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21st Jul 2015

Here are the 10 most popular ways that parents mortify their children

Make it stop

Paul Moore

Make it stop.

I’d wager that most people absolutely adore their parents. Your mam and dad raised you, took care of you and continue to give you some much needed money/food/laundry services love.

You’ll always be eternally grateful but there’s no denying that your folks will ultimately cause you to experience some truly cringy moments when you’ll actually think that you were adopted.

My own folks are probably the best people that I’ll ever meet but there have been certain times when I began to think that I’m living with Gomez and Morticia Addams, as opposed to my real biological mam and dad.

Addams

A recent poll has revealed the 10 things that children find to be the most embarrassing about their parents and I’m not surprised in the slightest at the order.

10. Getting Drunk

drunk

9. Talking about sex

Jim Dad

8. Failing to grasp modern technology


Zoolander PC

7. Trying to connect with their children on social media.

Randy Facebook

6. Tidying up after them

Vacuum cleaner

5. Telling embarrassing stories

embarrased

4.. Wearing age-inappropriate clothes

Joey Playstation

3. Using outdated slang or ‘youth speak’

Jim's Dad

2. Public displays of affection

AriHug

1. Dancing

Disco Dancing

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