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AIBU to tell the mother of my son's gf about their clandestine plans?

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pleaseadvise · 17/04/2017 13:39

I discovered last night my my 14 year old had left the house at nearly midnight to get the train to his girlfriend's town (also 14). He had put bags in his bed to look like a body sleeping. He had been acting suspiciously earlier which is why I checked on him (came into my room twice to say 'goodnight', or rather, to check I was falling asleep...) He left the house through a door to the outside which is in my laundry room which he also left open so he could sneak back in in the morning...

Ds and girlfriend are at the same boarding school, but home happens to be towns about 15 mins from each other. They have been going out for about a month. She has been grounded this holiday and had her phone taken away so they've had no contact over Easter, until she got her phone back a few days ago.

They clearly couldn't wait the few days until they saw each other again at school, so planned for my ds to get the train to her town at midnight, she would also sneak out of her house, and they would 'hang out' until the morning.

I'm so angry they would do this - so dangerous and sneaky. By the time I realized he was gone (10 mins) he had already got on a train and was waiting for a connecting train at a different station. I obviously called him and ordered him home immediately, and when home asked him to show me text messages to prove he was actually planning to meet his girlfriend (and not anyone else), which he did.

I've never met this girl or her parents, but I feel it's important that they also know what the two of them were planning. As they are boarders I can't take the parents aside at school, won't bump into them etc. I told ds that the girlfriend needs to give me her mum's number, but he is refusing to as he's trying to protect her from getting in trouble again. So I've said I will have to contact the school to get my number passed on to the mum and will tell her what has happened.

AIBU in doing this? I know if I was the other mum I would want to know, but I also don't want to get this girl into trouble. What should I do?

OP posts:
SparklyMagpie · 17/04/2017 18:24

Oops "Grin"

AnyFucker · 17/04/2017 18:36

Fuck off "Janet"

AnyFucker · 17/04/2017 18:38

I think we might be having a MRA invasion. Quite a few threads today looking to rile people up about "feminism", women who get men into trouble and such like

longlostpal · 17/04/2017 18:45

I would definitely tell the mum. I went to a mixed boarding school and sadly this kind of behaviour is common from a young age. I would never send a daughter to a mixed boarding school -- not at all a good environment for a young girl in my experience.

olympicsrock · 17/04/2017 18:53

I would not tell the mother. I think it's really important for your teens to trust that you are on their side if they ever got into trouble.

KindDogsTail · 17/04/2017 18:59

You are not being U. Be tactful though so they don't hide even more.

Westfacing · 17/04/2017 19:19

The attempted rendezvous didn't happen at school or term-time so why should the school be the ones to tell the girls parents?

Of course you must tell them, if only to safeguard your son against any future accusations. No need to tell the school - my sons went to co-ed boarding and got into a few such scrapes The schools have measures in place to deal with this sort of thing - it's an occupational hazard.

In the meantime, read him the riot act.

Branleuse · 17/04/2017 19:46

I wouldnt tell the mother if I didnt know her. Youve dealt with it, nothing actually happened.

MadisonMont · 17/04/2017 20:17

I really don't understand the timing ...

They live 15 minutes apart but he had to get a connecting train?

In the 10 minutes you realised he'd already sneaked out the house ... He'd got on a train and then got off the train?

Crunchymum · 17/04/2017 20:31

Trains running at nearly midnight? On a Sunday? Easter Sunday no less. Where do you live that has such good transport?

Yes tell the mother.

pleaseadvise · 17/04/2017 21:01

Thanks all. I have spoken to the mother now. Her dd had already told her what had happened, and she was a lovely and reasonable lady. We will both be asking the houseparents to keep an eye on them when they are at school.

Re timings - we live in a city and one stop from the main station. We also live a 2 minute walk from our nearest station, which is how he managed to get there in such a short space of time. The irony of it all is there were no more trains running to the girl's location anyway at that time from our station, but he thought he may be able to get one from the main station iyswim.

Such a relief that I have spoken to the mother now. Let's hope that now we are in touch there will be no more stupid shenanigans like this again!

OP posts:
Nanny0gg · 17/04/2017 22:12

I can't believe the posters that advised against speaking to the girl's mother.

It's not a question of being on your DC's 'side' it's a question of being their parent.

sashh · 18/04/2017 08:36

Why always the assumption that there are potentially abusive parents around?

Because a lot of parents are and because if the parents are abusive then the chances of hatching a harebrained scheme are higher.

SparklyMagpie · 18/04/2017 09:44

I also can't believe the posters who said not to say anything and being on the son's side.

Damn right that goes out the window if my 14 year old son pulled this stunt, I'd do anything to protect my son and if he put himself and a 14 year old girl in danger I'd never forgive myself.

What if the girl tried this stunt and something awful happened and it could have been averted if I'd have alerted her parents?

Some truly shocking posts

Glad you managed to speak to the girls mother though OP

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