Embarassing Parents!!

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DoingitWell
DoingitWell Posts: 560 Member
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Friday!!! Supervisor's gone!!!

A couple of weeks ago my mom (almost 70) and I went out to lunch. Her phone rung and she just talked loudly even though I was telling her to call the person back later. So finally she attempts to hang up and but puts it on speaker phone instead and it's louder. Luckily nobody cared because we were surrounded by other older people who probably do the same thing. But still.......

Similar stories are welcomed!!

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  • rompers16
    rompers16 Posts: 5,404 Member
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    As a teenager, my mother had an old Duster..stick shift. She pulls into a McDonald's drive thru which is on a slight incline. She doesn't think she can pull forward without hitting the car behind her so she makes me get out and ask the 5 or 6 cars behind us to back up. I'm still embarrassed!
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,677 Member
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    My mom, my brother, and I took my 80 year old grandmother to a camp ground we go to every year. We had the good fortune to be camped next to a very amorous and vocal young couple that liked to be awake and busy all night.

    The next morning, my grandma set up a folding chair facing their tent, brewed herself a pot of tea, and sat staring at their tent.

    When I asked what she was doing, she said, loudly,

    "I just want to see what 'Oh God' looks like!"

    *edit to mention I was 14 at the time
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
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    When I was about 12 my mother (who STILL wears only Winnie the Pooh clothing) and me sitting in a HUGE traffic jam. And she's got ALL the windows rolled down and she's SCREAMING along with the song "Once Bitten, Twice Shy".
    While wearing Winnie, of course.
  • lovelyMYlovely
    lovelyMYlovely Posts: 1,066 Member
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    when i was younger about 17... my friend and i were in the car with my mom... we saw a REALLY cute guy holding a sign in the corner of a street. my friend and i was like "OMG HE IS SOOOO CUTE" so my mom pulled over right in front of him and she said well go talk to him..!! haha so we got his number...
    then 2 blocks down we see another guy who was holding a sign and same thing "OMG HE IS SOOO CUTE" so she did the same thing... of course since i was in the front seat and my friend was in the back i asked for both of there numbers.. so my friend and i could have a date.. lol later that night we call him (the cuter one) and...
    he answers the phone and says um... hey!!! did u also ask for my brothers number to?.... lol!! haha!!! i was like NOOO my friend was in the back seat so i wanted 2 find 2 boys one 4 her and i... obviously he didnt believe me because they both didnt see her in the back seat.. lol that was pretty funny....
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
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    I walked in on my mom and stepdad having sex....multiple times..
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
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    The last time I went to a cookout at my uncle's house, my grandparents got drunk and started discussing their sex life.
  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
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    Enjoy all of this. When they are gone, you will wish they were there to embarrass you.
  • amberlykay1014
    amberlykay1014 Posts: 608 Member
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    My mother is an overweight woman (always was) and speaks her mind about everything. She has absolutely no filter on her mouth, very few social etiquette skills, and basically just does whatever she likes, regardless of who is around. She doesn't doesn't care at all what people think of her. I grew up with my grandparents and saw my mom on some weekends.

    I can't think of any specific examples, but my mom is pretty notorious for wearing shorts that are waaaaaayyy too short for (and mostly printed in some obnoxious floral graphic) during the summer along with tank tops that rarely match or fit and sneakers. Hanging out with my mom in public places was always a little weird, especially if we ran into people I knew from school. She also had no issue being completely naked in the house after a shower if she didn't feel like getting dressed right away while I was over.
  • HeinzPrincess
    HeinzPrincess Posts: 92
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    Yup.

    My mom asks me about my hot neighbor in front of my boyfriend.

    She also recommends I go on eharmony.

    And her biggest recommendation is to basically leave my boyfriend for someone else, because she is sure that will make him coming running back, ring in hand.

    :noway:
  • plaingirly
    plaingirly Posts: 378
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    When I was about 12 my mother (who STILL wears only Winnie the Pooh clothing) and me sitting in a HUGE traffic jam. And she's got ALL the windows rolled down and she's SCREAMING along with the song "Once Bitten, Twice Shy".
    While wearing Winnie, of course.

    I am normally the one singing (badly) and embarrassing my parents!

    My friends tease me that I think I like in a Disney musical! x
  • algebravoodoo
    algebravoodoo Posts: 776 Member
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    I have you all beat!

