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Jammies
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Mar 01, 2011 07:36PM
I wish I could drink on a work night, but since I can't, I will anticipate a nice cold cider on Friday night.
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Esme what is the drinking age in your state, young lady?? I believe you need to wait a bit for the vodka.
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in my defense, i have never gotten drunk outside of my own house.
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::frowns North::
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Sally wrote: "Yes, Esme. That's what it is in the whole country. **frowns**"
Funny thing... You can be sent to get your balls and other body parts blown off in a war in a foreign land for no reason at all or - worse yet - get married and screw yourself up REAL good, but you can't buy a drink.
Funny thing... You can be sent to get your balls and other body parts blown off in a war in a foreign land for no reason at all or - worse yet - get married and screw yourself up REAL good, but you can't buy a drink.
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Red wine and Coke mixed together??*gagging and dry-heaving*
As long as our teens are being careful and responsible and aware that they're breaking the law, I have no problem with a little experimental drinking at home.
Jammies wrote: "As long as our teens are being careful and responsible and aware that they're breaking the law, I have no problem with a little experimental drinking at home."Well it's still Illegal, and whomever supplies the underage drinker with the booze can get into a LOT of trouble.
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Cynthia wrote: "Jammies wrote: "As long as our teens are being careful and responsible and aware that they're breaking the law, I have no problem with a little experimental drinking at home."Well it's still Illegal, and whomever supplies the underage drinker with the booze can get into a LOT of trouble."
Very true, which is why I don't provide alcohol to minors. But I have no problem with a teenager getting drunk at home and finding it's not all that it's made out to be, as long as a parent or guardian is aware.
Sorry, Sally, I don't provide drinks to anyone who's underaged. Show me your ID or go home, because it's totally legal for you to get knocked up at 18, but heaven forbid you have a drink.
Jammies wrote: "Very true, which is why I don't provide alcohol to minors. But I have no problem with a teenager getting drunk at home and finding it's not all that it's made out to be, as long as a parent or guardian is aware."I don't know about you, but it took years of drunken misadventures and crushing hangovers for me to figure out drinking isn't all it's made out to be. Even now it's a lesson easily forgotten after a couple of cocktails.
well, the way i see it is that if i dont go out and drink irresponsibly, dont ask people to buy drinks for me, and dont drive when buzzed, its fine. if i throw a party, i dont get drunk, but if im having a sleepover or a couple friends or something, we get drunk. i dont see anything wrong in it. its not like i get drunk everyday or something.
if underage drinking is really that big of a deal, then they shouldn't let 18 year olds go to clubs either. and 99.99% of the teenage population would be sitting in jail or something.
bottom line, ive only gotten drunk when i was in a stable environment. theres nothing wrong with having a little fun.
if underage drinking is really that big of a deal, then they shouldn't let 18 year olds go to clubs either. and 99.99% of the teenage population would be sitting in jail or something.
bottom line, ive only gotten drunk when i was in a stable environment. theres nothing wrong with having a little fun.
One of the biggest problems I've heard of with regard to underage drinking is the rampant binge drinking where people go way past the limits of sanity and die from alcohol poisoning or aspiration of vomit.And I don't mean you, Esme.
I mean it's not about being illegal -- it's deadly.
yeah, i like my life, im not ready to make a stupid decision and binge on drinking and end up dying...
that's what i think people should try and stop, not drinking all together because that's never going to happen, but teach people about safe limits...
that's what i think people should try and stop, not drinking all together because that's never going to happen, but teach people about safe limits...
Larry wrote: "One of the biggest problems I've heard of with regard to underage drinking is the rampant binge drinking where people go way past the limits of sanity and die from alcohol poisoning or aspiration o..."It IS deadly Larry. And in the case of young women like Esme and my 19-year-old daughter, it also puts the girls (and boys) at great risk for domestic violence and rape.
At our local college and my daughter's community college, there is a lot of unreported sexual violence because the victims were passed out from drug or drink and not able to remember details of the crime.
see, that's why you shouldn't go out of a safe environment when you're drunk. even if i was 21, i still wouldn't get drunk at parties or outside a place where i knew i was safe.
Sometimes safe is a relative term. I was nearly date raped four times in college and I thought I was safe at the time. Two times out of four I was stone cold sober as well.
for me safe means in my own house, or my best friends house. and not during parties at all. usually theres an adult in the house at the time too.
Bad things can happen in your own home, or a best friend's home. Just be careful, honey. We want you to be safe and sound.
