My mom flipped out on me tonight...

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OK to make a long story short, tonight I came out of Walgreen's and noticed a guy out walking. He had just been released from the local jail a few miles away and needed help, he was on the way to the hospital which is another 3 or 4 miles down the road. I offered to give him a ride there since it was on my way anyway and he gladly accepted it, no problem. As a passing thought I casually mentioned this to my mom when i talked to her on the phone shortly afterwards, and she flippin' flipped out on me!! And that ain't right... I really don't understand it at all.

Now for the record, I don't want to sound like I am making a double standard here, but I would NOT want any women out there to give rides to men you do not know. I want to make that absolutely clear, because that is not safe. They even had an episode on Oprah recently where a woman got into a car with a man she did not know and she just narrowly escaped death. But I was never in any danger in this case, my mom completely blew things out of proportion. Anyone else have any thoughts?

I've done the same. It is a paranoid world out there, and I never mentioned it to my mom.

Although it's more dangerous for a woman to do this, that doesn't mean it's safe for a man to do. Your mom flipped out because you absolutely did put yourself in danger. She didn't blow things out of proportion. What you did was incredibly dangerous despite the fact that you are a man.

I DONT pick up hitch hikers PERIOD...especially someone who had just gotten out of jail.If he had been released, the prison has a duty of care to ensure he gets to a hospital if he needs treatment, and based on this, chances are, he was escaping.I would hope he was released and wasnt an escapee, otherwise you could face charges yourself for aiding and abetting a convict to be unlawfully at large.

Didn't you like....just answer what the problem was?

You pick up a person who has just been released, or got out of jail, drive the person to the hospital.
And then give advice on how WOMEN shouldn't do it, cause something could happen to them.

Same goes for you, just because you are a man, wouldn't mean you wouldn't get targetet by people. So obviously your mother freaked out because something could have happend to you, who knows?
what if he would have pulled a knife on you or something else?

I'm not trying to be a jackass or anything, but that doesn't sound like a double standard that is a double standard. Young people, especially young men can sometimes feel like they're invincible, but we really aren't. Guys get killed and wind up missing all the time, just because you might be a physically strong guy doesn't mean he didn't have a weapon on him or anything. I hate to tell you, it wouldn't have taken much, he could've grabbed the steering wheel and made you have an accident just because he had a screw loose. That being said, i'm not trying to criticize and i'm glad it didn't turn out that way.

Your mom might've went overboard but she was worried about you, I mean would you really want her to say "Oh, thats nice dear". Don't get me wrong she could've been nicer but she was only that way because she cares. Sometimes it can suck when parents (in my experience mom's) worry way too much.