I was embarrassed about so many stupid things when I was in high school. Where were the worst places to be seen with your parents?
I think one of my worst was the mall. That was pure torcher!:bashful:

My most embarrasing moments with my parents would have to be when my Mother chaperoned a school dance one year. I was mortified at the thought of having my Mom watch me as I danced with my girlfriend. She was stationed at the punch bowl and I had to speak to her everytime I wanted to get something to drink!!! I was like, "Mom, don't talk to me here!"... oh, what an ungrateful little brat I was!!! ;)

I was sitting here trying to think of the most embarrassing thing my mother ever did. She never did anything to embarrass me when I was a kid because she was the coolest mom. She always knew how to dress and act around my friends. Everyone thought she was the best and she was. But now she embarrasses me. She is a very loud person and makes her opinons known ( just like me :D ) I will have to remind her to keep it down or to just ignore stupid people.
We were in a restaurant and she hated the food she asked to see the Chef :eek: My sister and I were scared because we know what she is capable of doing. She went to the back to talk to him. :eek: We followed begging her to quit. Well she didnt' succeed. It was funny and embarrassing.

I think the closest thing to embarrassing (and this would be stretching the meaning) happened when I was a junior and all of the moms put on a skit at our yearly talent show. They all had shirts on with our names so that everyone could identify whos mom they were. I probably was kind of embarrassed (weren't you supposed to be?) but now I think it was one of the coolest things my mom ever did.

It would have to be when my father would see one of my friends in public. He would walk up to them and say "Hey dude, how you been." He was trying to be hip or something. Made me want to crawl under the table. He never got that they were laughing at him, not with him.:confused:

Nothing really specific, but my mother was just generally embarrassing. She had no idea about what was considered cool (eg.. when it came to clothing, values, relationships etc) and if I tried to point things out, she would just snap at me and say I was being silly. :mad: She had no idea!!

I can't say that I have experienced really embarrassing moments with my old folks, since my mom was not only trying to be cool - she simply was cool!
I mean, she have told me sometimes some (ahem) dirty jokes, listened to some of my 12" and even tried to keep up with me in a match of Space Invaders...now, is that cool or what? ;)

Let's say that she has surprised me sometimes...I can remember one certain moment when we were together in the kitchen fixing some food and talking about the world we live in and life in general when she suddenly changed the subject and asked me if I had experienced an one-on-one with the opposite sex...boy, I nearly spat my Coke all over the place with surprise (and a good deal of 'guilt', since the answer had to be "yes"...I think that most guys being a teenager have felt this special emotion when being asked this by someone about 30 years ahead :D).

Originally posted by 80s hair
It would have to be when my father would see one of my friends in public. He would walk up to them and say "Hey dude, how you been." He was trying to be hip or something.

What, you mean you aren't supposed to talk like this to your kids friends? Heck, I do this all of the time (of course it is tongue in cheek as I already know I'm a geek).

I hate being caught at the food coop (YES, COOP'S) with my parents. People know I eat F***ed up stuff, but I hate it when I see people I know there.

My mother took my 15 year old boyfriend out on a condom shopping spree. All the boys on my school refused to go on a date or hang out with me after that. The whole school knew about my mother and how she interrogated my boyfriend at the local supermarket on his preferences in condoms.

Originally posted by Pippi
My mother took my 15 year old boyfriend out on a condom shopping spree. All the boys on my school refused to go on a date or hang out with me after that. The whole school knew about my mother and how she interrogated my boyfriend at the local supermarket on his preferences in condoms.

You must have been very popular with the boys:lol:

Originally posted by Pippi
My mother took my 15 year old boyfriend out on a condom shopping spree. All the boys on my school refused to go on a date or hang out with me after that. The whole school knew about my mother and how she interrogated my boyfriend at the local supermarket on his preferences in condoms.


This is just plain wrong...Funny though.

This happened when I was little, but my dad would have me do the George Jefferson walk in front of his friends. He thought it was SOOOO cute, I, on the other hand, didn't.

Originally posted by maddog


What, you mean you aren't supposed to talk like this to your kids friends? Heck, I do this all of the time (of course it is tongue in cheek as I already know I'm a geek).

No, I am not saying that. You have to know my dad to understand. Does the movie "Revenge Of The Nerds" mean anything to you? Take Lewis and have him talk that way or better yet, his father.

