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What's the craziest thing you ever did when you were a teenager?

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toddr13 · 46-50, M
Drove to Chicago with a couple of friends from the NYC area, since my parents were out of town, and my eldest brother was in charge. He didn't even realize until Sunday that he hadn't seen me since Friday afternoon. And, he only realized it on Sunday because I had forgotten my jacket at a car dealership where I had to get two new tires because of my idiot friend backing over a "severe tire damage" parking entry because he couldn't reach the ticket to open the gate at a parking garage. The dealership called to say that they would send my jacket to me.

It was hilarious because he was flipping out, and I said that he shouldn't have let me go to Chicago. He had muttered something like "Yeah, whatever" when I said that I'd see him on Sunday night, after my trip to Chicago when I spoke to him, still mostly asleep, as I was headed out to school on Friday morning. It wasn't my fault that he couldn't really hear his 16-year-old brother who had a license for about two months clearly because he was half whispering.

It was akin to Ferris Beuller, but a road trip, not just downtown. We did have to buy two new tires, though, because my idiot friend backed up over spikes to get the ticket from the parking garage, as I was tired from driving and let him drive the final leg. My mother noticed the charge on her credit card statement and thought it was a mistake, but I said that the dealership had the tires I needed in stock, so I had to get them there. She just shook her head and said that I should try to find a local source next time, or use her car, or the station wagon, rather than having tires shipped from Chicago. I didn't tell her the car was in Chicago until years later, and she thought it was hilarious, but wondered what other antics we got up to when she was at a conference or on a trip with our father.
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She seemed to be pretty pissed off. I guess you never let your friends take the wheel ever since then right? They really were troublemakers