Well THAT Didn't Work...

[DaisyFace]

In another thread I asked for ideas to keep GFG occupied and out of my hair this summer...

This week is Spring Break from school. GFG has been having trouble entertaining herself. NO chores....lots of sitting around. I sent her outdoors because it was such a gorgeous day - so she went out to our 10 x 10 ft patio and walked in circles.



Today - idiot that I am - I offered to take her and her new boyfriend to the mall. Drove them all the way out there (with him blasting his ipod so loudly in his ears I could hear it over the car's stereo) dropped them off and told them I would pick them up at 2:15.

Well, 2:15 came and went...

nothing.

Checked the store...

nothing.

Well, I had to get home to let my dogs outside before their bladders burst so I left.

Told DH about it...

he is FUMING!

He is going out to that mall when he gets off work at 5. *I* would not want to be in that car for the ride home...

(That is, if they are still at the mall and will get in the car.)

[DaisyFace]

Let's see...

5 minutes to 4:00...

Just got a call from the boyfriend. He says they've been waiting for us since 2:15.

Really!? Must've been wearing their invisibility cloaks...

[shellyd67]

I would have be mad as H*LL !!! Lame excuses are sure to come your way when she gets home ...

[StepTo2]

DF - BTDT.

Fact is, you were there. GFG will argue with you. Shut her down. "Not going to argue because we both know you're lying. Done."

Also - I love the "well I was waiting at X spot" when you specifically agreed on Y. And an hour and 45 minutes? RIIIIIIGGGHHHT. 15 minutes is the maximum. And what teenager waits that long? B-S.

Or... Let DH rip her a new one!

[DaisyFace]

UPDATE:

GFG and bf decided they didn't want to wait for DH to come pick them up (and really, who could blame them???)

BF called his mother who drove 1 1/2 hours round trip out to the mall and back to get them home. I met her in the driveway and thanked her - telling her that I hoped she didn't go out of her way...if the two of them were not where they were supposed to be, they are the ones could be inconvenienced by having to wait til DH got home from work. Nice woman....she said it was no trouble.

Then I went inside - where GFG tried some baloney about not being sure where we were supposed to meet.

I didn't even yell. I just basically told her "Gimme a break. You heard me...you weren't there....I left."

GFG actually APOLOGIZED!

And now she's trying to kiss my butt...



Good!

(Point for Mom!)

[StepTo2]

SCORE!

WTG, girl!

[KTMom91]

Wtg, df!

[TerryJ2]

Wow, she apologized!?

Hey, she got a day at the mall w/her BF. Must have been worth it.

[DaisyFace]

Wow, she apologized!?

Hey, she got a day at the mall w/her BF. Must have been worth it.

O yes - but wait until next time she wants a ride somewhere...

or wants to do something with this boyfriend...

Heh, heh, heh...

[StepTo2]

O yes - but wait until next time she wants a ride somewhere...

or wants to do something with this boyfriend...

Heh, heh, heh...

I agree with you 100%!!!

At one point, I picked up Onyxx at the mall. Now - we live about 1 mile from said mall. She could walk if necessary... And was with a gaggle of girls.

It was agreed I would pick her up at a certain time. Got there - no kid. Waited. Texting and calling her the whole time. NO ANSWER.

At the 30 minute mark I texted her: I am assuming at this point, since you are not where you are supposed to be and are not answering me, that you've been kidnapped, so I'm calling the police and putting out an Amber Alert.

15 seconds... "WHAAAAAT?"

Me: I'm on my way home now. You can walk. And you are grounded. The later it gets, the longer your grounding.

Let DH know... And went home.

...When she got home? DH met her at the door. Took her cell phone. And she was grounded for one month.

...This was one of the times he did step up... Before I came to the board...