James in the U.K. recently came home from football practice to discover that, in his absence, his mother had gotten a peek at his Internet browser history (“full of…well, I’m 15, I’m sure you can guess.”) As cool as his mum was about the whole thing, says James, “I still don’t know if I’ll be able to look her in the face for a while.”
“Happy viewing”? Nicely played, Mum.
88 responses so far ↓
#1
Sara
Eh. I don’t know if I believe this is real.
Nov 12, 2011 at 5:48 pm rating: 28
#2
Dallas_Gal
There’s no need to actually turn on the computer in order to get the charger. All you have to do is unplug it from the computer and the wall. I suspect this was a lame excuse to justify the actions of a nosy mom — actions which she damn well knows are wrong.
Nov 12, 2011 at 5:52 pm rating: 17
#3
po
Why do you assume this computer’s charger will fit her laptop?
Nov 12, 2011 at 5:58 pm rating: 2
#4
Bockanalia
I have a feeling that any future viewing will be tainted by thoughts of his mother’s watching eyes.
Nov 12, 2011 at 6:01 pm rating: 16
#5
Lauren
Like he’s 15 and doesn’t have a password. Fake.
Nov 12, 2011 at 6:01 pm rating: 3
#6
ansco
WOW, all of you really need to get a life. Really who cares about the charger, his password, and any of this actually. This is a waste of time and reading, and I cannot believe that I am posting to this. I need to get out and find my life.
Nov 12, 2011 at 6:22 pm rating: 7
#7
Lisa
My mom did something similar to my brother when he was about 15. She found a condom in his pocket wallet after it went through the washing machine. She took it up to him, handed to him and said “It’s been washed. There might be holes so you’d better get a new one.” He was so mad at her. lol
Nov 12, 2011 at 6:29 pm rating: 51
#8
Karen
A) I’m a mother of two teen boys and I have every right to go through his computer whenever I feel like it. I pay for it and in this day and age you’re an idiot if you don’t keep track of what your kids are up to.
B) I’ve been in this situation, but it was when my son crashed the computer viewing porn sites and got a virus. I just told him he needed to be more careful which sites he visited. I did not make a big deal of it since it’s perfectly normal for teens.
Nov 12, 2011 at 6:41 pm rating: 96
#9
litchic
If I have a kid, and they are under 18, there is no such thing as “invading his/her privacy” regarding ANY electronic devices. I realize that’s going to make me the meanest mother on the block, but I couldn’t care less — there are few ways we can protect our kids, but what they do online under our own roofs? That’s one of them.
Nov 12, 2011 at 6:42 pm rating: 39
#10
pony girl
I don’t understand the need for the note.
If she were mad at him and wanted to forbid him, then okay.
But to just let him know that she knows? eeeww, that’s just kinda sick.
Does she pound on the bathroom door too?
Seems to me that Mum needs to learn some boundaries.
Nov 12, 2011 at 6:44 pm rating: 6
#11
stymie
You know, I can remember my mom asking me to wash the towels in the hamper with a caveat to leave the last few in the bottom alone because “that’s where your brother hides his porn.” I don’t necessarily think this is fake.
Nov 12, 2011 at 6:44 pm rating: 32
#12
David
According to my boyfriend’s Mom, porn is what makes you gay…
Nov 12, 2011 at 6:45 pm rating: 9
#13
FeRD
What I want to know is, how did mom make the leap to James’ Gran seeing his browser history (and being “shocked”)? Even assuming she’s way more computer-literate than the stereotypical “little old lady”, is she likely to be rooting around on James’ computer as well?!? Is nosiness GENETIC, or something?
Nov 12, 2011 at 6:45 pm rating: 9
#14
kermit
FeRD, maybe Gran is the only person who possesses impeccable moral rectitude in their house, i.e. is a Ned Flanders type. And if he had autocomplete turned on, even the most innocent of letters could have taken her to his porn sites.
That being said, it’s a good idea to view porn sites in “private browsing” / anonymous mode simply because a lot of porn sites have electronic STDs that you can get from the cookies they leave. The private browsing mode automatically cleans them without you having to erase all your cookies or clean all your cache.
Nov 12, 2011 at 7:22 pm rating: 4
#15
Mike G!
