IF your life is a depressing failure, why not blame your mum and dad as Philip Larkin suggested? Here’s how to make them responsible for your personal shortcomings.
They sent you to the wrong school
If your tightarse parents had sent you to private school you would have magically overcome your innate laziness. You could have been a top barrister or something, instead of your current career in fried chicken.
They didn’t teach you how to be popular
If your parents had been witty raconteurs who socialised with fascinating, sparkling people, you would have a heaving social diary rather than spending every evening watching Hollyoaks in a slanket.
They’ve got dodgy genes
Are you a bit of a fatty with a bad haircut and body odour? Technically you can sort out those things yourself, but it’s much easier to blame it on your parents and their bad genetic make-up. Thanks a lot for the beer gut, dad!
They avoided giving you the ‘sex talk’
Your parents never discussed healthy relationships with you, which is definitely the reason you can’t keep a partner, not because you can’t be arsed to brush your teeth and only watch horror films involving lots of torture.
They won’t die so you can buy a house
If your parents have the temerity to still be alive and won’t move to a nasty little bungalow so you can have their money to buy a house, it’s basically child cruelty. Even if you’re 42.
