Think I may have opened my mouth before thinking, My Son is going to a nightclub tonight with some of his friends and it is in the next town, said he was going to get a taxi home as he was going to have a drink,( his friends live in a different direction) Said it would cost him about £20 so I said I would pick him up to save him some money....just thought these nightclubs do not close until about three in the morning, late night I think.
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I have 3 sons - had similar problems in the past with Parents being taxi's but one time I refused and it was that night that my middle son had his neck cut with a Stanley knife blade 4 inch at the back of his neck in a unprovoked attack by a drugged up yob. I have never forgive myself his scar is terrible and although we have looked into cosmetic surgery it would cause more problems with movement in his neck. But at least he is still alive, it could have been so much worse !
So better that you collect him and know he is safe. after all he is being sensible and not drink driving..
Richard my husband was a taxi for our 2 girls for years from jobs to nights out missing buses you name it he did it he just wanted to know they were safe. Well done you. ;D
PS, Richard, do let us know how things are going tax wise. ;D
Richard I am on the late run tonight too, hope it is not as late as you though! Taxi prices rocket at that time of night and also the queue is so long, daughter and her friends often wait an hour - not nice in this cold weather... Good Luck!
My darling dad was always my taxi service and I was always content to know he would be there at the end of the night, safely getting me home, making me a cuppa and sending me to bed. Now I do the same for mine, even though they are still teeny.
A late night yes, but you have the comfort of knowing he will be home safely.
Bluebird, that must have been awful for you all. As you say, at least he is alive, it can be such a dangerous world!!
Now 12.22.am and 16 yr old son not back, having said he's walk home from town (15 mins)by midnight. Not answering texts or phone calls. He doesn't have a key (he'd lose it) so muggins here will have to stay up to answer the door bell if/when he decides to come home. Teenagers, huh >:(
GET WHAT I'VE GOT, NO KEY TO LOSE JUST A NUMBER TO REMEMBER, LIKE IN THE HOSPITAL, TYPE IN THE NUMBER AND THEIR IN, NOT CHEEP THOUGH, BUT YOU KNOW YOU WONT EVER BE LOCKED OUT AND NO NEED TO STAY UP
Well done Richard. Spect this will be the first of many ::)
Hope he had a good night ;D
Quote from: Jill on February 11, 2007, 00:18:41
Now 12.22.am and 16 yr old son not back, having said he's walk home from town (15 mins)by midnight. Not answering texts or phone calls. He doesn't have a key (he'd lose it) so muggins here will have to stay up to answer the door bell if/when he decides to come home. Teenagers, huh >:(
I had a similar experience a few nights ago. My daughter works in a local nightclub, and she forgot her keys. So I was woken up by her hammering on the door at 3.30-ish. Fortunately I'm a light sleeper.
Quote from: Jill on February 11, 2007, 00:18:41
Now 12.22.am and 16 yr old son not back, having said he's walk home from town (15 mins)by midnight. Not answering texts or phone calls. He doesn't have a key (he'd lose it) so muggins here will have to stay up to answer the door bell if/when he decides to come home. Teenagers, huh >:(
How times have changed at 16 i could never get in a pub or club
Blimey, I was not allowed a key even when I was home on leave from the navy. The old man would lock the door when he went to bed, so you were out for night if you was late.
Luckily there were always a few chambermaids working in the local hotels that would sneak you in for a nights 'sleep'.
Just a thought, if you were working on the I.W. 45 years ago. It was not me it was my brother ;)
so many memories here.....
Son & his mates would all come back here after a night out...safety in numbers'n'all that, dossing down wherever they could find floor space (at that age & in that condition they were feeling no pain ::))....one Sun morning I woke up & my little cat was nowhere to be found. I was afraid she'd gone out when they came back..I quietly opened my son's door and there on the floor was his friend, stretched out on his back fast asleep with kits curled up on his chest.....told kits to come out immediately....son's friend opens an eye and murmers "you know me, Mrs.M...I always gets the p**sy"
And phoning if he was going to be staying with a friend so that I could get some sleep? One night he didn't and I spent a v. worried night....when he finally pitched up I blasted him out & told him that he would never ever do that again...and he didn't, until the time that I woke up one morning & he wasn't there. And then the phone rang..suppressed giggles.."Mum, this is just to tell you that I won't be coming home last night"....
Or the time when I was working nights at a Nursing Home nearby & he'd lost his key & pitched up about 2am with his friend, patently lit up? We'd had a sudden death in the Home and the police were there til a Dr. arrived.....to see these lads trying to appear sober in front of the Plod while they tried to get my housekey off the big bunch I'd got (I'm evil ;D) was a joy....but it was when they went and the plice wanted reassurance from me that they weren't driving that gave me the biggest chuckle.....they were both 17 at the time....
