To escort yr9 Dd to her date

[Smellylittleorange]

She has been 'going out' with a boy from yr 10 since xmas she is yr 9 14 in july ..they have not really met properly before just know each other through friends at school . He lives in a rural area I gather but us miles away from us. They are meeting up for a lunch date for a couple of hours in a nearby town ...aibu to escort her there ...say hi to him. Disappear for a couple of hours then take her home?

"what would Mary Beard do?" This will be my mantra too,

I think it's ok to travel with her as it's obviously not walkable. Though not go near the venue and plonk your bum next to him in the coffee shop and quiz him on how many girls he has snogged and does he like lager or cider. I hope the hot choc cheered her up.

You may want to introduce her to this text x plan, it does give you a good system to work to....
bertfulks.com/2017/02/23/x-plan-giving-your-kids-a-way-out-xplan/

You did the right thing op and bet you were glad to be there as it turned out he wasn't worth it!!

No I’m not meaning to be rude. I’m honestly answering your question. I do think it’s unreasonable to accompany a teenage child to a date to say hello and I think that’s probably the reason the boy didn’t turn up.

My parents never used to give me lifts or check my boyfriends out. They trusted me. I came home when agreed. I told them what they wanted to hear.

At 14 I was having sex, drinking, taking acid and speed. (Thankfully with people my own age at least).

I was delighted for my parent's lack of interest in my friends. In retrospect it would have been good if my parents had taken a bit more interest.