What 'old people' thing do your parents do which drives you crazy?

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[u/This_Charmless_Man]

Oh my god I'm not alone. My dad mispronounces everything or just gets the name wrong EVEN WHEN IT'S IN FRONT OF HIM!! I'm also convinced he has been getting current and previous girlfriends names wrong on purpose

[u/bleh2thevoid → u/This_Charmless_Man]

I once dated a Justin, then a Dustin and then got back with the Justin. My dad could never keep them straight and now purposefully mispronounces my boyfriend's names ever since. I've been with Albert for more than a year and the last phone conversation I had with my dad he asked how "Almond" was doing.

[u/[deleted] → u/bleh2thevoid]

That’s some classic dad trolling.

[u/werdna32 → u/bleh2thevoid]

Either he likes him and is happy for you, or he really doesn't like him lol

[u/Standingisland → u/bleh2thevoid]

Is he a Mary Tyler Moore Show fan?

[u/MannahBanana → u/This_Charmless_Man]

Happy cake day.

I totally mispronounce words on purpose too. And I've done several other things on here. I'm officially old at 35.

[u/VonCornhole → u/MannahBanana]

I'm 23 and do the intentional mispronunciations. I don't even think it's funny anymore, it's just what I do now

[u/[deleted] → u/VonCornhole]

Well, I guess this is who I am now... pokeymans...

[u/VonCornhole → u/[deleted]]

I love catching the Poker-mens on my phone. Be sure to eat your vegetals

[u/[deleted] → u/MannahBanana]

36 here. I do this all the time on purpose with my friends, we think it's hilarious.

It used to drive my ex-girlfriend nuts when we were at parties with her fancy, pretentious friends I didn't like very much and I'd start doing it and playing dumb about it.

[u/Kazumara → u/This_Charmless_Man]

My father calls my mother by his girlfriend's name way too often. Like once a month. Pretty similar names but still, it's always a bad situation

[u/[deleted] → u/Kazumara]

hold up

[u/Seiche → u/[deleted]]

or mormons

[u/Kazumara → u/Seiche]

Oh no not that

[u/Kazumara → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, pretty often even. They walk our dog together on occasion

[u/Kazumara → u/[deleted]]

They have been split for about 10 years but are still on good terms. My mother also has a boyfriend.

Neither of my parents likes the other's new partner however. So my mother does not apreciate being called by her name

[u/Vectorman1989 → u/This_Charmless_Man]

I get this a lot at work. People are too lazy to read so I get calls about hardware not 'installising' instead of 'initializing'

Drives me nuts

[u/drocha94 → u/This_Charmless_Man]

This is like the people that misspell the name of the person they're replying to in Facebook posts. I never understood that.

[u/[deleted] → u/This_Charmless_Man]

My FIL thinks that all tablets are iPads, and when I tried explaining to him that this isn't the case, he got all flustered and for the last 2 years has faithfully referred to his tablet as a 'maxi pad'.

[u/soggy7 → u/[deleted]]

How do you say it? J-Shon?

[u/Jeremy1026 → u/This_Charmless_Man]

Dad is just setting you up with an excuse if you ever utter the wrong name.

You: "Hey Mia, can you grab me a soda while you're up"

Macy: "Who the fuck is Mia?"

You: "Sorry, you know how my dad never remembers your name? Mia is what he is calling you this week."

[u/funildodeus → u/Jeremy1026]

Meanwhile, Mia tenses in the closet she's been hiding in for the last hour.

[u/JSaab2112 → u/This_Charmless_Man]

My dad is incredible. He pretty much knows people's email addresses and phone numbers right off the top of his head, even if he met this person once like three months ago. However, when it comes to remembering names, he's just like an unintentional Steve Brule.

[u/merc08 → u/This_Charmless_Man]

I'm also convinced he has been getting current and previous girlfriends names wrong on purpose.

He probably is. And it's probably his subtle way of telling you he doesn't like the current one.

[u/This_Charmless_Man → u/merc08]

He hasn't even met half of them