This may be the last Conversations With Teenagers post, as #1 Son will no longer be one come July. Dare I hope we will then move to something like Conversations With Adults?
sound of ringing phone…
Mom: Hello?
#1 Son: Hi, Mom. Say… I’ve got almost enough for that ticket to Europe and I really, really need to buy it and can you just front me a little bit so I can get that taken care of? Please? Please?
Mom [sigh]: OK.
#1 Son: Great! I need a round-trip from here to Frankfurt. I need to be there by this date, and come back after that date. I’ve looked online, and SiteX was the cheapest.
Mom: Let me look. OK. No. It looks like SiteY is cheaper today. Are you sure you are flying in and out of Frankfurt?
#1 Son: Yes. Frankfurt.
Mom: Your first show is in Stuttgart and the last is in Denmark. Are you sure Frankfurt?
#1 Son: YES. Frankfurt.
Mom: OK. [finger poised above mouse, cursor hovering over book button] How are you getting to Stuttgart?
#1 Son [after long pause]: I’ll call you right back.
Mom: OK. [cancels ticket purchase]
sound of ringing phone…
Mom: Hello?
#1 Son: Hey, it’s Munich. That’s where I need to go. The guy that’s releasing the record in Europe lives in Munich and he’s picking us up at the airport.
Mom: Ah. Munich is different than Frankfurt. Will he get you back to Munich after the last show?
#1 Son: We’ll figure it out. I’m sure he will.
Mom: OK. Well, I’m looking online and it looks like there are several choices. You can fly though Chicago or Philadelphia or Charlotte. Any idea what flights the other guys are on?
#1 Son [after long pause]: I’ll call you right back.
Mom: OK. [cancels ticket purchase]
sound of ringing phone…
Mom: Hello?
#1 Son: Hey. Go out to our band email account and log in. Drummer Boy’s itinerary is in an email. Can you get me on the same flights going over? The others are staying longer after the tour, so I’ll probably have to fly back by myself.
I could, and I did. #1 Son is sitting next to Drummer Boy on the first leg, and behind him on the second. See what you can do with a little information? And what, I ask you gentle reader, would punk rockers ever do without their moms?
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you.
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LOL – Oh, Judy! Priceless, simply priceless. Frankfurt, Munich, same thing, right???? LOL… Thank goodness for Mom’s!!
1Remark from Kat — Sunday, 5/11/2008 @ 6:40 PM
I hate to tell you this – just because the number changes doesn’t mean the parenting does!! Hang in there!!
2Remark from JulieLoves2Knit — Sunday, 5/11/2008 @ 10:01 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! HEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!! ROFLMAO!!!!!
3I wish I could tell you that it gets better…but my DD is 30 and it hasn’t yet.
Remark from Knitnana — Monday, 5/12/2008 @ 5:27 AM
That is just hilarious!
4Remark from Milly — Monday, 5/12/2008 @ 5:32 AM
Okay, I was clicking the wrong thing. Thanks for your help and now I can comment!! Yay! I have a 28-yr-old who is still somewhat, shall we say, terse? in the conversational department. Nonetheless, for mother’s day I got an email (hey, I’m not complaining) telling me how much he appreciates me being supportive of him as he pursues an acting career. We live for those moments, don’t we? Sigh. I’m told daughters talk more, but I’ll never know and I certainly am never going to ask to trade in my boys.
5Remark from Laura Sue — Monday, 5/12/2008 @ 9:43 AM
Oh thank goodness for you!
6Remark from LeAnne — Monday, 5/12/2008 @ 2:51 PM
right you are – they never age – my “teenager” rockstar son is 28 soontobe 29 – and he pulls the same thing all the time on me, even though he’s got a major record label behind him http://www.julianvelard.com
7we all deserve a HUGE mother’s day salute – unless we’re married to hubs who tell us “you’re not my mother” – reminds me of an old children’s book, say what?
Remark from margaret — Monday, 5/12/2008 @ 3:58 PM
So this is what I have to look forward to?
8sigh
Guess I’d better pull up my socks then.
Remark from Helen — Monday, 5/12/2008 @ 4:07 PM
Bwhahaha! These posts are so much fun. What will I do for mothering advice and inspiration once he becomes an adult? Hahaha, cough, cough, cough…….
9Remark from shelly — Monday, 5/12/2008 @ 4:47 PM
I sent the link for your post to a friend. She is going through some of the same with her son. Their deal was that he had to finish college and then he was on his own and could do whatever he wants. Well, he graduates today (a year early because he clepped out of so much in the beginning). He and friends (the band) plan to move to Portland, OR. They intend to end up in Berlin.
10Remark from Bonnie H. — Friday, 5/16/2008 @ 12:12 PM