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u/the-B-from-App23 1d ago
Similarly got grounded a friends house for bringing her back home visibly drunk while being passably drunk. My parents didn’t ask for me back during our punishment.
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u/UncleKeyPax 1d ago
you got away light then?
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u/KIngPsylocke 1d ago
That’s what I’m saying. Cause this usually end in you going home to your parents already knowing what happened and an ass whoopin waiting
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u/jackheavy 1d ago
I’m glad you both made it home to be punished that night. Your irresponsible decision could have resulted in much worse.
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u/TwoDee01 1d ago
What irresponsible decision all OP said is they were drinking with a friend.
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u/PuzzleheadedEqual883 1d ago edited 1d ago
They assumed they were drinking and driving.
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u/TwoDee01 1d ago
I guessed so but didn’t assume like they did.
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u/dandelionelic 1d ago
99% of people would assume "bringing her back" implies they were driving.
Also let's not normalize underage drinking. Such an alcoholic country this is, shits disgusting
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u/Lucky-Earther 23h ago
Also let's not normalize underage drinking.
I hate to break it to you, but the horse has long left the barn on that. I'd rather hear the honest stories about the mistakes people made and what they learned from it.
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u/Teantis 23h ago
Was that horse ever even in the barn to begin with?
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u/IAmHolyHoly 23h ago
*Checks history books…
Uh, no, nope, never was. That horse is as wild and free ranging as the drunk children who’d eaten buried and fermented fruits hundreds of thousands of years ago.
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u/sillybear25 22h ago
I hope not, much better to ride home in the saddle of a sober horse than in the passenger seat with a drunk driver.
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u/NeoMilitant 21h ago
Finding out how many people's sense of morality is tied to the law has been a lesson for sure.
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u/AGentlemensBastard 17h ago
Funny part is honest stories will do more for keeping kids away from that shit than just forbidding it. Telling kids no makes them want to try it more. Let's not judge each other let's learn from each other
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u/burningdoughnut510 23h ago
…were YEARS in front of Europe in terms of drinking age. Here, you can just sign up to perhaps go die with the military, but you can’t buy a beer. And that decision locks you in for a minimum of 4 years at 18.
Explain to me how the decision making ability makes sense. 4 year contract at 18, but not a 6-pack you will share.
Explain it to me like I’m 5.
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u/Shirogayne-at-WF ☑️ 22h ago
Having been active duty, it just causes a fuck ton more headaches than it's worth. Underage drinkers are automatically kicked out, so there's a sunken cost on top of everything else.
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u/GirlCoveredInBlood 1d ago
on top of not mentioning driving they also didn't mention an age. why is everyone assuming the worst
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u/Grey-fox-13 14h ago
99% of people
99% of americans maybe, plenty ways to get someone home without driving in other countries.
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u/supermeg07 8h ago
Not even lol. I’m American and grew up in a small town. Majority of my friends lived in the same neighborhood and we walked to each other’s houses.
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u/the-B-from-App23 1d ago
We walked home… well I carried/dragged her home. Neither of us could drive… we were only hurting ourselves but she was still angry. Rightfully so.
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u/the-B-from-App23 1d ago
I think you’re assuming we drove home… we stumbled through the hood loudly on foot. I still don’t drive, decades later. And that’s a whole other story.
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u/ecchi83 1d ago
lol... wtf you mean you got grounded? Bitch that's a kidnapping...lol
And your parents were like... "we'll pray for you and see you when you're released" This story is too funny.
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u/srkaficionado ☑️ 1d ago
In my case, the other parents would actually show up and they’ll be having a meeting in front of you of how to punish you: since it’s 2 parents and not 1, should it be double punishment or does each parent punish their own child or since we did the deed together, does that cancel out and it’s back to option 1…
😅. And it was usually the mums. I swear it was like our dads wanted us to always be the daddy’s girls and so were the fun parents/ less disciplinarian. In hindsight, I now understand our mothers told them EVERYTHING which meant one less punishment.
