I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my firstborn child back home from his “boys on tour” sojourn to Spain. I have had very little contact from him since he’s been away. I know they all had an amazing time during the World Cup celebrations and I know that they are all still alive. Beyond that, it’s all a bit of a blank.
I did have one call from one of the mother’s a few days ago telling me that they had all been in a really bad fight with 15 Spaniards on the beach – but when I quizzed my son about it he massively played it down – which means he either has concussion or he wasn’t there or that there are several versions of the truth. He did at least manage to persuade me not to fly out and collect him.
All I care about is that he gets home safely. Once I’ve got him back I will try to uncover the facts of the matter. Or perhaps it’s all best left unsaid. How much information did we ever give our parents anyway about what we got up to? What do I really need to know and why?
A friend’s daughter has just come back from the “Exit” festival in Serbia. NIGHTMARE stories from there. Heavy handed behaviour from the local police and many drug raids. It seems that drugs were widely available, swiftly followed by strip searches, pitch black rooms, kids being strapped in hospital beds overnight and lots of money having to be handed over. All scary stuff and yet she said it was her best holiday ever…..
Good grief.
What is the world coming to.
I am going to wrap my children in cotton wool and lock them in the house.
July 21st, 2010 at 6:14 am
I never quite know if I want all the facts or to live obvlivious to their behaviour.
I suppose the kids don’t always want to know what we’re up to either. In fact, I think it bothers them more when we misbehave than it does us when they do!
July 21st, 2010 at 7:57 am
Oh well that’s reassuring then…..Lx
July 21st, 2010 at 8:41 am
Let me know as soon as your ‘locked room’ is ready for bookings…..!
July 21st, 2010 at 10:12 am
Will do – available any minute Lx
July 21st, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Hi there
A few years down the line – I think it gets a little better with time!!
Good luck with the stepmother situation. I know from being a stepmom, that the kids really like the fact that the 2 mothers get on, and are nice to one another, but it’s probably not such a great thing to get too close, if I can look back with hindsight. Also aware that your situation is slightly more complicated than most!! Wishing you the best, and I’m sure as long as you keep the best thing for the kids in mind, you will find the way that’s best for all of you..
July 21st, 2010 at 7:50 pm
aw by gad….deep breath deep breath. . . think best thing is to send them into the kalahari in a series one landrover with a gang of bushmen (so they don’t die of thirst or hunger) and let them come home when they are twenty….at least. last born (being a girl) is being sent by father to a nunnery until she is 43. apparently. dreading what’s ahead….for myself of course. xxx j
July 21st, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Probably better not to ask since he wasn’t arrested. Just try to impress on him how much he doesn’t want to end up in a foreign jail!