    My dad (at that time 60-ish) would drive his well-known pickup throughout the nearby state park to check all the dumpsters for aluminum cans or anything he thought would be valuable. Occasionally, he would get stuck inside and guess who would get the call from the park rangers to come rescue him? Yup, yours truly. I was the lucky one who got to go dumpster-diving for my dad. :embarassed: To make it all the more fun, he would then insist that I escort him for the remainder of his expidition, just in case.

    He had suffered three massive strokes, so on one hand, we were thankful he had a hobby that kept him active and out of Mama's hair. On the other hand, why could he not have just gotten a job as a WalMart greeter?!?!?

    ETA: His pickup was so well known because 1) we live in a small town so everyone knows everyone else anyway, and 2) red lights were just a suggestion so he would drive it right on through and everyone knew to watch out for him! (It didn't take too many times of this before we took his keys away, but he found a sympathetic buddy that someway obtained a spare :mad: so we ended up swiping the sparkplug wires.)
  • Rogiefreida
    Rogiefreida Posts: 567 Member
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    Recently...

    my dad tripped over and broke a planter during the rehearsal for our wedding ceremony and PISSED off the wedding planner who worked for the venue (that I refused to hire and she kinda hated me for that anyways)...we offered to pay for it and she made the biggest deal over it in front of everyone.

    Oh, also a few years ago my grandpa (who has alzheimers, keep in mind) got asked to leave a restaurant because he threw a fit over the broccoli that was served with his dinner (it happened to be their seasonal vegetable). He can't remember much, but he sure in the hell remembered that he hated broccoli! lol.
  • dirtnap63
    dirtnap63 Posts: 1,387 Member
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    I walked in on my mom and stepdad having sex....multiple times..

    How the heck are they supposed to finish if you keep interrupting? Sheeesh.
  • RBXChas
    RBXChas Posts: 2,708 Member
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    As a teenager, my mother had an old Duster..stick shift. She pulls into a McDonald's drive thru which is on a slight incline. She doesn't think she can pull forward without hitting the car behind her so she makes me get out and ask the 5 or 6 cars behind us to back up. I'm still embarrassed!

    Hey, at least she didn't actually roll back and cause a chain-reaction fender bender. That would have been more embarrassing! I'm sure the people in line understood that it was for the best :smile:
  • RBXChas
    RBXChas Posts: 2,708 Member
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    When I was in my early 20s, my grandfather passed away, and I came home for the funeral. Even though she insisted that she was fine, my dad insisted that my grandmother stay at our house for a couple of nights so that she wouldn't be alone. Well, my mom decided to run laundry and asked me if I had any, so I thought, "Yay, free laundry!" and gave her my dirty clothes. Instead of giving me my own laundry to fold, which is what she would normally do under the circumstances, I guess she decided to be nice and fold mine for me.

    This seemed like a great idea until she came across my thong underwear, which she held in the air for all to see, including my father and grandmother, asking how the hell I can possibly wear this thing.

    Thankfully Grandma is a cool lady and didn't seem to care, but my dad still picks on me for it, over 10 years later.

    I would like to note that my parents and one remaining grandmother do/say embarrassing things all the time, especially since they are all on Facebook, but I wouldn't trade it for the world and will miss them all when they are gone.
  • Cindy873
    Cindy873 Posts: 1,165
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    My mom, my brother, and I took my 80 year old grandmother to a camp ground we go to every year. We had the good fortune to be camped next to a very amorous and vocal young couple that liked to be awake and busy all night.

    The next morning, my grandma set up a folding chair facing their tent, brewed herself a pot of tea, and sat staring at their tent.

    When I asked what she was doing, she said, loudly,

    "I just want to see what 'Oh God' looks like!"

    *edit to mention I was 14 at the time

    This is awesome. I like your grandma already! :drinker:
  • desiv2
    desiv2 Posts: 651 Member
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    Well my dad put my underwear into my nephews suitcase, before we sent him off to his other grandmom's house. (We kind of take turns keeping him..long story) My dad is so clueless... he really thought they were my nephews!

    .... so then we got a call, "Desiree might be wondering where her underwear is..." UGH. So they are keeping my undies until they can send them back.. so freaking embarrassing, it's not even right. lol


    T_T


    I should add that while I normally do my own laundry, sometimes I'll go ahead and wash other people's with mine if I don't have enough to fill the machine (which is almost all the time) and then my dad will sometimes take it out of the dryer and fold it or separate everyone's laundry for them.

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