Reply #76: Ah, that sounds like a planned trip, though. I'm betting your parents knew where you were.

[Pithlet]

And had a notion of when you'd return, right? And you were 17, which is rather close to 18. A bit different then just a general laissez faire notion of parenting on a regular basis. When my sons are 17, depending on where their maturity level is, I might consent to such a trip myself, who knows? But I can tell you they aren't going to disappear for weekends at a time during their teenage years without me knowing where they are. Big difference.