Solo Mother

Tough love, mom style: sell the car. Save the kid.

by christina on January 10th, 2008

I’m sure you’ve read about this one by now: Mom finds alcohol in the car she bought for her 19 year old son, and so she takes out an ad in the local paper and sells it. Not only does she sell it, but she tells the whole town why:

“OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don’t love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet.”

The kid, so far, is the only one who has weighed in on this issue who thinks his mom is being unfair. He claims that the booze belonged to a passenger. *SOUNDS THE BUZZER* Sorry, kid, negative on this one. You’re underage, your passengers are probably underage, and there should be no booze in the car. Period. If your passengers are drinking, there’s a chance that their behavior isn’t going to be safe or responsible. There’s a chance they might do something stupid that will put everyone’s lives in danger.

And besides, his mom gave him two rules when she bought the car: NO ALCOHOL. LOCK THE CAR. Both of those should be no-brainers, right?

YAY MOM! This SoloMother is filing your amazing actions away for inspiration when her kid hits teendom. Heaven help us all. The King of Everything isn’t going to be allowed to get his driver’s license until he’s 18, anyway. We live in the city. I’ll pay for taxis.

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