I think the only thing my Dad ever did to embarress me as I was growing up was when a date would come pick me up, he would show them my "sash" from Girl Scouting. The sash has all of my Girl Scout badges on them. ( I had EVERY badge from when I was a Junior Girl Scout.)
I about died! Being in Girl Scouts was not a very cool thing at the time! I did not want anyone to know I had been a Girl Scout! Though I did enjoy going to my meetings and camping and stuff!
And now, today, I realize that my father was very proud of me for that. He is also very proud of my archery and marksmanship skills!

All top all ya. My mother was 16 when she had me, and during my teens she still had a great figure and shes a good lookin woman overall. Needless to say all my friends wanted to hang at my place. But the beach was the clencher, being the only kid and a young boy at that having to put up with the men sniffin around her allmost killed me. OOOHHH, the stories I could tell..

I will just say, every weekend my mom embarrasses me. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by surfnut
All top all ya. My mother was 16 when she had me, and during my teens she still had a great figure and shes a good lookin woman overall. Needless to say all my friends wanted to hang at my place. But the beach was the clencher, being the only kid and a young boy at that having to put up with the men sniffin around her allmost killed me. OOOHHH, the stories I could tell..

:lol: I had a friend in high school who's mom was real young and single. She was so hot we didn't want to go anywhere with her. :p She drove a black Porsche and had a killer wardrobe. Guys would drool for days! My poor friend. It's never easy having the hot mom on the block. Or as they say in American Pie, M.I.L.F. :rolleyes:

By far my most embarassing moment was clothes shopping with my mom before my junior year in high school in 1983. We just moved from Oregon to California and the styles were way different, too different for a small town guy. My mom got so mad that I wouldn't try on clothes that she hit me upside the head with her purse, right in the middle of the mall. Will never forget it as long as I live.:hammer: :hammer:

I guess always , and everywhere, and they still do, and i guess they will never stop. Parents always find a way to embarass you but on the other hand they also always lift you up.

During the ages of 12 to 16, I used to hide down in the car whenever I would go someplace with my parents. I was just so embarrassed to be seen in public with them at that age.

When I was an older teenager, I overcame that and didn't care anymore, but back then, boy do I remember how awful that was to be seen driving around with your parents.

ummmm Dose Living With your Parents Count? Cuzz I'm living with mine and I'm 25yrs old. That's Pretty Embarassing for Me. I Can't Go anywhere w/o asking my Mom for a Ride :S

my dad ALWAYS embarassed me. There are too many times to recount. I'd probably end up in therapy if I tried to remember them all! One thing that sticks in my mind, but isn't too bad :
My dad used to make me tell everyone how babies were made "The man puts his sausage in the lady's orange and there ends up being a baby in her tummy". I was four years old for gods sake! He doesn't seem to remember any of this though. He wouldn't, I was the one scarred for life!

I remember when I had to get my first bra. I was only 10.....and mom took me to Solomon's, which was a snobby store. The lady measured me, and told mom my size, and mom just looked at me and said "I must have taken home the wrong baby from the hospital!! NO ONE in my family has boobs that big!!"

OY!! I wanted to crawl under a rock and live with the buggies.

I was Lucky I had a pretty Cool Mom - she never embrassed me, Shoot I did that all on my own, with some of the things I did!!! :)

I remember my dad used to put on a snowsuit and come crashing into public places to retrieve me from where I was enjoying myself with my friends.
He would often come a little early so I would be caught completely off-guard.
Once, he came to the movie theater and banged on the glass door leading into the video arcade (which was locked to the outside) until some kid let him in. Then, much to my horror, he came and dragged me away from my "Centipede" machine, upon which I still had some quarters laid out.
He often came in to get me from the rollerskating rink, too.
GOD!

My mom was single (off and on,but thats another story:lol: ) and I suppose when I was around 14 or 15 she started to rebell against aging and tried to do "cool" things and wear "cool" clothes. That's when Guess jeans started to become real popular..and suddenly the she was wearing the very jeans she used to raise hell about paying $60 for :eek: ...but worse than that..she wore them skin tight,like us and started to turn my male friends' heads all of a sudden!
I was mortified...how could she try and act like a teenager..doesn't she realize she's old! :( Now I realize what she was going through,because I am going through the same thing! (My husband hates it and constantly tells me I'm not a teenager anymore and shouldn't dress like the teenagers do) Geez,I wonder if I'm embarrassing my daughters now :lol:

I had to have my dad stop at the 7-11 and let me go in and take a dump. On the way out of the bathroom, I saw dad just walking in the store laughing and yelling loudly "Hey, did everything come out ok?". That didn't do much for my self confidence, let me tell you.

