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Is my mom right to be mad about what happened this weekend?
4 years ago · 2 · What do you think, +2
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I [F/15] went away with my best friend [F/16] and her family to their weekend home for an overnight trip. It's out by this beautiful lake in this small middle-of-nowhere type town.
We arrived there on Friday around noon. The first few hours were relatively uneventful. My friend, her little brother, and I did some fishing from the pier that extends from their backyard out onto the lake. Later on, after we'd come inside, her brother came across a pair of handcuffs that were a gift from his uncle. He'd left them behind the last time they were out there. He showed them to me and my friend and we took them and decided to handcuff ourselves together as a joke. It was only after we'd locked ourselves together that her brother realized he didn't know where the keys were.
We spent an hour looking for them before he remembered they were in his bedroom back home, about four and a half hours away. Like I said, we were in a really small town, so there wasn't a locksmith that we could call. These weren't police handcuffs, so we couldn't call them and ask for a key. And while these were basically toy cuffs, they were made of metal and could only be opened with the key. We tried picking the locks but couldn't manage it. Eventually, we were down to two options. We could either cut them off or stay handcuffed together until Saturday night.
Neither of us wanted to destroy her brother's present, since it was our own fault we'd put them on without looking for the key first. So we decided to own this boneheaded move of ours and told her parents we'd stay cuffed together. They got a big laugh out of that, but agreed to let us do it.
From there, we carried on as planned and didn't let the fact that we were stuck to each other stand in the way of having fun. We explored the woods near her house, built a campfire in the backyard that night and cooked hot dogs and s'mores, and then stayed up late watching movies. The next day, we did some more fishing and even went into town for ice cream. We got some weird stares, LOL! But we didn't care. We arrived back in the city at around 9 pm on Saturday and finally got un-cuffed after spending a little more than 24 hours stuck together.
My mom found out today what happened and went ballistic. She said I'm no longer allowed to go on overnight trips with my friend. She said it was really irresponsible of her parents to let us stay stuck like that. She says we could've been hurt.
Yeah, right. Like how? The worst I can think of is that one of us could've tripped and brought the other down on top of her. I don't think we were at risk of serious injury. I've tried seeing this from my mom's perspective, but I just can't. Personally, I think she's overreacting. Heck, we actually found the whole incident to be kinda funny. The only downside was the bathroom situation, but we managed to work it out. Just turn on the sink full blast and the person who isn't going keeps their eyes closed.
I really don't want this incident to keep me from going away with my friend again. What do you think? Do you think my mom has a point? And if not, how can I convince her to let me sleep over with my friend again sometime?
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I don't know how you can convince her, because my mom would probably be like that too :\ . But maybe you could play it up as bonding with your friend? You weren't going to fall down a hill and crush each other to death. She was probably scared you were vulnerable or COULD fall down that hill I mentioned earlier. But I wouldn't worry. Slowly show your mom she can trust you. If that doesn't work, maybe get her to talk to your friends parents? Hope this helps.
ReplyCould've drowned if you went swimming. I'm guessing she happened to go through all the worst possibilities but honestly it really does sound like she is overreacting. This is a tough situation. Tell your mum she never told you what wasnt supposed to happen. Like how would you know that being cuffed would've picked her off? Tell her she needs to set ground rules and this was your first mistake. Seriously everyone deserves a second chance.
Seriously gonna lose it if she says it's common sense. Imagine telling her you got cuffed by police and getting banned from ever going to the police again. Like this is such a unique scenario.
Idunno, this frustrates me. Goodluck hope she sees the light
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