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Post by waluigi on Sept 8, 2010 14:32:57 GMT -5
You will help me create a compendium of annoying things our parents did/do that we look back upon with wistful scorn.
1. Using authority to do weird things
-You know those times when your mom or dad would just randomly grab you and give you a big hug, or start mollycoddling you in the middle of homework? Then when you said something like, "What are you doing? stop", they'd give you that LOOK?
2. Blatant misuse of slang
-I probably don't even need to explain this one. They just feel the need to copy everything you said in a way that was both charming and irritating at the same time.
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Sept 8, 2010 15:40:17 GMT -5
"DON'T POINT, IT'S RUDE!"
While pointing at you.
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Post by Orange on Sept 8, 2010 15:42:40 GMT -5
"Your eyes are going to get stuck like that!"
My eyes never got stuck cross-eyed.
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Post by itputsthelotion on Sept 8, 2010 15:52:30 GMT -5
My father constantly trying to convince me that something untrue or impossible was real. He convinced my sister and I that his middle name was Wiggle. He tried to make me believe that the light switches also flushed the toilets in the house.
And now he wonders why I have trust issues with him.
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Post by kingfeurio on Sept 8, 2010 15:59:18 GMT -5
I just thought about it and my mom doesn't really have any annoying or weird personality quirks. Maybe she's a robot.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2010 16:22:43 GMT -5
My father constantly trying to convince me that something untrue or impossible was real. He convinced my sister and I that his middle name was Wiggle. He tried to make me believe that the light switches also flushed the toilets in the house. And now he wonders why I have trust issues with him. He sounds like he'd fun to be around. |
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Post by Ducky Momo on Sept 8, 2010 18:43:35 GMT -5
My least favorite parent quirk is when they bust their asses all day everyday only to end up raising ungrateful douche bag children...
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Post by W?Y on Sept 8, 2010 18:53:17 GMT -5
Mispronouncing things you like. It's embarrassing.
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Post by Princess Kendall on Sept 8, 2010 21:36:38 GMT -5
Trying to keep up with my guy friends. My dad is famous for this one, lmfao. It kills me, but I love my daddy, so it's okay.
My mom is a cutie. She tries to be all hip and stuff, and is, like, on top of all the "trends" before her kids even are.
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Post by itputsthelotion on Sept 8, 2010 21:38:15 GMT -5
My father constantly trying to convince me that something untrue or impossible was real. He convinced my sister and I that his middle name was Wiggle. He tried to make me believe that the light switches also flushed the toilets in the house. And now he wonders why I have trust issues with him. He sounds like he'd fun to be around. Nope |
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Post by Predator McBroski on Sept 8, 2010 22:07:40 GMT -5
"Because I said so"
OK.. Now give me a REAL reason.
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Post by rhennesey on Sept 8, 2010 22:16:22 GMT -5
Being hypocritical. My mother smoked cigarettes and weed like a chimney, drank alcohol like it was water, cursed like a sailor and I wasn't allowed to do any of it. You can't preach something you don't believe in.
The day I turned 18 I went out and bought a porno mag and a box of cigarettes just because I could. And I'm starting to become a drinker. At least I don't curse that regularly.
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Post by A Dubya (El Hombre Muerto) on Sept 9, 2010 0:20:21 GMT -5
One of my biggest issues is just when parents demonize something just because they don't understand it. This is more an issue with people as a whole, but I notice a lot of this from my parents specifically.
Music and video games seem to be the main things. Like I remember when I was a kid, my mom heard on the news that a certain video game was violent and she found out I had it and took it away. She didn't even look at it for herself to see what it was about, or the content, yet the almighty news said it is evil, therefore it must have been. Then like a year later, I told her Primal Rage was just a bunch of dinosaurs fighting each other, and she's like "Oh....that's it?" and gave the game back to me.
Same thing with my dad. We were riding somewhere in a car, and I'm listening to a song that he doesn't understand the lyrics to, so he goes on this tirade about when he was a certain age, he would've punched somebody in the face for saying a certain 6 letter word around him. "I hate this song, because I don't understand how the word is being used and the context of why it is used" basically. Close minded, 'I am always right, and know everything' things like that annoy me, about parents, especially when he has used said word in other conversations himself.
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Sept 9, 2010 0:44:43 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure I've caught my dad staring at my wife's ass before. And I know I've caught him checking out her (fantastic) rack.
But that's Cactus Dad for ya. Always juuuuuust a bit pervy....
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Sept 9, 2010 2:32:01 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure I've caught my dad staring at my wife's ass before. And I know I've caught him checking out her (fantastic) rack. But that's Cactus Dad for ya. Always juuuuuust a bit pervy.... This post is useless without pics... Ah hell, never mind. You've got a fine enough sig. As for my folks, one of the things that drove me nuts, and taught me a habit I had to break later in life, was that my mom would NOT just listen. You have a problem, you're working through it, sometimes you just need a sounding board. With my mom? Oh hell no. Here comes the unsolicited advice. I know she meant well, but there was a couple years when I almost never spoke to her and my stepdad, and damn, I could've used a sounding board. Thankfully, most of us mellow with age, as my mom has, and as I have. My least favorite parent quirk is when they bust their asses all day everyday only to end up raising ungrateful douche bag children... I can't tell if I'm being insulted here or not, but if you're being a wonk and calling us all ungrateful douche's... Never mind. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2010 3:08:19 GMT -5
My mom is a cutie. She tries to be all hip and stuff, and is, like, on top of all the "trends" before her kids even are. Lol, my mom is like that too. And she has like ten times as many friends as me on Facebook. |
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Post by darthalexander on Sept 9, 2010 10:31:21 GMT -5
I loved how my mother would try to teach me what is right and wrong...and then do the exact opposite most of the time. Lying for example. She'd say how it's best to be honest and to not lie...I grew up hearing one lie after another. She'd also lecture me about being responsible, and she's one of the most irresponsible people I have ever met.
I also hated the "because I said so" line. As a kid I just wanted to know why, then I would have been ok with it. I hated not being told.
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Post by The Tank on Sept 9, 2010 10:41:30 GMT -5
My dad has a habit of pretending to like something he knows I hate just to piss me off, even if he hates it, too.
Fortunately, it usually stops quickly.
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Post by jamielowndes {N} on Sept 9, 2010 10:42:49 GMT -5
Being hypocritical. My mother smoked cigarettes and weed like a chimney, drank alcohol like it was water, cursed like a sailor and I wasn't allowed to do any of it. You can't preach something you don't believe in. The day I turned 18 I went out and bought a porno mag and a box of cigarettes just because I could. And I'm starting to become a drinker. At least I don't curse that regularly. Maybe she doesnt want you to turn out the way she did? Sounds like shes trying to protect you. |
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Post by darthalexander on Sept 9, 2010 10:46:35 GMT -5
My dad was a severe alcoholic. As he was drinking left and right he would tell me not to drink.
I know it was because he was trying to stop me from becoming like him.
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