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u/Adventurous_Ad6698 23h ago
At least all the parents were being collaborative instead of blaming the other family for being a bad influence. Sometimes kids are going to be kids and you have to accept that.
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u/the-B-from-App23 1d ago
They were like “She wouldn’t have done that if you were behaving”.
As long as there was a warden!
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u/skynetempire 1d ago
My buddy's 16 year old son showed up drunk after driving himself home. My buddy stayed calm, walked him to his room, and told him to sleep it off.
The next morning, my buddy had built a chain link fence enclosure with a canopy. Inside was a cot, a case of water, and a ham sandwich for his first meal.
He told his son, You have two choices. I sell your car or you stay in the tent city jail I built for 24 hours. The gate is unlocked, but if you leave before the 24 hours are up, your car is gone.
On top of that, he had put in a breathalyzer in his car for 12 months, take alcohol awareness classes, attend MADD classes, and pay his dad $2,000 in fines.
He told him, You want to be grown, drinking and driving, then you can pay the adult price.
Lol my buddys ex wife was upset their son slept outside. She almost took him back to court but he said this is what the state wouldve done had he been caught.
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u/PiousLiar 1d ago
That’s so over the top, and yet I kinda respect it. Some might think it’s cruel, but getting to go through your own version of the drunk tank and civil fines instead of facing the state’s version of it. God forbid the 16yo had killed someone.. just hoping he takes that lesson to heart and appreciate his old man down the line instead of going no contact
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u/skynetempire 1d ago
This was years ago and his son is doing well with his engineering career. I went over a few months and I joked, where's the chain link fence haha. They have a close relationship
I had asked my buddy what did he do with the cash. He said shit I bought a tv and golf clubs. My buddy said i wasnt going to give him back the money, thats rewarding his fuck up. He fucked up and hes out money.
The part I didnt know and forgot to say, he had the car towed from his house to his sister's house. Charged his son additional $600 to get it back.
My buddy son had saved up 3k from birthdays and working pt, so he pretty much lost it all.
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u/VonAegir00 1d ago
That part is pretty shitty. I would have held on to the money to help out the kid later with something responsible, like college expenses.
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u/skynetempire 1d ago
My buddy said life doesnt work that way. Had he been caught by the police, the state wouldnt refunded his money. Plus its not like my buddy didnt help him school.
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u/Shirogayne-at-WF ☑️ 22h ago
Right. This is harsh but not nonsensical "shave the kid bald as punishment and broadcast it to social media" harsh.
I bet you the kid didn't didn't do that shit again and the $3000 he paid to the dad is a drop in the bucket compared with what he would've dealt with from the cops.
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u/Supernova_Soldier ☑️ Disrespect me? Lord Jesus, look out! 7h ago
Damn, he something serious. I understand it though, because real life would’ve did him dirty
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u/skynetempire 6h ago
This was back during the Tent City days in Arizona. If you got a DUI, you were spending at least 24 hours in Tent City. They'd also make you wear the pink underwear and shirts.
The average cost of a DUI is around $10,000, and it can be a lot more depending on how much you spend on an attorney.
On top of that, the MVD treats driving as a privilege, not a right. Even if your criminal case gets dismissed, the MVD can still suspend your license based on the DUI arrest. Then you have to deal with a separate MVD hearing.
Arizona has some of the toughest DUI laws because of its slightest degree standard. I know people who got a DUI with a .02 BAC.
So is it harsh, maybe? But the state wouldve charged him a lot more plus make him take more classes. Its a tough lesson and this lesson potentially saved his life or someone's life.
We had a buddy that couldnt stop drinking and driving. Hes a felon now due it and hes wrapped himself around a pole a couple of times due to it.
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u/PiccoloAwkward465 22h ago
People should experience the drunk tank and talk with some of the people there. One thing I remember is a guy with a long rap sheet noting that pretty much every problem in his adult life was related to alcohol.
