Has anyone found any more information on "Derek"...the SO who was arrested around the first?? Just wondering cause I'm not so great when it comes to finding new info....still feeling like a newbie.
Relax, We all started as Newbies. Ya Ya
Do we know how strict the mother was about the curfew business? Was it normal for LB to be a little late or was she always home by curfew??
I have read that there was no real curfew adhered to, as the kids were out at all hours, around and about. If there was a curfew it was not enforced. That info is from a friend who lives close and knows someone in McCleary! Not a link l}
What was it that KK had planned for her family on the next day? Why wasn't her daughter aware of the plans already (before she started making plans for a sleepover with LB)?
Maybe it was spur of the moment. Up in the air as we don't even know which house the girls really wanted to stay at. Their plans were changed 'en route' supposedly and no link, for what it's worth.
This is probably just some weirdo Southern thing, but my Daddy would have been PISSED at me if I asked for a friend to spend the night (or to stay over at their house) while my friend was standing there listening. I wasn't even supposed to suggest that a sleepover was a possibility in front of my friends until I had spoken with my Dad about it first. I didn't understand that when I was ten, but I knew better than to act that way...it's bad manners and was against his rules. On the other hand, he would have been MORTIFIED if I were to walk over to a friend's house and ask to stay over. No matter how I look at the situation (since the two stories we've heard are TOTALLY different) I can't make the situation "right" in my mind.
ITA When I was growing up, a sleepover would have been pre-arranged by the parents. We would never have even dared to suggest a different arrangement on the spur of the moment, but our mothers were very much 'on it'.
ETA: Just asked JT (live-in-boyfriend....my how things change over the years, lol) what the "asking to stay the night" rule was in his house.....and it was the same for him. His Mama would have lost her mind if he'd had the nerve to ask in front of a friend....maybe it's an Arkansas thing, lol. We are a bit backward down here....and no, he's not my cousin....at least not that I'm aware of....
I do believe mainstay America is still the same, down deep. Yes, times have changed, but common sense is still alive and well. Parents who really care about their kids take the time to plan and direct their children. It's a big wide world, and children are not equipped to always make the right decisions in life. Guidance is what they need, from their parents. All IMO
