Parental embarassment
 

Not a hate thread, just examples of when your parents did things which made you go 'no, please, noooo'.

Dad, when in avant garde, trendy bohemian mode, always enjoyed a Vesta curry. A reminder:

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A few years ago, I took Mum and Dad out for a meal in Manchester, a really nice curry house - they had never been to one before. Dad took 5 minutes before he started eating, patiently arranging the pilau rice and chicken madras just like it is in the photo.

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Vesta chow mein was my favourite, with the crispy deep friend noodles. Never tried the curry version.

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Oh god Vesta Curry!!! Reminds me of Dad coming home on Saturday arvo and watching Match of the Day, the kitchen would be filled with steam from Mum making that bloody Vesta Curry for Dad.

I hate, loathe and detest the smell of most curry's now - I can eat a Korma but that is about it, the stench of curry makes me want to hurl.

And I also hate celery and would rather go hungry than eat such shite and Mum tried to make me eat it but I never would.

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We had the odd Vesta "curry"- and were always disappointed by the tiny amount that you had in each packet, and upset (literally) by the taste. So, we used to make our own. In the 70's that mostly consisted of emptying the contents of a tin of curry powder into some sad mince to make it bearable to eat.

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We used to have the Vesta Chow Mein in sometimes.. oh that exotic foreign food!

My dad loved curry, he worked with a lot of Indians who used to pass on tips from their womenfolk about the best way to proceed, so our house was always full of the smell of (very hot usually) curry cooking for days on the cooker.

Back to the original topic.. my parents never really embarrassed me much, my current mother in law, who is slightly, shall we say racist?, in her outlook constantly embarrasses me. I refuse to go out with her unless Himself is there to stop me from battering her to death, and in the house I ignorantly sit with my nose in a book so I have a legitimate reason not to talk to her.

With my own children, I go out of the way to embarrass them with my actions whenever possible. This started at an early age (singing show songs in the playground while I waited for them to come out of school) and has progressed. Facebook is a marvellous medium for embarrassing your children, even if the little buggers remove the tags quite quickly from their photos :)

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My mother can be an embarrassment.
She's a born-again Christian... believes AIDS is a punishment from god to gay people, believes the UK is being over run by muslim people, loves the Tory government and if you say anything about being vaguely unhappy in your life, will talk to you about God.
Need I say more? I'm kind of used to it but I do warn people before they meet her.
I don't think she likes Vesta curry.

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Ah yes, the sport of embarrassing your children. My mother has got it down to a tee without trying really. Especially when on her "best" behaviour.
(Is there a cringe smiley?)

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My parents were masters at embarassing their children. Whenever I would bring a boyfriend around my mother would insist that they stay for dinner - and cook something that was impossible to eat with any semblance of dignity. Think very sticky BBQ ribs & corn cobs. :rolleyes:

They would also make certain to sit extremely close on the couch or my dad would grab my mom's bum while she was doing dishes. :sick:

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My mum has a colossal bag of embarrassment tricks up her twin set.

Whenever a boyfriend came around and the cats would be frolicking she'd say things along the lines of 'we do spoil our pussies' and despite my sister having a quiet word it never ended. If she'd cooked us jacket potatoes it was always 'do you want a knob?' (butter knife in hand). Somehow, she'd unconsciously inject an element of Sid James into everything. I wish it was ironic - 'nuff respect if she had been doing it deliberately all these years. :o

When I first took Mr TE to meet the olds it was my father's birthday and I'd bought him a bottle of Chateau Lafite. We all had a glass and mum winced proclaiming loudly, 'Yuck, you know I prefer a cinzano'. Eeeeeek.

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LMAO.. I think your mum is the reincarnation of my Grandma Doris.

She was a class act like that :D

(Himself's mum always always asks waitresses if they have any 'proper' wine.. like Blue Nun)

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:D Funny now - bet it wasn't so funny then! Sounds like she knew exactly what she was doing.

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My dear old dad was a fully paid up member of the National Front and admitted to me, in front of some friends that he'd been the one to paint 'National Front' in white paint on the side of a bridge on the main road out of my home town.

That was kind of embarrassing :lol: However we used to travel up to London together for him to go to his National Front rallies whilst I went to the Anti Nazi League ones and then we'd meet up to go home again. Bless his long departed heart.

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:lol:

My mum was quite similar with the food thing. I came home one day with a boyfriend and mum and dad were sitting in front of the fire knawing away at the remains of a ham bone like flipping cavemen. :eek:

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My mum was a Mildred Roper type and my dad a Harold Bishop type with an ex Vietnam veteran angst and a Monty Python type sense of the ridiculous. My dad put a comedic spin on everything and my mum would tell him to act his age whilst sporting a garish blouse and glaring camel toe . Visiting friends of mine would grimace with embarrassment whilst waiting for a culinary delight like faggots and gravy whilst the bickering ensued in the kitchen.

Mum: Make the tea.
Dad: With thallium or without?
Mum: Dont forget the knives
Dad: What about the four candles?

(Stifled laughter as mum becomes more and more unhinged)



Theyre divorced nowbut still call each other regularly to wind each other up.

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Wash it down with some of this....

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