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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, I'm not an alcoholic though.[/quote]

What's it like in your black and white world?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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?[/quote]

Because whether you have a glass of wine during the event or immediately after is the SAME THING.[/quote]

I mean, this is not correct.

I sometimes have a glass of wine when I get home from work. This is not the same thing as having a glass of wine at my desk at work.[/quote]

But you still have to parent after trick or treating.[/quote]

Not really. Once my kids are in bed, my parenting duties are pretty minimal. Certainly more minimal than they are while out trick or treating.[/quote]

Not really. There could still be an emergency. Sickness. A fire. Some reason you’d need to drive. My point is that a drink or two over the course of an evening does not impair most adults to the point where they cannot perform basic parenting tasks. Including while walking around outside.[/quote]

My kids are much safer at home in their beds than running around the neighborhood at night. Plus the sort of emergency that is likely to come up at night when my kid is in bed is not likely to require the same reflexes and thinking as, say, my kid dashing into the street to say hi to a friend without checking for traffic.

But really, I just don't want to walk around drinking. To me that's a sitting activity. I also have never understood bar crawls or the desire to carry a beer around the French quarter.

[b]Walking and drinking is for hobos.[/b][/quote]

Well they also don't pay property taxes; so maybe they have some parts of life figured out.[/quote]

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