{"id":8423,"date":"2015-07-26T22:05:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T05:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=8423"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:22:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T02:22:14","slug":"describe-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/describe-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Describe Parenthood Using Only Movie Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"
Earlier this week, I tried something different on my facebook page, and invited friends to describe parenthood using only the titles of movies. My friends really came through, and the results were hilarious.<\/p>\n
Many addressed the general chaos of living in a house with kids<\/h3>\n
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A Series of Unfortunate Events<\/li>\n
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day<\/li>\n
Apocalypse Now<\/li>\n
Armageddon<\/li>\n
Flying Circus<\/li>\n
How to Train your Dragon<\/li>\n
Into the Wild<\/li>\n
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World<\/li>\n
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest<\/li>\n
Sharknado<\/li>\n
Sudden impact<\/li>\n
The Crying Game<\/li>\n
The Fast and the Furious<\/li>\n
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly<\/li>\n
The Greatest Show on Earth<\/li>\n
The Hunger Games<\/li>\n
Toy Story<\/li>\n
Transformers<\/li>\n
War and Peace<\/li>\n
War of the Worlds<\/li>\n
We Bought a Zoo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And the way they can be little monsters<\/h3>\n
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Aliens<\/li>\n
Animal House<\/li>\n
Monsters, inc.<\/li>\n
Psycho<\/li>\n
Revenge of the Nerds<\/li>\n
Ruthless people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
There were allusions to the fact that there are no easy answers in parenting<\/h3>\n
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Adaptation<\/li>\n
Catch-22<\/li>\n
It’s Complicated<\/li>\n
Mission Impossible<\/li>\n
Spies Like Us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The way it consumes our whole lives<\/h3>\n
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close<\/li>\n
From Dusk ‘Til Dawn<\/li>\n
Six Days Seven Nights<\/li>\n
The Theory of Everything<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And it’s impact on our social lives<\/h3>\n
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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People<\/li>\n
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The exhaustion, sleep deprivation, and brain drain<\/h3>\n
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Altered States<\/li>\n
Clueless<\/li>\n
Dazed and Confused<\/li>\n
Groundhog Day<\/li>\n
Sleepless in Seattle<\/li>\n
The Neverending Story<\/li>\n
Waiting to Exhale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The fraying last nerve<\/h3>\n
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Big Girls Don’t Cry<\/li>\n
Despicable Me<\/li>\n
Drive Angry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Sure, they can be naughty<\/h3>\n
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Catching Fire<\/li>\n
I Can Do Bad All By Myself<\/li>\n
I Love Trouble<\/li>\n
Liar, Liar<\/li>\n
Something Wicked This Way Comes<\/li>\n
The Invention of Lying<\/li>\n
The Usual Suspects<\/li>\n
Throw Momma From The Train<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
But they’re our little mini-mes<\/h3>\n
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Identity Theft<\/li>\n
The Imitation Game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Then there’s the high cost of raising children<\/h3>\n
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Million Dollar Baby<\/li>\n
Money Pit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The things you keep hearing yourself say, over and over again<\/h3>\n
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