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son's 18th birthday, how can i make it cool?
- Thread starter Icey101
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In the developed world it's mainly the USA that has a problem with people drinking at 18
America, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates are silly geese.
Well of course. Being 18 entitles you to hookers and blow.
I'm also from the US and had no problem drinking at 18. Dunno where you get your info from, mohawk
Well of course. Being 18 entitles you to hookers and blow.
I'm also from the US and had no problem drinking at 18. Dunno where you get your info from, mohawk
I meant in the legal sense
We were tanking bottles of Smirnoff and White Lightning in the countryside from ages 13/14 and up. Started drinking in what became "the local" at ~16 (started working there when I turned 18
). Then used to get silly drunk during the first year of university (17/18) before giving it up. Though that changed last year on a distillery tour, still not a massive drinker, but I do enjoy a nice whisky a couple times a month.
This probably isn't selling any of my opinions to the OP though!
When I turned 18, the drinking age in Minnesota was 19, so we had to go over the border to Wisconsin. That was before the whole, "you can be sent off to be killed in a war, but you can't be served in a bar" laws came to be.
Why not take him and his mates Go Kart Racing, or to a Lazer Tag place?
I know 18 is a big deal, but it really doesn't have to be about drinking or not drinking. Get them out and having fun, rather than sitting around thinking how much better the party would be with a case of beer.
I know 18 is a big deal, but it really doesn't have to be about drinking or not drinking. Get them out and having fun, rather than sitting around thinking how much better the party would be with a case of beer.
I'm 18, and for my birthday and friends, typically we do our own thing on the actual birthday. Go out to a bar with some mates, clubbing if you're into that sorta thing, even just go fishing with a few beers. Only 18s will be going, so you don't have to worry about that sort of thing, and honestly, your son can probably take care of himself just fine.
Take your son out to lunch on the day, or dinner on a different night. Spend the day of his 18th with him. Obviously it's cool hanging out with your parents on your 18th, because it's like a coming of age, but he'll want to hang with his friends too.
If you throw an 18th party, there will be drinking. Heavy drinking. 18 and under. I'm not trying to say anything about your parenting skills, its just a fact, I'm sorry. Kids get hammered at 18th birthday parties. I would know, I've been to a fair few this year. None of them have gotten 'out of control', but all have been alcohol heavy.
Take your son out to lunch on the day, or dinner on a different night. Spend the day of his 18th with him. Obviously it's cool hanging out with your parents on your 18th, because it's like a coming of age, but he'll want to hang with his friends too.
If you throw an 18th party, there will be drinking. Heavy drinking. 18 and under. I'm not trying to say anything about your parenting skills, its just a fact, I'm sorry. Kids get hammered at 18th birthday parties. I would know, I've been to a fair few this year. None of them have gotten 'out of control', but all have been alcohol heavy.
Really hard to say without knowing anything about your son. But when I turned 18/21, you couldn't have paid me to stay home at a party thrown by my parents. Actually, when I did turn 21, my Mom and Stepdad took me out for dinner, got me pretty buzzed, and then dropped me off at my buddies house with a pocket full of cash. I couldn't have asked for a better present.
I can only speak from a Kiwi perspective, but Australia and us seem to have similar attitudes about a lot of these social events. In NZ not many people go so extravagant as to have a limo and, if anything, see it as a bit tacky. I'm not putting down your idea. His son could be all for it! Just offering a different cultural perspective.
18 is a pretty big deal here, but usually it's just a case of having a piss-up at your place, and then, if you live in a city, getting a taxi in to town around midnight.
Call me naive, it's likely fitting. But I didn't think it was legal ANYWHERE to drink at 18!!
Yeah, it's 18 here, but most people start around 14 and the majority of parents, from my experience at that age, are cool with it so long as nothing gets out of hand.
Hey man! I'm actually one of those 18 year old kids! Sweet idea with the party, but sometimes it's cool just to hang with your friends.
For example, a few friends and I are going to a Drake concert for my friend's 18th.
Maybe just give your som the option to do a party with your family or just hit the town with his friends.
For example, a few friends and I are going to a Drake concert for my friend's 18th.
Maybe just give your som the option to do a party with your family or just hit the town with his friends.
Stone Temple Pilots are going to be touring in Australia in February next year, belated Birthday gift?
18th birthday parties are a recipe for disaster. If you have to be the cool dad, have the party at a venue, not your house. That way security is their issue. I was young in my group of friends so I was 17 at all the parties, I still drank my weight in beer at every one.
I say hire a min-bus and take him and 4 or 5 over 18 mates on party bus tour with you as driver. You’d probably have a better idea where to find hooker & blow.
I say hire a min-bus and take him and 4 or 5 over 18 mates on party bus tour with you as driver. You’d probably have a better idea where to find hooker & blow.
Nah, I'd think a limo would be a bit tacky myself. The OP could just give his son money for cab fair
Nah, I'd think a limo would be a bit tacky myself. The OP could just give his son money for cab fair
That's what my folks did
Works a charm.
In the developed world it's mainly the USA that has a problem with people drinking at 18
Truth!!!
When I turned 18 we started going to Toronto on the weekends... And I'm sure a lot of young adults still do.
I am not a parent, so my advice is pretty useless. I do know at that age I didn't want my parents around my friends very much.