I honestly don’t care if this is real or if this is fake, I laughed my butt off thinking of how mortified I’d be if I were to find that note at age 15. A story doesn’t need to be real for it to be good. That being said, if it is real, that mom is the bomb. She laughed her butt off writing that note.
Nov 12, 2011 at 7:43 pm rating: 23
#16
Angie
As the mother of a 16 year old (girl), my theory on porn, etc. is that if they are old enough to go looking for it, you’re best off just ignoring it. I do think that she was pointing out to him that if you’re going to do things that might embarrass you, you should at least figure out how to cover your tracks.
Nov 12, 2011 at 9:29 pm rating: 22
#17
Daniel
So offensive … they prefer the term “little person” porn ….
Nov 12, 2011 at 9:44 pm rating: 1
#18
CaptainObvious
Am I the only one who can tell this isn’t our parents’ generation’s handwriting?
Clearly written by somebody under 30. Unless she had him at 15 or younger, it’s fake.
Funny though.
Nov 13, 2011 at 12:03 am rating: 3
#19
NutellaIshMehName
My dad would get me in trouble for watching the music video to ‘Sexy And I Know It’ by LMFAO…
Nov 13, 2011 at 2:33 am rating: 1
#20
Steve Bennett
This is wrong. Plain wrong. On IE, it’s called “privacy mode”. Incognito Mode is a feature of Chrome, not IE.
Nov 13, 2011 at 2:43 am rating: 4
#21
Nahhh
If I were James, I’d buy a new toothbrush in case Mum hasn’t been able to find hers.
Nov 13, 2011 at 3:38 am rating: 9
#22
Dr. Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff
This was a mediocre entry.
Nov 13, 2011 at 7:17 am rating: 1
#23
Nunavut Guy
I bet his mom is hot.
Nov 13, 2011 at 7:26 am rating: 1
#24
eman
What was his mom doing digging through his search history? Even if he is 15 . . .
Nov 13, 2011 at 6:22 pm rating: 1
#25
Canthz_B
15 years old and mom’s just now catching on?
I’d say “job” well done raising a young man who has obviously done his own laundry for the past three years.
Nov 13, 2011 at 9:42 pm rating: 1
#26
Janellionaire
I came home once to find my 13yo son quickly getting up from the computer while pulling up his pants. I didn’t say anything, just quietly checked the history when he left the room. Pokemon. Baffled, I mentioned it to his father that evening, who asked the boy for an explanation. Apparently he was just having an after school snack at the computer, and sat down in the middle of taking off his jeans, which he was wearing over a pair of basketball shorts. When I came home he had just decided to go back outside, and opted to leave the jeans on. Plausible, but we still gave him crap for days about it.
Nov 14, 2011 at 2:42 am rating: 14
#27
Grant
(1) Password your account and change the file access permissions.
(2) WTF? IE? Anything but IE!
(3) For extra kudos, buy porn-son a wrist support bandage.
(4) Filters on the firewall for the kids, it’s what I do!
Nov 14, 2011 at 4:03 am rating: 0
#28
p1t1o
More embarrassing than having your questionable search history found by mother?
Being 15 and having a mother that is more computer literate than you.
Nov 14, 2011 at 10:03 am rating: 10
#29
Wilbur
The mother might not have been snooping at all. For all we know, she had several windows open, working on several sites, and then closed one by accident. Rather than googling it again (or whatever), she went to the history to retrieve the site, and found more than she bargained for.
Nov 14, 2011 at 11:52 am rating: 6
#30
redheadwglasses
I remember around age 14 when I discovered that my (small) porn stash (mags — It was the early ’80s) was missing (I had them tucked in the middle of a stack of Seventeen and Cosmopolitans (I’m female).
My mom would clean my bedroom when I was gone all day for sports.
I decided to act like nothing happened because she didn’t know when I discovered they were gone, and I didn’t know when she had taken them, so acting naturally was the best course of action.
And now, my best friend knows that if/when I die, she should take my computer before my mother shows up to collect my belongings.
Nov 16, 2011 at 12:07 pm rating: 4
#31
really...?
I don’t know what’s worse: mom finding porn on your computer or STILL using internet explorer to view said porn.
Nov 16, 2011 at 6:57 pm rating: 2
#32
Katie
Internet Explorer having advantages? I call BS. =.=
Dec 15, 2011 at 2:28 pm rating: 0
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