The party I mentioned that my son went to last week which caused a huge amount of damage was reported in the Evening Standard on Friday.
Unbloodybelievable:- “Gatecrashers invade £1m house after boy advertises party on Facebook”
My son said that he did know the boy, but they’re not at the same school. He was going to see another friend who seemingly was inviting people as well. I think it’s all very scary. Where are all these people from that decide to walk into a house and pull the kitchen cabinets down and smash everything in sight and then urinate on a comatose fellow partygoer.
It is appalling. I’m not letting my son out anymore. The youth of today have lost the plot. I blame “Skins”.
February 8th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
That sort of story scares me – with Facebook and so on, how much easier is it to over invite for kids these days … going to have to lock my pair up when they get to be big enough
February 8th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Yeah, witnessed a party of that sort once, while my then future husband’s parents were in the UK. And it wasn’t even Facebook then! His sister invited her friends over, but it got out of control very quickly. A ton of teenagers, most of whom she didn’t know, filled the house, booze was being delivered to the door, all the plants died from the smoke, and the glass wall in the kitchen got smashed in. But it all pales in comparison to your story. Teenagers do like destroying things, I remember my guy friends doing stupid stuff that we thought was very funny, but with an expensive house like that, the stakes go way up. I wonder whether the host got a whooping of his life. Anyway, it’s the alcohol, of course. Can’t believe the parents though – do they not pay attention to what is going on in the youth culture these days? Too busy making money, I guess. Well, at least they can pay for the renovation.
February 9th, 2010 at 9:01 am
I know – where were the parents? although to be fair, they thought he was having a few friends round for fish and chips. Apparently he is now boarding at school! Lx
February 9th, 2010 at 5:24 am
Gosh, I’m glad my two are in their forties. I can just about allow them out of my sight now.