Top 10 parents from hell

"I'll never be this embarrassing as a parent. Probably."

We asked users of The Mix what their parents have done to make them hang their heads in shame.

10. Noises from the room upstairs

“I’m really not going to go into much detail for fear of mental collapse. Suffice to say I thought Absolutely Fabulous was quite a realistic reflection of my own parents. For example, most people cannot imagine their parents having sex. Well when I lived at home I could hear my parents having sex. Often.” — Speedo

9. Dad dancing

“My Dad came to one of my school discos dressed as Michael Jackson… then proceeded to try and moonwalk in front of my whole year.” — LacyMacy

8. Scaring off boyfriends

“My Dad insists on telling EVERY bloke I go out with that I’m cheating on them, or that they are one of many” — ObviouslyBlonde

7. Strip tease

“At my birthday party my mother stripped for my friends, pole-danced around a plant, and then very drunkenly tried to get off with my friends. Thankfully she passed out a couple of hours later, after about 12 cans of cider.” — Deeb

6. Talking loudly

“My Mother has this terrible habit of making very loud personal remarks about people’s bottoms when we go out. She has an obsession with spotting fat arses it seems and will remark loudly on the size of them as she passes.” — Fifi

5. Farting

“My Mum has a habit of farting at really bad times. One day we were walking down the street and there was a really lovely bit of totty walking towards us. This fully brightened up my day when he gave me a cheeky grin. Unfortunately right at the moment we walked past him my Mum decided then was a good time to let rip. He must have thought it was me and gave me a right dodgy look.” — Carolina

4. Sex toys

“I found their vibrator a year back, and from what I’ve heard, I don’t think it’s my Mum that uses it. Eww.” — Chev

3. Cross-dresser

“At public gatherings (for example we had a street party for the silver jubilee in 1977) my Dad would usually appear at some point wearing my mother’s clothes, dresses in cooler weather, or a bikini if it was hot.” — Fifi

2. Threesomes

“At my birthday my Dad told my friends how he was caught giving my Mum one behind the caravan by my Grandmother and asked if none of them thought it was a coincidence I was born nine months after his birthday! It got even worse when he started telling my best male friend about his first wife and the (no, I can’t bear to say it!) threesome he had with her and her best friend.” — BumbleBee

1. “Innit”

“Mum has decided that the best way to acquaint herself with my friends is to say ‘innit’ (high pitched Goodness Gracious Me style) at every opportunity. Most embarrassing was the time when she was talking to a group of my friends when my head teacher walked past: she proceeded to say, ‘It’s a lovely day, innit miss? Innit nice to be out of the office for a change. See you around, innit.'” — Chev

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