Parents and JRockers

[brokencat]

I think all of our parents had some wierd reactions, after hearing JRock or looking at JRock pictures. I'm just interested in some funny stories, becouse my mom sure reacted funny:

Not too long ago, I decorated my room with Gazette pictures, mostly Kai and Uruha. When my mom came in and looked around, she looked stunned and made a funny face. "I never thought you were... you know..." I just looked at her, confused, she was fighting for words. "You know, liking girls is OK with me" and she ran out and I was like "WTF is with you, woman?":souka:

If you have something to share, please do so.

[Tomino]

well when my mom saw my wallpaper she acted just as i thought she was gonna act..
i thought my mom will say ''cmon, change the picture already! i dont want to watch ugly girls on the desktop *whineing and complaining*''
me: ''shut up, they are a very cool band and i love them!''
mom 'WHAT?? you like these girls? what are you, a lesbian?''
me no they are all m... *doing a second thought*... i didnt mean that i was in love with them. ^^.''
mom ''yeah.. well she is very pretty *pointing at Uruha*''
me'' yeah, SHE is very pretty - -" ''

[Hana in Plaid]

ACK! That kinda happened to me!
Dad:*points* "that is a very pretty girl you have on your desktop"
Me: "erm its a Man..."
Dad: " Oh...really...erm...thats a very pretty man ^^;;"
Me: "Yes it is..."
Dad: "Any other girly men you have on your computer"
Me: "erm...no..."*thinks about all the folders of pictures I have*

And also when my Aunt came over XD
Aunt: "ooo what nice pictures on your wall"
Me: "Thanks ^^"
Aunt: "But why are they all girls...I thought you liked boys"
Me: "I DO...They are men!"
Aunt: "WHAT??!?!" O_O
And then she left the room XDD

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

Erm, well, my mom is as fond of J-Rock and androgyny as I am :-) So, I really don't have any stories... :worried:

[Hana in Plaid]

You are sooo lucky! My brother is so annoying..He hates all of them as says that they are all girls and sing in jiberish...he is 17! I tell him to Grow up so much...he is older than me!

[brokencat]

My bro is the same...

[Hana in Plaid]

eek its soooo annoying isn't it D:

[brokencat]

Yes it is. But maybe it's becouse I showed him a picture of Uruha and asked: "Would you do her?" and when he said yes, I satred to laugh. It was on April fool's day. So it's a little my fault...

[Hana in Plaid]

XDD Nice one! I found my brother on my computer looking at all my pictures going "girl, girl, girl, girl? yeah girl, dead girl (he saw a picture of Kyo), girl" I was so angry I was like "GET OFF MY COMUPTER AND OUT OF MY ROOM" :lol:

[brokencat]

My brother always claims my comp, it's the only one that has msn.

He thought Kyo is a girl??? Well, my mother would probably think it too, saying: "Such an ugly woman! I'm worried about you." or something like this...

[Hana in Plaid]

He thinks all Jrockers are girls -.-

[brokencat]

How typical is that?

[Hana in Plaid]

very...He won't even listen to me if I tell him they are men

[brokencat]

Why am I not surprised?

[Hana in Plaid]

So predictable ne?

[Tomino]

i'm glad that y brother is only 6 ^^.
but he's the only one who know that jrockers are men.
my bro ''but they dot have anything on their chest! so they must be men :o.''
and me: *kissing(not on the lips:-)) my brother for understanding*

[brokencat]

Awww, cute. I have a cousin in the same age, and she said she finds Ruki cute. Ah, young love!!

[moffeltoff]

Hey youｴre just like my little brother xD

But could you please explain ,what is so sexy about beeing totaly androgyn?
No one thought Marylin Manson was sexy xD

[Tomino]

brokencat - haha! my brother is in love with Blossom (from the powerpuff girls) (powerpuffs are from cartoon network ^^.)

[Rancid__]

Actully, my dad reacted normaly, he looked at my desktop and asked: What's that?
I'm like: Just some Japanese band, I really like them. These guys rock (Dir en grey was on desktop).
And he was cool about it: Ok, they look like women..pretty women..Now I know where did you see THAT haircut<-- pointing at my hair!

My bro was other story, he was: OMG the guys are cool gimme some pics to show to my friends, they'll think they're girls, then I'll make fun of them and kept on talking about some evil master plan how to tell all of his friends that they're gay..I have a weird family! I love 'em!!!

