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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
&gt;Me: I never asked her for her dad's phone number, and it's not her responsibility anyway.

Sorry, you lost me right there. An 8 year old should know how to get ahold of both parents.  And as host you should know too. What if there was an emergency of some sort and the mom was at work and unable to take a call. Certainly would be nice to have the dad's phone number in that case. Or grandparents, aunt, trusted friend, whatever. Always get two phone numbers.

Anyway, glad it all turned out ok! Hope your daughter and her friends had a blast!
gpt
You're right, and if I hadn't been dealing with my cluster fuck car all day, I would have thought of that myself. But it just rubbed me the wrong way that she appeared to be shifting blame yo her daughter. Her mom didn't leave any other contact info or an address. We had to do some detective work with Google maps to figure out where to send tbe police.