Parental Frustrations

so one of the projects I am working on is for my parents
they have asked me to take point on it
which is perfectly fine with me

but I am incredibly frustrated with them

if this was my deal and my project it would be finished by now
over, done with, a resounding success, we would be sitting back downing mimosas and patting ourselves on the back

unfortunately while I have decision making authority to work out and manage the deal
there are certain things that they still have to do
[like sign the dotted line for example]

and getting them to do these things in a remotely timely manner has been driving me nuts

now if they had questions or weren't comfortable with something I could understand them dragging their feet
but this is something they want,
happening how they want,
for the price they want

and as it stands now
it is going to be both over budget and late
simply because they couldn't get their shit together

which severely pisses me off

because I know when it is all over and done with
they are going to bitch to me about why it took longer and cost them more
than I had presented in the beginning

and somehow I just suspect that
my responding

"Because you screwed the pooch"

isn't going to be a satisfactory answer

so I end up looking like an ass

if it was just my parents, fine I could deal

but there are a lot of other people involved
many of whom are good friends of mine
who I brought in because I could trust them to do their part 110%
who I knew would go the extra mile and give my project priority to get it done

and now my side isn't doing its part which means added headaches for my friends
so they are looking at this situation and wondering what the fuck is going on

I can just see them banging their head against a table with each delay or change and
wondering what happened to the easy and efficient guy they were used to dealing with

it makes me look entirely unprofessional
and that pisses me off

because even though my friends may recognize that it is my parents schtick
an experience like this will likely make them think twice about the next project I bring their way
or at the very least not inspire them to give me the priority on their time that I currently enjoy

which quite frankly will end up costing me money

and this is not the first time
my parents have pulled this shit on me

a while back they approached me wanting to build a website
so I took on the project, built a plan and priced it out
wasting the time of a good friend to talk about it

in the end
their disorganization pooched it

they liked the idea
they liked the price
but just couldn't get their shit together
to give me the "go" command
and get it done

and I am the one who ended up looking like an ass