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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
I'm perfectly happy that my daughter is majoring in philosophy. Hey, I prefer the liberal arts - I figure that if my children learn to think and communicate, they can do almost anything they want.
That said, I am worried that I may have stepped over the helicopter line. But maybe not. Basically, my daughter hadn't replied to a text or a call for HOURS - and since this child keeps her cell phone on her at all times, I worried. And worried. And finally called the dorm, asking for then to just check on her, and tell her to call home.
Thank God, she had simply forgotten her phone. She is supposed to have a land line phone in her room, but hasn't gotten it yet. In my defense, I told her hey, I didn't call the POLICE.  |
I am right there with you. My daughter keeps her cell on her 24/7 and I expect that if I do text or whatever she will promptly answer because she always has. NOT that I am texting/calling everyday or evening, but when I do I assume that we will be able to have communication rather quickly. So one night I get a text from her and she is at a bar drinking. She had become separated from her friends and just thought she would send dear old mom a drunk text while she looked for her friends. Well, the anxiety meter started rising and I couldn't get back to sleep. So I text her back about 15 minutes later worried about how she was going to get home etc. She doesn't text me back....Anxiety meter surges upwards! I know that my daughter is drinking, she is alone, and drunk enough to want to text mom for no reason so I'm thinking her judgment is pretty obliterated at this point. My mind started racing, my heart started pounding, and my mind was creating worst case scenarios. I was absolutely heartsick and distraught for the next hour until I heard back from her and she was safe and sound in her apartment. At this point there was no hope of going to sleep so I baked some muffins instead....all because I got no response to a text message! The worrying never ends....
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