Do parents drink at your tween’s sporting events?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand. A game is a couple of hours, you can’t last through that without a drink at a children’s event?

Or if you have a series of games, you should be hydrating because you will be outside for a long time and driving frequently.

That’s what I was thinking. I can imagine having some parents / players over after a game or tournament- but not being able to make it 2-3 hours without alcohol? That shocks me. I sure as heck wouldn’t be carpooling with those parents.

Do they think it’s cute or funny? It makes me think they are alcoholics.

Where do you get that people "can't make it" 2-3 hours? without alcohol? That's a massive and unsupported inference.

The teetotalers on this board always do that. If you want to drink it must be because you're an out of control drunk. If you have one beer at a kids athletic event you're clearly an alcoholic guilty of child endangerment.

That's why no one offers anyone in this thread a thermos of sangria.

I’m not a tea-toter. But I think you do have a problem if you can’t follow simple rules about not drinking. Almost every single one of these clubs and leagues have a rule that parents and spectators should not be drinking during the game. And almost all the venues that are hosting these games also have a No alcohol policy.
It’s a stunning example parents are sitting for their children. The rules don’t apply to them. Having a few drinks where it’s not allowed is not a big deal. Drinking and driving is not a big deal.

Thank you. I especially love the posters who say no one is drunk and their driving isn't affected.

I like the posters that are twostupid to realize that if mom and dad go to the game one can drink as much as they want and the other can drive.

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria Little League parent here. If I see you with a travel mug, hydroflask, opaque Nalgene or some other container I know it's either a mixed drink or wine, especially if it's a night game.

That is ridiculous. DC travel parent here and we all have yetis/hydroflasks and no one has alcohol in them. You know how I know why, because our daughters ALWAYS run out of water and end up taking the half full hydroflasks to drink and share with their teammates. No one has ever said their kid couldn't have their drink.

What's ridiculous is your kid "ALWAYS" runs out of water and you're too stupid to learn to give her more the next time.

And sharing drinks is gross af. None of my kid's want my backwash. Your kids sound like dogs.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand. A game is a couple of hours, you can’t last through that without a drink at a children’s event?

Or if you have a series of games, you should be hydrating because you will be outside for a long time and driving frequently.

That’s what I was thinking. I can imagine having some parents / players over after a game or tournament- but not being able to make it 2-3 hours without alcohol? That shocks me. I sure as heck wouldn’t be carpooling with those parents.

Do they think it’s cute or funny? It makes me think they are alcoholics.

Where do you get that people "can't make it" 2-3 hours? without alcohol? That's a massive and unsupported inference.

The teetotalers on this board always do that. If you want to drink it must be because you're an out of control drunk. If you have one beer at a kids athletic event you're clearly an alcoholic guilty of child endangerment.

That's why no one offers anyone in this thread a thermos of sangria.

I’m not a tea-toter. But I think you do have a problem if you can’t follow simple rules about not drinking. Almost every single one of these clubs and leagues have a rule that parents and spectators should not be drinking during the game. And almost all the venues that are hosting these games also have a No alcohol policy.
It’s a stunning example parents are sitting for their children. The rules don’t apply to them. Having a few drinks where it’s not allowed is not a big deal. Drinking and driving is not a big deal.

Thank you. I especially love the posters who say no one is drunk and their driving isn't affected.

I like the posters that are twostupid to realize that if mom and dad go to the game one can drink as much as they want and the other can drive.

Such a bummer when you are chomping at the bit to pounce on someone for making a homophonic error, but you screw up the formatting and make yourself look like the real idiot.

LOL.

Better luck next time loser!

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My kids don’t play sports yet but I remember parents doing this at games when I was young. I never thought it was a big deal and I still don’t.

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Anonymous wrote:No, not at all. We're all driving to and from events.

+1000

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It has always seemed sort of trashy to me. I know- you guys will freak, but... more of a far out suburban baseball thing than an inside the beltway soccer thing. Some pools have a really heavy drinking culture- and those are the ones where I have noticed a larger percentage of men in jewelry. Flame away. My observation/impression. (And I drink!)

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Anonymous wrote:I have two teen athletes and I have never noticed a single person drinking! You guys are telling me I’ve just been completely clueless?

No, just depends on the sport and location. Mine are in college now. Hockey, yes, lots of drinking. Soccer? None that I ever saw.

Sport, location and, in my experience, how well the parents know each other. I wouldn’t drink alone at a sporting event but if one of the moms I’m friendly with is coming I might have a cheeky drink with her.

People who have drinking problems do this.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Seems like many weekend games the parents on the sidelines have beers in cozies or thermos with wine. My DS plays hockey and baseball.

I wish we did.

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Anonymous wrote:I do. It’s in my water bottle.