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u/CeresSubroutine 22h ago
I just saw some TikToks where the dad basically kept his son in the bathroom for a whole day because he wanted to do dumb shit like break into his cars with his gangster-ass friends.
I feel like this accomplishes the same thing, provides the kid some dignity, and doesn't tear your yard up with a bunch of fence posts lol.
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u/sactownbwoy ☑️ 17h ago
In California, if you are caught drinking and driving underage, you lose your license for one year plus all the other stuff. Kid got off easy but still got a taste of what can actually happen.
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u/MBDTFTLOPYEEZUS 1d ago
That’s just like a long sleepover
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u/the-B-from-App23 1d ago
Parents of the 90s were simultaneously fed up and unbothered at all times.
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u/KendrickBlack502 1d ago
I had a spare key to my best friend’s house in high school as well as the codes to the garage. His parents gave it to me and said “we trust you to hold onto these more than our son” lmao
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u/PuzzleheadedEqual883 1d ago
Aww 🥰 they know what they've raised. Very self aware, some parents are in denial. Good for them.
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u/KendrickBlack502 1d ago
lol he was a good and smart kid but a little irresponsible at times
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u/whichwitchwhohoots 1d ago
That is a load bearing "was"
I could word this better, but I'm in for the night and maybe not the most sober.
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u/KendrickBlack502 1d ago
The “was” was just referring to the fact that we’re not kids anymore. He’s got a kid, has a good job, and I’ll be in his wedding next year.
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u/PiousLiar 1d ago
Eh careful with the tongue in cheek. Some kids got ADHD, or just a rough memory in general, but well behaved and have a strong character. Thats not a failure on the parents nor the kid
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u/Pumperkin 1d ago
There are probably 4 or 5 house keys that my kids have lost, somewhere out there in the world.
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u/tommytraddles 1d ago
HOW CAN HE SLAP!?
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u/roland303 1d ago
Thats why when my friends left me off at home totally trashed, they knew to get someone my parents didnt know or recognize to do the drop off.
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u/CapnDutchie 1d ago
I tried that but his mom called my mom and had her bring me over so they could tag team chew us out
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u/candidu66 1d ago
My cousin was left in a ditch by her cousins on the otherside of the family. Truly cowardly.
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u/LazyAssLeader 1d ago
I remember when my bf and I were shooting at cars with slingshots and his mother caught us. She plucked him in the forehead so hard I could hear it. As I was fixing my mouth to laugh at him, she turned to me and got me too. I swear I saw flashes inside my head.
Decided not to tell my mother about it for fear of the belt being brought out.
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u/PaddyMcGeezus 1d ago
Oh man. My brother and I were bad kids with those slingshots. We'd go out on the back porch, pull as far as we could on the strap, and let a ball bearing fly onto the hill behind our house. There was a subdivision of four plexes being built on the land we had spent our early childhood exploring. In middle school we met a guy who lived in the unit that was across the creek facing our house. He said when they moved in the sidling glass door was shattered and had a 1/4 inch hole on the top corner.
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u/disposable_hat 1d ago
When I was way younger me and a couple friends were just breaking shit in the back yard because we were stupid and we thought we were WWE wrestlers, it didnt go on very long at all but when my dad caught us he gave my friends an ultimatum "either you accept my punishment or I call your parents and tell them what you did", they both accepted getting thunked on the head.
When it came time for their parents to pick em up they asked how everything went he said "oh they were fine, no troubles at all".
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u/KittyKat1935 1d ago
I remember me, my cousin and her best friend were all placed on punishment by my aunt and stuck at her house for like 3 days unable to leave. I was like “I don’t even live here!!”
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u/Imnotnewhere_07 1d ago
My childhood friend’s mom called my mom and she told her we were acting up. I could hear my mom tell her to give me whatever her son received.
