20 Embarrassing Things Your Parents Put You Through As A Kid

By Thomas Blakey /

13. Using Text Slang In Conversation

Speaking of things incredibly uncool, this has to stop. There should be some kind of law that forces any parent to write texts in proper grammar. Parents, if you are reading this and your child is texting away in this odd array of numbers and letters mixed together, it is not a sign for you to follow suit. It€™s even worse if you€™ve moved on and grown out of text talk, yet your Mother of 49 (plus however many years she€™s hiding) still ends a casual conversation with an €˜lol€™, or your Dad drops a €˜m8€™ here and there. Sigh.