sullivan adds that combating DMS and burnout is about recognizing them. The next step is to learn to live with the idea that things won’t be perfect.
Many of these moms are likely doing this through these posts–learning to poke fun at these imperfections through sarcastic quips. If you do it right, they will come off as funny and lighthearted.
That doesn't surprise me. Have you seen the inside of a woman's car? A striking resemblance to a teenager's bedroom or a man cave.
There's this phenomenon in gay marriages where one of us, I assume due to too much testosterone, evolves this ability.
Hence me regularly exclaiming "Does nobody else have any eyes!?" almost daily (4 males in my house).
I'm not a parent, but this made me chuckle because I'm an auntie and I've seen the truth of this in my siblings. :P
Load More Replies...Me to my mom: May i please have a sandwich Mom: God gave you two hands, use them. Never asked her for a snack again
Sadly, the village doesn't exist anymore. Between the increase in unsafe villagers and not knowing who will complain about what... yeah... the village moved on...
I absolutely hate camping. I would prefer staying home too. It's where all my favorite things are.
The worst part I find is needing to get up to pee in the middle of the night: finally managed to warm up a little, now you have to untangle yourself from your sleeping bag, get up, put on your wellies, stumble around in the dark, probably get half of your clothes wet as you’re squatting down to pee, stumble back to the tent, take off your wellies, get back into your sleeping bag, be freezing cold, 3 hours later you’ve finally managed to warm up a little, and repeat. I really don’t see what the appeal of that is.
Load More Replies...It’s all the same tasks that you do at home .. shower/ wash hair/ cook But now with 10% of the facilities. So many women I know hated it.. still had to prepare dinner for kids etc but had to do with useless amenities. and buckets of water to shower kids hair. Buckets to wash dishes and bathing suits/ Clothes. Most def not a holiday.
no way camping is the best. We always go to a private camp site so the bathrooms are nice, warm showers. I bring inflatable beds that are super comfy. Float in the lake all day playing with the kids and sipping coolers. Sitting together around a fire at night telling spooky stories and making smores.
Of all the husband hater posts this is the first one complementing there husband and saying thank you for taking the kids camping and giving me some me time. But could not actually say it directly.
To be honest, I don't care about my birthday and haven't cared for a while. No big deal, I just don't mind it.
Same, I've done it before...a lot of times...
Load More Replies...Isn't that what AI was supposed to do in the first place instead of replacing creative people?
AI is late to the party. The washing machine took over the heavy lifting of doing laundry.
Load More Replies...Interesting, that artificial intelligence can't do so called meanial tasks but can replace creative tasks. Has anyone thought about the implications
Ooh a list maker. My sister and niece are one of those people. Any other list makers out there..what is the first thing on your list? I bet you actual dollars it is :make to do list. You might not do that anymore but when you were younger, you absolutely did.
In Corporate World, we have a meeting to set the agenda for the next meeting.
Load More Replies...One time we were out and my son wanted a toy so my wife said she will buy it at the end of the next month, so about 6 weeks down the line. My son asked for an actual date so my wife said the 28th. 2 days before the 28th: "Mommy, in 2 days time you are going to get me the toy".
I was very amused by my friend's daughter's alarm app, which asked you to solve a maths problem correctly before it turned off the alarm.
After working nights for 7.5 years i had to reset my circadian rhythm. I had 3 alarms. The first was the Big Ben classic wind up with external bells and hammer, almost always slept through it (about 90%). The second was a digital radio alarm clock, usually slept through that as well (about 70%). The third was a stereo set to high volume. that one almost always worked but if it didn't one of my roommates would come in and yanks me out of bed which did the trick.
As someone who works graveyard shift I set my alarm at 15 minute intervals starting 45 minutes before I have to get up. The last 2 are at 10 minutes and 5 minutes lol
Load More Replies...Where do you think McDonald's gets its meat? So in a way, you can
30 minutes earlier... "What kind of toys does your friend -- not YOU, your FRIEND -- like?"
Mine is QR codes. I gave up. If it requires a QR code, it ain't happenin, baby!
I've walked out of restaurants because that was how you accessed the menu. The only time I use them is on Roku because the process is otherwise convoluted.
Load More Replies...Self Check Out in supermarkets. My absolute nightmare nemesis. First it doesn't allow me to put my bags in the "end area", then it complains that I didn't put the the scanned item in the "end area" (because I already put it in the bag, which is on the floor because I wasn't allowed to put it in the "end area"... 🙄) then afterwards I have 20 items almost falling down from the "end area" to stuff in my bags while being admonished "please put away your items". It drives me nuts. I gladly wait for human-being-manned checkouts instead of crying or cursing at a machine. I'm too old for this s**t. I bag my stuff as soon as it is scanned.