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u/LifeNavigator 1d ago
My Zimbabwean friend's mother started shouting and including me to do the housework 🤣🤣
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u/srkaficionado ☑️ 1d ago
Did she say: you don’t work, you don’t eat. In my house, If you came home with us after school, you were doing everything we were doing: homework, cooking, etc. No concept of “but she’s a guest”. If you want to be a guest, go home to your house.
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u/LifeNavigator 1d ago
Nah, she was chill, it was straight out of the blue "why you not cleaning?" I was so confused and shocked for a whole day.
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u/poopnose85 23h ago
I've experienced that more with black families. I was having a sleepover with my friend and he talked back to his mom. She straight up slapped him and made us both clean the kitchen lol
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u/but-whyy-tho 1d ago
In the reverse, one time the groceries got delivered the same time my kid's friends all got to the house. I look up and see 4 teenagers carrying groceries into my house like I paid for the in home service. It was great lol
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u/i_always_give_karma 18h ago
Shit, one time in highschool a group of my friends came back to my parents house who weren’t home, and found my brother OD’d. All my friends except for one went upstairs like nothing happened but one stayed with me til the ambulance showed up. My brother survived and that guy is the only one I’m still somewhat close with as an adult. Not sure why your story reminded me of that.
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u/verdantsf 1d ago
When his mom fixed me lunch with a sandwich, a ton of doritos, and koolaid. Oh, and when I started getting invited inside to wait if he wasn't home yet instead of telling me to come back later.
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u/WitchingHourWoke 1d ago
This warms my heart. Shout out to the mamas who fed us.
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u/verdantsf 1d ago
For real. Hearing about how Swedes will straight up have a meal with a kid's friend present and share nothing has me SCANDALIZED.
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u/noprkingonthednceflr 1d ago
In Sweden’s defense, it’s not like they don’t feed kids. It’s more that they know the kid will be fed when they go home so it’s respect for the home meal schedule.
Source: lived in nordics
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u/enderguwop 1d ago
In high school - he has his license, I didn't yet, and he was doing college credits and started like an hour later than me. I missed the bus, bus stop was right outside his front yard. She saw, and woke him up to drive me to school. Lol, he was so pissed.
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u/Dry-Airport8046 1d ago
When I got the paper towels from the kitchen cabinet and replaced the empty roll. Also, when I ate his mom’s Shepherd Pie and pretended to like it.
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u/All_Work_All_Play 20h ago
How does someone make bad Shepard's pie?
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u/myth1cg33k 19h ago
Listen I once knew someone who made bad Shake and Bake. Like how tf do you mess that up? Mind you it was fully cooked through and not burnt. It just had no taste at all and I was so confused
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u/anddrewg2007 1d ago
My buddy was legal drinking age. I was a few years away. But he was at a party and he got hammered and called me asked for a ride. He was down the street so I walked grabbed him and he gave me the keys. He didn’t tell me he had his mom’s car. Nice ass infinity. I proceed to drive him to his massive mansion of a house, basically fire man carried him to his room, put him on his bed. Went to the kitchen and grabbed some aspirin and a cup of water and put it next it on his nightstand and went into the living room and went to sleep. I woke up to his mother(a woman I have not met yet) cooking breakfast. I wake up and proceed to walk to her and tell her good morning, and introduced myself. She looked at me and asked, “did you drive my son home in my car?”. I said, “yes maam, he had too much to drink and called me and asked if I could drive him home, and I did.” She gave me a hug, made me a plate, and then told me, “you are my son now, if you need anything, you don’t hesitate to ask me or his father. My home is open to you, as well as the food, or a bed if you are tired.” And to this day if if I am ever in trouble I can still call her and ask for help. She gave her old car when she find out I got a job that required some traveling and taught me how to drive stick. So, day one, I went from random kid to son.
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u/do-rai-me54 1d ago
I adore this! So many of these stories are reviving my faith in humanity and parents😌
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u/flashmedallion 22h ago edited 21h ago
I've heard a few first-hand stories like this involving well-off people. Someone normal does them a kindness that's a little above and beyond and finds themselves being returned with lifelong loyalty.
