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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Not my experience at all, except perhaps for the use of seat belts.
You're right that the drinking age was different -- we could buy beer and wine at 18. (And we were getting beer and liquor in high school.) But I still think the main difference is cultural. The prevalent culture then -- in my experience -- was to keep things quiet as best you could. As you say, perhaps this was due in part to schools acting more in loco parentis.
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I was thinking of colleges where freshmen weren't allowed to have cars, almost everyone lives on campus, and is the kind of campus setting where everything was within walking distance. As far as the change with the 26th amendment and what lead up to it, i wasn't applying it to you as I didn't think you were that old
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
That would be 1995 for Louisiana. I was 20 years old when the drinking age was forced to 21 when the federal government said do it or we take away your highway funds. All the bars were convinced that everyone between 18 and 21 was "grandfathered in" for about a year until they really started enforcing the law, so I never really was effected by the law. I did start school at 17 so I used a fake ID once to get into a bar.  |
I grew up in California and there were places that allowed alcohol and people under 21, but it involved bracelets, double carding, and it really wasn't that hard to get someone in a club or venue to buy alcohol for people underage. I never had a fake ID but went to clubs and bars for live music and I was so afraid of getting thrown out I never tried to get a drink or accepted one before I was 18.
However California also has exceptions to minors consuming liquor, one with parents/guardians if you're 18, and the other is with your spouse if you're 18+ and your spouse is 21. At 18 my boyfriend was 21, I am sure you can figure it out. One would only get in trouble for possession, not consumption or internal possession, so there was a lot of leniency if one wasn't drinking and driving. I often drank in restaurants with my parents and it was pretty normal in my cohort, our parents could drink at 18 and they figured they could cut us off and help us acquire a palate as well as responsible habits.
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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
Dudes did not buy girls drinks on my campus, but there were things like $5 pitchers of rum and coke or the $10 "shark bowl".
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Is that just campus culture? I would have been so sad and broke if kindly gentleman had not purchased beverages for me in college and beyond. I have often accepted {depended upon} the kindness of strangers (specifically men). Out of college it happens in air ports and if I'm dining alone.
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