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To not want to wait around all night for DD to ring

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Lill1e · 04/08/2023 21:27

My DD is 19. Gone out with friends. We don't live near public transport so she has to be dropped and collected everywhere unless one of her friends is driving. I woke at 3 during the week on a work night to pick her up, just up the road mind you but still.... and I've taken her and collected her more times than I can count from friends houses and nights out, over the years but tonight I want to relax and have a glass of wine or two and not worry about having to drive. I feel really bad though cause I'm sure some of the other moms will be out collecting their kids but I've organised for a friend who drives a taxi to pick my DD up whenever she wants. I will even revolut her the money for the taxi but I just feel so bad like I'm putting a glass of wine before my DD. Am I being silly?? I am separated from her dad and when he hears I didn't collect her he will be ranting about it to her. I love having a Friday night after a long week, to myself to relax.

OP posts:
Luxell934 · 05/08/2023 18:41

At 19 I used to share taxis home with friends. Most people are at university at 19 and don't have the taxi of Mum and Dad to drive them around. What do you do with your younger daughter at 3am if you have to leave to pick her up?

Merapi · 05/08/2023 18:53

Lill1e · 04/08/2023 21:51

@AutumnCrow you know what are probably right. That is my problem. She won't be giving out to him about it but he will ask her how she got home and I know how he will react. Still worrying about how he will react after being a few years separated! Yes I have to start treating her like an adult. She needs to be more responsible that's for sure. Thanks everyone for knocking some sense into me 😃 xxxx

Why is he going to be quizzing her about how she got home? A - She's an adult and B - what's it got to do with him anyway? How often has he picked her up at all hours and driven her home?

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