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1 year old BD party. Other sibling is 3. They invited family/friends and their kids.
So they had cousins, our kids, their friends kids, etc.
Rented a bounce house, have a playground, etc.
Served dinner.
They had a variety of beer & wine available.
I think I had two beers ...... the first while talking with the other guys around the grill, the second when we were seeing if the kids would sleep there or not (our little guy wasn't going for it so we ended up going home) ....... however, some had their kids down for a nap and the adults were sitting outside talking and having a couple drinks with our friends and their parents
I spent most of the party playing with my kids though or getting roped into one game or another.
My wife was able to have a couple as well as she was talking with the adults when I was watching the kids.
Not a big deal at all.
Just because there are drinks doesn't mean everyone is falling over sloppy drunk, breaking things, neglecting kids, yelling, swearing and acting like idiots.
None of the kids were old enough to have any desire to drink - from my personal POV as long as the kid was out of HS and was comfortable having a drink with their parents, I'd be fine having a drink or two with them ....... however, it would be the end of their night and it would be limited ....... basically a "you can have a couple drinks and hang out, but you're done for the evening ....... you don't leave the property until tommorrow" - this would probably shift if it were my kids at a friends house though ...... at that point if you aren't legal you aren't legal as I wouldn't shift any potential liability to my friends
We had a Bar Mitzvah at our house yesterday (last one). 50 kids, 40 adults, with a handful of the adults under 21. We had a bar and a bartender. The kids didn't drink. The adults did. I guess I don't see what the problem is?
Didn't have alcohol available at most birthday parties, as they were held outside the home, during the day. Anything held at home, including birthdays, christenings, First Communions, graduations, etc, yes.
Sometimes people did have a bit too much, and we put them up for the night. It didn't happen often.
Didn't have alcohol available at most birthday parties, as they were held outside the home, during the day. Anything held at home, including birthdays, christenings, First Communions, graduations, etc, yes.
Sometimes people did have a bit too much, and we put them up for the night. It didn't happen often.
When my youngest was 5, he was invited to a bowling birthday party for one of his friends. The friend's extended family (grandma, aunts, uncles, etc.) showed up and proceeded to start ordering pitchers of beer and getting a little too tipsy for a group of kindergarten aged kids to be around.
I have honestly never seen adults come to a kids party and ruin it like that before. Needless to say, we made a hasty departure as I didn't feel it was appropriate.
Well, the one year when my daughter had her birthday party at a bowling alley I tossed a little rum into all the kid's cokes. Just for the fun of watching them stagger on the lanes trying to throw the ball. It was a hoot.
Yes, of course I just made that up. But can you imagine?
When my youngest was 5, he was invited to a bowling birthday party for one of his friends. The friend's extended family (grandma, aunts, uncles, etc.) showed up and proceeded to start ordering pitchers of beer and getting a little too tipsy for a group of kindergarten aged kids to be around.
I have honestly never seen adults come to a kids party and ruin it like that before. Needless to say, we made a hasty departure as I didn't feel it was appropriate.
Neighbors used to do this regularly. Their childrens' birthday parties became just another excuse for the adults to tie one on. Thankfully they have moved, but just another example of how some adults need everything to be about them.
Neighbors used to do this regularly. Their childrens' birthday parties became just another excuse for the adults to tie one on. Thankfully they have moved, but just another example of how some adults need everything to be about them.
My son went to a classmate's party at a fire hall recently. It was a six hour party (longer than a wedding!) and there was lots of booze. Just seemed overkill to me for an 8 year old's party, IMO.
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