Do you drink alcohol while ToTing with your kids?

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Anonymous wrote:No. But many parents do in our neighborhood. My husband and I find it very odd. But, we don’t come from a culture where you would ever drink at a kid event. And I don’t mean we are not from the US. I just mean we were raised in the south by people that did not think a kid bday party, Halloween, etc was supposed to be a fun adult event.

Um, you must be from the conservative south. I'm from Atlanta - this is very much a thing.

Was it a thing in the 70s and 80s in Atlanta? We are from smaller towns, but it just wasn’t what we grew up with at all. And I didn’t grow up religious.

We aren’t super judgy about it. It was just surprising to us to see grown ups pulling wagons of alcohol around after we had our first kid. And I totally get that there are grown up Halloween parties and people drink. It is just the actual TOTing as a drinking activity for adults that sort of throws us. And we never provided alcohol at our kid’s bday parties when they were young. We don’t care. No one we can see is wasted. It just isn’t something we would ever think to do.

I was born in the 80s so I can’t compare to that long ago but when I was growing up in the 90s/00s parents didn’t come ToTing at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for all these rode hard moms coming to the bus stop tomorrow complaining about how “tired and hung over” they are. Bless their hearts.

Sorry, can you not drink without getting drunk? I just am confused about why drinking = hangover to you. I haven’t had a hangover since my mid 20s.

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for all these rode hard moms coming to the bus stop tomorrow complaining about how “tired and hung over” they are. Bless their hearts.

The dads get a free pass? You really hate women don't you.

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Parents of older kids may have a glass of wine or a beer while we pass out candy with neighbors on our cul de sac.

I do not because one of my kids is still young enough that I trail behind them and supervise. This year we are hosting my older son’s friend from another neighborhood and I never have even 1 drink when I am responsible for someone else’s child.

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for all these rode hard moms coming to the bus stop tomorrow complaining about how “tired and hung over” they are. Bless their hearts.

Bless the Pollyannas who think consuming a beer is being “rode hard”

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It’s 5 o’clock somewhere! 🍸 🍷

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Anonymous wrote:It’s 5 o’clock somewhere! 🍸 🍷

Cheers to that!

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Anonymous wrote:No, I'm not an alcoholic though.

What's it like in your black and white world?

It's great. I am capable of spending an hour walking my kid around the neighborhood and then enjoying a glass of wine at home, without needing to carry a little "mommy juice" around with me while I make a nice memory with my kid.

I'm sorry that you can't do normal parenting activities without alcohol. That sounds difficult.

So your kids are so awful that you need to find solace in a glass of wine at the end of the night after spending an hour with them? I am sorry you are such a bad parent that you can't take your kids ToTing without having to drink way your troubles with "mommy juice" at the end of the night.

I had the same thought! She’s still drinking yet trying to frame it in a way that makes her look superior. Gave me a good chuckle.

You both sound defensive. No one said drinking is wrong, but why do you need to drink WHILE trick or treating with your kids? What is so hard about walking around the neighborhood for a little while that you feel you need that?

I don't have kids yet, so I don't have a dog in this race, but why do you assume people drink because something is hard? I usually drink when something is fun and I want it to be even a little more fun. A picnic is fun, but a boozy picnic is even more fun. A sporting event is fun, but a sporting event with beer is even more fun.

It’s because there is a group of people on DCUM who are extremely prim and uptight.

I have zero issue with people who don’t drink, for whatever reason. But I can’t stand it when people look down their noses at others just for living their lives differently.

Seriously. I drink probably once a month, at a social event. Halloween in our neighborhood is a social event, so that's my October drinking. And by drinking I mean like one drink, it's not like anyone is getting wasted.

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for all these rode hard moms coming to the bus stop tomorrow complaining about how “tired and hung over” they are. Bless their hearts.

Bless the Pollyannas who think consuming a beer is being “rode hard”

This is clearly coming from the parent pissed they weren't invited to the neighborhood party. But it's pretty clearly why they weren't invited.

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While we were out in our DC neighborhood (on the early side with little kids, 6-7pm) about 75% of parents had some sort of can or tumbler in their hand.

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for all these rode hard moms coming to the bus stop tomorrow complaining about how “tired and hung over” they are. Bless their hearts.

The dads get a free pass? You really hate women don't you.

No dads at our bus stop!

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Anonymous wrote:While we were out in our DC neighborhood (on the early side with little kids, 6-7pm) about 75% of parents had some sort of can or tumbler in their hand.

To be fair, I'm that parent and my tumbler only contained regular hot apple cider. It was cold!

My kids are older so I'm either driving or hosting kids and don't feel comfortable drinking at all. I did when my kids were younger.

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for all these rode hard moms coming to the bus stop tomorrow complaining about how “tired and hung over” they are. Bless their hearts.

The dads get a free pass? You really hate women don't you.

No dads at our bus stop!

That's pathetic

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait for all these rode hard moms coming to the bus stop tomorrow complaining about how “tired and hung over” they are. Bless their hearts.

The dads get a free pass? You really hate women don't you.

No dads at our bus stop!

What kind of woman calls other women "rode hard?" Who talks like that? What's wrong with you?

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Anonymous wrote:No, that seems odd.

+1

It is kid's event, not an adult event.

We do not bring kids to bars either. So gross.

I’m fascinated by you people who think drinking around kids is almost as bad as shooting up heroin in front of them. Were you raised by alcoholics? Or are you southern baptists?

Baptist’s

Baptist's what? Or are you just not literate?