My parents were super strict when I was in high school - unless I was at my (female) BFF's place down the road, I had to be home before the clock struck midnight, especially if there were boys involved somehow. If I was home at 12:01, I was busted - no going out after school or on the weekends.
I asked my boyf if he had a curfew when he was in high school, and he said that he didn't but that his sister did after she broke some rules - "If we didn't push the envelope, they didn't bring down the hammer," he said. Lucky.
Do you have (or have you had) a curfew? What's the very last time you could/can get home without getting busted?
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my older sister brought the hammer down for me, lmao... -_-; I had a curfew. It wasn't too terrible, though.
Neither of us did when we lived at home permanently, since we were pretty good kids. Now that we're home for the summer from college, I don't know. Last time I was on break living at home, I was out til 5 AM. So, maybe there's no limit :P
My mom was strict. Honestly, your parents sound pretty lenient.
In high school we had to be home by 9 pm. 10 if it was a weekend. And even then, we had to tell me mom a week in advance that we'd be out late.
a week in advance? h'o jeeze. I wouldn't have made it out of that one without getting in huge trouble XD
oh my god you think 12 is a bad curfew? that's my driving curfew anyway so that would be reasonable, but no... I'm a straight-A honors student with a job who never usesor askes for my parents money, I've never been caught doing a damn thing wrong in my life and my curfew is 10.
yeah.
10.
oh. my. god. it is torture.
My parents basically don't even let me out of the house. But sometimes I make up excuses or go out with my siblings and I can be home late. I'm going to get in trouble anyway so might as well make it worth it. I came home at 4AM a week ago.
i dont n never did. it was like "i'm going out mom" and she like "ok what time is it going to end/what time are you coming home" i'd either give her a time or say i dont know. and she'd tell me not to stay out too late. i like that system and even when my sister tried to tell them to give me a 10pm curfew that didnt work b/c i just didn't follow it.
oo and same thing for him... but his parents would call more to see where he is...
In high school? My curfew was at 6pm.
Seriously. I had to be home by 6.
I had sports after school, so when it ended at 5:20 I would have to run to the station, take train, get off and run to the next station, take train, then run 3/4 of a mile home just to get home on time
my own little workout!
I didn't mind too much because I didn't really have anything to do anyways
I've never had a curfew in my early teens I only needed to report in to let them know where I was at once in a while. If I was planning on coming home that night I always tried to get in at a decent hour so I wouldn't bother anyone. By the time I hit my later teens I was taking care of my niece so I usually came in early so she could get her rest.... I'm not really sure if my guy had a curfew in college or not.
Wow, i'm 22 years old and i still have a curfew at 11pm everynight. So you're lucky about being able to be out at midnight even down the street. When its 10 59 my parents are locking the doors and making me come inside, even if i want to sit outside with friends, they make them leave and i have to come in. Are you serious? how can i get them to let me have freedom!?
I do not have a curfew and sometimes he does.
Yeah.... done with hw or my eyes won't stay open seem to be the "curfew". lol
Well, I didn't really have a curfew because my parents assumed I was coming in at midnight and then I got caught coming in at 4 or 5 in the morning, and that ended that. Then it was set to midnight, they were pretty strict on it for a while, but now it's way more lenient... I can push it until 1 or so. I mean, I am almost 18 after all! haha
As for him.. I'm not sure. I don't think he did, but I know he was also a deviant child in high school so maybe he did and just didn't follow it and his parents just gave up or something... hahaI remember in freshman/sophomore years of high school, I hung out mostly with my girl friends, so my parents weren't worried. Until I got a boyfriend and all my girl friends were replaced with guys. I rarely went out though.
In senior year, after swim meets, we'd go out to eat (me, my bf and like 7 or 8 guys) and my parents started to realize that I was with a bunch of guys. Haha, my curfew was 11. Sometimes 12. I remember my parents waiting up for me after prom. I was home by 2AM.
Now, it really depends. They'll let me out of the house maybe at 10 at night but I need to be back home at 12. I am rarely on time, but as long as I'm not too late, it's okay. I once got in trouble for not calling ... so I learned my lesson.
As for my boyfriend, his parents don't really care but they do have mood swings and sometimes don't want him to leave and sometimes let him leave ... eh. But they don't mind if I'm at their house until 12 at midnight, whereas my parents care. lol
I had a curfew but he didn't. I had to be home before 12, but now due to formals/proms and birthday parties, it doesn't really matter anymore, i just have to be home before mum/dad wakes up in the morning. Came home once at 6am, but usually have to be home before midnight.
Generally, my parents would say , "Don't come home late." but didn't give a specific time. One time, I came back at 2:30 and they freaked out at me. Now, they just chilled out.
my parents usually say 'dont come late' (too) but i tend to come home no later than 1030pm, unless it's a birthday dinner/somesort, then the time is probably pushed to 11 - 1130
& my boyfriend doesnt really have a curfew.. just the same, 'come home early' but i guess that would probably mean before 12.
i have always had a curfew of about 10pm.. in high school at the strike of 10 mum will call.. "where are you? don't you think its a bit late?" those guilt trip style.
it gradually got better to 10.30 after high school but then i just get the guilt trip when i got home
then it hit 11.. but she starts to call again...
and it hasn't hit 12 yet..
seems like mum only will call me, she doesn't care about my brother as much.. dad doesn't care if im out or how late...
i hate curfew!!! >"< its a sexist thing to do.. when girls get the phone calls and boys don't!
my bf doesn't seem to have had a curfew or anything.. i guess with 3 boys his mum rarely cares
That doesn't sound strict to me at all. My dad was so strict I wasn't allowed to leave the house to go ANYWHERE except school (and I wasn't allowed to walk or get a ride from anyone... I HAD to ride the bus) and ONE of my friends' houses. And my boyfriends parents made him come home by 8pm and be off the phone by 9pm. Even if he was staying the night will a friend, he'd have to call his parents from their house phone at 10 to prove he was there.
I had a curfew when I was a teenager. Then when you get in college the dorm room had curfews. Then when I got married I had curfews. Heck! When don't you have curfews? Sooner or later you set curfews for yourself cause you can't stay out all night and make it the next day.
By the time I was in high school, the basic rules were "Let mom know how many places to set at dinner" and "If you come home after dad goes to bed, don't wake him up." So I usually didn't go home until he'd left for work. By the time I was 16, I was gone for days at a time. Oddly, I managed to finish high school, and I'm not a complete trainwreck. The idea of a curfew has always been a bit alien to me.
dont have any.. mom always tells us not to go home late. but we did go home late and after a nag then everything's fine:)
Depends on the situation. 1 AM seems to be it.
Well considering we are both in our 20s...no.
I've never really had a curfew either. I've never needed one--- when I was in high school I always came home at a reasonable hour. I still don't stay out late unless it's for some special reason.
@BimBo_HiPPo@xanga - My younger brother got phone calls all the time. So that's not really true...