Teacher vibes

“Are you guys teachers?” The car salesmen asked my husband and I. When we both gave each other puzzled looks he followed it with, “You just give off that vibe.”

 

I thought it was such a weird thing to ask, but my husband thought it was great. He explained that the car salesmen was highly qualified because he had been in the business long enough to see all types of people and read them very well. It was pretty impressive that he had us figured out shortly after introductions.

 

So what are teacher vibes? I'm a former teacher, and my husband has a background in education for a corporation, but how does that translate into teacher vibes? With four kids, maybe the salesmen is confusing teacher vibes with parent vibes. The spit up smell, tired eyes, and unease in a quiet environment could have been the parent vibe we were giving off, which really isn't that far off the teacher vibe. The only difference would be giving off a paste, musty, earth smell instead of spit up, otherwise, I stand by tired eyes and unease in a quiet environment.

 

I hope all parents give off teacher vibes. After all, they are their child's first and most influential teacher. A parent teaches their child how to eat, how to dress, and how to speak. In our case, if the parent swears, the child swears; if the parent dresses in booty shorts, the child dresses in booty shorts (I have to talk to my husband about those booty shorts); if the parent wipes their mouth with their sleeve, the child uses their sleeve as a napkin too.

 

So here are the 10 things that we were doing to give off that Teacher/Parent vibe:

 

1. We weren't wearing sweatpants. It was a Saturday, and we were both wearing jeans. I usually don't get out of stretchy pants, but if I have to go somewhere I break out pants without an elastic waist.

 

2. We drove up in a mini van, and we were looking at an affordable, practical truck with a topper. The guy (With his Dad) in the office next to us was rollin out with a brand new Hummer. He was not a teacher.

 

3. We smiled and were polite to him. I'm sure he was surprised we weren't a-holes that told him to take his price for a truck with a cracked windshield and shove it.

 

4. We walked at a normal pace. Walking extra slow, says that you have all the time in the world or that you need a wheelchair. Walking extra fast, says that your a busy body or that you aspire to be a track star.

 

5. We did not ask stupid questions. Many teachers say there aren't stupid questions, but there really are. Come to think of it, we didn't ask any questions because we have smart phones that tell us all the answers in the world.

 

6. We didn't use slang. We know that saying, “How are ya, brah?” is the ultimate lazy wording. Your too lazy to say brother, so you shorten it to bro, then shorten it to brah because saying it is shorter than bro, but writing it is longer. It's a slang for a slang, dumb.

 

7. We know word definitions. We know that saying, “I literally died when I saw that truck.” isn't accurate, even if the Kardashians say it is.

 

But now I have to give off the mom vibe because the baby just woke up from his nap, and I just heard my 4-year jump down from the top of the bunk beds. It sounded like the ceiling was going to collapse all around me, which brings me to my 8, 9, and 10. Kids, kids, and kids. He couldn't miss our 4 kids with us that probably made him assume we like children. All the aforementioned qualities matter, but not as much as those kiddos.