To not have driven DS to get red bull?

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Hi I know this is bit pointless now as it's been and gone but I'm just curious what the answers will be.

My youngest is 18 and at college. He cannot drive. Last night it was 11:30 and he had 2 assignments he hadn't bothered to do over the last month and had to stay up all last night (which he ended up doing and has gone in today on no sleep) at 11:30 he asked if I'd take him to get energy drinks/coffee. I obviously said no as I didn't want to encourage it.

Apparently I was being a bit harsh and should have done what I could to help out???

YANBU - next time he'll know to be more organised - either by avoiding overnighters or in getting in the supplies he needs to fuel them.

Unless it's an a&e visit, I'm going nowhere at 11:30

Have you no coffee in the house??

Definitely NBU! He's an adult.

Cheeky sod, I'd been asleep 2 hours by then!

On the parental guilt scale this registers at about minus ten that is, less than nothing. Nice try though son.

I'm surprised you didn't have any coffee in the house but no, you were not unreasonable.

People (sometimes!) learn from their mistakes, so hopefully next time he will realise he needs to start work earlier (though from personal experience at university, some of my best work was on an enforced all-nighter), or at least learn to keep a couple of cans of Red Bull in the fridge, just in case.

He needs to plan better, learning this is part of university life.

For next time, apples are actually better at keeping you alert than coffee.

Yup, 18, needs to plan his time better. Including time for buying red bulls.

No coffee in the house? What strange world is this?