It's better to ask forgiveness than to ask permission...

I've got to give my mom credit for teaching me this aspect of being a hoodrat. When you want to do something bad, it's better to ask for forgiveness if you get caught than to ask permission.



You see, if you ask permission to do something bad, most likely you are going to be told NO. That doesn't always mean you won't still do it, but the consequences are worse and someone'll probably be on the lookout for you doing whatever party stunt you were about to pull.



Now, if you don't care about anything, you can feel free to just do whatever you want first...if someone catches you and tries to bust you, you can always ask for forgiveness and play dumb. More often than not, you'll get off with a warning and no real consequences except for maybe a bad reputation...which can be a great asset.



To reference a previous story: do you think the staff at Woody's would have let us smoke a joint on the patio with tons of people around if we asked? No. But since we just did whatever the hell we wanted, they just laughed and noted our hoodrat party stunt. (I'm just now remembering that when I turned around, I realized that an ex-girlfriend had conveniently picked the table right next to mine and the chair right next to me to sit in. She tried to tell me to wash off my ridiculous sharpie mustache...I told her to fuck off cause the babe sitting in my lap didn't seem to mind it. Win.)