Great days 8) ;D
I had a phone call to collect my daughter a bit worse for wear at only 11.00! Bless her friends they insisted she phoned me. She chattered none stop rubbish all the way home.... And not even a headache this morning!
still the same, if our youngest comes for a visit and goes out with his mates, I lay awake 'til he's home and he's 25! ;D
I know how you feel. I am quite happy for daughter to go out at uni and don't worry, but if she has gone out from home then I lie awake! :)
Quote from: ACE on February 11, 2007, 09:58:32
Blimey, I was not allowed a key even when I was home on leave from the navy.
My girls got keys as soon as they arrived; with both of us working it was the only way things could be managed. I never felt it was fair not to let kids have keys anyway. Of course, African culture does expect kids to be more mature; they're not denied responsibility like Western kids. Mina, at the age of five, appointed herself to do the washing up, despite being so small she had to stand on a chair, and wouldn't let me near it. 'No! Go 'way! I am doing de washening up. You are not allow for do it, you do not do it proply!' She did it properly, too.
I know what you mean, robert, I have three independent kids, all made to iron their own jeans from age 12, I ironed their school clothes, just in case..even the lads could cook and sew a button on at an early age..best way :)
Do you lot all mind !!!! My kids are 11 and 8 and you're all putting the fear of god into me ;D ;D ;D
Jo.
My Dad was always my taxi when I was younger - living in Somerset, he wouldn't let me walk home down all the dark, winding lanes in the wee, small hours.
I remember that he always had a sick bucket in the passenger footwell - just in case I didn't tell him to pull over in time! Second-hand cider smells really revolting! :o
Now I'm older and far more responsible (ha! ::)), I find that I'm the taxi driver and it's not for my kids - it's for my OH and his friends when they go out! There's always some kind of fight at the taxi rank and after the time he walked home and fell asleep on the cricket pitch for hours - with me at home wide awake, worried & heavily pregnant, I prefer to see them all home safely!
Tabbycat
Tabby, I took the bucket last night but thankfully didn't need it! :)
Jo, enjoy your peaceful life while you can. Don't worry though, you've got a few years yet! :)
T.
Robert B: I envy you! We've two boys, one 16, one 12, both with absolutely no desire to do anything helpful at all either for themselves or for the family as a whole! No 1 son finally appeared at 2am but still had the energy to wake us with his bass guitar playing loud and clear at an unacceptable hour this morning. No 2 son said he'd planned to wake us up with his classical guitar playing (beginner level) but couldn't compete with no 1 son's amplified bass :(
Quote from: Jill on February 11, 2007, 22:17:29
No 2 son said he'd planned to wake us up with his classical guitar playing (beginner level) but couldn't compete with no 1 son's amplified bass :(
At least they've got a sense of humour though ;D
I'll get me coat.......
Southend isn't a very nice place after dark so when the girlies go out to play I take the phone to bed with me and they ring for a lift when they are ready. I don't sleep properly 'til I know they are safe. No. 2 daughter works in the city and when she's been out after work and is coming home on the last train, p*ssed, that is a whole lot worse. One day she will marry and live an adult life and I will sleep soundly. ;D
Emaggie, I am married and living an adult life, and my mum still lies awake at night worrying about our whereabouts and we have to call to let her know we are home. :-\
Aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhh..........noooooooooooo, I don't want to do that but I fear I might. :-[
We leave the cash for a taxi inside the front door after our daughter's left for the evening.
Barnowl, that is a really good idea, I will do that, then I know that whatever happens she can get home, although I am usually awake anyway. But it would save her from being stressed if she lost her money somehow. Thank you, that's brilliant. :)
I can't take the credit, it was my sister's idea - she has three daughters!
So Richard, what time did you end up going out??
My grandparents lived in Newcastle, and my Nana used to drive to Carlisle to pick up my uncle and his friends! Probably not at 3am though! I have 2 girls so this will be my life in 10 years time, it'll probably be the only time they ever speak to me!!!
I've collected the strapping sapling many a time.
My philosophy is that I'm in for a late night either way, whether sitting at home waiting or out driving, so the latter option is more productive - and at least I'm guaranteed to get SOME sleep!
Even now he's left home, if he's out and about near here, I'll drive him (and his friends) back to his place... otherwise I force them all to crash here (I can nag for Britain, you know).
;D
Sorry for not replying Emma, just got on line for first time this week picked Him up at 2.30 disappointed he never brought a dolly bird out for me.
;D ;D ;D ;D
I am the taxi driver! but out of hrs friends and wife started taking the mickey and I was losing a bomb when busy AND wifes mate burnt the seat :o
So I thought, thats IT. I will charge them ;D
But I did give the wife her 1/4 back when home....
Now when I get a call for a cab I just give them the company phone number.
Not that anyone would want to get in the car now after all that manure ;D