We were read the Riot Act by our sons
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382258)
Rockingham, Australia
January 30, 2018 7:46pm CST
I’ve just read another interesting post by Lori (@LoriAMoore) entitled Have you ever been read the riot act. You can catch it here: http://www.mylot.com/post/3150840/have-you-ever-been-read-the-riot-act. It reminded me of the time our sons read us the riot act.
They had reached the age where we could come and go without getting baby-sitters or worry about leaving them on their own. So we went out this night for dinner with some friends. It’s possible they weren’t home when we left and we didn’t leave a note. After our meal, we all decided to kick on at the casino.
We staggered home at about 2am to find the boys sitting in the lounge about to ring the police and report us missing. We got into a lot of trouble for not letting them know what we were doing, Mind you, mostly they didn’t seem to care but in reality we could have rung or left a note. Needless to say we were thoroughly chastised and didn’t do it again!
The photo is of our sons and I with the car parked in the burnt-out shell of a huge tingle tree. This eventually came down in a storm some years ago. I can’t find the exact year.
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@GardenGerty (169487)
• United States
31 Jan 18
Prior to the age of cell phones I went to a neighbor a few blocks away to talk about some car repairs he would do for me. My daughter came looking for me after a while. She wondered what was keeping me so long, although she did know where I was, and it was not dark yet.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
31 Jan 18
I think sometimes as parents we forget to take into account that we need to let our children know what we are doing, Now I have to answer to my dogs and they are relentless, talk about the riot act!! lol
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jan 18
I can imagine your dogs don't like you being away for too long. 
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
31 Jan 18
a couple of days would make anyone panic!
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jan 18
@hereandthere I'd be really panicking after a day or two.
@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
31 Jan 18
Your sons were right, I know what it means waiting for someone and not knowing what happened. About 35 years ago I called the police to find my mom. She had left to go on a one day trip without letting us know. I even sent the firefighters inside her home fearing she had fallen and was unable to call for help. You can imagine she always remembered to let me know after this episode.
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jan 18
Oh yes. I'm sure she always remembered after that. I called the police to find Vince once. He and the dance band members had gone some distance away to a dance. They were travelling in one car. When he wasn't home at 8am I called the police. The car had broken down but they were okay. But it is very worrying.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
31 Jan 18
You violated curfew lol!
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@JudyEv (382258)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jan 18
@JohnRoberts That won't worry me too much. I'd be battling to stay up till 2am any more - although I am likely to wake at such an hour and not be able to go back to sleep.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
31 Jan 18
@JudyEv You are grounded for the next two weeks!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17242)
• China
5 Feb 18
They were so little ,but knew how to resort to the police and had strong legal consciousness.You were certainly proud of them,though you got told off by the police.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17242)
• China
6 Feb 18
@JudyEv It was a good job you were back home before they intended calling the police.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
31 Jan 18
i love your car. i love old pictures. i remember this tree.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
3 Feb 18
not recently, as an adult... as I don't have any children to read me the riot act... lol ... but as a teenager my parents had to tell me off about not letting them know what I was doing ... especially if out on my motorbike ... lol 
but it is nice that they care ... lol
but it is nice that they care ... lol1 person likes this
