01-11-2005, 12:02 PM
damnit458 Wrote:white_2kgt Wrote:Let me see if I can get this straight.
1) You borrow dad's car
2) You pick up your ***MINOR*** friends
3) You allow them to bring alcohol into the vehicle
4) You DRIVE ***MINOR's*** around w/ alcohol in YOUR DADs car which you are driving
5) You LIE to your dad about being around alcohol (yours or otherwise)
6) You wonder why they say you can't drive THEIR car anymore.
--chad
As angry as I am after reading your post, I wont argue with you. I did allow my minor friends to bring alcohol into the car. I did drive them arround, and I did lie to my dad (although Im not that ashamed of lieing to him since I could not even remember at the time that I had let my friend do that).
The above is given. However, I DID come clean and tell him the truth, as I stated in my first post. I did allow my friends to bring alcohol into my car, because they would have driven and drank anyway if I hadnt. I have not yet, and will not regret driving them, despite the consequences or how fucking angry I am at them, because I'd much rather them drive with me and drink rather than driving themselves and drinking, which they are both known to do.
Im not going to sit there and turn a blind eye to fact that kids my age drink and drive when I know ill be sober for the evening. I was careless and got penalized for it. If the consequences are that I not drive till I get a car then so be it. I have yet to piss and moan about this, and I wont. But I stick by what I did, and would do it again anyday.
Oh, and btw chad, as I said before my dad still didnt believe me after I told him the truth. My dad has no faith in me, especially when it comes to cars, because of my past history. HOWEVER, i have never been in any situation that has implicated me to him for driving drunk, so I find it offensive that he immediately stops listening to me after I try and tell him what really happened.
Well, you have those choices but at some point you have to decide how deep your want to get in with your friends. Sure it is alcohol today, what if it is pot next week, and coke the next month? I'm sure your dad understands that you were looking out for your friends but he also doesn't want you to get dragged down with them. At some point you need to tell your 'friends' to cut the crap out and grow up and be responsible for themselves. You are not their babysitter. Next time they want to pull this tell them not to, explain to them how you don't want to get in trouble anymore. If they are real friends they will understand, if they are not, then let them go on their own. Getting busted for underage drinking/driving/possession won't look good on your record for year, getting busted for illegal drugs will mess you up for even longer. This is where your dad is coming from.
--chad