My daughter worked until 5 pm last night, and told me she would call me to let me know if she made plans with her gf, otherwise she'd be home by 5:30. I hadn't heard from her by 8 pm, so I called her cell and got voicemail. I thought "OK, they asked her to work late." (she never has her phone on at work) Another call at 9 pm, another voicemail. It got later and later, and I was getting more and more angry/worried--I honestly don't know which was worse. At 11:30 she tried to sneak ever so quietly in the front door. I asked her where she'd been; she'd been hanging out with a gf, and for 6 1/2 hours had forgotten she was supposed to call home! I told her "you are so grounded", to which she replied "I figured that." I said, "6 hours late; how many days are you going to be grounded?" With a look of disbelief on her face, she all but squealed "6?!" DH says if she ever pulls anything like this again, she'll loose her car keys for a week; I thought she was going to faint!
Honestly, if she'd come home without the attitude it would have made a whole lot of difference. She's usually one of those kids that calls if she's going to be 15 minutes late. Not calling for over 6 hours is totally out of character for her, and I don't think I believe that she "just forgot".
The later it got the more I was worried that something had happened to her. Earlier this year I'd posted about her then-bf who had an anger problem and had "to hit things when he got mad". She actually went out with him a few times this fall before she broke it off again. He was all I could think of last night. Well, not just him; also the 30 y/o manager that began calling her last month (boy, did that creep me out!) I understand he's not an issue anymore, but I was thinking of all kinds of horrible things.
I know teenagers can be inconsiderate and careless, but this is so unlike her that I don't know what to make of it. I think I just needed to get this all out of my system before my head explodes.
Honestly, if she'd come home without the attitude it would have made a whole lot of difference. She's usually one of those kids that calls if she's going to be 15 minutes late. Not calling for over 6 hours is totally out of character for her, and I don't think I believe that she "just forgot".
The later it got the more I was worried that something had happened to her. Earlier this year I'd posted about her then-bf who had an anger problem and had "to hit things when he got mad". She actually went out with him a few times this fall before she broke it off again. He was all I could think of last night. Well, not just him; also the 30 y/o manager that began calling her last month (boy, did that creep me out!) I understand he's not an issue anymore, but I was thinking of all kinds of horrible things.
I know teenagers can be inconsiderate and careless, but this is so unlike her that I don't know what to make of it. I think I just needed to get this all out of my system before my head explodes.