Funny - DD's recent request

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Registered: 01-20-2005
Funny - DD's recent request
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Fri, 02-24-2006 - 4:56pm

I have to laugh at this or I would be furious with her. DD's sr prom will be coming up in about 5 weeks. The kids want to stay at my house b/c we have a huge living room and I will cook them waffles.

DD actually had the nerve to inform me (not ask me) that this was a celebration of their upcoming graduation and they would have alcohol at this post-prom party. After a second for the shock to wear off, I had to laugh. She made an excellent point (in theory only) - they can either drink here with my knowledge or she can somewhere she doesn't feel secure and drink there. With my watchful eye, no one will get out of hand and no one will drive - her thoughts not mine. Once again, I had to giggle. I tried to keep a straight face during this conversation b/c I know she was trying to be mature about this and honest with me and I truly appreciate and respect this but no way on God's green earth are underage people going to consume alcohol on my watch. She knows this and I can't imagine why she even thought I would go for this unless of course the b/f put her up to it afterall he is a very HONEST alcoholic. He really is - he never lies to me (or anyone else that asks) about his drinking - he takes alot of pride in his honesty. I am being a little sarcastic here b/c I really do like that about him. He is honest and doesn't bend the truth to serve his own purposes.

Anyway, we'll see if I'm cooking waffles for one or many after prom b/c DD probably won't be going anywhere either after that conversation.

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Fri, 02-24-2006 - 5:08pm
ROFL - I had to laugh at this one, lia.
Pam
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Registered: 10-21-2005
Sat, 02-25-2006 - 8:07am
You can't blame a kid for trying! Let us know how many waffles you end up making!
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Registered: 01-20-2005
Sun, 02-26-2006 - 9:54pm

I might not have such a problem with this if some of the kids weren't under 18 but they are (DD included). Also, DH has a cousin that went to a New Year's Eve party where the parents provided the alcohol. The kids had to give the parents the keys but this kid knew how to hot wire a car. He spent the first week of 1996 in neurological intensive care and the tree he hit had to be cut down to keep it from falling in the road. He was 16 at the time. Even with all the parental permission in the world, I'm just not willing to accept that responsibility.

I have a feeling DD is going to try to wear me down on this. If she approaches me again, I plan to tell her that if Nana okays this plan of hers, then I will agree. Nana is under the impression that none of her mother's grandchildren (these would be her nieces and nephews) have every drank or smoked or done anything slightly illegal - not sure who she was seeing while her son was drinking a 6 pack a day. They are all prefect angels - all 47 of them (and this doesn't include the great-grandkids who are better than angels). It's funny how the grandmother gene makes them blind. Since Nana's graduation present to DD is to pay all her prom expenses, I plan to explain to DD that, in this case, alcohol and any resulting legal,medical, or funeral bills would be a prom expense and that would make it Nana's responsibility. If Nana's okay with it, then I'll think about it. DD wouldn't never burst Nana's fantasy world by even suggesting such a thing but maybe DD will get as good a laugh out of that suggestion as I did DD's original suggestion.