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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A curfew for a 20 yr old? You're kidding, right?[/quote]

Here's the thing about a "curfew" for a 20 year old at grandma's house.  I learned this as a 20 year old in my parents' house one summer.

The ppl who are your hosts are likely to have different -- mature adult -- routines that can be disrupted by midnight, 1 am, 2 am home arrivals.  Plus, your hosts worry about you.  They just do, especially when they're family.  So what happens when you're a guest in someone's home is you really do need to be sensitive to their routines.  Not abide by them 100%, but know what your hosts threshold for disruption is.

I am a bit ashamed that it took a "family meeting" for my parents to spell this out for me, several weekends into my youthful comings and goings.  My father was going to wait up for me because  his mind and body would NOT let him sleep until he knew where I was. My mother was ready to speed dial (yeah we had that, back in those days :)) the police if she could not track me down after dark.  Ergo, I either come home at a reasonable hour, call or check in with the 'rents and assure them no shenanigans were happening (just a late night), or else find my own place.  [/quote]

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