I’m not sure I’d believe this if someone had written it in a novel:
Some thoughts going through my mind:
Where were the parents? What, exactly, did they all expect? If that was God’s message to them I think they need to find a different place of worship. Glad it wasn’t my son/daughter!
True, I guess we don’t even know if their parents are still alive. I’m just used to parents - well, mothers, being involved even with second and older marriages unless someone has something small or elopes.
Here’s another one that fits the thread title. I’d place bets that, “Here, hold my beer” or a similar phrase preceded the ride. It’s also sad to know the driver abandoned his friends when they were in dire need. I wonder what he was thinking watching the mattress on the bonfire. Didn’t he care at all about them?