Poll: Cool Parents?

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Mass B

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Just wanted to know, how many people on the Escapist think they have parents that they would define as cool and why.

No comment on mine (In case they're spying on me...)
 

Jonluw

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Depends on how you define "cool". My parents aren't hip, but they are certainly "cool" in the sense that they are nice to me, give me a decent amount of freedom, don't ground me, and do not impose a curfew on me.
 

SturmDolch

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Sure. I'm an only child so I believe I'm closer with my parents than kids who have brothers/sisters. We talk a lot, they ask for my advice and I ask for their's. And they have cool hobbies; they're mature without being geezers.
 

supermariner

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my parents are pretty cool
they act like they never progressed past 20
and can still drink me under the table
in fact they're slightly cooler than i am
 
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Jonluw said:
Depends on how you define "cool". My parents aren't hip, but they are certainly "cool" in the sense that they are nice to me, give me a decent amount of freedom, don't ground me, and do not impose a curfew on me.
This plus they give me rides and don't give me shit about my friends. Plus we occasionaly talk about stuff other than grades and that other BS kids talk to their parents about. Oh, and I took $10 form my dad yesterday in poker :)
 

rokkolpo

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My mom used to ROCK ON/listen to Black Sabbath and is super-sweet.

And they raised me on Bob Marley.
That makes a parent cool.
 

MEEBO17

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My dads a bit strict but my parents are alot better than most of the other parents in my school, who straight up spoil their kids. And they took me and my sisters to europe, so yeah, theyre cool.
 

Retal19

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Kind of, they give me Twenty Pounds a week for 'School' (Yeah Right.) and they actually have good taste in music and they play games sometimes.

They let me down by doing stuff like walking around the house completely naked before standing in front of a Window and striking a heroic pose, allowing everybody to see how my parents made me. Thanks Dad.
 

AvsJoe

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Interesting how no one has voted 'no' yet...

My dad is cool and at times so is my mom. If you add up the times they have been cool and compare that to the times they weren't, cool would be greater. So I voted yes.
 

TehCookie

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My parents are cool because they can still act like their 21 and still have the responsibilities and wisdom of their actual age. Sometimes they do act a little old though. We were out boating on the lake behind our house and my mom was complaining about some jerk blasting their music. It turns out it was our house.

Other times I wished they acted their age like when my dad did run around he house to tell everyone he just had hot alien lesbian sex with Liara T'Soni when he was playing Mass Effect.
 

Not-here-anymore

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Yeah, they're mostly cool. By which I mean that they mostly let me make my own mistakes and learn from them.
 

Patrick Dare

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Jonluw said:
Depends on how you define "cool". My parents aren't hip, but they are certainly "cool" in the sense that they are nice to me, give me a decent amount of freedom, don't ground me, and do not impose a curfew on me.
Same with mine. Well I am 22 now but they always gave me my freedom and I was allowed to stay out as late as I wanted, etc. They also don't care about my tattoos or piercings. Basically my mom said "you can do what you want as long as you're not hurting yourself".
 

Andalusa

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My mum lets me do anything I want, within reason.
I don't have a bed time, if I get into trouble, she'll shout at me for a bit and then it's forgotten about, no curfew if I go out and when I do, her advice is always "Stay on the right side of not getting arrested."
 

El Poncho

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Cool as in, they trust me, they are always there for me, and don't act like cunts to me.
 

Xojins

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I wouldn't exactly describe my parents as "cool"; they're rather old-fashioned and dorky in a lot of ways. But parents don't have to be "cool" to be good parents. If I ever have kids, I don't care if they think I'm cool, but I want them to "respect ma authoritah!", as it were.