her mom , however , seemed quite comfortable , and made up for their lack with her own comments and anecdotes , half of which embarrassed melody acutely , being the always-humiliated-by-the-parents-in-mixed-company teen she was ; yaeko , too , seemed at times embarrassed as well , and at several points she and melody telegraphed frustrated shrugs and rolls of their eyes to one another , then giggled quietly as mr. conor , sitting between them , looked on , oblivious .