My parents left me at a gas station in Missouri once.
On a trip from New Mexico to Ohio our family stopped at a gas station. After all the important folk had finished, my mom asked to the car in general, "is everyone here?" My brother said, "BC's not here". The parents, thinking he was kidding, and that I was in the back of the station wagon kept driving FOR AN HOUR!!!!

I came out of the head, and seeing I was alone searched in the bathrooms, in the convenience store, in the front and being a good little boy, didn't speak to anyone about it (they were ALL strangers, duh!) Instead, I went to the alley round back and had a good weep.

Finally, my mom was handing out fruit roll ups or the like and asked my brother to wake me. He replied, "I said he wasn't here." Cue brakes squealing, dad cursing, then speeding back to the gas station envisaging being the victim's family on America's Most Wanted.

I survived. They found me on the curb looking crest fallen and pitiful. I'm sure it has contributed to my issues, but at the time all I could do was cling to my dear old mom.

Mom's give the best hugs!!!!
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 22:51, 5 replies)

How old were you?
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 0:16, closed)

He was 25.

(Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 1:23, closed)

I was thinking something similar, and wondering why he didn't start walking, lazy sod. Unless his wheelchair was in the car. But he could have rolled at least.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 2:09, closed)

I was about 5
And thank you for your assumptions of cripple-hood.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 15:04, closed)

Similar thing happened to me (something for another question)...
but the best thing is you've got a Get Out Of Jail Free card for LIFE. Every time I do anything to piss my mum off, I just say: "Sure, but remember the time you left me stranded?" and she caves. 30 years later and she still cringes, apologises and forgives whatever I've done.
( difficultchild, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 0:38, closed)