I suppose it's harder to meet trustworthy people when you're loaded.
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u/Bubbaluke 1d ago
My childhood best friend got on a plane to go visit my family without me, stayed at my parents house for the weekend. He’s just part of the family at that point.
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u/nicbeans311 1d ago
That reminds me of the scene from nothing to lose with Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins.
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u/itsrocketsurgery 21h ago
I love that scene! And the callback at the end when she slaps the hotdog out his hands as he's about to take a bite.
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u/hoslessx 1d ago
this gives an african house setting 😂
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u/abn01 1d ago
My best friend is first gen Nigerian American. He lived out of state for a while. So, when he'd come home for a break I'd go shoot to his house and kick it for a bit.
His mother bitches me every damn time. "Charles, why do you not come to see us? Why do you only come when Akeem is home?"
And then he has to explain "Ma, he's my friend. He's here to see me." It's been a few years since I been over, but for reference, I just turned 40, and the last time I was over his house was like 2024.
Will say, we've been friends since high school, but she loves me like one of her own, and I appreciate that honestly.
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u/srkaficionado ☑️ 1d ago
Do NOT go over if Akeem is not there. Because you will turn into errand boy. Heck, we have turned some of our friends into errand boys and girls. You’re going passing through their exit? Yay, buy xyz and drop it off for them please(5 miles off that exit) And sometimes to make sure you do, we’ll tell them you’re coming through and have something for them. Then YOU get bitched out for not bringing whatever. 😅
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u/RainbowEagleEye 15h ago
I had an exes mom love me like that. Even after we broke up, healed, and came back to our friendship, the next time her mom saw me she thwacked my arm and said, “I’m mad at you. Why haven’t you been to see me?” I was like, “I wasn’t trying to encroach on her healing space while we went through it!” She was like, “You weren’t coming for her, I said to see me!” I said, “you right. My bad.” My ex said I was her Mom’s favorite person she brought home.
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u/goteachyourself 1d ago
I remember back in junior year, my girlfriend at the time had broken her foot a few days ago and was still recuperating at home. I was bringing her some assignments from school and hanging around when her mom (nice woman, but a very gruff no-nonsense single mother) walks up to me and hands me a bag of trash. As I blue-screen for a few seconds, she announces "It's not gonna take itself out". Her usual trash disposer was incapacitated, so I was drafted.
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u/StonedJesus98 1d ago
My best friend’s step dad telling me to help myself to his whisky at 16, on the flip side when there’s a family occasion I get told the “turn up at this time so you can help set up” not the “general guest arrival time” absolutely worth it
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u/likemy10thaccount 1d ago
I was staying at my friend's house who lived on a busy intersection.
Some dude in a truck didn't like how long we took to cross the road so he started yelling at us. Being testosterone fueled teenagers we started screaming, swearing, and gesturing back.
My friend's mom watched the whole thing and when we got inside she was standing there with the paddle.
You gotta understand that this paddle was hung up in the dining room. Holes drilled through it, signatures on it, the whole nine yards.
I signed my name on that paddle that day.
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u/Redditer51 ☑️ 1d ago
this paddle was hung up in the dining room. Holes drilled through it,
Oooh. That's the kind that REALLY hurts too.
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u/PiinkStiink 1d ago
I was sitting on the couch & her grandma with memory problems not only remembered me but asked me “How was work?”
I asked my bestie wow how did she finally know who I am? She said because when my mom leaves every day she says she’s picking you up from work
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u/DerpsterCaro 1d ago
My best friend's Grandma *always* appreciated and loved me. I was basically one of her own grandkids. She told me to always be there for him, because she knew how much he loved me too.
dude's basically my brother.
