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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to school with a lot of wealthier people--and, the only thing I would watch out for is alcohol and drug use. While there were a lot of great wealthier kids, there was also a large number who drank heavily and eventually did harder drugs. They had access to alcohol via the country club lifestyle and enough money to have access to all the drugs they wanted.

Your son's girlfriend is probably a perfectly nice girl who is not into all that; but, I would make sure she is welcome in your house and on family outings--and that they are not just going to her house all the time. Plus, as one poster pointed out, younger relationships sometimes end very quickly. [/quote]

I had access to a lot of alcohol via the fridge in the garage and lots of drugs from my older neighbor in college. Not sure what a country club lifestyle has to do with getting alcohol [/quote]

PP here; my school-mates parents who were country club members, all drank a lot; they drank at the club and then they would come back to a fully-stocked (accessible to teenagers without supervison) bar at home. Club would also illegally serve minors. School administrators "looked the other way" for wealthier kids who were constantly drunk or high at school events--which made the behavior even more acceptable. Poorer kids did not get a "pass" and were kicked out. The drinking and drugs weren't that unusual, it was just that they were so accessible to my cohort whose parents were also engaging in the same behaviors. Most of the kids turned out ok, but some were apparently pre-disposed to becoming alcoholics and addicts. Unlike poorer people, most were able to dry out in rehab.

I started drinking with these friends when I was 15, but never had enough money to buy their drugs and they weren't sharing for free (thank goodness.) I never had any alcohol or drug problems, but know many of my "rich" friends who did. [/quote]

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