Terrible ParentingMy parents used to lock my brother, sister and I in the car while they went to the pub for a "quick one" after work. This quick one might last several hours, during which they would send bottles of Indian Tonic Water to us by way of refreshment.
On one particularly cold evening, bored stupid, we lit a small bonfire on the back seat of the car using the cigarette lighter and the contents of the glove box. We owe our lives to passing winos. (BTW: Please no more Maddie or Jesus gags, they've been done.)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 9:47)
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Exam results matter..My mother didn't pay my school fees for about a year, so on the day when I went to collect my A Level results my headmistress wouldn't give them to me. I called my mum in floods of tears and she said, 'right - thing is, I owe the school about £12k. I can pay it if you want and you can have your results, or you can have £1000 today from me and we'll work out a way of getting your results some other time'. I finished school two years early, so was deferring university anyway and exam results were..unnecessary. Plus this was 14 years ago and to a 16 year old girl, £1000 was a fuck of a lot of money.
Guess which option I took?
Best summer EVER. I love my mum.
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