[brokencat]

brokencat - haha! my brother is in love with Blossom (from the powerpuff girls) (powerpuffs are from cartoon network ^^.)
Aww, she's the pink one? I used to like it too when i was seven:p

Don't worry, Rancid, my family is wierd too, as so are my neighbours, but that's a nother story...

[Rancid__]

Aww, she's the pink one? I used to like it too when i was seven:p
Don't worry, Rancid, my family is wierd too, as so are my neighbours, but that's a nother story...

Isn't Blossom the blue one.. what are their names anyway..?
Well, guess we can all call ourselves Jref Adams family:p

[brokencat]

Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup - what does this have with JRock??:)

Jref Adams family:). That's for sure

[Godisinvincible]

Ever since my mother and ther rest of the family found out that I liked j-rock the poke me everytime an asian passes...:souka:

Mum: that's a cute girl*pointing at Mana*
me: it's a man
mum: not that one, the one next to him*pointing at mana again*
Me: All of them are men
Mum:...:souka:...

[brokencat]

Why always the mothers? My dad doesn't care, but my mom!!...

[Godisinvincible]

I don't know o.O My dad doesn't care either...

[Dr. Warumono]

My mum likes Klaha and Mana, only for thier looks at the moment.... She thinks that they're handome ^^... I have to make her listen to their music, I hope she'll like them!!

[Riyko]

If you've read the Diru thread you'll know my mom loves jrock. My mom's been ok with it for a long time. I just showed her pictures and she's like their very beautiful men.

My dad was ok with it too, he's just like whatever you like. He knew they we're men too.

[Hana in Plaid]

Its my Mom, my Dad, my Brother and my Aunt -.-;;
Ack why can't they just accept that I like Jrock?

[Dutch Baka]

Interesting thread!

I do not listen to Jrock, but to other Japanese music, and when other Dutch people here that they sometimes look at me with strange faces, and ask why......

I think it is cool to not always be STANDARD, listen to BSB, BRitney Spears or Beyonce like all the rest


@brokencat: please do not use the threads to much as a chatbox.

[jounetsu]

my dad is the most charming...

me : *staring at videos on youtube*
dad: you've been staring at that girl screaming for hours!
me : um dad it's kyo and he's a MAN.
dad: ...

:D :D :D

[klick]

my dad likes diru,blood and myv :blush:
my stepmother is a big fan of x-japan^^

[Godisinvincible]

One thing is good with my mum though, she doesn't complain about wich haircut I have(as long as i don't color it black :( ) . SHe even thought that I should do the "uruha style" :shock:

[Kinsao]

@ Moffeltoff: I dunno about sexy to be completely androgyne :souka: But to me, most of Japanese men look like men to me. (There is just a few exception.)
And I think that people do find Marilyn Manson sexy... :blush: It's all a matter of preference.

Anyway, I'm adult so I don't have to bother about what my parents think. But my mom, I played her some Jrock music and she likes it (she's not really into heavy music but I play her stuff like Merry and Malice Mizer, and Are you ready to ROCK, she likes that ^^). Although my mom isn't very musical, period, so she tries to appreciate my interests but she isn't interested in music even though she trys to look interested (I miss my Dad! :bawling: )

As regards their look..... well, she thinks some of them look feminine because they have a small, delicate bone structure to their face, and also because if they are wearing makeup and jewellery and have their eyebrows shaped. She is quite good at analysing things like that. :-) She never made any stupid or ignorant remarks... she isn't so narrow-minded as to think they must all be gay or something. Still, I suppose she's kinda used to theatrical-related kinds of stuff, with me and my life. :p so it doesn't seem so very surprising.

She did think one picture of Kozi looked like a woman though, she said 'Really, that is not a woman?' (it was a live picture with a nice light ^^) and I (when I had recovered from my laughing fit!) said 'No...' and she said 'But he's fluffy!' :cute: :lol: ........ 'Yes, he is, isn't he!' ... haha. I said 'He doesn't look like a woman just because he's wearing a feathery thing!' :shock: :D

[Rancid__]

Aaaw he's fluffy:cute: :lol: but it's a good point tho :lol:
Mymom, well.. nothing to say about that:( <-- don't wanna talk about it really
But my dad is over it, he just sees my new hairstyle and says: On which picture is that? Lemme see!!!:blush:

[Kinsao]

Haha - well, it was this (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/spikedriver8/Kozi/kozi24.jpg) picture, so I can kind of forgive her being as though his fluffy feathery trimming-thing disguises the fact that he has no breasts. :lol:

