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dear prudence chat q: all the dads in the neighborhood get drunk taking their kids around trick-r-treating. should he be okay with this?

Posted by poxie (aka chris) Oct 31 '11, 10:24

TRICK-OR-DRUNKS

The dads I take my kids trick-or-treating with - all neighbors and family friends - bring thermoses full of strong cocktails when we head out. We walk around our neighborhood for maybe two hours, so by the end of the night, some of them are drunk and rowdy. As the only one not to bring a cocktail thermos I feel embarrassed for the men, because they are not smooth drunks and their kids notice their inebriation, and stressed out, because I feel responsible for making sure none of the kids fall behind. Last year when I mentioned that it might not be a great idea to drink during an event primarily centered around our children, and they blew me off. I am not looking forward to Halloween this year and am considering taking my kids to my in-law's neighborhood for the night. Should I broach this subject again with them or back off?

Responses:

though, on a related note: i *would* like to do caroling with some other adults and flask it, because that would be like traditional and shiz. - TFox Oct 31, 10:35 6
- I thought the houses where you sing are supposed to offer you "wassail" or the equivalent ? - JenBro Oct 31, 10:41
- "guys, we should do drunken caroling this year!" -- nm - Bloger Blore Oct 31, 10:36
- I'm banned from joining our neighborhood caroling group... - this is my costume Oct 31, 10:36 3
  - see? - TFox Oct 31, 10:36 2
    - hellz yeah. -- nm - this is my costume Oct 31, 10:37 1
      - as a matter of fact I'm going to see if my friends want to do it in Brooklyn again this year. -- nm - this is my costume Oct 31, 10:38
The dude is looking for someone to say his friends are okay and normal and to just go out with them. - ty97 Oct 31, 10:34 1
- i think the friends are taking something fairly benign and normal and ramping it to 11. - TFox Oct 31, 10:36
F*ck the other dads? ask them to share their drinks? how is this tough? -- nm - clockwork jones Oct 31, 10:32 2
- Realizing the writer is a chick makes this post even better. -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 10:35
- YOU should totally do an advice column. Silly questions should dry up within 6 months tops. -- nm - JenBro Oct 31, 10:34
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What neighborhood is this where the dads all conspire to get drunk together one night every year while escorting their kids through darkened streets? -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Oct 31, 10:30 1
- Seriously? - Spawn Oct 31, 10:32
Seriously? Do any of the people who write into crap like this have half a brain? - spamlet Oct 31, 10:26 19
- it makes it really easy when they write the solution directly into the letter. -- nm - this is my costume Oct 31, 10:27 5
  - You *know* prudence just circles it with a red pen. -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 10:28 1
    - Triple underlined, 3 circles, big exclamation points, and a "ARE YOU F*****G KIDDING ME?!" scrawled on it. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 31, 10:35
  - (i'm disappointed in your costume.) - TFox Oct 31, 10:28 2
    - GFY - this is my costume Oct 31, 10:30
    - In which I temporarily inhabit a costume - Will Hunting Oct 31, 10:30
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  - I actually read it that the writer was a she. - spamlet Oct 31, 10:28 5
    - Ah. In that case, conspire with the drunkard's wives. Let *them* do the nagging. -- nm - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 31, 10:35 3
      - seriously, has she never read Lysistrata? -- nm - this is my costume Oct 31, 10:36 2
        
        ........ - TFox Oct 31, 10:37 1
        
        oh, shaddup. :) -- nm - this is my costume Oct 31, 10:41
    - Good call. - Spawn Oct 31, 10:29
- all of them do (which is precisely the problem). -- nm - TFox Oct 31, 10:26 5
  - Yeah, there was supposed to be an "even" in there. (nm) - spamlet Oct 31, 10:27 3
    - you can try to get on the list... - TFox Oct 31, 10:29 2
      - My kid likes to play with my handgun, but when I try to stop him, the neighborhood kids call him a wimp. What should I do? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 31, 10:32 1
        
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  - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 10:27
I got an idea....take your kid trick or treating.....on your own. - Will Hunting Oct 31, 10:25
yeah, not really okay, but there's nothign you can do about it. take your kids elsewhere. -- nm - this is my costume Oct 31, 10:25 2
- Then the dads go off on your house. -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 10:26 1
  - *shrug* - this is my costume Oct 31, 10:28
OFFS. - Spawn Oct 31, 10:25

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