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What are your opinions on getting drunk whilst looking after very small children? I'm not talking about a glass or two of wine, I mean properly drunk. Friday night my neighbour had a house party and there where some young children there. I saw one woman walk in with a baby car seat. By 11.00 they were all absolutely wasted and one person attempted to drive home with kids in the car. I was disgusted by this and I think it's completely wrong. How can you be responsible for someone else if you can barely look after yourself. I do wonder if I'm in a minority though.
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in saying that may be i have double standards in that when we do go out and i get drunk (to be fair I never get trollied as I'm such a lightweight may be 5 drinks) and my mum minds ds when I come home she goes to her home and i go to bed?? i have to say though I am never 'legless' as I know I have to come home to him.
the drunk driving with the kid in the car takes the p**S
I hate the thought of having drunk people in the house around him too. I remember feeling frightened when my uncle and aunt were drunk when we were kids - my mum and dad don't really drink. It made me feel insecure for some reason.
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If hubby even has 1 or 2 beers at home I wont have any at all because I always worry that something may happen to one of the children and I might have to drive somewhere (we live in a villiage and you cant walk out of here as there are no footpaths and we are 8 miles from nearest town!)
On the very rare occasion that we do go out the children would stay the night at one of our parents (not happened since having lizzie as she is only 6 months old, but DD1 has slept at parents house before sometimes when we go out sometimes just because she likes to stay there!)
I would NEVER get drunk or allow drunk people to be in my house when my children are there its totally irreisponsible!
me too
the slurring voice of reason and persuaded him not to. I'm
glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's awful. My fear would alwasy be what if something happened too.
The other time was when we had some friends and their LO over late one afternoon and ended up putting all three babies to bed upstairs in our house, getting a takeaway and getting through several bottles of wine.
Obviously it's not quite on the same scale as what the OP describes but I expect many reading will frown on me for this. Then again, I expect there are even more people who won't and have done the same thing themselves.
and there is a big difference between a few drinks and getting pissed, I wouldn't agree with that either x