Where were you?!?!?
So it's 7pm, and I had been dozing on the couch. It's starting to get a little dark outside, so I grab my cell and call Gillian. (Take note here - it's for emergencies and for when she's going out without us. We have it restricted to a few phone numbers so don't think she's texting or on with her friends)
No answer. I try again. It is going to the message quickly which tells me it's off. Not happy.
I take a walk to the park to see if she's there ("I'm going to the park with Olivia and maybe to Kelsey's" - which is right next to it) and of course, she's not. I walk down near her friend Kelsey's and call Fae to call Kelsey's mom.
No Gillian, and she hasn't been at Kelsey's. At this point, I've called her phone 4 times and I'm upset. Not scared yet, but concerned because I can't find her. Went to her friends house and even better, no answer at her house. I asked Aidan to go to his friends house because Gillian sometimes hangs out with his little sister.
"DAD! She's HERE!"
Okay, deep breath. Nervousness passes, now the rage sets in. She comes out very concerned, TURNING ON HER PHONE. Which pissed me off to no end.
Needless to say, I let her have it. Maybe I trusted her too much, I dunno. I know she's not going out that far or that late again. Is this what it is to be a father? Oye.
March 16th, 2009 - 12:59
Totally understand what you are saying. Been trying to give the boys a little more freedom but it’s so hard to figure out where to draw the line as to how close to keep them and how far to let them go. A lot of their friends seem to have more freedom than they do. I guess I’m just a nervous mom.
March 16th, 2009 - 13:25
No, I think that too many creepy people are out there making us think twice. It’s not that we don’t necessarily trust our kids, it’s the weirdos who are out there now. Feel like I’m walking a fine line between protecting and smothering them.
March 16th, 2009 - 22:39
Just go with your gut. This is one of those parenting moments that is both infuriating and a lesson learned (for both of you) all at once.
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March 18th, 2009 - 17:37
Exactly. It’s the weirdos out there we’re trying to watch for. And I STILL can’t seem to let the younger two play outside without one of us watching, or at least the almost 15-year old. Just can’t do it.
Hardest part sometimes is knowing when to give some more rope, and when to pull it back in, ya know?
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March 18th, 2009 - 19:05
Welcome to my world. Happens to me all the time. Unfortuntely mine are mobile (driving) and it makes my searches twice as hard. Hang tight, it only gets better (sarcasim)…
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March 19th, 2009 - 22:39
my girls are SO not ever leaving my sight. until they are legal, that is.
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March 31st, 2009 - 23:59
My mom hardly ever let me out of her sight. And for good reason. You had a right to be upset. I don’t have children of my own yet, but I could imagine that it would be the scariest thing in the world to not know where they were or what might be happening to them.
You should tell her that if she’s not going to leave the phone on, you’ll make her wear one of those shock collars that you put on your dog to keep them within a certain radius of your house. I’m sure she’d find the cell phone much more fashionable.
April 1st, 2009 - 08:32
Don’t think I haven’t considered it mike