To think it's inappropriate for parents to use sexualised humour around their 18+ children?

[HangryGooose]

Really just curious to find out what others think.

I personally find it really uncomfortable and I'm not ok joking with my own kids in this way.

We were with friends of family at the weekend and they were openly joking with their kid (19) sexual innuendo type humour. One comment made was 'his favourite animal is definitely the beaver'.
Multiple type jokes directed his way throughout the evening.

Is this strange?

You say that as though prudish is negative.

People of couth don’t need to resort to sexual innuendo around their own children (or any children.)

Ugh.

Why wouldn’t one aspire to something better for one’s offspring?

Some families are just … low class and tacky.

And then they wonder why their kids can never get ahead in school or the workplace.

Ah the MN snobbery and pearl clutching...

"His favourite animal is the beaver" isn't even that bad, like it feels like one of the slightly more risqué jokes a panto might make, one that (not uptight, prudish, pearl clutching) parents will crease at and kids will think is just about the animal

We are a sexual innuendo family. We were doing something the other day and my brother did something that was supposedly 6 inches and I looked and went "ye that's a man's 6 inches" in front of my parents.

So long as the child (as in the whatever age child of the parents) isn't being made uncomfortable or being humiliated then it's no different to any other joke.

Jesus Christ.

I think there's an element of the parent-child relationship that continues into adulthood that makes it inappropriate. My parents aren't my caregivers any more but they're still my parents. They're not my friends.

It would gross me out and I wouldn't like it, but my DH would probably think it was fine. I think it's just what sort of upbring you have.

My kids are early 20s and I wouldn't do it.

Playing with my 22 & 24 year olds plus my 75 year old mother was an eye opener 😂

This is exactly how I feel about it.

I am interested in how others feel about this topic.

I don't feel comfortable with it, I feel very strongly about it and was very curious as to how others felt.

It's not the joke that I feel uncomfortable with. It's parents/children relationship sharing these jokes with each other that I personally find strange. It's just something I wasn't brought up with, or would ever do with my own kids.

Happy to hear others views and feelings on the topic, even if I don't agree. It was the point of my post for me. Really interested to see the end poll.

Yes, my DH also thinks this humour is fine. Though he does respect mine/our kids wishes and doesn't subject our kids to it.

I really want to get this game for my sister's upcoming birthday, is it good?

Exactly.

Gosh a beaver joke. How shocking.

Yes it’s really good. But if you find a beaver joke between parents and their 19yo inappropriate you’ll be in for a shock if you play with young adults (or my 75 year old mum)

Don't buy cards against humanity OP. Your head will explode!

I think your mum would be shocked too if a random stranger off the net played cards against humanity with her!! 😉

No, it will be my sisters and other adults our own ages!!

I don't understand what you mean, why would my head explode?

It’s our Christmas tradition! My 80 year old mum usually wins.

Report them immediately!!!!! Imagine a bunch of adults making their own decisions about how to speak to other adults!?!?! Discracefull.

I don't engage with sons like this but exH had a lot of sex innuendo banter with teen DD... they are close friends now and then & both thought it hilarious to see how verbally witty they could skirt close to acceptable boundaries trying to shock the other but just inside boundaries of acceptable relationship. No lewder than what you can hear on Radio 4 entertainment programmes, tbh. Eventually most times she would give in with "Eeewww... Gross." to finish a session.

It wouldn’t be for me but I don’t see what’s inappropriate about it.

To whom should I report? 😉

Curious to hear other people's thoughts on the subject, even sarcastic ones.

I wouldn't do it but as long as everyone involved is happy with it then that's their business if they're all adults.

Obviously don’t want to hear the details of my parent’s sex lives but my dad has some cracking dirty jokes 😂My mum never gets any of them so it’s always me and my sister bent over laughing while she sits there going “what? What???”