Daughter at Leeds Festival

[sillysausage92]

My 18 year old daughter and 4 friends have gone to Leeds festival. They arrived Thursday. She was texting and sending me messages up to 08:30am this morning and nothing since. I've texted 3 times and tried to call. Snapchat tells me last seen 7hrs ago so I'm wondering if her battery has gone. She did take 2 battery packs with her though.

Also I don't have her friends numbers which I am kicking myself about now. Am I right to be worried or will this just probably be a dead battery?! I know none of you know but I'm holding myself back from driving down there (2.5hrs away) and looking for her which would be a needle in a haystack! The storms are what have worried me mostly but also that's she's there with all kinds of other people and my mind is running away!

Sorry just seen your daughters are older and probably doesnt need the security babysitting 😄 My MIA son is 16. Im sure they're all fine. I went to Glastonbury for the first time at 17 and survived ....

Alright Kirstie Allsopp

Oh come on, if they go to a festival then surely you don't expect to hear from them until they need a lift home from the station? They're kids having fun - just leave them alone, and stop expecting constant contact.

This. This seems crazy to me and a WhatsApp group of the parents?!! This isn't a 7 year olds play date ffs. She's 18.

Surely no teen is interested in checking in with their mum when having the time of their lives at a festival! Just ask her how it went when she’s home.

My son was at Bloodstock recently, the signal was shocking. He could only call from certain places on the site. We do Download most years and it’s the same there.

OP you sound like a lovely caring mum and the fact your daughter messaged shows she cared enough to reply. Glad she is ok. Ignore the faux shock from bored MNers claiming no 18 year old would deign to speak to their parents 🥱 I was 18 thirty years ago and happily kept in touch with my parents as well as enjoying my festival days/nights. Some people just seem to thrive on making you feel like an unreasonable parent for bothering about your daughter's safety.

My son is 24 and rang me for a chat every day while he was at Bloodstock. He moved into his own place last month and messages me every day. 😁
I get random texts while I’m at work from DS2 (17) telling me how great I am and how much he loves/appreciates me (he’s not always after money either 😂)

@Newname71 your sons sound so caring! Independent and caring, what a healthy balance. Well done mum!

Mine’s just sent me a little clip of Liam Gallagher. We don’t message constantly but we are in touch, she messaged this morning to say ok and tent hadn’t blown away.
Most useful app is BeReal. I’m on hers and her best friend’s. Your phone pings and you have 2 mins to post a pic, they don’t miss that.

I also heard from mine this morning finally at just past midnight. Said she only has signal at the tent and not in the arena so her messages weren't sending. So relieved to wake up to those messages!

@systemicmotivations
Totally agree with you. My 18 year old sometimes FaceTimes me from house parties so I can "join in the party and say hi to her mates" 🤷‍♀️🤣 I can't say it's always a welcome invitation 😂

But yeah, an 18 year old who stays in touch when away, despite having fun, is definitely a thing. She's not messaging constantly at the festival obviously but a text morning and night is to me, totally normal and doesn't means she's not having fun or that I'm an overbearing mum 🙄

I always think that if something awful had happened I would have heard about it..helps to rationalise things a bit

I’ve been to Leeds fest and there’s no signal on bramwell park, particularly when there’s so many people.

just sit tight. She will be fine.

As others have said, signal is awful. I’ve just received a good night message from my DC.

Apparently text messages have a better chance of getting through than iMessage /Whatsapp.

Thanks all I slept well knowing she was ok and also got another text this morning telling me g me signal is terrible in the day. I've told her to just let me know she is ok this evening when she goes to bed.

I'm not listening to any of the posters telling me to leave her and let her get on with it I am actually doing just that but also for her safety and my piece of mind knowing she will check in with me each evening suits us both. She isn't the most worldly 18 year old and likes her home comforts and isn't big on socialising so being away from home for a few days is quite a big thing for her and she likes to keep in contact with me for herself as well as me.

She's having the best time anyway so I'm really happy about that ❤️

The same at Reading apparently. Younger brother gor a flood of snapchat videos coming through in the early hours when they got back to their tent. (We got an 'I was' when DH asked if he'd been watching a particular act)

@sillysausage92

Don't worry as another mother of an 18 year old girl, you are NOT being OTT at all. I also just wanted a quick text morning and night to say she's ok etc. She's actually messaged me loads this morning, sent me videos of her and a sorry looking hungover bunch of teens eating pot noodles and giggling 😂 like your DD, she's having the best time, which is the main thing!