If you have watched Meet The Fockers, you know exactly what I am talking about!
Growing up is a challenging time, not only coz you have to deal with puberty, psychotic teachers, first crushes and ‘know yourself” s**t,’ but also because of a not-so-spoken-of element that finds its way to embarrass us even when we grow up and have kids of our own: Parents! You have no idea what they are going to do next and even if you knew, there was little you could do to stop them!
When we asked God, could it be worse, he took the rhetoric as a serious challenge and helped Ma-Pa find their way into Facebook! While moms have started posting about our bra shopping spree with them and even bothered tagging us, daddies post pictures of us on our walls and write “My little Pretty Princess!” Cute, right? But the only tiny problem is I don’t look ‘little’ in the picture nor do I appear pretty!! Camera angling is something they are yet to master, but wouldn’t admit, making us their guinea pigs!
Here is a list of 12 ways (among MANY!) our parents have left us red-cheeked!
1. Moves like Jagger!
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Unless your dad is MJ, you have much to worry about when he hits the dance floor. As soon as they make a beeline for the dancefloor, you know you need to run! But you can’t coz he makes sure your name is announced and you are literally pulled in to share the hop! #CringeworthyFails
2. To (wanna) be or not to (wanna) be!
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When your parents discover the urban dictionary, you know all hells’ about to break loose! “You gotta be kiddin me, bro” doesn’t sound so cool when your Ma is speaking to you!
3. A ‘rap’ on your face!
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Since we all talk to each other on Facebook today (even though we may live under the same roof), Ma can Eminem you her feelings through a post like:
“Now hush li’l babe, don’t ya cry,
Everythin’s goona be alrite
Stiffen that uppa lip up, I told ya
Ma’s here to hold ya thru the night!”
#Ouch!
4. Nick that name!
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I have not the slightest idea how Field Marshall Balwinder Singh becomes Pinky Singh to his parents?! This is a heinous conspiracy devised by parents to embarrass you in front of your crushes, bosses, and many more!
5. As hosts and ‘entertainers’
G-U-J-J-U Gujju!
I rest my case!
6. PDAs!
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I know you love us and we love you too, but puhlease, not in public! It was cute only till I was in class 1, now it is terrifying, much like:
Suggested read: Awesome ways to dodge your parents’ questions
7. Sweet Sixty-een!
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When parents ‘come as they like!’ #TripleFacepalm
8. Childhood (horror) stories!
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From “he used to wet his bed every night until he was 17!” to “Because of her, her dad and I had no sex life for 18 years!”
These are the sober ones…
9. ‘What’s up?’
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When parents figured WhatsApp, Hike, Viber and Messenger but used all of them to text us, only us!
10. “The lady doth screech too much!”
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Menopausal moms yelling at you on your graduation day!
11. Fail-u-re
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When the next door kid was always better than us!
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12. “Sexy Sam, Sexy Sam, Wham Bam, Wham Bam, Thank you, Sam!” 😉
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When our parents were genuinely cooler than us and our friends came home to chill with them!
And the most important one, not on the list because it cannot be reduced to this level is:
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Being concerned about our marriage and not keeping it to themselves!
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