Two teens who sold a week of their time on eBay learned, to their evident disappointment, that the winner of the auction was the mother of one of the amateur entrepreneurs. Determined to save the kids from more than they may have bargained for, and seeing possibilities in buying their time, Mom has worked with the other teen’s mother to draft plans for this duo:
"[C]ollege-bound students Chip Davis and Chris Pullen learned the identity of their eBay ‘buyer’: Davis’ mother, Mary.
"’Like I’m going to let some pedophile or whatever win? I don’t think so,’ she said Friday. ‘I would have paid $5,000 for the safety of those two — no question.’
"The auction concluded Monday. Davis, 18, and Pullen, 19, found out Mary Davis’ secret on Thursday, dashing any hopes that they would at least get to travel because of the auction.
"’After finding out the winner was from St. Joseph, I was disappointed,’ Chip Davis said. ‘But now I’m even more disappointed to find out it was my mom.’
"Mary Davis used a screen name the two would not recognize, and checked the family’s computer in secret to make sure she had the winning bid.
"She said she planned to get her money’s worth out of the two, who will start classes later this month at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
"’It’s a legal contract,’ she said, ‘so the longer they put it off, the longer the list of work will get.’
"The list, compiled with Pullen’s mother, Janet, already includes lawnmowing and room-cleaning duties."
I hope the two mothers save clippings of the newspaper article. Sounds like a good story with which to embarrass these two to their own teenagers fifteen or twenty years from now.
Ummm, somebody should point out to mom (good ole mom) that even if (God forbid) someone had bought her kids for sex, as they are 18 and 19 years old respectively, it would not be pedophilia, but plain old fornication and/or fornication. I know, I know, moms always see their kids as, well, kids. But babies grow up. And get into all sorts of stupid stuff. FWIW.
that second “fonication” was supposed to be “prostitution.”
Or even statutory rape, which is often improperly subsumed under the rubric of “pedophilia.” Good point Ed.
I say good for her! Sometimes it is o.k. to save your kids from stupidity.