In 2001, the Wall Street Journal wrote a piece about plastic slipcovers. The headline? Plastic Slipcovers Are the Clear Choice For Immigrants — and Trend-Setters. The piece examined the reasons why immigrants in particular use plastic slipcovers. Of course, as children of immigrants and immigrants ourselves, we don’t need A Wall Street Journal article from the early aughts to tell us why they come in handy. Furthermore, why they’ve proven to be a household essential amongst our families. For so many Latino households, slipcovers have been used as protective devices. Things to preserve our furniture for special occasions years and years down the line like if the President or Jesus ever come around. In short, the slipcovers only come off for very special occasions.

One abuela recently decided that she was done waiting for special occasions and stripped the covers off.

In a recent post to a user’s Twitter page, an abuela can be seen carefully doing away with a slipcover she’d been using for 30 years.

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Why is this so satisfying? 👏🏽😂 Who else knows someone who has had plastic on their furniture for years? ⁠ ⁠ // Twitter: TheTaeWae

A post shared by Fierce by mitú (@fiercebymitu) on Aug 2, 2020 at 12:05pm PDT

In a post to Twitter, a user known as @TheTaeWae shared a video of her great aunt peeling a very old and yellowed slipcover off of her fancy couch. “Y’all my great aunt took the plastic off of her chair for the first time in 30 some years,” she shared in the post.

The great abuela is not the only one pumped though. Users on Twitter cannot get enough of it.

Did anyone have to clean the plastic with windex and then dust the edges of the seat cushions with baby powder so they wouldn’t get stuck?
Love your Auntie! Memories 😊

— Nabeela (@Nabeela74690878) July 26, 2020

Literally the video is the sweetest thing because the user’s great aunt is so clearly excited to have a chance to sit down on the fancy fabric of the chair.

Fans were super excited to see what the rest of this woman’s house looks likes.

In about 15 years, she might gon’ ahead and set those figurines in the viewing case free. lol. She is too cute.

— Billy Johnson Jr. (@billyjohnsonjr) July 29, 2020

And many users were eager to share cleaning tips to keep the sofa in shape.

May as well keep it on there because that's 30 years lost w/o the skilled cleaning experience to maintain it, wipe and go is where it's at

— Jamesia (@mesis_pieces) July 27, 2020

Seriously, if you’ve got hot tips tell us in the comments below.

I will sit up & listen to old folks talk about absolutely anything any day of the week.

Grandma say she thought the chair was cut.

— taˈSHā (@sincerelytashay) July 31, 2020

Because some Latinas are revealing that their own aunts and abuelas’ furniture looks like.

My Mom decorated my grandparents house in the 70s and it ain't changed. Tell her hello from Baltimore. pic.twitter.com/LzzZzaM8q1

— Mark Ricks (@markricks) July 24, 2020

And we are here to cheer them on as they take them off.

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Serena Williams’s daughter someday might feel as if she has big shoes to fill but currently the 3-year-old seems to be doing it in stride.

Serena Williams and her daughter Alexis Olympia have been taking part in quite a bit of mommy/ daughter girl time. 

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Caption this (MUST SWIPE RIGHT)

A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on Jul 2, 2020 at 3:00pm PDT

In a series of  Instagram photos shared over the weekend, the sports athlete showed off Alexis’s tennis court skills. In what has to be the world’s cutest Instagram post, Williams and her daughter wear purple Nike bodysuits while striking poses with their tennis rackets. In the last image of the series, the mother/ daughter duo do a sweet high five.

More photos of the day were shared on Alexis’s official Instagram page which is run by her parents.

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Caption this

A post shared by Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr. (@olympiaohanian) on Jul 2, 2020 at 1:46pm PDT

In the photo, Serena and Alexis wear their long-sleeve bodysuits with skirts. Serena posted the photo with the caption “Caption this.” Of course, it didn’t take long for Alexis’s photo to receive tons of Instagram love. Dwyane Wade commented on the image saying “If this isn’t the cutest thing I’ve seen” Chloe x Halle awwed over the image as well.

It’s not the first time Alexis has stolen the limelight from her mother.

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I am not sure who took this picture but Working and being a mom is not easy. I am often exhausted, stressed, and then I go play a professional tennis match. We keep going. I am so proud and inspired by the women who do it day in and day out. I’m proud to be this baby’s mama @olympiaohanian. #nofilter #nomakeup #nohairbursh lol #justme

A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on Feb 21, 2020 at 5:59am PST

Earlier this year, Alexis stole more awws when her mother posted a photo of her holding her daughter while she was sleeping. In a post to Instagram, Serena wrote “I am not sure who took this picture but Working and being a mom is not easy. I am often exhausted, stressed, and then I go play a professional tennis match. We keep going. I am so proud and inspired by the women who do it day in and day out. I’m proud to be this baby’s mama @olympiaohanian. #nofilter#nomakeup#nohairbursh lol #justme.”

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