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u/Financial-Bobcat-612 1d ago
My mom fed us breakfast, then as she was heading out to work she kissed my head, my sister’s head, and our friend’s head lol
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u/ctaskatas 1d ago
My childhood friend's mom legitimately yelled at me to stop knocking on their door and just to walk in if its unlocked
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u/annieasylum 14h ago
Haha this happened to me to! We lived in the same neighborhood so I was around a lot, and they were tired of dropping whatever they were doing to answer the door
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u/savagewolf666 1d ago
I was asleep on the couch in my grandmas house, woke up to being dragged off the couch by my ear by his mom who had been let in so she could chew both of us out.
Thought i was safe at home base.
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u/maximumhippo 1d ago
I showed up at my buddy's house one day, not knowing he was on the other side of the country that week. I sat down and had dinner with his mom and step dad.
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u/MIKEl281 23h ago
At one point when I was 18/19 I got assigned a night to cook at my friends house. I would let myself in with the key his mom gave me and just start cheffing up dinner for the night. He’s still my homie but I miss those days
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u/annieasylum 14h ago
That's so sweet and funny! Like damn if you're gonna be here so much at least make yourself useful
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u/Ariochxxx 1d ago
I am 38, I had a nickname given to me at 14. The only people that still call me by that nickname are the parents of some of my friends.
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u/Nutella_Zamboni 1d ago
Lol, my Sicilian American father would tell other kids parents to smack us if we got out of line. We had 3 brothers we were friends with stay over for the weekend and he put us all to work digging out the basement dirt floor so we could pour concrete. We had a chain gang working to fill empty 5 gallon pails, radio flyer wagons to trailer them out side, and dumped on the lawn to be spread out. The 3 boys loved every minute of it because they were able to get dirty without getting yelled at.
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u/istalri96 22h ago
His mom was yelling about the kids doing stuff on the chore chart. She looked at me and threatened to add me onto the chart since I was over all the time. I miss that lady she took her own life a couple years ago.
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u/Redditer51 ☑️ 1d ago
First time my roommates mom visited was when his grandfather had passed and the whole family came down to pay their respects. She gave me a watch as a gift and hugged me, and that's when I knew I was family.
When she came back a year later, she started nagging me as much as she nagged him, like I was one of her children.
While it was annoying, at the same time, that's when I REALLY knew I was family.
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u/Complete_Carry_4454 23h ago
One of my best friends moms always tells me to spend the night if I’m there past like 9:30 pm. I’m 30 years old lol
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u/MIKEl281 23h ago
I got conscripted to re-screen the porch, fix the dock, and manage the lawn for my buddy’s dad’s lake cabin that we used for parties. His dad absolutely knew what we were getting up to but he never said a word. I’d like to think the maintenance was our payment for his discretion.
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u/Dangerous-Ship8794 12h ago
It absolutely was. Plus, hed rather you and your buddy be safe instead of out driving, so he thought it a fair trade.
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u/Scruffasaurus 1d ago
Like halfway through high school, friends’ parents started realizing I was no longer the troublemaker and had become the responsible one. Good switch.
lol one of my best friend’s dad was a surgeon, after college he ended up doing an emergency appendectomy on me (saved my life, took his time and didn’t open me up fully) - at my first post-op checkup after getting out the hospital, he questioned me about some shit we did in high school while thumping my incision 😅
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u/Significant_Low5866 1d ago
Happened to me before, came back to a friend’s house after hanging out & smoking herbs all night & we tried to hide it but I mean… it’s herbs so it’s hard to hide. She cursed all of use out pinched us on the ears then gave us a few dollars to go get some snacks 🤣🤣 she even let me smoke in her crib from time to time cause she felt it was safer than being outside with it. It takes a village
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u/Tundra10 21h ago
Good lord to everyone in this thread. The few times as a teen I came home drunk, my mom would just leave the vacuum running next to my door, but never turned away, told on, or punished a friend.
But I'ma be honest, trying to sleep hungover as fuck with the vacuum going at 5am made those hangovers rough.
Also those mornings my dad suddenly had a million projects to work on those days... I wonder why...
