WTF?? Can't drink at wet grad party?!

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jeja_uribe

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Goddamn. I just got back from a "wet" grad party. Yeah maybe I'm kinda fuckin' old for a grad party, but I live in a small town, and do hang out regularly with a couple of the grads, and occasionally with others. Plus a couple coworkers were there...so there were people there that I know and hang out with.

So, I figured that because I wanted to drive home afterward, I'd pack a few beer in ice and head out there. Well I got there, left my beer in the van at first, and wandered over to the fire. One of the guys offered me a beer, so I took it, started drinking it, and then one of the chapperones (sp?) announced that they wanted all the keys of anyone who drove out and was drinking.

Wanting to be the responsible person I try to be, I told him that I drove out there, was planning on driving back, but had a couple beer to drink. I specified that I was only going to have a couple drinks, but he basically demanded my keys. Of course, being a legal adult, responsible for myself, I refused to give him my keys. Ended up I finished that beer, but in the meantime I had like four different people tell me to give them my keys or leave. I just finished the beer, and that ended up being the only drink I had there.

Later, someone started off a roman candle, and for some stupid fucking reason they figured that they shoot out of the opposite end from the fuse. Well, in the process of turning it around after it had started going off, I got shot, and my fleece got burned to shit.

So a little later I said I wanted to go to my van to change sweaters. I went to my van (outside of the yard), took a piss on the far side, and then hopped in and cracked a beer. Gulped some down, took off my burnt sweater, gulped down some more beer, put my other sweater on, gulped down some more beer, then noticed that idiot chapperone wandering towards my van. So I set the beer down in the shadows and got out of the van.

"Just wondering if you got it all under control," he said.

I'm thinking fuck dude, I'm changing sweaters! Sure I got it under control! Out loud I said "I've always got it under control."

He made some dumb comment that he's seen different, and when I asked him to specify, he couldn't come up with anything specific. Yeah, thought so.

So the rest of the night, with a few bastards probably next to stalking me, I didn't have anything else to drink. It sucked. Went through more smokes than I would have if I would've been drinkin'. So now I'm sitting here by myself, sippin' a beer.

Life really fucking sucks because of a few stupid people who can't think and need all the thinking to be done for them. So some people can't figure out to either get pissed, or drive home; that doesn't mean that I can't think for myself. I'm not stupid. I can have two or three beer at a party, and then drive home legally. I'm not going to drink ten beer just cuz I had two. I'm not stupid. I can have two beer in a night and be legal to drive at any given time, or I can get hammered and not be legal to drive until halfway through the next day.

Damn people pretty much ruined my night. Sure I wasn't going to get drunk, but all I could do sit there and chat and smoke. I felt like leaving...but I figured I'd stay and chat.

Fuckers. Let me make my own damn decisions already!
 
Indeed.

I'm not going to say you're stupid and would be wrong in driving home. I will say that a good amount of people who end up around poles also claim to have everything under control.
 
Well, everyone I've talked to today agrees with me. Being both a legal adult and over the legal drinking age, whatever decisions I make, I will be held responsible for any consequences. The hosts will not be in any trouble whatsoever. Minors, or those under the legal drinking age, is a totally different story.

And just to restate this, I will not drive while intoxicated. I don't have a problem with having a couple beer over a couple or three hours, and then taking off. That is not near intoxicated, for me at least. That won't bother me at all.

Fuck, last summer I was stupid; had like four beer in two hours, then hopped in the van and headed for a country party. Got pulled over, and blew a .04 BAC. Not even a .08. Wouldn't do that again, for sure. But this time I was only going to have a couple beer over the three hours I planned on being there. Anyways. Enough of my rambling.

Whatever. It's over. I just had to rant about it.
 
That's actually not true. If you get drunk at my house and then get in your car and kill someone, I too can be sued.

Again, even if you are an adult and can drink, if it's their party it's their rules. They might have been heavy handed about it but really, it's there way or the highway. And if you really think about it, they weren't TRYING to be jerks, they were looking out for your best interest.

I often have parties at my house that involve booze and 30 to 50 people. I don't take the keys from anyone but I can tell you that had it been my party and I said "gimme the keys" and you said no I'd have kicked you out.
 
Please tell me you are talking about a COLLEGE grad party. IF not, then you are a fucking loser.

If it's their house, and ppl are drinking there, then it IS their fucking responsibility to make sure that no one drives home drunk.

When I have friends over getting fucked up (alcohol or drugs) I make them take a field sobriety test before they leave. A very thorough one. I make SURE they won't fucking kill themselves, go to jail, or worse; kill/cripple another person.

Drunk driving is fucked up. These people were being responsible, and I admire them for that. So should you.

Give me a fucking break.
 
I understand knowing your limit and all, but they seem to only be looking out for their guests and their own interests. It would really suck to have a guest leave and get in a wreck, but it would suck even more to have that guest sue you.

I'm not sure how useful knowing your own limit is either. I can personally drink well over the legal limit and still function fine. Getting stopped and asked to blow into a tube is another thing entirely though.
 
According to MOST state laws if you have a social party where alcohol is served or consumed by guests and those guests leave drunk, you are responsible.

If you want to have your own party, then you are legally responsible for yourself and the attendants.
 
Canada. Drinking age = 19.

Same reason most of my friends in WA decided that Canadia's the place to be on their 19th, man.

But still, you have to understand--they're just trying to make sure no one gets hurt. Drunk driving is dangerous, and had you had a couple more than your known "limit," well, you're putting everyone on the road with you in danger.

The party hosts don't want to be liable for any consequences of said party. Hence, they're gonna make sure you're OK to drive before they give you your keys back, that's all.
 
Who wears sweaters anymore? :happysad:

You handled nicer than I would have. I would antagonized the shit out of him. Like twirling my car keys on my finger while taking a long sip of beer. :tongue:
 
Some provinces the drinking age is 18, like where I live. My school actually puts on a wet grad party (and it seems I'm the only person who thinks something is wrong with that). No driving allowed, whatsoever. They bring the kids out to the middle of nowhere on a bus.

It seems like the chaperons were just being responsible. Although you may know your limits, the hosts don't.
 
in Germany there is no such law i think.. never heared of it .. here you ares responsible for yourself in any situation, so if you are drunk and drive .. and fuck up something/someone you ares responsible for this action, not the party host..

i don't support drunk driving in fact i'm always the driver because i don't drink ... so the really drunk ones, and those who are planning that drive with me ..

bracham, i quite understand you in a way .. you are old enough to decide for yourself ... but if it's not your party, then you got to obey the rules of the ones who are responsible for it ...

i would welcome such a law here in Germany too, it would save lives!
 
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