I tried to find this thread last night to let y'all know I was d-runk w/ mah bitches, but I was too drunk to be able to find the thread. A friend of mine hosted girls' night in at her place. The boys hung out at another house, watched movies, went to bed early, and we stayed up and painted toenails, did makeovers, watched the storm from the garage, ate snacky food, lots of talking and laughs involved... and maybe some other stuff.
Ohhh, buzzkill. :(I was still thinking about the fun time I had last night when I read the recent posts in this thread. I'm not saying I'm bummed about what I read necessarily, just the conversation turned serious and I wasn't expecting that. I'm glad we have responsible adults in this group who look out for the younger members of TC. Thanks, Barb and Cynthia!
Yeah, I didn't drink when I was a teenager or in college, even when the alcohol was offered to me. My mother is a strong advocate in calling if you need a ride home. I've never had to call her, but my cousins have and she always shows up, no questions asked... Her only rule for me was always "When you get up in the morning, you WILL wear a smile on your face, you WILL remember your manners, and you WILL be courteous to people all day long." i.e. I couldn't roll over and go back to sleep and be antisocial or grumpy all day long - I had a responsibility to my family to participate. That was a strong motivator for me to be responsible with the decisions I'd make, especially since I'm not much of a morning person to begin with...
She and my aunt were also the prom chaperone for my old babysitters - chaperoned a party in a hotel suite in New Orleans for the kids who went to high school with them - a Catholic high school(drinking age was 18 then), took the keys from the kids who'd been drinking... and let 'em all just have fun. She didn't allow drinking in the party, but of course, several of the guests would show up drunk. No one was hurt. If people wanted to leave, they could, but they couldn't get back into the party. And the other condition was they had to take a cab that she called. No one was let into the party who wasn't on the list the babysitters gave her. The kids all had a great time. My babysitters decided I had the coolest mom ever.
And almost 10 years later, my babysitter offered to do the same for me and my friends. It wasn't necessary, though - we were on the goody two shoes bus. The craziest thing I did was jump on everyone's beds to wake them up the next morning while singing the wake up song (I didn't ever go to sleep).
Barb wrote: "Sorry Heidi. Didn't mean to be a buzz kill."No no no! I'm not complaining. I went back and edited my post to qualify what I meant by that... please read. :)
Barb wrote: "Cynthia wrote: "And in the case of young women like Esme and my 19-year-old daughter, it also puts the girls (and boys) at great risk for domestic violence and rape."This is exactly one of the ..."
Jesus, Barb. Take care of yourself, babe.
Heidi wrote: "Ohhh, buzzkill. :(I was still thinking about the fun time I had last night when I read the recent posts in this thread. I'm not saying I'm bummed about what I read necessarily, just the conve..."
You're welcome Heidi. I am not always known as a responsible adult, but Esme seems like a sweetie and she is even younger than my two girls. My mom hackles go up pretty quick in this case.
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Mary wrote: "I don't know about you, but it took years of drunken misadventures and crushing hangovers for me to figure out drinking isn't all it's made out to be. Even now it's a lesson easily forgotten after a couple of cocktails. "
You're just not doing it right, rookie.
As for drinking in an unstable environment, what better place to imbibe?
You're just not doing it right, rookie.
As for drinking in an unstable environment, what better place to imbibe?
Recipe only needed a splash of port so i drank the rest of the bottle.
Depends on the size of the bottle. I take it we're not talking about a mini-bar item, Janine?
Heidi wrote: "I tried to find this thread last night to let y'all know I was d-runk w/ mah bitches, but I was too drunk to be able to find the thread. Oh, Heidi, every now and then you remind why I love you.
I just opened a beer. 5:02PM.
I'm on my way home to partake in a drink or two. I haven't been inebriated in so long that after this week that might change.
I had two pints of Sam Adams at Old Chicago with dinner tonight. I was a little buzzed. I originally ordered a large one -- but the cute Asian waitress (who was a cuter version of Sandra Oh) forgot and brought me a pint instead. I couldn't be mad at her though. I just couldn't.This was after I had to wait an hour and a half for a bus from the airport when they're supposed to come every 30 minutes. But instead of getting upset, I decided to not be angry about it. I was very proud of my anger control.
The beer was good, too. Did I mention the server was a cuter version of Sandra Oh?
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Yes.
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Yes, you did, Larry. :)I will probably be tipsy later tonight, as I'm going to the Brotherhood Lounge for a farewell party for the Olympia Library security guard, and the drinks are pretty strong there.
Have fun, Jackie. Be safe.I'm not looking for romance, LG. She just had a very nice smile. Probably still has.
Thanks Larry, I will be.
I'm safely at home, now, C. Thanks, though.
Kaput, that is tragic, what the hell are you drinking?
