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childish parents?

Is it me or does this sound childish? Basically my dad was watching TV downstairs and my mum went down and started shouting saying that every night its the same thing on TV and that he alays has it. He came upstairs to watch the TV in his bedroom muttering really quietly under his breath 'b******, going to work every day then comming in and I can't watch Tv, im not going anymore (to work he meant)'.

It happens all the time though my mum gets her own way, he will give in to anything she says.

Reply 1

lol bless. There are plenty of immature adults about. Buy him a dummy and place it in his mouth whilst he is sleeping on the couch. He will get the message :wink:

Reply 2

Sounds like my parents! You've just got to accept that that's the way they are (annoying, I know!) and listen to music/watch something on TV/read a book and get out of the house as much as possible when they're doing this, and to try and rise above it. Hope it gets better, because it's so annoying when the people who are meant to be responsible are the ones getting you down. Chin up! xxx

Reply 3

My parents shouted at each other for 45 minutes while we drove around bournemouth because my mums boyfriend hadn't printed off a clear map for the town centre and my mum didn't get good directions to the hotel. We ended up driving to a completely different town (christchurch) which I'd said was the wrong place but was told to be quiet. So I sat in the back eating peanuts watching the children play.
In the end I got bored and phoned 118 (mummy hadn't brought the phone number of the hotel) and asked the conceirge how to get there. I gave the directions and they were both like what would you know you're a kid and can't drive. I pointed out they were ****ing it up anyway and so they tried my way. We were there in 10 minutes.
Parents are just kids trapped in big bodies. I can't imagine I'm gonna become mature!

Reply 4

This thread title reminded me of that kids' TV program about those kids whose parents' minds would suddenly become children's minds for about an hour at a time. And they'd have pillow fights in department stores, etc. It was brilliant.

Reply 5

I think that was Big Kids, I remember it. OP - Maybe they've done the reverse of Tom Hanks in the film 'Big'? It's plausible. Check the local amusements for unscrupulous characters loitering around.

Reply 6

My parents do it all the time including the TV thing and play fighting parent are often worse than little bro/sis just get on with what your doing and laugh at them. If it getting you down you could try talking to them.

Reply 7

parents are strange like that sometimes, my mom still has pillow fights with my sister lol

Reply 8

I swear my parents still act like they're 15 years old with each other! It's sort of cute...but quite disturbing..

Reply 9

Jelkin
This thread title reminded me of that kids' TV program about those kids whose parents' minds would suddenly become children's minds for about an hour at a time. And they'd have pillow fights in department stores, etc. It was brilliant.

It reminds me of the Haribo adverts lol

Reply 10

Tufts
lol bless. There are plenty of immature adults about. Buy him a dummy and place it in his mouth whilst he is sleeping on the couch. He will get the message :wink:
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Reply 11

Since when does being a parent mean you have to be mature 100% of the time!

What it means is that usually you can put up with the incredible annoyingness of the other people in your family - but just sometimes the sight of someone unattractively slumped on the couch in front of crap on the TV make you think "isn't there more to life than this?" - and you explode!

That's what most people's parents are like....