This pea explains my experiences on the parent front:

www.b3ta.com/questions/helicopterparents/post519195
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 11:44, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Your parents helicoptered you?
Edit: Christ, sorry, I probably should have read that before making facetious jokes. That sounds horrendous.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 11:45, Reply)

No worries.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 12:01, Reply)

Jesus.
That is awful.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 11:47, Reply)

Nah not so bad. Glad I didn't fall for your encouragement last night & open the rioja - did you move on to a second bottle of wine?

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 11:48, Reply)

Yeap.
Had the second bottle of wine and a gin and tonic before falling asleep on the sofa.

I woke up this morning, still on the sofa at 6am.

Oddly, I feel absolutely fine.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Perhaps you've yet to sober up

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 11:59, Reply)

I feel good.
I wouldn't be in a rush to get behind the wheel of a car, granted. But I feel fine.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 12:01, Reply)

Bloody hell.
I don't really know what I was thinking posting this thread now, that's horrific on so many levels.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Gonz - I wouldn't have posted it if I wasn't ok about it so don't worry about your post at all.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 11:56, Reply)

If it helps, it's great to see that a lifetime of horrors isn't always a death-sentance of abuse.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 12:01, Reply)

Thanks. I was single when I wrote that post - the gf I am with now is great when it (very occasionally) rears it's ugly head.
The weirdest thing recently was when my mother tried adding me on Facebook a couple of weeks ago! Very odd when I have refused to have anything to do with her for many years.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 12:03, Reply)

Probably doesn't realise when she added you that it could cause distress.
There are a lot of people, esspeically the non-tech-savy, who on facebook add everyone they've ever come in contact with; good or bad.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 12:08, Reply)

It was more weird than distressing. I blocked her obviously. I suspect she may follow me on Twitter using a different name but nothing I can do about that except be careful what I post

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 22 Sep 2010, 12:10, Reply)