I can’t be the only one relieved not to find myself in there.

Coming Home, in which Jon Voight plays a paralyzed Vietnam vet who can still rock some tongue action on Jane Fonda. I’d already found my dad’s stash of weird european porn so even though I was probably a young teenager, I knew the deal.  My mother was probably as horrified to have me with her as I was to have her. 

Scary Movie

Christmas Eve. My mom wanted to see The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. I had read the book and watched the Noomi Rapace version. But she insisted. It was as awkward as I thought it would be.

The first American Pie movie. I was a young teen and I watched it alone with my dad. Awkward as hell.

Gloria. Fairly graphic sex scenes. From what I’ve read, you probably don’t want to go to the upcoming American version Gloria Bell with yours. And I may have seen Borat with my parents. Seeing that wouldn’t phase my family at all.

As a fan of the cult movie The Room, my husband also insisted on showing it to my parents when they visited. It was only then that I realized that half of the movie is just really really bad sex scenes with a really nasty guy and the whole cheap set just screamed softcore porn. At least Borat still made us laugh. The…

My boyfriend was visiting from out of state when we were 19ish. And my mom and dad came to watch Borat with us. Our family NEVER EVER goes to movies together but we all thought it sounded funny. OH GOD, I thought the naked fight scene would never end as I sat next to my father and there were just balls...squished…

Secretary with my Dad.

13 years old.. we saw “Something About Mary” I had never felt so awkward in my life. The movie was so funny but I could.not.laugh

Borat came on tv one night when I was out at mum and dad’s. Mum laughed like a loon through the whole thing! I was pleasantly surprised.

I saw Deuce Bigalow in theaters with my mom and mid-way through, neither one of us could not believe what we were watching but carried on anyway.

I made them rent the Crying Game. I’d heard it was good, if controversial, but had no idea what it was really about. Saw that one with my mom and grandmom.

I went to see Deadpool with my dad. I spent the sex montage wincing.

Apart from James Bond on tv at xmas, I can’t think of a single film I’ve ever watched with a family member, let alone a parent.

Old School. Was supposed to just be the siblings, but dad found out we were going out and made us bring him, mom, and the grandparents. SOO awkward.

Not a movie, but I was watching Curb Your Enthusiasm at home once during college winter break or something. I had just discovered the show, and invited my mom to watch an episode with me. Lo and behold, we end up watching one where Larry David ends up a party for porn stars. My mom rolled with it, but I was mortified. 

My parents and I shared a hotel room while on a trip to look at colleges (I have no memory of my younger brother being there, but maybe he’d already fallen asleep?) and my mom suggested we rent American Pie.

I had seen Borat. I loved it. I knew what Sacha Baron Cohen was like. I still, with this knowledge, took my mom to see Bruno in the theater. I’m actually not the type to crumple up with shame over much of anything, but that slow-mo cock-waggling scene was really something.

I took my dad with me to see the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie. We were the only people in the theater. Much like SNL skits, maybe making a full length movie off of a 15 minute cartoon is not the best idea. He was not a fan. I’d say at least once or twice a year since, he’ll reference this experience as a dig against…