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What was a time your dad embarrassed you as a tween?
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Section Ratio General lemmy.blahaj.zone Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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I'm struggling with writing a scene in my middle-grade book where my MC deals with his super embarrassing dad. My main difficulty was that I can't remember a single time my parents embarrassed me? So I think I need to collect some stories about embarrassing parents for me to draw on.

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Deyis beehaw.org Deyis@beehaw.org
Joined: 2025-08-22
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He tried to kill me at a family gathering, that was pretty embarrassing.

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Ricky Rigatoni piefed.zip RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-14
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He would scream AFLAC in public randomly and often.

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its_me_xiphos beehaw.org its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-12-30
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Waaaaaaaassssssssuuuuuuupppppp.

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Section Ratio General lemmy.blahaj.zone Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-29
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He tried to kill me at a family gathering, that was pretty embarrassing.

I feel I need context

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Deyis beehaw.org Deyis@beehaw.org
Joined: 2025-08-22
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I feel I need context

Beat me up because I didn't do well at a sports game, then went to go get a knife. This was all in front of his side of the family who did nothing. I managed to sneak away and run the two miles to my maternal grandparents house.

Pretty cringe of him imo.

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