http://www.blisstree.com/articles/drinking-and-driving-119/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:54:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/drinking-and-driving-119/comment-page-1/#comment-73445 Weary Parent Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:47:33 +0000 http://wearyparent.com/drinking-and-driving/#comment-73445 [...] When Jamie lived at home, he was invited to an incredible number of parties. The kid was almost too popular for his own good, but he did something that I thought was really clever. But let me back up a minute. After getting into trouble for drinking and waking up his dad for a ride home at 2 a.m., he decided that it just wasn’t worth it. However, his friends could never understand that he really didn’t want to drink and would constantly try to convince him to have another. He soon learned that it was easier to accept a bottle of beer, and then keep refilling the empty bottle with water. If his friends saw him with a beer in his hands, they left him alone. [...] [...] When Jamie lived at home, he was invited to an incredible number of parties. The kid was almost too popular for his own good, but he did something that I thought was really clever. But let me back up a minute. After getting into trouble for drinking and waking up his dad for a ride home at 2 a.m., he decided that it just wasn’t worth it. However, his friends could never understand that he really didn’t want to drink and would constantly try to convince him to have another. He soon learned that it was easier to accept a bottle of beer, and then keep refilling the empty bottle with water. If his friends saw him with a beer in his hands, they left him alone. [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/drinking-and-driving-119/comment-page-1/#comment-73325 Hsien Lei Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:53:12 +0000 http://wearyparent.com/drinking-and-driving/#comment-73325 What a great story! I never need a curfew because I never had the desire to go out late at night. What a dork I was. I hope my son is one too. heehee What a great story! I never need a curfew because I never had the desire to go out late at night. What a dork I was. I hope my son is one too. heehee

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