I hate overprotective parents.

Pfft overprotective until college? Fuck I'm having to move out of the state to get away from my mom. (I wasn't allowed to go to a school out of state....and I'm still not allowed to go to school far enough away that commuting isn't possible).

Why did you or the friend tell her mom before you went to the show? Could've avoided all the trouble.

 

how is this NOT being over protective? Her mom won't let her go to a show just because it was technically not in our city. She told her mom it was at another venue that is closer to where we live, and she was okay with it. Not letting your child leave the city even though it's only about 10 minutes farther than where we would have been anyway isn't being overprotective? Maybe I'm just going to be a very underprotective mother.

 

I have (and had) a good relationship with my parents too, and they let me live and have fun. I understand that parents love their kids and want them to be safe, but when you won't let your child do something they want to do that isn't unsafe at all, that's just at the point of being ridiculous.

 

Are you saying we could have avoided the trouble by just not telling her mom what was up, or by telling her? either way, I was not in on the whole plan about telling her mom we were in Raleigh at a show rather then in Chapel Hill. She just said she wanted to come with me, so I brought her. This is kind of why I was upset when we had to leave early, because it wasn't my problem at all that she got caught in a lie.

 

I meant she should have told her mom before ya'll left for the show. That way if her mom had said no you could've gone without her and watched the entire show.

 

Well yeah, I guess that would have worked, but I wasn't going to be like "oh, you're lying to your mom about where you are? I don't think I want to take you anymore."
I'm really over this though. She can suck up to her mom if she wants to, I don't give a shit. It just sucks that I have to deal with the consequences of her having overprotective parents. And that really is the base of this problem, because she wouldn't have lied to her mom in the first place if she wasn't over protective.

 

Wanting to know where your kids are is not overprotective. She's 16 she would lie to her parents about where she was going anyways. Next time don't invite or take her where you now know is not allowed.

 

Maybe the mother would have been OK with it if the daughter was up front about it in the first place.

I know there is one thing I hate in this world is LYING...especially if she does it a lot...I mean, come on...the mother isn't stupid.

 

So what do you expect her Mom to do when she finds out the truth? Shrug and say ah well.
I don't like over-protective parenting either but I don't think this is it. Maybe the girl needs to start being a little more honest with her mom, thus showing some maturity and hopefully gaining more freedom.

As for Lodog and target demographic, WTF man? I hope you were taking the piss.

 

If she had lied to me, there would be no way on God's earth she would sit through the concert!

 

But her mother WOULDN'T have been okay with it. Her mother isn't okay with anything except her going to one of her female friends houses. Anything else she wants to do is not okay. I mean, she's 16, I think that's old enough to have some fun.
And I think that her mom should have let her sit through the rest of the concert too, considering she wasn't even the one driving. It wasn't my fault she lied to her parents, so why should I have to leave the concert early to drive her home? It's not fair.
whatever.

 

You shouldn't have taken her with you. Simple as that. I would've made her call a cab or something.

 

i thought she was allowed to go to the concert when she said it was closer...

 

You're right. I guess I shouldn't bring my friends places. What?

 

You're right. That's not actually true. I just said that because her mom doesnt' let her go to guy's houses (besides her boyfriend), even if other people will be there. It makes no sense to me.

 

Don't hang out with 16 year olds then.

 

Unfortunately, you can think she's old enough all you like, but that won't make a blind bit of difference. Life is NOT fair.
I don't think her mother should have let her sit through the concert but if you were that pissed off, maybe you should have just watched the concert. If her mum really wanted her home that much, let her pay for a cab.
Your friend needs to start being honest with her mum and if this is getting on your tits, you need to be honest with your friend.
Sorry you missed the gig. That was shitty, whatever the reason.

 

I think parents totally have the right and obligation to know where their 16 yo is. It's not overprotective. She was immature to go without permission and you weren't much better in taking her, since it sounds like you knew her mother wouldn't have let her go.

Yeah, I'm sure you think I sound like an old hag bitch, but I don't really care.

 

Okay this thread turned into everybody attacking me and that's not at all what I had in mind. I know life's not fair, I just wanted to complain about it. Sorry. Here, enjoy a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QplxeexCcTE

 

man that sure sucks, i dont get over-protective parents it just doesnt make sense ruining your child's fun, a parent is usually protective anyways but thats just stupid over-protectiveness.