Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 10:52     Subject: Re:Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
Anonymous wrote:It sounds like it all depends on your neighborhood-- in some neighborhoods, there may be 2 or 3 people who disapprove, and express their opinions online because they are too much in the minority to bring it up with their neighbors IRL. In my neighborhood, I saw no one drinking, and since many of our neighbors are elderly or of a different ethnicity and don't trick or treat with their kids, we don't have such a festive Halloween atmosphere and I probably wouldn't walk around with a cup of wine.



You and your spouse can certainly walk around with a cup of wine if you thought it was fun. Don't need a huge crowd.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 10:44     Subject: Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
"I am an Arlington parent who passed out the beer and wine in party cups to those over at our house for the preHalloween party! Geez people. Noone was drunk and all had a good time".

So your to blame for all of this!!!!!!! thanks for making me puke for 3 hours. I couldn't walk straight for hours.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 10:15     Subject: Re:Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
Anyone watch 'Boardwalk Empire" on HBO? 'Agent Van Alden's' wife seems to be a member of DCUM....the horrors of alcohol! Evil, evil, evil.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 10:07     Subject: Re:Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kids also know coffee is an adult drink. I have no problem with them seeing us have the occasional beer or glass of wine. For fucksake- my 3.5 year old had no idea what the adults were drinking out of their red opaque plastic cups.


PP, what are you thinking? You should be afraid your LO will go to preschool and draw a picture of you surfing DCUM and typing "fucksake"?!



not the PP

But I like the word, fucksake. It does the job.


Me too!!
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 09:31     Subject: Re:Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kids also know coffee is an adult drink. I have no problem with them seeing us have the occasional beer or glass of wine. For fucksake- my 3.5 year old had no idea what the adults were drinking out of their red opaque plastic cups.


PP, what are you thinking? You should be afraid your LO will go to preschool and draw a picture of you surfing DCUM and typing "fucksake"?!



not the PP

But I like the word, fucksake. It does the job.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 09:26     Subject: Re:Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
It sounds like it all depends on your neighborhood-- in some neighborhoods, there may be 2 or 3 people who disapprove, and express their opinions online because they are too much in the minority to bring it up with their neighbors IRL. In my neighborhood, I saw no one drinking, and since many of our neighbors are elderly or of a different ethnicity and don't trick or treat with their kids, we don't have such a festive Halloween atmosphere and I probably wouldn't walk around with a cup of wine.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 08:29     Subject: Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
I am an Arlington parent who passed out the beer and wine in party cups to those over at our house for the preHalloween party! Geez people. Noone was drunk and all had a good time.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 08:28     Subject: Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
Anonymous wrote:

Maybe it's a bad case of "mommy brains" so let me explain more clearly...

If you had a great time, I'm clearly NOT TALKING TO (OR ABOUT) YOU!

I'm talking about those folks who cannot go to bed without their little fix, being it that bottle of beer or glass of wine. Drinking in public is not responsible, it's not safe, it's not a good example. It's just a bad idea all together.

If someone gets hurt the first thing on the police report will be the alcohol level in the blood. It will be in the autopsy report no matter how sober you think you are. And if you guys know of any stupid drunk caught doing something idiotic who said "I'm sorry I'm drunk" please give them a golden star. Nobody caught drunk says they've been drinking.

Police officers and health care providers have formulas to figure out how much you've been drinking. They multiply what you said by 3 to get a more accurate number.

Every time I read this kind of posts I get more and more scared... I can't believe you're my neighbors and we're sharing the road. So Scary!


So now people are dying while walking around with friends, having a beer while their kids trick-or-treat? This thread started around adults walking in the neighborhood - not about alcoholism - so it seems you've gone a bit OT.

I support responsible drinking, but I don't see walking around my neighborhood with a beer as irresponsible. I suspect some would be scandalized to know that DH and I will even do this during the summer, in the daylight, with kids in the stroller and on bikes. For shame.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 07:53     Subject: Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
Anonymous wrote:Were you trick-or-treating in Arlington? Must have been our rowdy crew that you saw drinking beer and wine. It's a tradition in our neighborhood and we were all drinking responsibly. I am paying for it today, though, as I just climbed back into bed with a massive hangover.


Hello, neighbor! Cheers!!
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 06:56     Subject: Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
Anonymous wrote:

Maybe it's a bad case of "mommy brains" so let me explain more clearly...

If you had a great time, I'm clearly NOT TALKING TO (OR ABOUT) YOU!

I'm talking about those folks who cannot go to bed without their little fix, being it that bottle of beer or glass of wine. Drinking in public is not responsible, it's not safe, it's not a good example. It's just a bad idea all together.

If someone gets hurt the first thing on the police report will be the alcohol level in the blood. It will be in the autopsy report no matter how sober you think you are. And if you guys know of any stupid drunk caught doing something idiotic who said "I'm sorry I'm drunk" please give them a golden star. Nobody caught drunk says they've been drinking.

Police officers and health care providers have formulas to figure out how much you've been drinking. They multiply what you said by 3 to get a more accurate number.

Every time I read this kind of posts I get more and more scared... I can't believe you're my neighbors and we're sharing the road. So Scary!


You are so nuts it isn't even funny. Drinking in moderation is healthy, and supportive of cardiovascular health. Moderate drinkers have considerably lower rates of heart disease than teetotalers. Modelling moderate drinking is healthy. Drinking moderately in public is modelling appropriate behavior. Nobody on this thread is talking about staggering around drunk. You should be scared, but not of your neighbors, of the dark places in your soul that make you unable to relax and enjoy life.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 00:57     Subject: Re:Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
Anonymous wrote:I have to think some of these posts are jokes. Nobody could possibly care about adults enjoying a glass of wine or a bottle of beer amongst friends while walking around together for an hour. It is entirely appropriate and a great example of fellowship. Glad to see some parents/neighbors out there making friends and being social.


Do you need alcohol for this? What a shame!
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 00:48     Subject: Re:Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
I have to think some of these posts are jokes. Nobody could possibly care about adults enjoying a glass of wine or a bottle of beer amongst friends while walking around together for an hour. It is entirely appropriate and a great example of fellowship. Glad to see some parents/neighbors out there making friends and being social.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2011 00:24     Subject: Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
I don't see this as a big deal either. As people have mentioned, to my kids anything other than water, milk or juice is an adult beverage. To them the only difference between coffee and red wine is that coffee is hot.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2011 23:24     Subject: Re:Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kids also know coffee is an adult drink. I have no problem with them seeing us have the occasional beer or glass of wine. For fucksake- my 3.5 year old had no idea what the adults were drinking out of their red opaque plastic cups.


PP, what are you thinking? You should be afraid your LO will go to preschool and draw a picture of you surfing DCUM and typing "fucksake"?!



Darling,
The problem is not the receptacle where you were drinking from. The problem is the content and your attitude. That will influence your child way more than the cup's shape or color.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2011 23:20     Subject: Re:Parents drinking beer while taking kids trick-or-treating?
Anonymous wrote:My kids also know coffee is an adult drink. I have no problem with them seeing us have the occasional beer or glass of wine. For fucksake- my 3.5 year old had no idea what the adults were drinking out of their red opaque plastic cups.


PP, what are you thinking? You should be afraid your LO will go to preschool and draw a picture of you surfing DCUM and typing "fucksake"?!