And if I want to bypass the pin and use my debit card as a credit card, which button do I push? It's usually the green one, but I have seen it be the red one a few times, and once the yellow one.
Never hit the yellow one! It discharges the fire system and changes your address with the postal service. 😂😂
Load More Replies...My partner and i drove home from work together - SLOWLY, for JUST that reason.
I have FOBI, fear of being included. Oh God! Not another invitation! Arrggh!
Sounds like some cheesy trophy for a backwater racing event
Load More Replies...Then as you got home and decided to take a shower, he decided to take one.
As a non-American, non-parent I have to say I have not a clue what a "shaker of sprinkles" refers to.
Sprinkles are also called "hundreds and thousands" in the UK. If that doesn't help, they're tiny colorful balls or small bits of frosting-like sugar you often see on doughnuts. They come in small jars with holes in the top so you can shake them out onto the item you want to put them on. (A lid also covers this.)
Load More Replies...My youngest daughter can run three devices simultaneously on one video game but it once took her ten minutes to figure out how to open the microwave door.
When you become an adult you learn that you can sleep in a little longer if you cry and shower at the same time.👍
Plus if you cry really really hard, you can save on your water bill.
Load More Replies...I once held my wife's dachshund over my head, just kind of playing with him. I lifted him into a running ceiling fan. That was17 years ago and I still haven't lived that one down.
Never ever has any navigation system talked to me in celestial directions. But I have heard many people complain about it. What kind of navigation do you all use?
Older ones I recall, in the US in rental cars, saying "Please proceed to the highlighted route'" Thank you very much, that's really helpful. Now please just fsking tell me do I turn left or right?
Load More Replies...I learnt to use a map so I always know where the north is, and when I use MAPS while walking I always set it with north up. But many women use visual markers instead of directions.
I can't remember street names, so I always go for visual markers....especially moving to a new place. I have gotten lost more times that I care to admit when I was younger. It works for me (with the one exception of getting lost whilst following a puppy chasing a pigeon....don't ask 🤦♀️
Load More Replies...Why does Santa have the same handwriting as you? That's when I knew...I knew.
When the kids were younger, I got around this by writing the name different on each present. When they asked (and at one point in time each one would) we told them that Santa has the elves write the names, and it was never the same elf.
Load More Replies...Can I upvote this to 1,000 stars? Just because this one made me laugh out loud.
What about freezing to watch them play hockey? Does that count, or should I get him to do a non-ice sport?
Thank you for not saying "ice hockey." Ice is the default.
Load More Replies...Oldest daughter played soccer one spring... some days I needed a heavy parka, some days I was sweating horribly, and not necessarily in a progressive order. So when second daughter wanted to play basketball, I was enthused! INDOOR sports for the win! (Although a couple practices were canceled because of snowy/icy road conditions.)
living in South Carolina..... spring baseball and dealing with being eaten alive by the 'noseeums'
It is a choice made out of love, an expression of your love for your child.
I don't even have kids and I was losing my scissors all the time. So I bought a load of them, there's 2 in the kitchen, 2 on my desk and 1 in a cupboard. Works wonders, they're never ALL missing at the same time, so I always have scissors. Regular scissors are cheap, and it saves so much frustration. Same with pens, there's a bunch in every room.
I bought a pack of 20 pens 2 months ago and keep them in a pencil holder on the side table next to the couch. Saw they were slowly dwindling down, but figured they'd turn up some time or other. Went to grab one for making the grocery left and 0 left. Walked down to the shop to pick up another pack...no biggie. Hubs gets home from work and I asked about the pens....they were all in his rucksack. I now have a box hidden in my sock drawer.
Load More Replies...I even have a special wall holder for them in the kitchen. They're only ever in there after I've hunted for and retrieved them.
Load More Replies...I would foil the kid's idea by making a party about the vacuum of space. The void is a much better theme...
“I’m sorry, did you say ‘Sing it all loud and proud?’ Wish granted!”
Or you ask them to do something and the resonse is "I will". No timeframe at all.
Solo shopping trips, me time. Many occasions I will have people apologize for, what they believe, is their slowness. Naw baby, drag it out for me. I am okie dokie on that, take your time.
When I was a kid, my dad would watch me or my brother playing games. We'd ask if he wanted to play, and he would just say he was watching for tips & tricks. This past weekend, I caught myself doing the same thing with my son. It was then I realized, it was not for the tips or tricks, but just to spend time with us, no matter how quiet he was.
My grandson, who is 6, soon to be 7, does this. I don't get the appeal of watching other people play video games. It got so bad with him his Mom had to limit his YouTube time.
Anime Karaoke. Then wonders why I pull into the driveway after work blasting Pantera.