[Tomino]

yesterday night my dad came to talk with me. he sat next to me and i closed the jref window. and then he saw my gazette wallpaper.
dad:khm. are these the jrockers you've been talking about?
me: *thinking: wow, where'd he understood that :o??* yeees.
dad: what happend to Tokio Hotel?
me: um. i still like them ^^*thinking about how much i hate them*
dad: so these jrockers are appearently womens, yes?
me: um. yes :smug:
dad: it's good that you dont listen to some creepy-girlish men/boys like TH had.
me: yeees *thinking about how big and long do gazette and miyavi probably have :blush: (i know i have a bit naughty thinking :hey:)*
dad: so. eerm.. this is a nice girl *pointing at Uruha (my mom thought ''she'' is beautiful too)*
me: yeah, sure ^^".
dad: and why does this girl have a nosething? what's her name?
me: umm. ''she'' had a nose surgery and ''she'' has a really ugly nose ^^""". *thinking how wrong everything i sayd is*. and ''her'' name is *cant say Reita cuz i have a bracelet (its in my signature).* Rika!
dad: okie dokie!
me: you really think they are girls :o *:amazed:*
dad: well you said so.
me: oh yeah ^^.

well i'm becoming my father and my grandfather. they always lie and do tricks :D. not that they have lovers and so but they cheat in a cardgame. ALWAYS and it pisses me off!

[wandering.legy]

My jrock obssession is a little new, so i hadn't yet put up any on my desktop/walls. I've got a Laruku one on my desktop now, though, so let's see how it goes down. I thought i'd start with a relatively male-looking band and then progress from there :D :D :D

[G79]

its quite hard 2 get them understanding about visual kei, i think they need lessons o.O

mom: wow who's that (pointing out Hyde and Ken)
me: hot rockstars - XD
--
mom: that guys disgusting (Klaha)
me: yea but look.. (shows picture of Klaha without make up)
mom: is that really him? why would he make himself look like a vampire
me: its the style of his band :P
--
dad: SHE looks quite pretty ^^ (Ryouhei, ayabie)
me: of course :) i think HE's cute
dad: me too

Even now he doesn't know Ryouhei is a boy!
--
dad: hey she looks like a cute school girl (bou)
me: yerrr..
dad: wait a second, his hat, isn't that logo on one of your shirts?!?! (Miku wearing sex pot hat)
me: yep its a really good brand you should start wearing too..
dad: i would if i had some time alone (lol)
--
dad: i like his hairstyle (uruha, watching reila), he looks like the man in the game you like (Cloud strife)
me: yeah, i'm glad you understand (that uruha is a guy!)

Good you have passed the number one test of Visual Kei!

[Rancid__]

Haha - well, it was this (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/spikedriver8/Kozi/kozi24.jpg) picture, so I can kind of forgive her being as though his fluffy feathery trimming-thing disguises the fact that he has no breasts. :lol:

ahahaha!! Fluffy, but that feathery thing can fool you that he has breasts tho:p

[Numbarina]

There was one Turkish guy in my class last year and he was like so crazy about all the girls and he saw a picture of Dir en grey I had on my desk and was like "Ahhh,those guys are ugly,especially that one!" He said pointing at Kyo and then he noticed Shinya and was like :love: "Gosh,this girl is so pretty!What is she doing with them?" and he KISSED that picture!!! Me and my friend were staring at him like :o and then my friend said: "Actually it's a man..". :D You should have seen that guy's face!!He was so disguasted! :lol:
My mom dislike Intetsu from Ayabie for some reason.. :worried: She looked at his picture on their album and laughed
Mom:He can't pose!
Me:Sure,he can!
Mom:He's ugly..
Me:He's kawaii!You don't understand!
Then she had a really stupid expression on her face and stick her tonque out... :souka:
Mom:Am I kawaii too?
Me: No. :o

My mom only likes Kyo.. :-)

I swear I'll never be a parent like that when I'll have kids! :blush:

[Nana007]

Well at first my parents were not against it, but they just don't understand it. Now my dad is like whatever she's going to do what she's going to do. And my mom she is actually starting to support me a bit. Like when I decided to go to Japan to see Dir en grey, everyone thought I was crazy but my mom was just like okay well if thats what she likes its okay. Its her own money, she's an adult.

My mom is also jealous of the J-Rockers cause of how pretty they look. And she thought Alice Nine was girls. I had put the new poster of them from the Arena 37 mag up and she was like are those girls. I was just like as many posters I have on my wall you should know they are ALL men lol.

But she is actually able to recognize the members of Dir en grey and Miyavi

[brokencat]

My bro said Dir en Grey scares him:)

[brokencat]

My mother did well again!

