Son embarressed by me?

pigpen

My lot know that would mean I HAD to horrendous mortifying!! lol. ~But apparently I am just cool!

Be glad he feels close enough to you and confident enough in your love for him that he can say things like that to you

Februarycat

My 19 yr ds is exactly the same, he does not like walking into town with me, and walks ahead of me as if we are not together and if I say hello to anyone his age who he knows thats wrong too!

*max*

Next time I propose you dress up a la Hyacynth Bucket complete with frilly apron and rollers in your hair, get the china out and interrupt him while they're watching the football "Your tea's ready sweetheart, do you want your usual biccies with it?". And make lots of terrible knock-knock jokes.

Steel_2

Personally dandy I would tell them to go to the pub.

At 19 he's a man and old enough to know that was a rude and uncaring thing to say.

FATBALLZ

He should be more embarrassed that at 19 he has nowhere better to invite a girl he likes than to his parents house (where he still lives, presumably?).

thistledome

barbiedoll wrote: »

Dunno why girls are so horrid to their mums though!

I was positively evil to my poor Mum when I was a teenager. I regret it now, but I think for teenagers Mum can be the only person who'll still stick by you when you're being an @rsehole and therefore tends to end up taking the most punishment.

OP, when your boy is older I bet he'll cringe at how mean he was to you. I also think it's pretty normal behaviour though.

At that age your Mum is embarrassing and your friends Mum's are way cooler and your friends think the same about their Mums. I bet his mates tell him, "your Mum's not embarrassing, mine is!"

January20

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

I would of suggested him meeting his friends at the pub and not using your home as a place to hang with his buddies!.....cheeky git!!
Tell him to get his own place!

It does hurt when our kids make stupid comments like that, but they don't seem to mind when you're supplying drinks and food for their mates.

^^^ this! He is 19! A young adult. Not 13 or 14! It is your home, you behave as you want, you greet guests as you want and if he doesn't like it, tough! He can go and meet his friends elsewhere!

And I hope you make sure he knows how hurt you are feeling! FYI, my dd is 19 and wouldn't say things like that to me! Quite the opposite, as apparently I've become like a second mother to a couple of her friends.

nickj_2

if you are deliberately going all out to embarrass your son then it becomes humiliation and he may resent you doing this , my mother brings up something mildly embarrassing i did when i was 4-5 that probably i wouldn't think twice about , however she's told every friend ,girlfriends i had , every relation on numerous occasions and the event even made it in to my best mans speech . luckily for my mother i am a fairly laid back sort of person , but i do resent it as she has never let it go and i do think it has affected my relationship with her , btw i'm now in my late 40's and i still haven't forgiven her

martinthebandit

I wouldn't worry about it, my eldest son is 32 and I am sure I could still embarrass him if the need arises

Alikay

My children find my mum even more embarrassing than me! The thing she always does at 18th parties etc, is try and make out that she knows who the friends are and what their connection to my kids is i.e:
"Hello Richard"
"I'm Matt"
"Oh yes, Matt....from cadets."
"No, from college"
"oh, yes. You live near the Sports Centre"
"No, near the city centre"
...and it goes on and on with my poor kids getting more and more uncomfortable. Funny thing is, she used to do exactly the same with me nearly 40 years ago! I'm sure I still manage to unwittingly embarrass them, but I've always tried to avoid that particular one, and act like I don't know who they are, even if my kids have divulged all sorts of info about that particular friend!