I'm curious how many parents at home enforce this law. In my family, we drank wine as part of our customs from the time I was a little girl, so it was always there if I wanted it. No one in our family ever got drunk or became an alcoholic, even far distant relatives. When I lived in all Freshman dorms in college, I was the only one on my hall who DIDN'T drink, because it was no big deal to me and I thought the guys who drank and barfed all over the hall were stupid and gross. Then last Christmas, while having dinner with my husband's family in Iowa, I offered the 17 yr old nephew seated next to me some wine and his mother said "Oh no, he can't have that, he's not 21." I mean I know in a restaurant or bar you have to be 21 but I didn't know people didn't let responsible older teenagers drink on a holiday at home if they're spending the evening at home with the family watching movies...??? This seemed ridiculous to me but I guess it's different values.
2007-11-18
19:28:04
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