I was organising my jrock picture files and she saw it.
Mom: How can you tell them apart, they are all the same?
I showed him a picture of Kai from Gazette, and Yuma from KuRt:
Me: Do they look alike?
Mom: Yes, they do!
Me: o.O speachless...

[sadie_sue]

I've been getting more and more into japanese music each year, and now I'm obsessed with J-rock. Which is a good thing since it means I'm no long obsessed with Lord of the Rings. I had a crush on the guys who played the hobbits... and Legolas, Aragorn, and Boromir.

[brokencat]

And I thought I'm the only one crushing on nearly every guy I see:)...

[sadie_sue]

It's not like I said gimli was cute, but due to teenage hormones I have a crush on every hot person I see, who isn't more than 35 years older than myself, I think.

[wandering.legy]

*is also in LOTR rehab stage* hahaha i've been in this stage for a year now. Just can't seem to let it go :D

[JoRuDeNnA]

well this is an interesting thread hehe so ok here's my story lol

I lived on my own for about three years in another state and that was when I started liking Jrock, so I had my computer full of images of many bands, and at that time my wallpaper was of Miyavi. My parents new I liked Jrock but didnt know how Jrockers looked like, until a year ago that my mom went to visit me and she saw my wallpaper and...

Mom: o.O" why do you have a girl in your computer?
Me: well that's not a girls that's a really cute boy
Mom: WHAT?! No thats's not true, he looks like a girl to me
Me: Nope Im positive he's a boy

She gave a freaked look after that and left XDDD

We dont talk much about the subject since then, she only makes ewwww faces when she passes by and sees my pics, my dad doesnt cares, and my brother thinks Im wierd, but he kinda accepts it, actually I can say he supports me, BUT the funny stories began when my friends found out about it.

One of the funniest thing was when I met this girl at the university

Girl:May I take a look at your wallet?
Me: yeah sure!
( have a pic of Ruki (Gazette) inside hehe)
Girl: awe! is that you?
Me: WTF?! o.O do I look asian to you?
Girl: well no, so who's this girl?
Me: He's a guy
Girl: rrrriiiiggghhhttt

and she left :( . Now that I know her better she thinks Im wierd but she doesnt really care, and we are good friends!

AHHH Ive written so much :relief: Ill share some other stories later :wave:

[Kinsao]

A funny thing happened to me at work yesterday... A woman from finance came up to meet with me in my office... I have some pictures of Jrockers on the wall (and some of my friends, and random pics ^_^) and pics of Eve of Destiny... and she says "Wow that's a great picture" *points to Kozi* "is that you?" ... I mean like why the hell would I have a picture of myself in my office?!! :wary: :lol: It's bad enough that I have to look in the mirror in the morning. ><

[Tomino]

my friends are kinda worried about me.

friends: cmon turn yourself back to german and english music
me:*sarcastically* no!
friends: oh,please!
me: *a bit evil and even more sarcastic* NEVER! *runs off with jrock pictures and music cd's and stuff* muhahahhahhaaaaaa :evil:
-----
friends: *pressing me into a corner* cmon, give that jrocs stuff to Kadi (a girl which is/was my friend) here and she'll throw them into a nice shiny box rihgt here*pointing at a nasty, horrible, unclean trash can*
me: you will never take me alive!! muahahahaaaa!!! *laughing like crazy*
-----
friends: *pressing me into a corner again* now, you tell us WTF IS GOING ON WITH YOU AND ALL THESE CHINESE GIRLS!!!!?
me: neveeeeeerr!! they're japanese guys!

and so on. the thing that my friends dont accept me hearing a bot different music then i used to doesnt fit in my mind :mad:. it just doesnt fit! why dont they accept it? it's the same as they would one day turn theirselves against eating or breathing or i dont know whats important to them n their lives :souka: it's just horrible!

