No matter how successful we get, parents can always be relied upon to keep our feet on the ground.
As proven by author Celeste Ng, who shared her mother’s brilliantly underwhelmed response to news her daughter had hit the prestigious New York Times bestseller list on Twitter.
The US writer had sent her mother a screenshot of the list, with her book Little Fires Everywhere in the number 4 spot.
Instead of effusive congratulations, her mother’s response read: ‘Great, going to brunch downstairs in a little while. Love you.’
The writer shared the response on Twitter, thanking her mother for keeping her ‘ego in check’.
Celeste Ng was excited to discover that her book Little Fires Everywhere is now a New York Times Bestseller
The amused writer shared the response on Twitter, thanking her mother in the post for keeping her ‘ego in check’.
Her book Little Fires Everywhere had come fourth on the hardback fiction section of the prestigious list.
She took a screengrab and texted her mother the news, saying: ‘Morning mom! I thought you might like to see this week’s NYT bestseller list.’
Her unfazed mother’s reply was succinct, to say the least.
She replied: ‘Great, going to brunch downstairs in a little while. Love you.’
She was excited to tell her mother the news, but got a rather underwhelmed response to her message
Her mother appeared to be more excited to go to brunch than she was about her daughter’s achievement
Far from being hurt, Celeste appeared to find the response hilarious and shared it with her 43,000 Twitter followers.
She posted: ‘No one like a mom to keep your ego in check.’
The hilarious exchange has since gone viral, with nearly 45,000 people liking and retweeting the post on Twitter.
It also inspired others to begin sharing their own stories of their parents’ less than enthused responses to their children’s triumphs.
The post went viral on Twitter, with Celeste’s followers sharing the hilarious responses they’d received from their own parents
@MorganrScarboro posted: ‘My mom once asked me for addresses for graduation announcements. I said ”ok but later, I’m having an existential crisis right now.” She replied with ”Sorry. I still need the addresses.”’
@JennyYangTV tweeted: ‘Almost as real as when I texted my mom ‘I love you mommy’ and she wrote back ‘OK.’
@Freshwaterlover wrote: ‘First time I told my mom I got published she said, ”Ya know, your sister is such a good writer that if she wanted, I’m sure she could be the next Michael Crichton.’ (My sis is an MD in private practice with no desire to publish!) Irish mom’s version of ”supportive”!’