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[quote=Anonymous]I too have parents who are socially awkward folks despite them being nice.

They will say embarrassing things and not read the situation or conversation.

For example when people are talking about something, like recently when we met a long lost relative who wanted to know more about the family tree, my mom suddenly would spout negative things about my dad..... not related at all... and I'd have to be the one to drive the topic feeling very shy and embarrassed back to my poor relatives question....

And again when my relative asked ME about something eg:Did I know a certain relative as a child, my mom would suddenly butt in and talk non stop about me...... and my achievements... not related at all and again I'd have to steer the topic while feeling like crawling into a hole...

And many times my mom would call me when I was eating, I'd answer cause she is elderly and I'm worried about her, then I would tell her I'd call her back because I was busy and eating (since there was no emergency) and she'd just go on and on ignoring what I said... too many times I'd repeat and she wouldn't even give me the chance to say anything until the point where I'd just put in my airpods and give "mmmsss" and "a huhs" and then she would classically say goodbye ignoring my reply back and hang up the call...

My dad will always sing in public and draw attention to us..., comment about people to their face (and this was before dementia) but if people talked about him he'd get into fights with them... he also never liked to share and always expected others to pay for him..

I guess they never felt it was necessary to develop the skills of small talk, or listening to people and it stems from childhood and situations they've been in...

All I can say is I feel you, and be glad it stops with our generation...[/quote]

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