Mine was every time I'd go shopping for clothes with my mom. She'd buy me pants, and every time I'd try 'em on, she'd tell me to turn around and bend over. :eek: And on top of that, she'd pull the backs of them and give me a helluva wedgie in public. Needless to say, that was embarrasing. I think that's part of the reason why I hate shopping for clothes any more. But when I do go shopping for clothes, I make damn good and sure she isn't with me!

She did the same thing when she was heming up my karate pants, too. Thank God that was at home.

Okay....I have two MAJOR embarassing moments that my parents did to me....

1. I was about 13, and I hung out with a group of kids at the playground around the corner. One of the girls who hung out with us was a 16 year old named Diane that I was in LOVE with. One Saturday night my parents were going out, and they didn't trust me to watch my 9 year old sister, so they hired a babysitter. The doorbell rang, Dad opened it up, and there stood Diane, waiting to "babysit" my sister and me.

Of course, since we all hung out together, word spread like wildfire. Took me MONTHS to live that down.

2. 1984, playing a headlining gig at a PACKED house. We play the show, kick SERIOUS ass, and are hanging around backstage at an aftershow party. TONS of people back there, and who should walk back there but my Mom & Dad, fresh from some party for his job. Mom comes up and gives me a kiss, then announces "I have a surprise for you! Look who came with us...your KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, Mrs. Amato!" Mrs. Amato proceeds to step up, do the "cheek grab" thing, and exclaim how much I'd grown since she last saw me.

Needless to say, that one took YEARS to live down. :laugh::lol::laugh:

This didn't involve me, but I was embarrassed: When my brother first started dating his now-wife, they went camping, but stopped by the house first. My dad asked something about the sleeping arrangements and my brother said there was only one tent. My dad, who didn't think my brother's girlfriend saw, did this totally pervy tounge waggle thing at my brother, as if to say "you're gonna get some." Eww...My brother's girlfriend DID see and still laughs about it to this day.

My mom came up to me immediately after my high school graduation and loudly chastized me for not running right home to help set up for the openhouse she was throwing in my honor. EVERYBODY heard that one. She still embarrasses me when we go out to dinner and there's a long wait for a table. She always (loudly) says something like "WELL, I'm not waiting THAT long to eat! We'll go someplace else!" You'd think it was the most bizarre thing ever to have to wait for a table in a restaurant.

Once when I was about 12 or so, a guy came over to our house to get something from my dad. I thought this guy was really cute (he was probably 25 or so) and my mom announces in front of everyone, including the guy, that I have a huge crush on him. I wanted to dig a hole and crawl in it. Of course, all the adults thought it was hilarious, but being 12, I wanted to die.

I had a huge crush on this guy I met when I was sixteen and staying with my dad. We hung out together and then decided to go to a dance later. My dad had this huge thing about double-checking with my mom whenever I stayed at his and wanted to buy something or go somewhere. So I had to waste hours trying to get a hold of my mom, who agreed in the end. I was still getting ready when my date came to pick me up and my dad all of a sudden decided to give this long speech to the guy about being careful, watching out for me (and those were just the things I overheard). He was just trying to watch out for me but I was mortified. My date was doing all the 'yessirs', 'nosirs' and 'of coursesirs' and then told my dad not to worry, he had a younger sister and he knew what fathers went through when their daughters were going out. My dad started laughing and then really warmed to the guy.

This didn't involve me but I heard from a family friend that when his daughter brought a guy home she was serious about, he took the boyfriend up to the attic, showed him a hook in the wall and told him he'd hang him from it if he ever heard his daughter. Watching out for your kids is all fine and well but I think this is going a bit too far. He was really proud of what he'd done, too.

My mother still embarrasses me do this day. I do not believe in conspiracy theories but I think she goes out of this way to make me look bad. For example, I am a licensed insurance agent for a Fortune 500 company and I leave my cell phone on so I can communicate with my home office while out on the field. While I was with a client on a verge of closing the deal, I get a phone call from my mother. I have told her on numerous occasions to use the work phone number and leave a message if it is unimportant. The cell phone number is off limits during work hours because I am with clients. I had to leave the client to take the phone call. All she wanted was I going to have dinner. I nearly blew my stack because she interrupted a deal. I gave my answer and then lectured her again about not calling during work hours.

