Running awayTwo friends ran away from boarding school. They didn't get too far though - they forgot to check when the last train ran. A teacher found them sitting waiting and drove them back again.
That said, it's not just a thing kids do - the urge to just run is built into all of us. Tell us about the times you've given in and run.
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chthonic, Fri 11 Aug 2006, 13:03)
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GirlfriendNever ran away myself, per se, but an old girlfriend did once.
It was a Saturday morning, she phoned to say that her parents had gone out. So off I trot, as fast as I could on the old pushbike, round to hers for a bit of fun. Halfway through our impromptu get together the front door goes. Sure enough it's her parents and we've been rumbled. Oh, did I mention we were only teenagers?
Anyway, I have to make a hasty exit, shoving my pants and socks into my jacket pocket as I run down the stairs past angry parents and fly home on the 10 speed.
So, I think I've got off scott-free. I know I shan't be able to see the girlfriend for a while, but it's not a problem, we'll see each other at college and eventually her parents will thaw towards me and everything will be humky-dory again. Wrong!
A couple of hours after I get home, there's a knock on the door. Outside is the girlfriend, in tears and carrying a large bag of clothes. She's run away and come to stay with me! Which means I have to explain to my parents what the hell is going on, which means that now two sets of parents and set against us seeing each other anymore.
Amazingly her parents did eventually forgive me and allowed me to see their daughter again. Strangely though, my mother never forgave the girlfriend and even now, 20 years after the event, she still occasionally makes reference to the event.
(, Wed 16 Aug 2006, 11:59, Reply)
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