(It’s just after Christmas. I’m in a game store with my sister while my parents go to buy movie tickets at the theater in the mall. My sister and I both have prepaid debit cards to spend. We’re browsing, looking for things to buy, when our parents turn up.)

Me: “I thought you were going to wait for us at the theater.”

Mom: “We were, but we realized they probably wouldn’t let her use her card without an adult present.”

Me: “Mom, I’m 18. I am an adult.”

Mom: *sudden look of realization*