17 year old lifted and laid

I’m Irish (NI) and it’s a known phrase here. But maybe not so widely used nowadays. To me it means getting all your wants and needs met.

OP - I don’t do many lifts unless necessary, just start saying no.

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Irish here - and being laid is definitely not something your parents would actively help out with

That's so cool op. I learnt something today!!

So is it that the 17 year old got lifted and laid or is it you? I mean does the lifted and laid refer to eg your son or to you?

I have heard of mug before. We use that here as well. (Quite a bit south of you)

Only here to find out what lifted and laid means, lol. I’m Scottish, have lived all over central Scotland and never heard it. Lifted means arrested normally, and laid could be a few things as we all know, lol.

I’m amazed at the number of posters who are not familiar with the phrase, lifted and laid. I say this all the time about my own teens wanting to be dropped off and picked up from everywhere. Now I’m wondering if no one knows what I’ve been talking about all along!

I am glad it's not that he got air lifted because of a medical emergency but my first thought was he shop lifted and then got laid.

(Look op it could be worse. At least he is not shop lifting. I presume)

Edit: not that my own spelling is any more sensible...

Brilliant phrase, grown up with it (and was accused of being it myself - Northern Irish)

What does it mean?

Our 17 year old is at university then work in the city centre. The (free) bus is 45 minutes to an hour but a taxi can be £50 so I do occasionally give her a lift home. This week she has missed the last bus twice due to road closures in the city which is a total pain for both of us.
She's not planning to learn to drive soon (health issue) so I think I'll be lifting and laying for a while yet. (Incidentally I had no idea this wasn't a universal phrase either!)
ETA Oh I'm in central Scotland and this is a common phrase to me ...

Not a phrase ever heard in NE Scotland.

I've watched Still Game loads of times but don't recall hearing it.

At 17 I'd already left home, and was managing everything for myself, including moving to and travelling around a whole new city. By 18, it was a new country and continent. Stop bloody coddling the wee princeling, he's treating you like shite!

I like giving my teenagers and their mates lifts. We have the best chats in the car. As long as they know how to use public transport-which they do and have done on occasion, it’s not something they need to keep learning. And this time will pass. I already miss taking DD places as she drives now. Making the most of DS whilst I can🤷‍♀️

I initially thought it was going to be about a teenage carpet fitter!

You’re the parent, you set the rules and expectations. I got a lot of lifts as a young teen but passed my driving test as soon as I was old enough and was made to give my parents a lot of lifts in return!

I didn't understand the title but the explanation makes sense.

My dd is 14 and gets busses or trains when she can so a 17 definitely should be.
I also give my dd plenty of lifts as well but she likes to be independent.

I only passed my test this year as well so she's used to not having a car, that probably helps.

😂

No need to be so rude!

She wasn't being in the least superior to those of us who didn't recognise the phrase; she just expressed the natural surprise of someone who has just found out that a saying she's used all of her life has turned out to be regional dialect and very localised rather than a widespread colloquialism

I didn't go to the gutter; I thought you'd come home and your 17 yo had changed flooring somewhere in the house 😁

I’m from Lanarkshire & also surprised that others have not heard this common saying!

😂 Same

Never heard the expression but my teens have to catch the bus because we don’t have a car.

It’s a Scottish / Northern Irish saying meaning getting everything done for you, a bit like ‘not lifting a finger’!