Actual phone calls you do NOT want to receive from your child

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<p>I’m not a mom, I’m the daughter, but thought I should share the scary calls my mom has gotten because of me.</p>

<p>September 2007, I’m at a music festival a few hours away from home. I’m 16 (drinking age in Germany, where I live, so it was all legal), and end up in the hospital because of alcohol poisoning. Mom gets phone call some time at night:
“We have you’re daughter, don’t worry.” Doctor doesn’t even say who he is at first, so my mom’s thinking I’ve been kidnapped or sth xD He asked if they would come pick me up or if I should spend the night. Unfortunately, this was “Volksfest” time, the miniature Oktoberfest in the town where we live, and my mom, who NEVER drinks, had already had a big German beer and couldn’t pick me up. So the doctor must’ve thought my family is full of alcoholics. Ended up spending the night at the hospital, and was grounded for the rest of the summer.</p>

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<p>Few months later</p>

<p>“Mom, I was just hit by a car on my way to school, don’t worry I’m OK.”
I really was okay, just had a bruise. But mom come’s to pick me up and bring me to the hospital. And it really was all my fault, I didn’t look before I crossed the street.
I usually choose not to call my mom in such situations, but the driver of the car said she would call later to check on me, and I figured it was better that my mom heard it from me instead of from a stranger.</p>

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<p>My mom gave me a few scares too.</p>

<p>8th grade at school, I’m called to the front desk. Really panicking, because you aren’t pulled out of class for no reason. I’m thinking my dad’s in the hospital or sth. Turns out my mom had called to tell me that my ballet class was cancelled that day. Instead of just texting or calling later during recess… -.-</p>

<p>A few weeks ago, I was in Prague with some friends, just for the weekend (why I love living in Europe :)). My mom calls me (even though I always ask her not to call me when I’m on a trip because I have to pay a lot for incoming calls when I’m in another country) at like 7AM, to ask me what my plans are for that day. -.- When I got home the next day, she told me that she actually wanted to tell me that there was some security warning for Americans travelling in Europe, and that I should be careful, but then at the last minute decided not to tell me, so I wouldn’t worry. Thank God, that would have really ruined my weekend xD.</p>

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<p>Entertaining thread!</p>

<p>Add my vote to those who don’t want any more calls beginning with faint sobs. So far they’re always the prelude to a sob story of missed deadlines that I can’t do anything about.</p>

<p>(Unless it’s something not his fault–I’ll be genuinely sympathetic then. Hasn’t happened yet, however!) I am SO looking forward to graduation in the spring!</p>

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<p>S2 - “can you get rabies from a rat bite?”
Mom - OMG are there rats in the dorm?
S2 - “No, I was taking a nap in the street”</p>

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<p>how about…
the FBI was here to interview me?</p>

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<p>This call wasn’t from a child but about one:</p>

<p>The school nurse phones the mom and leads with, “Your son has had an accident.”</p>

<p>After the mother (whose child is in kindergarten) nearly has a heart attack, she learns that the “accident” was actually in the boy’s pants! :eek: </p>

<p>So the nurse just wanted the mom to know that Junior would be returning home in unfamiliar trousers.</p>

<p>But can you believe that a school professional would begin a phone call that way?</p>

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<p>How about, “Your kid has fainted. She wants to go home. I’m not sure she should not remain in school.” Wow, that’s quality care, wanting to force a child who has fainted & is white as a sheet to remain in school. Not sure for what purpose! </p>

<p>Found out years after the fact that younger brother slept IN THE BUSHES when he was going around the country interviewing for med schools & residencies. He said he remembers being chased by security! I guess he “saved” some $$$$, but gave the family a huge scare after the fact. Fortunately, my kiddos haven’t been inclined to follow uncle’s footsteps. Bro hasn’t repeated those escapades either. He is an excellent doc, by the way.</p>

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<p>This thread is hilarious! It interesting though, that mom is called the majority of the time to solve the problem… Moms rule!!!</p>

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<p>This recent call was about a child.
Me answering my cell phone “Hi XX!” (Expecting it to be my oldest son)
Voice on the other end, “Uh, this is the Chicago P.D.”
After I pass out and revive, the nice officer on the other end tells me that my son had dropped his cellphone at the airport :rolleyes: and they were trying to return it.</p>

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<p>Got this text from S2 the other day: What is my bloodtype???</p>

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<p>OMG you guys; I have been reading these for 2 days laughing my head off!</p>

<p>Ellebud, I had inlaws who were very opposed to the marriage 30 + yr ago because of my religion — Catholic ---- they were a parade of different Protestants. Whenever they got a pastor who preached about civil rights for black folk they would switch denominations (They had to change a lot—too many decent ministers in their town!)</p>

<p>Making it worse as far as they were concerned was I am also Irish descent, which apparently is a really trashy kind of Catholic. </p>

<p>So, yeah, been there heard that. I just am always as nice as can be, never confirm any bad stories about me that others may have been spreading is my motto----and laugh it off. My grandmother used to say to be nice to those who hate you, it confuses the hell out of them. </p>