Same. Thermos has beer in it. Even to Disney world.

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Anonymous wrote:It has always seemed sort of trashy to me. I know- you guys will freak, but... more of a far out suburban baseball thing than an inside the beltway soccer thing. Some pools have a really heavy drinking culture- and those are the ones where I have noticed a larger percentage of men in jewelry. Flame away. My observation/impression. (And I drink!)

OMG. I grew up in a big city (not podunk DC) and heavy drinking wasn’t associated with city vs non-city. I’m appalled people drink at kids games now, but growing up, my high school softball coaches drank during our practices. We did well and they were white collar guys. I see that as pretty antiquated like the old Bad New Bears (which I saw in theaters).

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria Little League parent here. If I see you with a travel mug, hydroflask, opaque Nalgene or some other container I know it's either a mixed drink or wine, especially if it's a night game.

That is ridiculous. DC travel parent here and we all have yetis/hydroflasks and no one has alcohol in them. You know how I know why, because our daughters ALWAYS run out of water and end up taking the half full hydroflasks to drink and share with their teammates. No one has ever said their kid couldn't have their drink.

What's ridiculous is your kid "ALWAYS" runs out of water and you're too stupid to learn to give her more the next time.

And sharing drinks is gross af. None of my kid's want my backwash. Your kids sound like dogs.

NP. Yikes...

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The problem is the driving part.

That’s the only problem you see????

Yes. I'm French. People drink at lunch during work meetings in France. Parents are not afraid of drinking in front of their kids. I don't drink alcohol, because it does nothing for me, but I don't see a problem with others drinking alcohol, as long as it's not too much. As I said, functional impairment starts well before a driver "feels" impaired, so that's really the ONLY problem. A life and death one!

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Anonymous wrote:It has always seemed sort of trashy to me. I know- you guys will freak, but... more of a far out suburban baseball thing than an inside the beltway soccer thing. Some pools have a really heavy drinking culture- and those are the ones where I have noticed a larger percentage of men in jewelry. Flame away. My observation/impression. (And I drink!)

OMG. I grew up in a big city (not podunk DC) and heavy drinking wasn’t associated with city vs non-city. I’m appalled people drink at kids games now, but growing up, my high school softball coaches drank during our practices. We did well and they were white collar guys. I see that as pretty antiquated like the old Bad New Bears (which I saw in theaters).

I live in the suburbs in CO right now and there is sometimes some drinking at games. I don’t necessarily see it as trashy but there is a more laid back, small town vibe here. Not so much men wearing jewelry but men in flannel. I do think you may be right about it being more of a suburban thing.

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Anonymous wrote:I have two teen athletes and I have never noticed a single person drinking! You guys are telling me I’ve just been completely clueless?

No, just depends on the sport and location. Mine are in college now. Hockey, yes, lots of drinking. Soccer? None that I ever saw.

Sport, location and, in my experience, how well the parents know each other. I wouldn’t drink alone at a sporting event but if one of the moms I’m friendly with is coming I might have a cheeky drink with her.

Now that’s weird.

Having a drink with a friend instead of alone?

Drinking with a friend at home, party, bar? No. Filling up tumbler with a friend heading to watch your kids game? Yes, very weird.

What can I say, I had a hard seltzer with a friend at a soccer game. I guess I’ll just have to let my freak flag fly

Pp is the weird one. You’re totally normal.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand. A game is a couple of hours, you can’t last through that without a drink at a children’s event?

Or if you have a series of games, you should be hydrating because you will be outside for a long time and driving frequently.

That’s what I was thinking. I can imagine having some parents / players over after a game or tournament- but not being able to make it 2-3 hours without alcohol? That shocks me. I sure as heck wouldn’t be carpooling with those parents.

Do they think it’s cute or funny? It makes me think they are alcoholics.

Where do you get that people "can't make it" 2-3 hours? without alcohol? That's a massive and unsupported inference.

The teetotalers on this board always do that. If you want to drink it must be because you're an out of control drunk. If you have one beer at a kids athletic event you're clearly an alcoholic guilty of child endangerment.

That's why no one offers anyone in this thread a thermos of sangria.

I’m not a tea-toter. But I think you do have a problem if you can’t follow simple rules about not drinking. Almost every single one of these clubs and leagues have a rule that parents and spectators should not be drinking during the game. And almost all the venues that are hosting these games also have a No alcohol policy.
It’s a stunning example parents are sitting for their children. The rules don’t apply to them. Having a few drinks where it’s not allowed is not a big deal. Drinking and driving is not a big deal.

Thank you. I especially love the posters who say no one is drunk and their driving isn't affected.

I like the posters that are two stupid to realize that if mom and dad go to the game one can drink as much as they want and the other can drive.

Two stupid. LOL.