I locked my son in the garden.

[eragon]

I have four kids, 3 are legal adults.
I got up early for work one morning and noticed the patio door was unlocked. I thought that one of the older kids 21yrs had been smoking in garden or using our little log cabin late at night and forgot to lock door.
I locked the door and went to work.

had to turn down volume of phone for work and missed 8 calls.
turns out son was in shed and 21yr old son needed to get ready for work. he also needed to respond to an urgent call of nature.

eldest son 23 yrs was in bed, but didnt respond to bashing on windows, phone calls or throwing of rabbit poo on window < we have a pet rabbit> but older son doenst wake up when in deep sleep. needs at least 3 alarm clocks to wake him up.

neighbour helped in the end.

however son says that as he was very very late for work I am at fault for him nearly loosing his job.
AIBU in saying it was all his own fault for not getting in to his own bed at reasonable time?

I'm sooo going to carrier bag my 22yr old's ears the next time he trims his beard

I can just put up with this in small doses: soundcloud.com/jameschapmanmusic/sets/two-rivers-epabout

from son 23yrs.

but if he goes mad with a mandolin my fillings ache and I have to leave the room.

son 21yrs is quite good at scary background music and enjoy his music up until the'drop' part of R & B then I need a cup of tea and a cold kit kat.

My nephew is able to play two recorders at once. Badly. One in each nostril. Thank God other orifices haven't occurred to him as possibilities yet! Mind you, you'd have to have those farts timed really well and eat a load of beans to get through a tune surely? Then the issue of it being traditionally played using the mouth!

Oh I do sympathis, my Dh (49) has various string instruments he likes to "play" I'll try a cup of tea and a cold kit kit cat next time, although I have a feeling earplugs may be better.

Have your sons explained the beard thing to you? There seem to be an ever increasing number of beardy twenty-somethings around and I've been wondering why it's suddenly a thing. I should point out that I'm not keen on facial hair (on women or men, I'm an equal opportunities beard/tache disliker).

eragon, your sons sound fab.

Is it possible to have a spare patio door key hidden in the shed? Would save a similar problem in the future.

The worst part of a beard wearing son was the trimming part.

although every parent is glad that a son attempts beard control, the early stages are very tricky.

First attempts are taken in the bathroom, some distance away from mirror and random trims/chunks are removed with blunt nail scissors.

Which means that later on when you return from work and dash to the loo you sit down on a thatch of hair on the toilet seat.
Which is warm in winter, but still very unsettling to rise more hairy after a pee than when you sit down.

Sweary my DH (29) has jumped on the beard bandwagon purely out of laziness. If it’s acceptable to just trim rather than shave then why bother shaving. I do like facial fuzz though.

OP, you are hilarious!

See, I would be having words if beardy clippings were being strewn throughout the house. It's bad enough having Labradors shedding.

soundcloud.com/jameschapmanmusic/sets/two-rivers-ep

perhaps this will work. if I have to listen to it so should you.

small doses are ok. but be careful. I kid you not he sang a song the other day with ' dosee doo ' and a 'yee hah' thing the other day

BTW does anyones older kids make fish finger sandwiches in the middle of the night < between 1 and 4 am really> with half a jar of mayo?

is this normal?

when does this become addiction?

It sounds like you could have reasonably guessed he was in the shed of joy, and maybe could have checked before locking the door, but equally he shouldn't be asleep in the shed without keys. He's learnt a life lesson.

I blame Mumford and Sons. For the music and beards, not fish finger sandwiches.

I will leave sons and mumford and sons out of my will.

He is talented though! Good tunes!

I make fish finger mayo sandwiches all the time post 12am and am someone's child so yes, that is totally normal, yes.

Salad cream, for goodness sake!

Fish finger sandwiches with mayo are an abomination.
Ketchup every time.

You make my shedless home, with one (non musical) dd seem so very boring!

I blame Mumford and sons for quite a lot.

However I really like that song. I have paid money for CDs that sound like that. He's a bit Passengerish.

He also sounds like the sort of solo artists who are the support for people like Anäis Mitchell or Laura Veirs or First Aid Kit..

Re "dosee doo ' and a 'yee hah' thing the other day" I take it you're not a fan of Old Crow Medicine Show?

Your home life seems a riot.

It doesnt sound bad! But needs must if they can't move out yet, a shed will do :-D

eldest son 23 yrs has got a slot to play at club/pub were mumford and sons were discovered.
so that explains that sort of thing.

son 21yrs is quite friendly with that sigma fella. I dont know which friend that is, we have a few come over in our shed.
if they wear baseball type hats they are friends of 2nd son, or if look tired and hung over.

if they have beards and seem a bit windswept and skinny they are eldest sons friends. They like real coffee rather than instant.

3rd son is around he is 18. but he has new girlfriend. so he is busy. very busy.

sorry friends of 21yr old son, =tired hung over.