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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP -  A couple of questions (and apologies if this was answered above)

1) You said you walked down and picked up your kid after an hour.  Were you planning on picking her up that early (or when your toddler woke up) or did you only decide to bring her home when you found a 14 year old there?  It makes a difference in terms of how embarrassed she might be or how to respond.

2) If she HAD called to let you know, what would you have said?[/quote]

I am the OP- the mom came and picked up my daughter because my toddler was napping.

I just walked down there as soon as the toddler woke up. We hadn't agreed upon a set time for pick up. It was a very impromptu thing. I was sort of thinking I would hang out for a bit and let the toddler play too but would have also been fine to take her back home. (or take the friend back home with us!)

If she had called, I would have probably paused (call me a helicopter parent all you want- we have never used a baby-sitter before because i stay home and my sister lives in our neighborhood.). I think I would have probably agreed but really would have liked to know.

Again, my issue is not with the 14 year old. My issue was with my friend's reaction on the phone. It was very uncomfortable. My take is that she was embarrassed that I came right when she had slipped out for a few minutes. Things have been strained ever since.

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