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Originally posted by Tom Earp
Let's get serious, there will be alchol at partys but how is it taken care of?
I rode one weekend with the designated driver to pick up Brothers of legal age who could not drive. !!! This is something that was started 3 years ago and I find it refreshing that someone would stay at the house to do this. It was explained to them, that it was better to have Des. Driver than carry the casket to the ground!
I find nothing wrong with alchol as I was in the Business for 22 years at all levels excet a bar business. The main thing is how it is used and how much. If to the detriment then I say No.
These young people are on their own for the first time and get a lot crazy. The older , maybe a year or 2 must guide them. It is not the first time they ever had the evil spirits as most partied in HS where it was great to get drunk and stupid. They soon learn that they are looked at with a jaundiced eye and will not be around long because
Lets admit folds the reason you go to college is to learn and graduate so you can work the rest of you lives. If not you are flipping burgers or greasing a car or mowing lawns, digging a ditch. Some steam has to be blown off and it is better you are with your Brothers/Sisters who can take care of you or on you own where you may caus a death, yours or someone elses.
The intolerence today has become a rebellion point an I will show them. That is where the problem stems!
As you see i never edit! I say in my heart!
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Tom Earp LX Z#1
Pittsburg State U. (Kansas)
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Tom,
excellent post!!! And my utmost respect for your brothers: what a great idea to have DD's!!
I would like to add that the parents can help, too. I noted that whenever I came across people who acted responsibly around/with alcohol, these people had gotten to know their first drink at home in a relaxed atmosphere.
No rebellion necessary. No need to try out a forbidden fruit.
The craziest example was a friend of mine who just told me that she got drunk the first time at home: her father explicitly wanted to be there when it happend for the first time and she would learn how it is in a safe environment.
While I think that is maybe a bit over the top - she and her father had a point....