"When I Was Your Age..."

emeraldkity4
Mon, 01 Nov 2004 16:03:53 +0000

a friend and I were just talking about this.
Saturday, I dropped off my 14 yr old D and her 15 yr old best friend at a Halloween party of a friend from last year. I was told by the mom that the party was over at 12:30, I said thats too late for me I will be there at 11.
Anyway, when I pulled up at 11 I had to park several blocks away from the culdesac, as there were too many cars. While I was sitting in the car, wondering what my approach would be, more cars pulled up with teens in costume disembarking.
Some looked like they were drinking ( but to give them credit, it could have been bottled water). It reminded me of parties when my father had to come to the house to drag me out, but the other “guests” told him I wasn’t there.
I dreaded having to “find” her in the crowd that must have been there,so I called on the phone and asked the mom to be sure she was ready. By the time I made my way to the house however, she was already outside and ready to go!
The kids I had seen driving up were actually at a party across the culdesac, and she was tired /bored and ready to go to bed!
( so I was lucky that time- but eventually I expect karmic retribution)
My friend is way more paranoid than I am however, when her 13 yr old daughter came home from a day of trick or treating and partying and went promptly to bed, she worried that/ that was a sign of drug use! @@