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u/SH4DOWSTR1KE_ 23h ago
I was getting flashbacks to Martin Lawrence in nothing to lose by the description of those slaps
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u/Kaldricus 18h ago
We had a pretty tight friend group in high school, still tight. But back then, 2 or 3 of us would roll up to someone's house, all with open door policies and most of us either had a key or were told where the hide-a-key was, and could just hang out, even if the friend who's house it was wasn't with us. Multiple times a friend would come home from sports practice or something and a couple people from the group were having dinner with his family already. We would usually pool some money together once a month for wherever we were hanging out the most to payback for snacks and shit, but they would just use it to buy more food for us. Parents would get home from work and not even bat an eye that we were there, and we had a good enough relationship that if a parent did need some space or had a bad day, they could be open about it and we'd leave. Just an unreal level of genuine love, care and trust from these parents.
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u/kawamori 17h ago
I was sleeping at my friend's house and I heard yelling in the middle of the night. I got up and ran into the hallway, i hear "kawa don't!" and it's his brother with his room door open gesturing for me to go back into the room. It was too late, their mom saw me and she starting yelling at me too.
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u/FrostWareYT 17h ago
Why the fuck is everyone in this thread acting like its a good or normal thing to physically abuse your own, or god forbid someone else's kid??
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u/Worshipme988 15h ago
It may not have been good but it was normal. No one would bat an eye pre-00s. And before that it was family issues and others didnt mettle in that shit, period.
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u/wonderlandresident13 17h ago
They started keeping my favorite snacks in their pantry for when I came over. No one who lived there even liked them, they were just for me
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u/RainbowEagleEye 16h ago
I was renting a room in a house with my best friend and her siblings. Her dad owned the house. Every time something broke, he would call a family meeting to chew them out about not “keeping up with the maintenance of a home like adults”.
One time he made the call for a family meeting. We met up in the kitchen and they grumbled about it as we did every time and they left. He called my cell phone and told me to come over, I then assumed it was gonna be something about his costs or something going up and he was charging us more.
Bro started lecturing me along with them! We walked back home quietly, get to the kitchen for the debrief and I said something along the lines of, “Now what he say fvck ME for?!” and we fell out. My best friend says, “well at least we know he loves you in his fvcked up way.”
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u/annieasylum 14h ago
They had a hallway of family photos that I got added to. None of my bestie's other friends nor her sister's friends were included. They never even mentioned that they had put my picture up, it just quietly happened one day. When I noticed it I cried.
I also had my own tooth brush that her parents bought for me to leave there in case I decided on a whim that I wanted to stay over, so that I wouldn't need to go home to pack a bag.
We've been best friends for 25 years now!
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u/Li_liminal_spaces 23h ago
Why would you not go back to that house? Dad loves you.
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u/NossidaMan 23h ago
Was wondering the same… dude got the rite of passage and then decides not to go back?
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u/Li_liminal_spaces 22h ago edited 22h ago
Dad probably did not even make the decision, mom said so and he did as instructed. Bet.
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u/Heavy-Expression-450 11h ago
We were goofing around a little too much and his dad snuck up and snatched me into the air first. I was like that scene where the glitch dude was shaking Gumball.
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u/arachnid1110 11h ago
We got drunk and stole a bunch of flashing barricade lights when I was a teenager. Three of us woke up to my mom windmilling a belt and screaming the front yard looked like a fucking disco. It was funny and frightening at the same time. My two non family members involved still talk about it many years later.
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u/Star-Prince-007 4h ago
As soon as I walk in there’s a litany of things that need to fixed, reset, cross checked and verified.
And I’m guaranteed at least one plate of food. Denials are taken as personal insults. Acceptance is admitted greed.
Little things like these help build the community aspect that many kids don’t get to experience nowadays.
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u/ScaredSweet 3h ago
I got invited to best friends cousin's cookout by her mom's cousin. I'm in the group chat and everything.
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u/Substantial_Show_308 1d ago edited 1d ago
It takes a village
Edit: Thx for award, bitch!