Parents staying - is it just mine or do other's find their M&D's as annoying!

as ever there are two sides to every coin. OK, I have now had a glass or 3 inbetweens my OP and now, and have again had terrible troubles getting online thanks to good old Etisalat - however Dad didn't have a problem checking his emails - how strange is that - payback maybe??!! Hooters and anyone else in similar circumstances - my sympathies, how sad to have lost your dad as such a young adult. I truly do appreciate the fact that I still have both my parents, as does DH (another story - inlaws.....). However that was not my intent. My intention was not to imply that I do not appreciate my parents, however all families are different, and seriously my Dad, although he comes across as an affable guy - and a couple of EW friends will confirm that, having met him briefly, is not what he seems and there is a lot more to him than meets the eye - OCD, kleptomaniac tendencies (mum has actually told me to destroy stuff completely (even empty cereal packets) or he'll be taking it home - honest no joke. However, meeting someone briefly and growing up with them is not the same thing, this would take a long time to go into. Had I had the type of Dad that Hooters describes, maybe I would not have come on here 'whinging'. However my intention, obviously looking back badly phrased, was more to wonder whether it is just my parents who behave in this way, or is it more of an age thing generally. Maxindubai, yes that is exactly what I'm getting at, the 'wow a taxi with a red/yellow/skybluepink roof' sort of thing!! Yes I do value them and love them, despite history with my dad, but equally sometimes they do my head in. I wasn't, as I've discussed this with my mum recently a difficult teenager. I had/still have a very complex (non)relationship with my dad due to a variety of reasons, however despite this I do love him and my mum. Am repeating myself now aren't I!! @ dounedog and susieH - thank you lol - that's precisely what I'm getting at. And the inlaws - that's a whole other story. Off to open another bottle of anaesthetic - will have to take them for a trip to Baracudas!!