When my son was about 8-9 because I kept saying NO to his request for a special pair of trainers he got reall angry and announced he didn't want to live with me any longer & stormed upstairs packed his haversack & stormed out.
I kept an eye on him as he went up the street then followed him. It started to rain, then it poured. he sat under a bus stop. Bus came along but it passed. It was getting dark, I went up to him & said Dr Who is on soon, ya comin?
He talks about it now & says how glad he was to see me
(but he wasn't going to say so then)
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