<p>The closest I have to these stories is the time my oldest, then a soph in college, called early in the morning:</p>

<p>“Mom, I just wanted to reach you before you saw it on TV. The University is getting the vaccine in as soon as they can.”</p>

<p>Me; "Huh, what? What vaccine?</p>

<p>Turned out a student at a school elsewhere in the state had suddenly died of meningitis, and Rhode Island had ordered that all its college students be vaccinated, immediately (God bless them). This was in the years when this vaccine was new. </p>

<p>Of course it was on TV in MA & RI. But we live in NJ and the NY stations do not think anything that happens in RI is newsworthy.</p>

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<p>JUST hung up the phone with my youngest son, who is 600 miles away.</p>

<p>“Do you know where I put my camera? I had it over the weekend and now I can’t find it”</p>

<p>Does he think I am telepathic or something???</p>

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<p>Text received from DS on TUESDAY:</p>

<p>“I think we’re getting initiated (to fraternity) tonight, so I’ll be back to a normal life on Thursday…”</p>

<p>Ummm…what happened to Wednesday??? What happened that caused you to be “not normal”?</p>

<p>Paranoid Mom did not sleep well either night…</p>

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<p>We can only pray that my 2 sons never meet some of your children…oh the mayhem</p>

<p>phone call from college -
s1: mom, how do I get blood out of my shirt?
mom: what!
s1: mom its all over it and its my new white one
mom: what! are you ok?
s1: MOM!
mom: what happened? are you ok?
s1: quit freaking out its not even my blood</p>

<p>also love the time I drove in the driveway to find s1 and s2 hosting a GIANT homemade slip and slide party with probably entire senior graduating class. They went to wal-mart and bought all the plastic painting drop sheets they could buy and covered our yard then let loose the garden hoses. Couldn’t even understand why I would be the slightest concerned.</p>

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<p>Sally, a friend of mine got the exact same call from the preschool – “Your son had an accident” and had the same reaction. She also got a call from a school nurse telling her that her son’s arm was broken and it had a “whole new shape”. Very professional.</p>

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<p>Got this one at about midnight from DD at college:
DD: Mom,just ran over a skunk with my bike. How do I get skunk smell off me? clothes? bike?</p>

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<p>Love this thread.</p>

<p>Text from S: Do you wash your sheets in hot or cold water?
It was sent in February</p>

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<p>This is a call about my D that I didn’t want to hear.</p>

<p>On Easter weekend 2007, my D, who was spending the semester studying in Spain, decided that she was going to visit the only place we had strongly urged her not to go …Morocco (because of State Dept terrorism warnings against it). She, of course, sloughed off our concerns about her visiting a Muslim country on the holiest Christian holiday of the year and went with 2 of her buddies. </p>

<p>I had her flight information, so I knew when she was supposed to arrive back in Madrid, and (I think you know where I’m going with this) and she didn’t. In fact, the plane never took off. When I called EasyJet in the UK to find out why, they informed me that no flights had taken off from that airport that day due to “CIVIL DISTURBANCE”! </p>

<p>Of course, whenever I tried to call her on her Spanish cell, it went directly to voice mail.
After a few hours of trying continuously to get through to her, her friend finally answered it. Claimed the phone had been off because the battery was low. They had been put up in a luxury hotel for the night and were supposed to make their way back to the airport to catch the next flight, for which they had no idea when it would take off. And, of course, they are nearly out of cash.</p>

<p>So, they finally make it to the airport and get assigned to another flight, and she calls to let me know she’s boarding and that she will call me when she gets to Madrid. I know the flight # so I could track the flight online and it arrived around midnight. Does my phone ring? No. Now, I get to worry about her making her way back to her homestay alone on the metro after midnight. She did finally call once she got to the apartment. She had forgotten…aaarrgh!</p>

<p>I can honestly say that was the longest day of my life. And she would tell you that she’d do it all again. Loved the people and the culture.</p>

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<p>Sally and mk I think I have an even worse school nurse (high school):</p>

<p>N: This is school nurse. Are you S’ mom?
M: Yes what’s wrong?
N: Well are you driving?
M: No
N: Because if you are you should pull over the side of the road
M: What happened?
N: There was a bike accident (and finally!!!) your son is fine.</p>

<p>Turns out that although his bike got dented he didn’t have a scratch, but I almost had a heart attack. Really, it was like she was sadistic dragging it out. My son said he was listening and freaking out on my behalf because he knew how it sounded.</p>

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<p>The day after Halloween…
S2: (lives in an off campus dump): Somebody got shot on our street last night.
Me: Oh no, was it anywhere near your house?
S2: Yeah, couple of block down. We were out walking and saw all the blue lights and commotion. We found out it was people who knew each other and had already been fighting earlier. Glad to know my neighborhood not a dangerous place with just random shootings.</p>

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<p>I got the one from school about the “accident” too, with a first grader. Truly horrible.</p>

<p>I think I already spent my funniest stories at the beginning of the thread. Since then my two have grown up. Shucks!!!</p>