I have just turned 30 but I still get embarrassed by my parents.... I don't live with them anymore you see, I am married and have not lived at home since I was 18. But still I am mortified by what my parents say...and do! They are brilliant people but sometimes not the best in diplomacy :-)

For example...My father said the other day in front of my husband and the rest of my family i.e my mum and brother 'Octopus's! Are they not the yokes with the big testicles?? No one said anything for at least a minute or so. I STARED into my pasta.... My husband spat his squid out over the table, looked wide eyed at me and I stuttered "No Dad think you mean tentacles!!!"