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Bungleau 01-09-2008 11:44 AM
Meanest mom on the planet...
 
From <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_car_ad">Yahoo Weird News...</a>

Quote:
Mom sells rule-breaking son's car

DES MOINES, Iowa - Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet."

After finding alcohol in her son's car, she decided to sell the car and share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone — by placing an ad in the local newspaper.

The ad reads: "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."

Hambleton has heard from people besides interested buyers since recently placing the ad in The Des Moines Register.

The 48-year-old from Fort Dodge says she has fielded more than 70 telephone calls from emergency room technicians, nurses, school counselors and even a Georgia man who wanted to congratulate her.

"The ad cost a fortune, but you know what? I'm telling people what happened here," Hambleton says. "I'm not just gonna put the car for resale when there's nothing wrong with it, except the driver made a dumb decision.

"It's overwhelming the number of calls I've gotten from people saying 'Thank you, it's nice to see a responsible parent.' So far there are no calls from anyone saying, 'You're really strict. You're real overboard, lady.'"

The only critic is her son, who Hambleton says is "very, very unhappy" with the ad and claims the alcohol was left by a passenger.

Hambleton believes her son but has decided mercy isn't the best policy in this case. She says she set two rules when she bought the car at Thanksgiving: No booze, and always keep it locked.

The car has been sold, but Hambleton says she will continue the ad for another week — just for the feedback.
So... whaddayathink? Mean mom, or tough love? She set the rules, and they were broken. And remember, all our friends in Europe and the rest of the world... here in the States, we teach people to drive *before* we teach them to drink.

pritchke 01-09-2008 12:21 PM
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I would say tough love and a responsible parent. He broke the rules, and let his friend convince him to give him a drive with the booze.

Firestormalpha 01-09-2008 01:42 PM
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I'd have to side with the mom on this one.

Dragonshadow 01-09-2008 02:16 PM
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True, he broke the rules and alcohol in cars is never a good idea, so fair enough that he get punished. But I do think on one level she may have been pushing the punishment a little too far, deciding to tell the whole world about it.

Firestormalpha 01-09-2008 02:18 PM
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Perhaps, but it's no worse than the celebrities get with the tabloids watching their every move.

Variol (Farseer) Elmwood 01-09-2008 05:12 PM
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..better than burying the kid in the car..

Arvon 01-09-2008 06:43 PM
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Mom did two things with this. She got a DUI off the road and taught the kid that there are rules to live by.

Winter Wolf 01-09-2008 09:50 PM
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This reminds me of a funny incident that happened to a former classmate. She went home drunk one time in high school and got caught by her parents. They took her down to the police station to get a breathalyzer test.

As to the article, I didn't see where it said who paid for the car originally. Now, I'm gonna have to guess that it was the parents' money that got the car, in part at least, so that makes it perfectly within rights for her to sell the thing. It's a hard lesson for the kid, but maybe he'll learn something from it.

Bungleau 01-09-2008 10:17 PM
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Second to last paragraph... she set two rules when she bought him the car at Thanksgiving...

As I think about it, it's a lot less costly to have Mom take away your car than to have the nice officers take away your car... and possibly your freedom, too.

Felix The Assassin 01-09-2008 10:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Winter Wolf (Post 1197859)
This reminds me of a funny incident that happened to a former classmate. She went home drunk one time in high school and got caught by her parents. They took her down to the police station to get a breathalyzer test.

As to the article, I didn't see where it said who paid for the car originally. Now, I'm gonna have to guess that it was the parents' money that got the car, in part at least, so that makes it perfectly within rights for her to sell the thing. It's a hard lesson for the kid, but maybe he'll learn something from it.
Ah, but WW, it's in the print. Did it go fuzzy whilst you read it? :cheers:

"Hambleton believes her son but has decided mercy isn't the best policy in this case. She says she set two rules when she bought the car at Thanksgiving: No booze, and always keep it locked."


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