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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, I am very fortunate to have wonderful parents and in-laws. DH and I have just visited with both sets of our parents and we have noticed some of the funny things they do...what funny/endearing things do your parents do?

my dad: wears hats of all sorts for every occasion and just around the house, wears black socks with white tennis shoes, puts on CSPAN and takes a nap every afternoon, claims he "doesn't know how to order" and "no one ever helps him order" when we go to any restaurant that has a type of cuisine he's not familiar with (which is basically any non-American cuisine), going to get the mail is an event to be looked forward to and talked about on a daily basis

my mom: very-and I mean this sincerely, not in a sarcastic way-skilled at hunt and peck typing, has been known to watch an entire movie and then at the end if you ask her how she liked it she'll say "I'm not sure; I couldn't really hear anything they were saying," has to read every word of every single plaque, historical marker and signage of any type that she has ever come across in her life, never knows how to spell anything, including people's names and comes up w/ some very interesting spellings of her own

my MIL: adds extra letters and syllables to a lot of words, almost always calls with her comments after she sees a picture/status that my husband or I or another family member/friend posted on facebook instead of just writing a comment on facebook, if any place we are going is within a 5 mile radius, she will ask sincerely if we are going to walk or drive there and, if left to her own devices, would almost always just set out walking, even if she doesn't know how far a place is

my FIL: writes his entire e-mail in the subject line and then leaves the 'body' of the e-mail blank or just signs his name, will often just get up and leave the room while everyone else is having a conversation because he gets bored/wants to be alone/can't hear that well, [b]he calls in advance of every holiday and my MIL's birthday to remind us to call her[/b]

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haha my dad does this! "don't forget, tomorrow's Easter/Christmas/Mother's Day, etc" he even calls before holidays like memorial day, the 4th of july, labor day because our neighborhood has big picnics on those days and they are family picnics so every year my mom gets sad on those holidays that we-her kids/grandkids-dont live in their neighborhood and go to the picnics with them:([/quote]

My parents have been divorced for 25 years, and they both still call me before the other parent's birthday or mothers/Father's Day to remind me.  "Don't forget, it's your dad's birthday next week!  Be sure to call him!"  "Yes, mom, I've already mailed a card".  Mom even called once to remind me to wish Dad and his new wife a happy anniversary.[/quote]

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