"mom0f4boys" <momshea4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> During a recent vacation at a family cottage, our oldest son (15)
> dipped into the bar and drank enough gin to make himself vomit. It is
> a cottage on the lake, and the kids are sort of 'let loose' at night
> to play games or have a campfire or hang out in one of the
> outbuildings. Our son had two friends along, and when they said
> 'goodnight' around 11PM, we figured they would just hang out and
> talk. Instead, they snagged a bottle of booze and drank most of it.
> This is the first time this has ever happened..... he isn't a
> kid who is always 'out with friends' at all hours, and he is a smart
> kid. I'm thinking this was just the plain old 'let's try this' kind
> of thing that alot of kids do.
> He did try to lie about it. He vomited, and the next day he
> asked me for tips on cleaning vomit out of cloth. When I questioned
> him, he said he found 'old cookies' in the cabinet and they made him
> sick. It was such a lame lie that I think he wanted us to know the
> truth.
> My husband and I both spoke to him (separately), but pretty
> much we are treating it as adolescent foolishness.
> I think we are handling it ok, but I am curious about the
> way any of you guys would have responded.
Heh. Getting sick on gin would have to be a very unpleasant experience.
Two of my three brother, who must have been about 14 at the time, got
very
drunk once after my uncles wedding. There was leftover Canadian Club that
my
mom brought home and stuck in the garage fridge, and as it was summer and
the 'rents were at work and I was "in charge" (lol), I awoke sometime
around
noon and found them staggering around the house. My other brother stuck
them in the shower and I made coffee and made them drink it (which is what
the movies told us to do, right?), which only made them puke more. After
they finished puking , they went to bed and slept it off, we never told
our
parents, and they never found out. They never did anything like that
again.
I'd be glad he fessed up at all, and I would let the lesson stand on its
own. Oh, and don't keep alcohol around!
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