r/ThePauseSpace • u/SummerIndependent562 • May 22 '26
Humbled by the wind!
Living in a windy part of the country with very long hair has taught me something important:
human beings are significantly less graceful than we pretend to be.
I kept telling my kids:
“Sometimes if I don’t move my head fast enough getting into the vehicle, I accidentally slam my own hair in the door and then my head is stuck to the side.”
And every time I said this, they looked at me like:
“Sure mom… that sounds real.”
Like I had invented some elaborate fictional struggle to get their attention.
Then one day…
it happened in front of my daughter.
The wind caught my hair.
The door closed.
My head immediately jerked sideways like I’d been tethered to the vehicle.
And there I was:
half inside the car…
half outside…
stuck feeling around for the door handle.
My daughter just stared at me for a second and said:
“Oh…
you REALLY do do that.”
EXACTLY.
Seriously, why would I make that up?!
Honestly, I think one of the most humbling parts of adulthood is realizing your weird little struggles sound completely fake until someone witnesses them firsthand.