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Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.

Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.

Teenagers

DD hit by a London bus !!!

19 replies

maltesers · 19/01/2011 09:36

She is just 20 yrs so not long left teenagerhood, and still in my eyes a teenager.
She is in 2nd year Uni in London, she went clubbing Monday night, got drunk, staggered out of a club and accidentally stepped slightly into the road as a London red bus swept past. (Tues a.m at about 6am)
It hit her shoulder, and scared the live out of her. She went to A&E for an Xray but nothing broken.
When she told me last night on the phone i finally ended up in tears. My Dad is very ill in hospital and my DS of 10 yrs is going in for Circumcision soon, so to hear that my DD was nearly dam killed was awful.
She has promised not to get so drunk anymore and be more careful.
I hope this really has scared the life out of her and I told her she must have a guardian angel watching over her, cos she is so dam , dam darn lucky !! PHEW !
Words of comfort/advice i would greatly appreciate.
Thanks

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Goingspare · 19/01/2011 09:42

Phew indeed.

I suspect you don't need advice; this probably will teach her a very useful lesson.

I bet you feel as shaken as she does though.

TheUnmentioned · 19/01/2011 09:42

oh poor you and poor her - she will have learnt her lesson though

TheUnmentioned · 19/01/2011 09:43

ps she is brave telling you - id never have dared to tell my mum if that happened!

Poledra · 19/01/2011 09:45

What a lucky escape!

Mind you, it might just be the wake-up call she needs - my DBro drove too fast when we were young (sober though, he never drove drunk). Then he had an accident (which wasn't his fault) when he was only doing 25 mph. When he saw the damage done to his car, it really shook him up and he altered his driving style considerably.

maltesers · 19/01/2011 09:49

Yes, sad to say there is nothing like a short, sharp shock to wake you up.
She has been a teen terror from Hell, (divorced parents etc) and she still sometimes likes to get attention, but I know she is telling me the honest truth here , but didnt want to worry me cos of my Dad. But I am glad she told me and I said I was pleased she let me know.

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dexter73 · 19/01/2011 11:41

My dad saw a girl get killed by doing the same thing except the bus hit her full on. I hope this has been a wake up call for her.

maltesers · 19/01/2011 13:24

she siad she has a very sore shoulder today and taken paracetamol. . .she was feeling so awful she has missed her Maths exam this morning. . . .not good !

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25goingon95 · 19/01/2011 13:24

Oh gosh how scary for you and DD! Thank goodness she is ok.

On my 13th birthday i was walking to school with a friend and went to cross the road. A double decker was coming but i thought i could make it so i ran across...but it was closer than i thought and it clipped my shoulder It scared me so much i spent the day at school crying quietly to myself and felt awful for a week. I never told my mum.

Take care of yourselves, it wil probably take a while to get over the shock. It was brave of her to tell you.

maltesers · 19/01/2011 13:25

Thanks for your post 25goin. . . .she has leanrt big lesson . she normally tells me everthing, , , ,and i am glad as she has very little realtionship with her dad and never tells him anything.

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thomasbodley · 19/01/2011 13:35

You're in shock and I bet your daughter is, too.

Drink lots of sweet tea, rest up, let the tears come.

I saw a girl killed like this some years ago and it was horrific. I'm so, so glad your daughter is okay.

mumeeee · 19/01/2011 17:42

I'm glad she's okay. I'm sure there is someone at uni she can tell about the accidebnt and that is why she has mised her exam.

ajandjjmum · 19/01/2011 17:46

Really feel for you - bet you want to rush to London and bring her home.

DS is in his first year at uni, and I always sleep with my mobile in my room, waiting for a call about something like this.

Why does no-one tell you that the worry doesn't go when they get older, it just changes.

olderandwider · 19/01/2011 18:08

This is frighteningly common, much more likely than random stranger attack and the thing that keeps me awake at night. A friend's 22 year old daughter was hit by a taxi recently. She thought she could cross in front of it before it reached her and she ended uo bouncing of the windscreen, breaking her collar bone. Awful, so scary.

I keep telling my DS and DD that I didn't raise them to see them knocked down in a stupid accident. You have my sympathy.

BranchingOut · 19/01/2011 18:11

Oh my god, well really I mean 'Thank God'... My blood is running cold. What a lucky escape.

maltesers · 19/01/2011 18:13

I see what you mean ajandjjmum , but with a 10 yr olds DS here and Dad ill in hospital and mum needing a lift there everyday i hav my hands full.
DD says she is coming home tmrw. . .i will want her to stay in and 'chill'., but no doubt she will be off out with boyfriend in his car

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ajandjjmum · 19/01/2011 19:18

Hey - I didn't mean you should go rushing off - they have to learn from their own experiences. That's from my head not my heart .

She'll get over it and have learned a valuable lesson.

Hope things start getting better for you soon.

edam · 19/01/2011 19:31

Thank heavens she got away with it. And hopefully will realise you have to be ruddy careful.

I lived in London for years and was an assertive pedestrian. Fed up of car drivers blocking crossings or even just driving across them when the green man was showing. Dented someone's van once when he did that - happened to have a heavy bag full of books on me.

But then I was run over. Thankfully by a car that was only just moving, but it was shocking how far it threw me. Ended up with torn ligaments and those things take ages to heal. I am now a very meek and mild pedestrian who wouldn't say 'boo' to a white van!

AliRef · 19/01/2011 20:55

Everything put in perspective for me by daughter (19) getting pregnant (see other post!). She had badly spained ankle in first yr at uni by climbing over fence at 1am in heels. Thought that was bad. Now have to think of what could have been worse. My reaction to pregnancy relief that bad news was not that she had killed or been killed whilst driving.

AliRef · 19/01/2011 21:17

Realise that last message too focused on me! Was trying to say that that was awful, and do understand your reaction, but in most circs I find it helpful to think that something worse could have happened, so try to be grateful that it hasn't! Like you I think it is great that at least our daughters tell us about what has happened. I certainly wouldn't have told my parents as a teenager in either circumstance.

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