Every cloud has a silver lining!?

If you look tightly, it can be there.
I am not seeing any.
Not today.

Our daughter and son with this girlfriend of his had gone to the countryside with my son's friends for new years eve and night. There was some four other young men and women too. Playing boardgames, having few drinks and bathing in sauna, discussing. Ot atleast that was a plan.

My son's girlfriend had been anxious about something that they had discussed with other young people. The discussion had not been into her mind, so she raged and left outdoors without anyone knowing. It was snowing thickly and she was wearing tiny skirt and poor jacket, thin stockings only and whatever shoes.

My son had figured out that the girl had got into bed in advance, but about half an hour later he noticed that she was nowhere indoors. There was no traces anywhere, as it was snowing a lot, foggy too, - 0c. Finnish nature can be hard to cope without proper equipment. Even though it was this warm.

So all the young people went searching outdoors and finally found the young lady on the side of the road about one kilometer away from the cottage. She acted like being frozen, and I guess she really was having very cold, not able to walk, so the young men had carried the her to the cottage to warm up.

The paramedics had been called for her and the situation checked (only 0.89 per mille alcohol in her blood, and mild hypothermia) and they ordered her to stay indoors and being observed through the night.
So she had been ok, actually, as she left outdoors, not too much alcohol anyway. Peculiar was, that she had acted "wise ass" to paramedics. The young men that carried her earlier back to the cottage, felt that she only acted that she could not walk by herself. After the paramedics left, she wanted to leave home by car, driving. Driving?! My daughter hided all the car keys from her. Taxi would have taken almost an hour to come there. So she stayed.

Anyway the situation had been over by 5am and I wonder if anyone had slept after that. My daughter and son begun to tell and chat about this after 10am for us. A lot of discussions in whats app...

We have been overwhelmed by these happenings, that both of kids told me during the day. Me and hubby. Mainly, because I have been noticing also earlier this kind of attention drawing behavior. Narcissist behavior? Somekind of a personality disorder? She should have searched for psychological help already earlier, after her hard childhood, but has not done that yet. I wery much hope, that my son understands to escape, while he still is capable of doing so.
As his mother I can not do anything, but watch. And hope that he makes right decisions. And meanwhile try to lure the girlfriend to the therapist again...

Dramatic day for the beginning of the year, for our family.
But I am so proud of all these other young people. They probably saved her life.

Hope you had it more peaceful start for the year!