This is my daughter's car. Like all decent parents, I think I have a good kid. Unlike some, I have the evidence to back that up. She's in college; in the honors program there; made straight A's in her first semester; was a sophomore by the end of that first semester; received a couple of academic scholarships and most important of all, doesn't give me too many sleepless nights.
This weekend she came back from college to take part in the tennis fundraising tournament I had organized for her high school. After that was over she was to spend the evening with a friend who was celebrating her birthday.
My daughter did indeed do that and then left the gathering only to receive a very late call from her friend that the boyfriend was getting violent. My daughter went back to her friend's house to protect her. What you see above is what she woke up to on Sunday morning.
This took place in a nice quiet, gated community in the Orlando area. This is who we've become. Have I received a phone call from the other parent? No. Has the kid that almost certainly did this stood up and taken responsibility? No. Has he even said "I didn't do it but I know who did and it will not cost you anything"? No again. Has he even said sorry to my daughter that it happened at all? Again, NO.
Do I blame him? Not really. This always comes from the parents. I know who my kid is. I know what she's capable of even at 19 years old and I know I wouldn't allow some other parent to become a financial victim of some stupidity that she may have done while not thinking.
But that's not who we are anymore... apparently. Personal responsibility is not something anyone even knows about.
DISGUSTING!
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