Did your parents physical appearance and dress ever embarrass or make you proud when you were a kid

[Anonymous]

I wonder if my shoddy dress and my being overweight ever embarrasses my children. Did you ever notice your parents' physical appearance when you when 8, 10, or 15?

[Anonymous]

Yes. I was always embarrassed by my mom when she decided to wear PJs all day at home and friends would come over. I think I remember it started when I was around 10. I was never embarrassed by their weight, but more so whether or not they got dressed, and looked put together.

[Anonymous]

my parents were 20 when they had me, so they were pretty much up with all latest styles. don't know whether geography has anything to do with it, but we lived in NYC.

[Anonymous]

No.

I guess I'm rare, but I appreciated my parents when I was a kid. Wish I'd had them around longer. Cue "You'll miss me when I'm dead!"

[Anonymous]

Not that I can remember. However, my mom was always in-shape and she's really into her appearance, so there was nothing to be embarrassed about.

I didn't like her "old lady" clothing (which I came to realize as I grew up was just standard work attire), but I didn't spend much time thinking about it outside of teasing her from time to time.

[Anonymous]

OMG I was just thinking about this. I was always embarrassed by my mom's choice of nail polish, clothing and jewelry.
It came right back to me when I looked in the mirror and noticed that I got the exact body shape and nail polish taste as her
Wondering now if my baby will be embarrassed by my choices HA!

[Anonymous]

My mom is more embarrassing now than she ever was when I was a kid-in regards to dress, etc. She actually cared when I was young, now. . .well, I think she's been living in Montana for too long

[Anonymous]

My parents are immigrants; my dad dressed "normal" but my mom always wore Indian clothes. It embarrassed me at the time. She indulged us and wore "American" clothes to school functions so as to not embarrass us.

In retrospect, her clothes were perfectly appropriate; it's just that your parents will always embarrass you for some reason. And now I have no problems wearing Indian clothes outside the house; when I was younger I hated it!

[Anonymous]

My father, God bless him, moved my sister into her freshman dorm wearing bib overalls, white t-shirt and a rainbow bandana around his forehead. Mind you he's also 300+ pounds. Not to mention he insisted on carrying in her futon by balancing it on his head. No hands. He also would show up to my campus in the same outfit with the same behavior. Mortifying!!!

[Anonymous]

Yes! Mostly because they were older parents. Like, 15 years older than everyone else's. Grew up in the Midwest in the 70's with parents in their late 30's and early 40's when they had me. Unheard of there (or at least it felt like it to me). I would not imagine that a child around here with "older" parents would stand out like that though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My father, God bless him, moved my sister into her freshman dorm wearing bib overalls, white t-shirt and a rainbow bandana around his forehead. Mind you he's also 300+ pounds. Not to mention he insisted on carrying in her futon by balancing it on his head. No hands. He also would show up to my campus in the same outfit with the same behavior. Mortifying!!!

I rarely LOL, but the visual of this really made me chuckle. Thank God my dad wasn't like this. He did insist on having a beard and mustache though, and my friends said he looked like he belonged in the Charlie Daniels band.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes! Mostly because they were older parents. Like, 15 years older than everyone else's. Grew up in the Midwest in the 70's with parents in their late 30's and early 40's when they had me. Unheard of there (or at least it felt like it to me). I would not imagine that a child around here with "older" parents would stand out like that though!

same here. My mom was 37 and my dad was 42 when they had me, which was ancient back then in my area. People were always mistaking them for my grandparents!

[Anonymous]

When you're a teenager, that fact that your parents draw breath is utterly mortifying.

[Anonymous]

Very ashamed until I realized they were not a reflection of myself: my parents' casual attire is awful (think matching loose denim trousers and jackets). The worst is that my mother always insists on buying (expensive) flour sack clothes that just hang on on her very slim frame... waste of money!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom is more embarrassing now than she ever was when I was a kid-in regards to dress, etc. She actually cared when I was young, now. . .well, I think she's been living in Montana for too long

Mine too. When I was a child my mom dressed well, did her hair, etc., and in fact, my friends sometimes commented on how pretty she was.

She looks like a mental patient now, with crazy hair, tacky clothing, and ill-fitting shoes. I feel embarrassed by her now (didn't then).