Im 12 and just got off being in the worse trouble EVER for egging this one girls house me and my friends dont like becuase she so mean to my one friend. I had clean all the mess and got grounded for THREE months and the worse spanking of my life i was cryinhg for like a week! Does it seem like that fair or too much punishment? I dont think my friends got in trouble so bad.
What you do if you had girl who did that? I felt bad because i dont hate the girls family or anything but my friends had the idea.
2007-03-19 14:11:04 · 19 answers · asked by Tia 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
This was three months ago. Im not grounded anymore.
2007-03-19 14:33:10 · update #1
Believe it or not, but something like that happened to me when I was 13. Looking back, I'm glad that the punishment was so fierce (I got grounded, whipped, and my parents followed me everywhere - even to the bathroom! because they didn't trust me). I never did it again and actually realized that those girls weren't my friends after all. There are better ways to deal with bullies. Your friends' parents probably don't care as much about them as your mom and dad does about you. Your lucky your loved so much! Chin up.. it will pass fast.
2007-03-19 14:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by augustslion 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think the punishment was fair. Just because it was your friends' idea doesn't mean you're absolved. Egging a house causes a huge mess (as you know) and can damage the house. So even though you "don't hate the girl's family", you still participated in an activity that could have cost them hundreds or thousands of dollars in repairs. I hope you learned your lesson and don't ever do this again.
2007-03-19 21:40:56 · answer #2 · answered by E Yow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your parents love you very much and are confused as to why you would do such a mean and nasty thing. I am sure that if your house got egged by a teen that didn't like you they would be in as much if not more trouble than what you are in now. Cop the consequences for your actions and learn from them. I am sure that if you take the time to talk to your parents about this with good behaviour and extra effort you may get your grounding reduced.
Good Luck and try to make your own decisions.
2007-03-19 21:33:32 · answer #3 · answered by Cats Pajamas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You got off lucky! The other girls parents could have called the cops and you'd be in court for vandalism and then you'd have that on your permanent record, not to mention court cost, maybe even reparations, your parents would have gotten in trouble too, and you would probably go on probation/community service depending on the judge and state. It wasn't right that you egged the house. If my daughter was to do that she'd get a lot more punishment than what you got. I believe in tough love, and as for not hating the family and blaming your friends, not true. You had the choice to walk away and say hey, your not only hurting the girl, you are hurting her family. So, you made you own decision to go along with them and not to walk away so don't place the blame on them. You got what you deserve.
2007-03-19 21:19:34 · answer #4 · answered by Victoria B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The hardest punishment will come naturally, "what goes around comes around" and I saw a bumper sticker that said "an eye for an eye means the world would be blind". You just shouldn't take revenge. It is hard for me to, but I know it is wrong. It never solves anything, usually escalates it. I definitely would have punished you if you were my daughter, and I'll say someone egged my car last summer and it dried in the sun and needs to now be repainted and it was in mint classic condition.
2007-03-19 21:25:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a parent of 4 girls ages 20,12,6 and 2 I have to say that I think the punishment was alittle over the top. But I understand how parents can lose it as I just had to go to American Eagle to return a stolen tee shirt w/ my 12 yr old. The lesson here Hun is even with the best of intentions if someone is picking on one of your friends be a friend and be supportive but don't do anything stupid. Let them handle it.
2007-03-19 21:20:36 · answer #6 · answered by GI 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course by now you about know the damage you could have caused. Your punishment sounds harsh but I doubt you'll ever egg another house.
Use this as a lesson and don't do something just because your friends had the idea.
At least your parents didn't take your computer away.
2007-03-19 21:38:03 · answer #7 · answered by katydid 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let me ask you this: Are going to do it again?
If not then the punishment was fair. If you think you might do something stupid like that again, then you need to grounded for another six months. I just read your prfile and you said you were a Christian. Is that the sort of thing good Christian girls do?
2007-03-20 14:53:07 · answer #8 · answered by bonobo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say that your parents love you enough to care about what you do. "Tough Love," is what you experienced.
If my daughter had done that, the results for her would probably be similar to what you experienced. What I wonder, is did the punishment work? Are you going to do something like that again?
Oh, and whether or not it was your idea would have no bearing on the punishment you would face. YOU made the decision to egg her house.
2007-03-19 21:18:38 · answer #9 · answered by Aric 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just because your friends had the idea doesn't mean that you had to do it. You are your own person. You have to answer for your actions. Just because it wasn't your idea doesn't mean you aren't responsible. Take accountability for what you did. Life isn't over if you are grounded. Take this oppurtunity to think about who you are and who you want to be. And make sure you have friends who are willing to accept that. You have every right to say no to them. Yes, I would have wooped your but too, and grounded you as well. You should have known better.
2007-03-19 21:16:41 · answer #10 · answered by Amber J 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