[wandering.legy]

awwww *hugs tomino* haha my friends still don't know, but i can guess what they're reactions would be:

best friend 1: you and asian guys again!! God, you chinese humper!
me: They're japanese, not chinese! *thwaps her*
best friend 2: You are so weird. But really cute too!
me: *shifty sideways look*

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Oh, and my dad saw my laruku wallpaper, and he was like *no comment....don't even wanna know....*

And then my mum saw and it:

mum: which lunatics have you got on NOW?
me: don't say that! they're so cute!
mum: whatever *wanders off*

And then i told my sister about my new jrock crush (hyde) and showed her my desktop:

sis: so which one is he?
me: *points to hyde* him!
sis: *gasp* that's a guy!?
me: what are you talking about?! This is a very guy-ish picture of him!!
sis: jpop is so weird (how did she know about jpop??? 0_o)
me: they're jrock! and wait till you see the other bands....
sis: *runs away*

hehehe. So that was my family's reactions :D Wow, this was a long post :D:D

[Mycernius]

This is quite an amusing thread. Funny how things repeat themselves between teenagers and parents.
I can remember when Culture Club first came on the pop scene back in the 1980s. When my father first saw Boy George he said is that a man or a woman? Any of the 80s pop fans remember the New Romantics style? Have a look at thier dress sense. Might not be a in your face as the current trend in J-rock, but you can see the influence.
My own taste in music can be a bit left field anyway so I have always had these types of comments or conversations such as:
"Who's this?"
"It's a Japanese singer called Gackt"
"His name sounds like a cat coughing up a furball"
"Your favourite band sounds like they spent too much time smoking weed/banging their heads against something hard/manufactured tripe"

Or if it's my brother
Brother, "Silly comment about a piece of music or band"
Me, "Yeah, but you like Frank Zappa"
Brother, "Fair enough"

[Kinsao]

I can remember when Culture Club first came on the pop scene back in the 1980s. When my father first saw Boy George he said is that a man or a woman? Any of the 80s pop fans remember the New Romantics style? Have a look at thier dress sense. Might not be a in your face as the current trend in J-rock, but you can see the influence.
lol ... and you are right. *nods*
It's also quite funny that on some forums, there's a lot of talk about the attraction of androgyny, and all this "no-one understands my tastes!" and acting like it's a new thing ... Just go back in history a little, and read up on the 1920s and '30s, the "Art Deco" period and around that time ... "bisexuality" (or some pretence to it, in some cases -_-) and androgyny has been a "fashion" for quite some time (and of course in many times previous, except I don't know them so well, as Art Deco period was my specialism ><).

"It's a Japanese singer called Gackt"
"His name sounds like a cat coughing up a furball"
:lol:

It's also kind of ... interesting how important people's parents' / siblings' views are to them ... I guess I see it from a different perspective because I haven't lived at home since a number of years now. But I assure you, in another 5 years or so (much less for some of you! ^^) all that sort of thing will diminish greatly in importance for you. :haihai: Sure, your parents' opinions still count for you, but it's amazing how much more tolerant both you and they can be when you don't have to share the same house! :cool:

As for friends: well, I've got friends who like many different types of music but none of them share my taste in music. It makes me sad sometimes, but we don't pick on each other about it; it's nice to have some differences too! If your friends keep picking on you about your taste in music, well, it's fine if they just do it as a joke, in a friendly way, but if they are really serious, and keep insulting you, do you really want to have them as friends at all? :okashii: We can't all like the same things but we can at least have a bit of respect!

Nice to see you here, Mycernius! :p It's good to get a different slant on things from someone who doesn't enter into these discussions so often :) (I sometimes think I'm in a different corner, as one of the few posters here who has left home! :kanashii: )

[Thirteen]

my mom still concludes that miyavi is a girl. she doesn't know why I like asians so much lol

[Tomino]

my mom and dad hates:
Miyavi, Kyo, Ruki, Aoi and anyone who has piercings -_-.
why do parents hate piercings? (well most of them do (like mine))

wandering.legy - i think you're pretty right about your friends reactions :). tho i dont know your friends at all.

[wandering.legy]

"It's a Japanese singer called Gackt"
"His name sounds like a cat coughing up a furball"


:D :D :D Classic reaction! My sister said that too hehe

Tomino: :D :D i LOVE you're avatar, it's so cute! *wants to lick it back* heh ;)

[sadie_sue]

Boy George was cool but have you seen him lately? Creepy! Actually I learned about jpop and jrock when I was doing a search on homosexuality, I don't know why it got to me like it did.
I was researching homosexuality because I wanted to figure out why my brother was gay, it's not that weird.

[Mycernius]

Nice to see you here, Mycernius! :p It's good to get a different slant on things from someone who doesn't enter into these discussions so often :) (I sometimes think I'm in a different corner, as one of the few posters here who has left home! :kanashii: )
I do read the Music section every now and then. Might get ideas of artists to try out, plus some of the threads are amusing to read.:-)

[Tomino]

wandering.legy - lick it! :D. (ugh that reminds me a stupid song named whip it! and i hate that song...). thanks, anyway (for the lovingness :D) ^^.
(okay, i'm not good at compliments :(.)

