1. When things like shutting the car door just slip their minds:
![](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-01/4/22/asset/af6b6e3cbb0d/sub-buzz-9918-1704407767-7.png?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto)
6. When they are unapologetically themselves:
![Screenshot of a conversation between a father and their kid in the bathroom](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-01/2/22/asset/0a095976d7e0/sub-buzz-1766-1704233724-1.png)
8. And when they somehow know just how miserable some of us are:
![](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-01/4/22/asset/2547ef6525a8/sub-buzz-1968-1704407821-1.png)
9. When they write things like this in your 40th birthday card:
![A handwritten card from a child to their parent](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-01/2/22/asset/5b68a0659f16/sub-buzz-744-1704236120-8.png)
10. When they try to be courteous:
![](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-01/4/22/asset/af6b6e3cbb0d/sub-buzz-9918-1704407878-10.png)
13. When they are able to be funnier than you without trying:
![](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-01/4/22/asset/dea78e3c42fc/sub-buzz-487-1704407914-1.png)
15. When they are too smart for their own good:
![](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-01/4/22/asset/e08fec71610b/sub-buzz-7129-1704407951-1.png)
16. When they make harsh jokes without trying:
!["you would have been 28 by now"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-01/2/22/asset/6524f7a7f567/sub-buzz-604-1704233665-1.png)