Oh dear...dd2 is packing a bag...and leaving

[lucysmam]

RIGHT NOW

I do hope she doesn't decide to pack my new overnight bag

[FurrySlipperBoots]

Oh, that wasn't the full clip! Try this one:

[Witchend]

My dbro used to leave home about once a day at that age. He's announce "I'm not living here" and walk out. Dm would call after him "don't go out of the garden".
He never did.

[aposterhasnoname]

I went to live in the toilet. The window opened onto the garage roof so I could climb down and go to the shops when I needed to get supplies, I’d taken my weeks spend of 20p with me, so I was ok on that front. I could drink water from the cistern, and obvs I was fine if I needed a pee. I locked the door and set up my new home, carefully arranging the books I’d packed on the window ledge. It was perfect. Unfortunately though, Dad need the loo, so I had to vacate.

[Omzlas]

Just make sure she takes sunscreen OP, and maybe a snack, the only thing worse than coming home after you've legged it is coming home with sunburn after you've legged it!

[Alsohuman]

Love that film.

[IncrediblySadToo]

You Checked Her KNEES when a FRIEND was there?!

No wonder she’s running away! Poor, poor, child 😢


Weird little buggers aren’t they 😂

I would probably wake her or she’ll be up half the night. But I’d do it ‘by accident’ - maybe call out to DD1 to see if she would like some ‘insert favourite treat’ or to play a game. Or send DD1 in 🤣

[AndNoneForGretchenWieners]

I Left Home at 9. I packed my ballet case with my leotard, ballet shoes, knickers, ra-ra skirt and teddy, and walked to my nan's house about 3 miles away. When I got there, she made my favourite tea and negotiated with my parents that I would stay there overnight but they needed to bring some more suitable clothes

[Jessikka]

My younger sister wanted to run away once and announced to the family that this was it, she was going.

Me being the evil big sister and obviously very bored that day told her if she was going to make a statement like that she needs to follow it through. I helped her pack bags and gave her practical items such as sleeping bags etc and she was crying saying she'd changed her mind.

Mum caught me and I was grounded 😂😂😫

[Rowgtfc72]

Did wonder if it was a Lucy thing when I saw your user name. My Lucy is 12 and the biggest drama llama I know!

[Zoflorabore]

Row
I'm convinced all Lucy's are drama llama's.
Mine certainly is...

[EnidButton]

My best friend at school was a Lucy. She was top in drama and went on to do theatre studies at uni. She was brilliant.

[HotChocolateLover]

When I said I was running away my dad called a taxi! I was bricking it waiting for it to arrive, which of course it didn’t as I was only 5!

[VictoriaBun]

When I was about 9 or 10 I ran away with my best friend. We caught a bus into town and hid in the park, it felt like we were away hours. Eventually caught the bus back home. We obviously wasn't away long enough for the police to be called but my parents and gets plus a few neighbours had been out to look for us. As a punishment my dad wouldn't let me back into the garden. I remember being really upset about that !

[LindsayDentonsWineBottle]

My friend and I ran away when we were 9, we were meant to be staying after school for netball practice, but we left, went down town, walked around for a bit, got on a train that we thought was going to London, it didn’t move so we got a taxi back to my friends house, no police called though, our parents went beserk! I was grounded for what felt like years!

[Msgiggles30]

I used to routinely try to leave or phone childline if I wasn't getting my own way . I wasnt allowed to cross the road alone which really scuppered my running away plans, id just sit at the end of the street 😂

[lucysmam]

Well, she's up and we've had tea. She's now watching Hop.

No mention of moving out or the three bags that are packed! I just hope she goes to sleep tonight as we were going to go out for a while tomorrow maybe

[EnidButton]

Bless her cotton socks. Three bags is very impressive! How was she planning on carrying them all? Maybe she was going to take the car too.

[Duvetdweller]

I ran away when I was about 8 - I don’t get very far as I wasn’t allowed to cross the road 🙄

[safariboot]

I'm sure I went off in just my socks one time. Got as far as the park. Would have been either late jr or early secondary school age.

[safariboot]

PS: My socks and normal clothes I mean! Just not my shoes.

[IncrediblySadToo]

Nice hot chocolate and a banana...hopefully that’ll help her go to sleep and stay asleep!

[lucysmam]

@EnidButton thankfully, I don't own a car

IncrediblySadToo yes, hot chocolate seems a good idea. She changed pj's and is watching toddler tv programmes on Netflix so I think she's still tired. Fingers crossed!

[smurfy2015]

I did a major strop when I was about 11, I packed a bag and sleeping bag, I had food, drinks, change of clothes and declared that was me leaving home for good.

That was around 5-6pm one summer evening, my mum climbed the walls that night as, by 11 pm, I hadn't returned.

By then I was feeling guilty but had intended to camp out but when I snuck back to the house, she hugged me and then took me to pick up the rest of my stuff. I had a camp set up in the ruins of an old church.

It was never mentioned again.

[GimmeBread]

This thread has made me giggle! Argos catalogue wins I think 😀😀

[EnidButton]

thankfully, I don't own a car

Check your bank statement, she might've bought one.