opened my mouth

[RSJK]

Think I may have opened my mouth before thinking, My Son is going to a nightclub tonight with some of his friends and it is in the next town, said he was going to get a taxi home as he was going to have a drink,( his friends live in a different direction) Said it would cost him about £20 so I said I would pick him up to save him some money....just thought these nightclubs do not close until about three in the morning, late night I think.
                                                        ??? ???

[RSJK]

[Blue Bird]

I have 3 sons - had similar problems in the past with Parents being taxi's but one time I refused and it was that night that my middle son had his neck cut with a Stanley knife blade 4 inch at the back of his neck in a unprovoked attack by a drugged up yob.  I have never forgive myself his scar is terrible and although we have looked into cosmetic surgery it would cause more problems with movement in his neck.  But at least he is still alive, it could have been so much worse !

So better that you collect him and know he is safe. after all he is being sensible and not drink driving..

[rosebud]

Richard my husband was a taxi for our 2 girls for years from jobs to nights out missing buses you name it he did it he just wanted to know they were safe.  Well done you. ;D

PS, Richard, do let us know how things are going tax wise. ;D

[Tulipa]

Richard I am on the late run tonight too, hope it is not as late as you though!  Taxi prices rocket at that time of night and also the queue is so long, daughter and her friends often wait an hour - not nice in this cold weather...  Good Luck!

[Mrs Ava]

My darling dad was always my taxi service and I was always content to know he would be there at the end of the night, safely getting me home, making me a cuppa and sending me to bed.  Now I do the same for mine, even though they are still teeny.
A late night yes, but you have the comfort of knowing he will be home safely.

Bluebird, that must have been awful for you all.  As you say, at least he is alive, it can be such a dangerous world!!

[Jill]

Now 12.22.am and 16 yr old son not back, having said he's walk home from town (15 mins)by midnight.  Not answering texts or phone calls.  He doesn't have a key (he'd lose it) so muggins here will have to stay up to answer the door bell if/when he decides to come home.  Teenagers, huh  >:(

[LILACSPLASH]

GET WHAT I'VE GOT, NO KEY TO LOSE JUST A NUMBER TO REMEMBER, LIKE IN THE HOSPITAL, TYPE IN THE NUMBER AND THEIR IN, NOT CHEEP THOUGH, BUT YOU KNOW YOU WONT EVER BE LOCKED OUT AND NO NEED TO STAY UP

[Hyacinth]

Well done Richard. Spect this will be the first of many ::)

Hope he had a good night ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

Now 12.22.am and 16 yr old son not back, having said he's walk home from town (15 mins)by midnight.  Not answering texts or phone calls.  He doesn't have a key (he'd lose it) so muggins here will have to stay up to answer the door bell if/when he decides to come home.  Teenagers, huh  >:(

I had a similar experience a few nights ago. My daughter works in a local nightclub, and she forgot her keys. So I was woken up by her hammering on the door at 3.30-ish. Fortunately I'm a light sleeper.

[Froglegs]

Now 12.22.am and 16 yr old son not back, having said he's walk home from town (15 mins)by midnight.  Not answering texts or phone calls.  He doesn't have a key (he'd lose it) so muggins here will have to stay up to answer the door bell if/when he decides to come home.  Teenagers, huh  >:(

How times have changed at 16 i could never get in a pub or club

[ACE]

Blimey, I was not allowed a key even when I was home on leave from the navy. The old man would lock the door when he went to bed, so you were out for night if you was late.

Luckily there were always a few chambermaids working in the local hotels that would sneak you in for a nights 'sleep'.


Just a thought, if you were working on the I.W. 45 years ago. It was not me it was my brother ;)

[Hyacinth]

so many memories here.....

Son & his mates would all come back here after a night out...safety in numbers'n'all that, dossing down wherever they could find floor space (at that age & in that condition they were feeling no pain ::))....one Sun morning I woke up & my little cat was nowhere to be found. I was afraid she'd gone out when they came back..I quietly opened my son's door and there on the floor was his friend, stretched out on his back fast asleep with kits curled up on his chest.....told kits to come out immediately....son's friend opens an eye and murmers "you know me, Mrs.M...I always gets the p**sy"

And phoning if he was going to be staying with a friend so that I could get some sleep? One night he didn't and I spent a v. worried night....when he finally pitched up I blasted him out & told him that he would never ever do that again...and he didn't, until the time that I woke up one morning & he wasn't there. And then the phone rang..suppressed giggles.."Mum, this is just to tell you that I won't be coming home last night"....

Or the time when I was working nights at a Nursing Home nearby & he'd lost his key & pitched up about 2am with his friend, patently lit up? We'd had a sudden death in the Home and the police were there til a Dr. arrived.....to see these lads trying to appear sober in front of the Plod while they tried to get my housekey off the big bunch I'd got (I'm evil ;D) was a joy....but it was when they went and the plice wanted reassurance from me that they weren't driving that gave me the biggest chuckle.....they were both 17 at the time....

Great days  8) ;D

[Tulipa]

I had a phone call to collect my daughter a bit worse for wear at only 11.00!  Bless her friends they insisted she phoned me.  She chattered none stop rubbish all the way home.... And not even a headache this morning!

[manicscousers]

still the same, if our youngest comes for a visit and goes out with his mates, I lay awake 'til he's home and he's 25!  ;D

[Tulipa]

I know how you feel.  I am quite happy for daughter to go out at uni and don't worry, but if she has gone out from home then I lie awake! :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

Blimey, I was not allowed a key even when I was home on leave from the navy.

My girls got keys as soon as they arrived; with both of us working it was the only way things could be managed. I never felt it was fair not to let kids have keys anyway. Of course, African culture does expect kids to be more mature; they're not denied responsibility like Western kids. Mina, at the age of five, appointed herself to do the washing up, despite being so small she had to stand on a chair, and wouldn't let me near it. 'No! Go 'way! I am doing de washening up. You are not allow for do it, you do not do it proply!' She did it properly, too.

[manicscousers]

I know what you mean, robert, I have three independent kids, all made to iron their own jeans from age 12, I ironed their school clothes, just in case..even the lads could cook and sew a button on at an early age..best way  :)

[jo9919]

Do you lot all mind !!!! My kids are 11 and 8 and you're all putting the fear of god into me  ;D ;D ;D

Jo.

[tabbycat]

My Dad was always my taxi when I was younger - living in Somerset, he wouldn't let me walk home down all the dark, winding lanes in the wee, small hours.

I remember that he always had a sick bucket in the passenger footwell - just in case I didn't tell him to pull over in time! Second-hand cider smells really revolting! :o

Now I'm older and far more responsible (ha! ::)), I find that I'm the taxi driver and it's not for my kids - it's for my OH and his friends when they go out! There's always some kind of fight at the taxi rank and after the time he walked home and fell asleep on the cricket pitch for hours - with me at home wide awake, worried & heavily pregnant, I prefer to see them all home safely!

Tabbycat

[Tulipa]

Tabby, I took the bucket last night but thankfully didn't need it! :)

Jo, enjoy your peaceful life while you can.  Don't worry though, you've got a few years yet! :) 

T.