08 May,2025 08:07 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Did your mother help you find your sock this morning? You are not alone. There are countless others who have taken their mom's help this morning and continue to survive their day because it. That's the thing about mothers; they have this superpower that not even fathers can compete with.
As the world gets ready to observe Mother's Day on May 111, here are some of the many superpowers they have that help you survive the day:
1. Find your sock
While you're busy rushing to go to work or even a party but can't seem to find the one odd of the socks you plan to wear. While you have looked everywhere in your cupboard, and even turned it topsy turvy, you still haven't found it. Who do you call? Your mother because only she can find it for you. Remember that corner that you looked for the sock earlier? Your mom has found it in the same corner. How? Tell us because we are still trying to figure this magic trick ourselves even today
2. Guilt trip you into doing anything
Every time you think you have the upper-hand in an argument with your mother; she will conjure her secret weapon - guilt tripping you into doing anything. Remember when you tried to get away with escaping some chores and she says, "I carried you in my womb for nine months, don't forget that'. Is there any reply you have to that? Never!
3. Giving life advice
While your friends give you life advice, there is nobody who tells it to you like your mother. But, before that she will not leave out on the opportunity to say, "I told you so, but you didn't listen'. While that may often be tough to listen to, one can agree that when she gives you life advice, everything becomes better, and you are just able to look at the brighter side of life.
4. Take your full name when she is angry with you
Your mom doesn't get angry too often but when she does, you definitely know it because she calls you not by your pet name (name she calls you at home), or your name, but your full name, with a lot of emphasis.
5. Starts cleaning when you are sleeping
Your sleep and rest is sacred for you but not for your mother because it is during that time, she thinks it is important to clean your room. The funniest part is that it is not even quietly done because it is done with the most amount of noise to make sure you know it is being done. If you get up during that time, it is even better for her because she can then tell you about how she is cleaning your room because you never seem to have the time to do it