# Parents - which one of you is the mean one?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-which-one-of-you-is-the-mean-one/747215>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 26, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-which-one-of-you-is-the-mean-one/747215 "2016-02-26T16:34:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-which-one-of-you-is-the-mean-one/747215/21 "2016-02-29T18:48:15Z")

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My ex always used to [del]tell[/del] whine at me: “I always have to be the bad guy and they always go to you for fun.” First thing that always came to my mind was: “Maybe you should lighten the fuck up.”

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