101 ways to embarrass your teenager.

[LoisInTheMiddle]

I have discovered what fun it can be embarrassing teens. And so easy.

I always knew that teenagers found their parents embarrassing and my 14 year old DS has now reached that stage. What I didn?t know was how little it takes to cause intense embarrassment and humiliation.
I have turned into Lois from Malcolm in the Middle. Apparently I am the most embarrassing person on the planet. Did I dance at his school disco? Kiss him in front of his friends? Wear something unsuitable for my age? No, nothing like that

This is what I did.
We were on holiday in a self service restaurant at the pool bar. Alongside the cutlery were some table mats so I took four knives and forks and four table mats and set them out on our table. DS1 sat down and said, while looking as though he wanted to crawl under the table,
?Mum , how could you??.
?What have I done??
?The mats. No one else has table mats.?
?Well I thought they improved the sticky plastic table?
?Mum, I beg you, please never do the table mats again?

Of course I made it worse by laughing.

Mums of teens tell me yours. Have you managed to humiliate your teen with anything as trivial?

Mines mate chat to me on fb too lol

Lol, my daughter is only 3 at the moment but I am noting these for later use-I work with disadvantaged teenagers and when I am calling them into session, if they dont respond I stand in the middle of the rec room and do an austin powers dance-they run like hell into the classroom then!

I do, however remember something from my own youth, which I have never to this forgiven my mum for, registration day of university,my folks came with me to "settle me in" which was embarrasing enough in itself. I was standing in the queue for my NUS card, rummaging in my bag for my id photographs i needed to get the card and getting bit panicky because I couldn't find them. My mum said in a very loud voice, "here let Mummy do it". I wished the floor would swallow me up-especially as this rather intriguing group of beautiful goth boys all turned and sniggered! We still mention it from time to time!

DS is only 8 but he had his head in his hands when i went to fetch his scooter back from the cafe where he ahd forgotten it .

I rode it back grinning to the car where he was sitting waiting!

Dancing, anywhere, any occassion, any style of dancing, total embarrasment every time

I have 3 teens and a thinkssheis and I am officially the Most Embarrassing Mum EVVVVEEERRRRR grin]...My crimes include

hitting the pad on my mac too slowly
Complaining that the dcs scroll down pages too fast
shaking hands with teachers
talking to teachers about my child
saying the word pregnant
speaking too loudly (apparently I shout at full volume in public)
Attracting the attention of serving staff rather than just expiring at the table
Chatting to teen's friends
having Facebook ( I am a MAD STALKER apparently, and I often amuse myself by commenting just to see how fast it is deleted )
Being irritated by ANYTHING I experience is embarrassing and weird. They, on the other hand can be irritated by me all the time......
offering a toothbrush to guests who stay over... the list is endless

lol this is making me laugh so much

Wear the same top as your ds's girlfriend ..that went down well

usual - i assume this wasn't on their wedding day!!! - not unheard of bizarrely!!

I have a skirt with a naked man on it - they HATE it when I wear that!

LOL at these posts. Still have a few years to go as DS is only 2 but I will save them

I remember from my own childhood, my mum would embarrass me at every possible opportunity e.g. I was about 12, we were on an over crowded bus, she pushed me off my seat and I fell onto the floor whilst everyone was laughing at me!
Another one, my mum volunteered to help kids in my class with their reading skills and whnever she said goodbye, she would always give me a big kiss which resulted in total humiliation!

Oh I sat on the bus ,on one of those flip up seats ..stood up went to sit down again it had flipped up, me on floor ..then teenage dds face a picture ..we laugh about it now

i went to hold ds2 hand automatically when crossing the road so used to having dd out with me and totaly forgot .dd is 7 ds2 is 13

Oh and I think I win i went to *stay with a male friend a very good friend and ds 2 called said what you been up to I said this and that ,unfortunatley said male friend was on another phone to a adult friend and said yes were having a blast and no we have not left the hotel yes cue and cue ds2 hearing all this and suddern silence followe dby mum noooooooo

I was defriended from his facebook account a long time ago.
We went camping recently and I especially chose a site with wifi and electricity (never had either before whilst camping) so he could use his laptop.

I thought he would refuse to come with but he came because everyone else was on holiday and he didnt want to be the odd one out.

It was a fantastic bonding experience as the wifi didnt reach our tent so he had to talk to me as there was only me and dd (6). We played basket ball together, play fighting, even went to the cinema together (although he sat behind us). Even took him to get his ear pierced.

I know what the previous poster means who said the hug meant more than the results.

Mine aren't there yet but I still remember my mum embarrassing me and my siblings by singing Queen loudly in the supermarket.

We'd all insist on going and would sneak things into the trolley when she wasn't looking. However, when she started singing through every visit we decided we couldn't take the shame and stayed at home. She slashed the shopping bill in half. It's a technique i'll be using!

I did the Timewrap in the aisles at Asda
Got silent treatment for 2 weeks

It was worth it

Apparently im the most embarassing mum ever ......2 quick examples

When ds was caught smoking i took his pic into all the local shops and declared if they served him again there might just be a trading standards officer stood behind him.....

there is a vvv pretty girl who lives near us I know her mum ,she sent her round for me to do her hair .....i called up the stairs to ds bring down my bag of stuff cos xxxxx is here for me to do her hair .....ds came downstairs in his pants (underpants)saying ohhh xxxxxx is fit save her hair and ill sell it - shes so fit etc etc ....young girl sat waiting was like .

Out your DD to her crush who she's trying to be very cool and edgey in front of.

My Mum did this to me, I was talking to the lurrrvvvveee of my life on the bus when I was a mere 16 year old girl and she gets on, sits down at the back of me and then said;

'Oh H is this whatshisface?' I glared at her and she turned to said marvy bloke and said 'Oh H talks about you aaaaaaaaaalllll the time, you should ask her out. She really likes you and she's such a lovely girl don't you think'.

I have never wanted the end to all things to happen more than I did in that moment.

Or you could do what my mate does to his eleven year old daugher when he drops them off at school. He drops her off, gets out of the car and shouts loudly for all to hear 'Love you lots and lots my little lollipop!!'.

You can see the steam eminating from her ears everytime.

Nickchicks To be fair I think on the second one, it's your sons fault for coming down the stairs in his pants and for not listening to you when you had clearly told him xxxxxx was in the house.

Ds - I mentioned nits in front of his new trophy girlfriend; dd1 - dh and the boyfriend's dad work in the same place and areliable to speak to each other; dd2 - I waved at her science teacher when he was passing by.

Drive back round Tesco carpark after DGd admits that the new boyfriend is helping his Mum load her car (not met him yet)

As you go passed him for the second time beep the horn and wave [evil evil granny apparently, uttered from almost under the dashboard]

hermya we are together on that then .

These are all brilliant but CheapHawaiian on Page 1 had me properly laughing out loud - Can see me doing that to amuse myself ... DD's (only 6 and 7 at the moment) BEWARE!