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[quote=Anonymous]One where I was right to be embarrassed: Growing up I was a little reserved or shy around approaching people and asking for help, like in a store or in public. So my parents' "solution" to this was to ask the most ridiculous things purportedly on my behalf. Like standing right under a street sign for Main Street and asking passers-by, "excuse me, my daughter is looking for Main Street, is this it?" Same type of stuff with help in stores. Standing in front of a wall of shoes and saying their daughter was wondering if they could direct her to the shoe section. It naturally only made the issue worse because it added layers of embarrassment to a social situation I already struggled with, but they found it consistently hilarious.

One where I was wrong to be embarrassed: My parents both worked full time in a time and in a community where that wasn't super common. I had to sign up for a ton of clubs and activities just so I could stay at school, and they were frequently late even picking me up from those. They constantly got little scolding "talking-to's" from teachers and administrators about being late to pick me and my brother up, but it's because they had to work. This was embarrassing to me in front of my teachers and friends, most of whom seemed to have picture-perfect SAHMs. But now I feel terrible in retrospect that I was so embarrassed about it. They were doing the best they could.[/quote]

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