Friday, 5 August 2011

Not To Tell Your Parents

One of my college friends just told me she'd had an "overshare" moment with her parents yesterday. She was filling them in on the guy she is seeing casually — he's an amazing musician and a really incredible person all around. But she happened to mention that he has a few tattoos and one nipple piercing. By the way they reacted, she told me, you'd think he was a card-carrying communist or something. So she was really bummed, but she did express relief that she hadn't said something like, "His hands are deceptively small." Ha!
So I asked my mom what else a parent would not want to hear about her daughter's boyfriend. She gave me the following a list. A parent would not be happy knowing
That he's ever had an addiction.
That he cheated on his ex.
That he also likes guys.
That he believes in something strange like extraterrestrials.
That he plays video games 10 hours/week.
That he has zero ambition.

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