Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?

[Anonymous]

OP! I even saw parents eating their kid's candy!!! Drunk on their asses too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

11:14 here, I feel any atmosphere where there is a lot of drinking going on, or a lot of people drinking, is an adult atmosphere and not meant for children. The OP said she saw lots of parents having alcohol; even in a family atmosphere, to me this would indicate it's not a time/place for a 2 yr old.

Sooo...by your logic, children should never attend weddings (most have alcohol and most adults drink it). Not to mention that most holidays around here (Fourth of July, etc.) usually involve parents having a beer or wine.

I think the "no alcohol" crowd must have had alcoholic parents or something. They seem to think that any amount of alcohol is bad and that by drinking a beer or two, the parents must be drunk and acting crazy. That just simply isn't the case with most people who drink recreationally.

[Anonymous]

I sat home and drank a half bottle of wine handing out candy. Would have rather walked around. Sounds awesome.

[Anonymous]

"Are you the chick who was wondering why she can't make friends? I think I know why... "

Are you the person whos kid I kept from getting ran over last night. Oh..please be my friend. You can come over anytime you want and drink until you can't stand and raid my medicine cabinet. I'll look after your child until you come out of your alcohol induced coma. Just the kind of friends everyone needs.

[Anonymous]

I think the "no alcohol" crowd must have had alcoholic parents or something"

No I think the no alcohol crowd has had to pay enough for higher insurance premiums because eventually these people will get behind the wheel and drive home and most likely kill someone on the road.

[Anonymous]

I even saw parents eating their kid's candy!

Oh my, the horror of it all. I sure hope they asked their DC's permission first so that they didn't take something that didn't belong to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the "no alcohol" crowd must have had alcoholic parents or something"

No I think the no alcohol crowd has had to pay enough for higher insurance premiums because eventually these people will get behind the wheel and drive home and most likely kill someone on the road.

Except on Halloween, we're all in our neighborhoods walking around with our kids. No one is driving anywhere. So your point makes no sense. (And for the exceptions when people do drive to go trick or treating, let's assume these folks have the sense not to drink.)

[Anonymous]

We are just letting the young kids see what life is really about at a young age. Thats all,.. is it to early to learn... is it really that bad. You come home from your miserable job,... to your miserable spouse... and screaming kids hollering..I WANT CANDY... you sit down to a dinner that is burt to hell and back... and look at your wife who was making it with the plumber all day as she looks at her husband who was banging the 20 year old secretary instead of really being in that meeting. You have to do something to deal and drownd out your misery. Such is life in middle America

[Anonymous]

"Except on Halloween, we're all in our neighborhoods walking around with our kids. No one is driving anywhere"

Can you do me a favor and tell me what I will be doing in the next 5 minutes. Since you are so sure your won't have to drive.. God forbid something happens and you have to get behind the wheel... I'm sorry.. its halloween. No emergencies happen on halloween. Its halloween.. take a few hours off from responsible parenting and knock a few back.... you don't need to know where your kids are.. there safe..they are only a few feet in front of you... no really with your impaired vision.. they were just there a minute ago. You must be a great fortune teller since you know you'll never have to drive on halloween. tell me what the lottery numbers will be tomorrow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my neighborghood which is a nice one here in Charlotte, that is all the rage. I think its stupid and won't let my kids near that. We trick or treat on our own. It looked like the drinking crew were having a blast. Their kids were having a great time until "I", the one who was not drinking, grabbed one of "THEIR" kids before he ran out into the street in front of a moving car. I don't think kids and drinking should mix, especially on one of the most dangerous nights of the year.

Nobody cares what you do in Charlotte. Keep your holier-than-thou attitude down South, please.

In other words: go away.

[Anonymous]

I'm of the opinion you can drink responsibly. It seems the no drinking crowd here (which I also think is actually just 1 person - the OP) thinks you're either sober or blind drunk. Their kids are gonna be juuuuust fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Are you the chick who was wondering why she can't make friends? I think I know why... "

Are you the person whos kid I kept from getting ran over last night. Oh..please be my friend. You can come over anytime you want and drink until you can't stand and raid my medicine cabinet. I'll look after your child until you come out of your alcohol induced coma. Just the kind of friends everyone needs.

So I was right - you don't have friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Except on Halloween, we're all in our neighborhoods walking around with our kids. No one is driving anywhere"

Can you do me a favor and tell me what I will be doing in the next 5 minutes. Since you are so sure your won't have to drive.. God forbid something happens and you have to get behind the wheel... I'm sorry.. its halloween. No emergencies happen on halloween. Its halloween.. take a few hours off from responsible parenting and knock a few back.... you don't need to know where your kids are.. there safe..they are only a few feet in front of you... no really with your impaired vision.. they were just there a minute ago. You must be a great fortune teller since you know you'll never have to drive on halloween. tell me what the lottery numbers will be tomorrow

Why does everyone equate having a drink with being drunk. One or two drinks over the course of several hours doesn't make you drunk or too drunk to drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Except on Halloween, we're all in our neighborhoods walking around with our kids. No one is driving anywhere"

Can you do me a favor and tell me what I will be doing in the next 5 minutes. Since you are so sure your won't have to drive.. God forbid something happens and you have to get behind the wheel... I'm sorry.. its halloween. No emergencies happen on halloween. Its halloween.. take a few hours off from responsible parenting and knock a few back.... you don't need to know where your kids are.. there safe..they are only a few feet in front of you... no really with your impaired vision.. they were just there a minute ago. You must be a great fortune teller since you know you'll never have to drive on halloween. tell me what the lottery numbers will be tomorrow

One drink and you loose track of your kid? No wonder you don't drink

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Except on Halloween, we're all in our neighborhoods walking around with our kids. No one is driving anywhere"

Can you do me a favor and tell me what I will be doing in the next 5 minutes. Since you are so sure your won't have to drive.. God forbid something happens and you have to get behind the wheel... I'm sorry.. its halloween. No emergencies happen on halloween. Its halloween.. take a few hours off from responsible parenting and knock a few back.... you don't need to know where your kids are.. there safe..they are only a few feet in front of you... no really with your impaired vision.. they were just there a minute ago. You must be a great fortune teller since you know you'll never have to drive on halloween. tell me what the lottery numbers will be tomorrow

Not the pp, but I would take a taxi if there was an emergency. I only drive a few times a year, so I can be pretty sure that it won't be on Halloween - I'm sorry that you structured your life so that you may have to drive at any point and can't even imagine that anyone else wouldn't be in the same situation.

By the way, I am one of those that had no alcohol but will remember it for next year. I admit to stealing candy from my child as she was distracte by the next house. It was good. So, I did it again. And, it was still good. She is not deprived.