[wandering.legy]

hahaha *licks tomino's avatar* nyaa so cute :D:D

Ohh guess what, i told my friends about my jrock obssession and showed them pictures of Hyde and what not.....and they thought he was HOT :D :D:D They LOVED him. HAHA my friends are so unpredictable.

[Horizon]

I'm not very great at remembering crap unfortunately, but here's the jest of some of the things I remember:

First off, I was looking at a picture of Hyde or something. In fact, I could have been just showing my mother him. I can't remember as it happened a year ago or so. Anyway, I was there, my mother was there, and pixelated!Hyde was there. That's all that's important.

"Isn't he pretty, mom?"
"No, he isn't!"
"Why not?"
"Because guys can't be pretty!"
"Why not?"
"Because it's...Weird."

That conversation (although that was such a rough version) has repeated itself a few times too. Sad really. Damned gender roles and their evilness.

As for other things, I can't remember the exact words, but my father likes calling JRock "Jap-crap", JRockers "Jap-freaks", and he used to insult their genital size a lot. Once he said they were probably only as big as his thumb or he said they were even smaller. It was very rude. My father is ever-so ignorant...:(

I also think my father thinks they're all gay as well and I think my brother called them that too. Unfortunately, I lost interest in JRock for awhile (blasphemy! I know! D: ), but I'm sure I can get some more ignorant crap out of those two as my JRock obsession comes home again.

[Kinsao]

Horiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiizon! :shock: *tackles* You're back! :happy:

(Sorry for the offtopic, peoples. :sorry: )

[Horizon]

Yay! Someone remembers me! You seriously have no idea how happy that makes me! :giggle: :hey:

And so it's not off-topic here, here's another little story I just remembered. My friend and I were watching Laruku videos and, since my brother was there, we decided to annoy him. The first video we watched was "Flower" and everytime Hyde's lower-half or full body would come on screen, we'd both yell out 'bulge!' at the same time and I would yell out 'nipple!' everytime Ken's shirt slipped off his shoulder and his nipple was shown (apparently, I was amazing at that. xD). That apparently did not make my brother happy and it showed later on. We were watching "Ready Steady Go" and, suddenly, my friend squeels out something about Hyde's crotch or something. She then spent, like, five or so minutes trying to get me to see what she had squeeled about (really quickly, well...It looked like Hyde had gotten a bit excited for a brief second there). Eventually, once I saw it, my brother was all "he's wearing a jockstrap!". I was like "Yeah...He'd so put on a jackstrap for one second in a video. Uh-huh. >.>". At the same time, I was also going "o_0" a bit as well. It was weird. :souka:

[Mycernius]

I'm not very great at remembering crap unfortunately, but here's the jest of some of the things I remember:
First off, I was looking at a picture of Hyde or something. In fact, I could have been just showing my mother him. I can't remember as it happened a year ago or so. Anyway, I was there, my mother was there, and pixelated!Hyde was there. That's all that's important.
"Isn't he pretty, mom?"
"No, he isn't!"
"Why not?"
"Because guys can't be pretty!"
"Why not?"
"Because it's...Weird."
That conversation (although that was such a rough version) has repeated itself a few times too. Sad really. Damned gender roles and their evilness.
As for other things, I can't remember the exact words, but my father likes calling JRock "Jap-crap", JRockers "Jap-freaks", and he used to insult their genital size a lot. Once he said they were probably only as big as his thumb or he said they were even smaller. It was very rude. My father is ever-so ignorant...:(
I also think my father thinks they're all gay as well and I think my brother called them that too. Unfortunately, I lost interest in JRock for awhile (blasphemy! I know! D: ), but I'm sure I can get some more ignorant crap out of those two as my JRock obsession comes home again.
Not to be rude, but are your parents roughly in their late 30s or early 40s? Maybe you should look up to see what bands and singers they were into when they were your age? The 70s and 80s had some damn strange bands and singers. It should quieten them when you point out similarities between dress sense then and now.

[Horizon]

Yup. They are. I know my father likes Bon Jovi, but he's not really interested in music anymore it would seem. And my mother likes country. Nevertheless, I'll try that.

...Even if I'm sure it probably won't work. Maybe with my mother (who isn't a problem to begin with), but my father has a bad listening problem. :relief:

Anyway, it wasn't rude at all and thank you for the suggestion. :bow:

EDIT: Well, I asked my dad, but apparently he didn't really listen to music when he was a child. Would explain why he has practically no interest in it now...:relief: