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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 227255" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Thank you all for your input. One thing I didn't mention was that the due to the nature of his job, the host dad comes into contact with unsavory people. He himself is NOT a criminal, but does deal with them on an every day basis. His number and address are listed in the phone book.</p><p></p><p>We used that as our talking point when we apologized to our daughter for having pulled her out of the party. We said that the fact that the parents keep drugs at home is a fairly open secret in our small town and that someone could have learned that they would be away and would think to come and steal it. Also, if the party got loud and the cops were called and did a search, the drugs might be found (at this point, daughter rolled her eyes and said "You think they left it home? What would they use on their trip?") I also said that I was disappointed that the parents didn't call us and let us know they'd be away and that also gave us pause to wonder if they even knew what their daughter was planning.</p><p></p><p>We hope we made it clear to her that she was not brought home because we didn't trust her but because of circumstances that had nothing to do with her. That was why I let her go back the next morning (let her take my car, too). The funny thing is that I call the friend "Alex P. Keaton" because she is so straight-laced, not like her parents!</p><p></p><p>She's still angry but I think she will get over it. We have let her stay overnight with another friend when the parents were away but the family situation is different.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 227255, member: 3493"] Thank you all for your input. One thing I didn't mention was that the due to the nature of his job, the host dad comes into contact with unsavory people. He himself is NOT a criminal, but does deal with them on an every day basis. His number and address are listed in the phone book. We used that as our talking point when we apologized to our daughter for having pulled her out of the party. We said that the fact that the parents keep drugs at home is a fairly open secret in our small town and that someone could have learned that they would be away and would think to come and steal it. Also, if the party got loud and the cops were called and did a search, the drugs might be found (at this point, daughter rolled her eyes and said "You think they left it home? What would they use on their trip?") I also said that I was disappointed that the parents didn't call us and let us know they'd be away and that also gave us pause to wonder if they even knew what their daughter was planning. We hope we made it clear to her that she was not brought home because we didn't trust her but because of circumstances that had nothing to do with her. That was why I let her go back the next morning (let her take my car, too). The funny thing is that I call the friend "Alex P. Keaton" because she is so straight-laced, not like her parents! She's still angry but I think she will get over it. We have let her stay overnight with another friend when the parents were away but the family situation is different. Thanks again. [/QUOTE]
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