I try and embarrass my kids every day!
When I drop them off at their friends house I always have to walk out of the car and give them a big hug and kiss, and pretend I am crying and tell them that I will miss them so much :lol:

My Mom is not a very emotional person lets just start this out! My mom had 8 kids and none of my older sibblings graduated from high school so therefore I was the first. THe ceremony was going along nicely you know all the speeched and getting the diploma. I can see her sitting in the audience being her usual self. We did the recession out of the auditorium to end the ceremony. I was standing in the hallway with a bunch of my friends when she walked up to me and started crying and saying out loud in fromt of my friends "I can't believe my baby boy graduated". I just wanted to crawl under a rock!

My Father use to interview the guys that dated me when I still lived at home during my teenage years. That was so embarrassing. He would take them for walks and give them rules.

Oh, he also would get upset if men whistled at me. One time he ran after a truck that had a couple of guys in it that had been whistling. My Dad yelled out, She is only 15, I can put you into jail you cradle robbers....and ran after the truck....

Dad sure is overprotective and the guys that dated me knew that he meant business and not to mess with me. To be back by the curfue, etc. Giggles. :lol:

My parents used to make me do the King Tut dance in front of guests (it was an old Steve Martin thing)

He had a condo made of stone-a
*rolls eyes*

Which time?! That's their job. They're parents!

Now it's my job. Taking a lot of embarrassing photos, that will be useful later on in life...

Control your teenage attitude or I'll show this one to your boyfriend, and this one to your friends...

My parents were ALWAYS embarrassing me!!!!! A few months ago, they came over to see me on my birthday, we went down the city so they could buy me a present. Every shop we went into, they totally went out of their way to embarrass me!!!(I'm 29). I was MORTIFIED!!!!!! :grrr:

EVIL EVIL EVIL PARENTS!!!!!!

I do it to my kids now!!! :mwaha:

Where were the worst places to be seen with your parents?


At school! I hated being dropped off. It was totally UNCOOL. Eventually I managed to make them drop me off like a block away from from the school's main entrance!!! :mwaha: :mwaha: :mwaha:

I'm sure my parents MUST have embarrassed me at some point, but I can't recall any particular incidents. They were pretty low-key and let me do my own thing. Come to think of it, I need to thank my Mom for that! :thumb:

I was totally embarrased about everything my parents did. My mom used to play in an irish/scottish folk band and many of their "gigs" would be at this living history village that's all relocated historic buildings from 1800's. Our school would often take field trips there. So once, my class is there and we're all being snotty brats complaining about how much that place sucks and walk past this old mansion with a huge front porch and there is my mom, dressed in a big hoop skirt and a freakin' bonnet on, madly waving at me. The class was like "who is that lady waving at?" Mortified, I said "That's my mom, she doesn't always dress like that."
My family used to go to Cedar Point every year and when I was about 13 my sister and I met these cute boys on the Dodgem' they asked if we wanted to ride the Gemini with them and as we were heading over, my parents spotted us and started screaming about the dangers of going off with boys you just met. Those boys took off running. That has to be the worst embarrasment.

I was totally embarrased about everything my parents did. My mom used to play in an irish/scottish folk band and many of their "gigs" would be at this living history village that's all relocated historic buildings from 1800's. Our school would often take field trips there. So once, my class is there and we're all being snotty brats complaining about how much that place sucks and walk past this old mansion with a huge front porch and there is my mom, dressed in a big hoop skirt and a freakin' bonnet on, madly waving at me. The class was like "who is that lady waving at?" Mortified, I said "That's my mom, she doesn't always dress like that."

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Great Story!

You all had nothing to be embarrassed about, think about it, at least things you alls parents did don't affect ya'll till this day. Look at me, 27 yrears old black male, i can remeber back when i lived in Montreal canada back in 1991-1993. My step mother, a well over 300 pound maybe even 400 pound ugly white woman, would come pick me up at school a surprise thinking that i would appreciate it, it only made me dislike her even more. I mean forget her weight for a second, her car was and still is the Ugliest car ever made. Oh my God. It was a 1979 model plymouth or a old ford. It was colored beige or light chocolate color, the car look a poop machine. And i did not like this step mother at all, she smoked so many cigarrettes, my dad don't smoke i don't know why he even bothered getting married to an ashtray. But anyways she would come pick me up after school right in the middle of where everybody gets out and most of the kids would laugh. You know i forever hated this woman, her taste in absolutly everthing was downright discusting, i will never marry any woman with her qualities, whether white or black. But what a relief i don't ever have to see that woman ever again in my life because she passed away 2 years ago. I don't miss her one bit.