My cousin
will go out clubbing, get rat-arsed and then phone her mam at 4am to demand a lift home as she can't be bothered to get a taxi...
I'd rather spend a night on the streets than face my parents after waking them up in the middle of the night.
( Mellicious is made of candy, Sun 12 Oct 2008, 16:45, 5 replies)

Oh I dunno
I was always prepared to pop out to collect my kids if they couldn't get back. They'd be exposed to cutting sarcasm and derision all the way back but at least they were safe.

One, in the army, used to get on trains with no money and be thrown off halfway across the country, and his father and I often collected him from places all over the country in the early hours.
We never minded one bit - he was Our Lad.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sun 12 Oct 2008, 19:38, closed)

It's fair enough
if they have no other way of getting home, maybe from lack of money or if they're in pain/ trouble or something. But my cousin does it from sheer lazyness... She has plenty of money and it only costs like £5 for a taxi home so it's not like it would be any trouble for her to get one.
( Mellicious is made of candy, Sun 12 Oct 2008, 20:26, closed)

Yup, laziness is not a good reason,
and a £5 taxi ride wouldn't kill her.

Maybe her Ma worries that her constant pissedness is placing her in danger from predatory rapists, which it frankly is.
Cutting down on the booze'd help but I can't see that happening while Ma's prepared to run her round.

Same thing happens with a neighbour of mine and her daughter. It's a vicious circle. The daughter gets pissed and then doesn't just ring for a lift - she gets in fights, goes off with strangers in cars, wanders round town shouting the odds, etc...

Her mother finds it a relief to collect her at all hours - at least she knows where she is.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sun 12 Oct 2008, 20:48, closed)

my mum's cousin
goes out at any hour when her daughter rings up demanding she bring her different shoes as the ones she's wearing are hurting her feet.
then phones up at 4am for a lift home simply asking "where the fuck are you?"

i haven't seen her in ages, and i'm not sure i want to!
(rosie-pie, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 17:28, closed)

A few weeks back...
Couple of mates and me head back to mine after a night of drinking and clubbing (not seals).

About 5.30am, still pilled up, one of my mates decides to call his mum and get her to pick him up - which she does.

Half an hour later or so, I turned to Liam and said "Did that really just happen?"

My worst nightmare: being out of your head and having to sit in a car with your parents and actually TALK.

I'd walk.
( snee held his breath since, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:59, closed)