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DH got drunk with my daughter(his stepdaughter) and her friend

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ByTealDreamer · 06/05/2024 20:15

I am trying to figure out if i am overreacting or not. I allowed my daughter and her friend to hace a drink at a sleepover over the weekend (with the friends parents permission of course), and my DH decided he would sit there and get drunk with them alone and discuss some questionable subjects. My daughter and her friend are both under 16, though i wont specify exact ages. am i wrong for think that him discussing topics such as anti-muslim hate(something i by no means agree with), pedophilia, transphobia and other controversial topics, with two young and impressionable teenage girls whilst they had had a drink was out of line and absolutely absurd?!
please give me some opinions cause i cant tell if im seeing it for something it is not.

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ByTealDreamer · 06/05/2024 21:02

Tygertiger · 06/05/2024 20:54

So they’re either 14 or 15. And you haven’t put a firm boundary in around alcohol. That’s really not on, OP. It’s not what most parents do, or most teens. You need to reflect on why you think it’s OK to normalise drinking with your daughter who is in her early teens.

there was a firm limit on both girls alcohol intake. he allowed my daughter to exceed that without my knowledge. i take responsibility in the sense maybe providing alcohol was wrong, but i assumed it would be okay since the other girls parents provided my daughter with alcohol too and i had their direct consent to give her some. the friends limit was not exceeded.

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GlobalCitz · 06/05/2024 21:02

Very recent studies have demonstrated that it's not "safer" to have tweens/teenagers drink at home.

In fact, a highly publicised study just proved that the UK's practice of doing just this results in the worst outcomes when it comes to future binging and other undesirable behaviours.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e8fb3ec6-ec21-11e8-8888-d940336e3709?shareToken=e14f24fc21cf8cbbb351bc01125d29cb

Laiste · 06/05/2024 21:01

So what are you going to do?

PurpleJustice · 06/05/2024 21:01

ByTealDreamer · 06/05/2024 21:00

i had no idea my DH would be discussing anything of that sort with them, or even discussing anything with them. i had a limit on how much my daughter could drink and he allowed her to exceed that limit. (not the other girl though, she stayed in her parents limit!)

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So now you know, what are you doing about it?

ByTealDreamer · 06/05/2024 21:00

i had no idea my DH would be discussing anything of that sort with them, or even discussing anything with them. i had a limit on how much my daughter could drink and he allowed her to exceed that limit. (not the other girl though, she stayed in her parents limit!)

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Laiste · 06/05/2024 20:59

i was not expecting him to get drunk with them and allow my daughter to drink two bottles of alcohol without saying a thing

All sorts of wrong here from him, and if i were you OP i'd be doing a bit of introspection on my own opinions around appropriate behaviour at sleepovers and my attitude to alcohol.

So many things could have gone wrong above and beyond what has happened already.

5475878237NC · 06/05/2024 20:58

Tygertiger · 06/05/2024 20:54

So they’re either 14 or 15. And you haven’t put a firm boundary in around alcohol. That’s really not on, OP. It’s not what most parents do, or most teens. You need to reflect on why you think it’s OK to normalise drinking with your daughter who is in her early teens.

Atrocious parenting here from you OP. Let alone this bloke.

YoureStuckOnMeLikeATattoohoohoo · 06/05/2024 20:58

Your husband decided to gatecrash a young teen sleepover, get pissed and discuss paedophilia amongst other controversial topics?

No wonder you feel dodgy about it, I would too.

He sounds like a creepy step dad who thinks young girls fawn all over him because he's just so cool and not like other parents.

I wouldn't be able to look at him the same again.

5475878237NC · 06/05/2024 20:57

Sweden99 · 06/05/2024 20:28

I went to the pub with my Dad when I was 16. I am not sure it is that unusual.

Are you seriously comparing the two scenarios?

Universalsnail · 06/05/2024 20:56

I think the drinking was fine aslong as they were close to 16 and he wasn't like falling over drunk, but the topics of conversation is somewhat questionable. Did the topics come from him, it them? I used to go to the pub with my Dad at 16.

TuesdayWhistler · 06/05/2024 20:56

Fuck off with the vague bollocks.

Between 13 & 16 my fat arse.

Why are you concerned really?

You're very bothered about your partner drinking with them, but you seem not at all bothered that your child was supplied with alcohol by another parent.

What's the real issue?
You either trust your partner, or you leave.

Tygertiger · 06/05/2024 20:54

So they’re either 14 or 15. And you haven’t put a firm boundary in around alcohol. That’s really not on, OP. It’s not what most parents do, or most teens. You need to reflect on why you think it’s OK to normalise drinking with your daughter who is in her early teens.

TinyGingerCat · 06/05/2024 20:54

Where were you all the time this was going on? If you weren't there how do you know what they discussed? I don't understand why you thought giving alcohol to underage kids was ok and why after you had organised this you weren't present. I'd be really pissed off with you if i was the other girl's parent.

PurpleJustice · 06/05/2024 20:53

It all sounds a bit seedy to me.
Grown man hanging around 14/15 yo girls, neither related to him, drinking together. And paedophilia was his topic of choice?

Weird.

Maray1967 · 06/05/2024 20:52

Yes, he’s been a complete idiot. He should have checked they were ok and left them to it. Or he could have stayed in the room and been sensible. But he should not have been drinking heavily while in the room with them.

MidnightPatrol · 06/05/2024 20:52

IMO

Having a drink under 16 if parents ok with it? Fine.

I’m impressed how many respondents don’t think under 16s drinks with adults at home on occasion. They’d drink anyway, home is a safer environment.

Topics of conversation? Unless he was being weird in some way, they are fine.

These are topics they will read about in newspapers, online, social media, hear at school etc. It could be a good thing to be able to ask questions of a trusted adult.

The only bit I’d say is questionable is letting them get drunk / have more than you had agreed to, and him being drunk enough it was notable.

Lesson for the future - pre-agree how much they can have. And perhaps a warning to your DH to just be a bit thoughtful about it.

idreamoftoddlersleepytime · 06/05/2024 20:51

WTAF. Your DH is getting pissed with 14/15 year old girls? And you're supplying the alcohol? Totally irresponsible on all fronts. You, your DH and the other child's parents.

Starlight7080 · 06/05/2024 20:51

Why did they need to be drinking?! It's 18 for a reason. And yes the step dad is weird and creepy .
1 drink ok getting drunk is stupid and irresponsible of you.

thanKyouaIMee · 06/05/2024 20:51

I mean you're both acting totally inappropriately!

He sounds like a classic old creepy drunk racist person.

You sound like you're shifting blame onto him, rather than accept that you had underage drinking children at home! Also refusing to clarify ages but saying between 13-16 is just odd.

I'm questioning your judgement leaving two underage girls to drink with an unrelated male. Why did he want to drink with them? Why did he discuss such topics??

ByTealDreamer · 06/05/2024 20:49

woke up the next morning saying he had a headache because he drank too much

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ByTealDreamer · 06/05/2024 20:48

exactly, if my daughter said her friends stepdad did that id be worried. but i had no idea he would do that because i thought hed have an ounce of common sense to not get drunk with two young girls and then discuss things like that😭😭

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Coshei · 06/05/2024 20:47

fieldsofbutterflies · 06/05/2024 20:41

A grown man thought it appropriate to get two children drunk - that is the bad thing. How can you not see that that's not okay?

Read the op again. They were allowed to have a drink. The OP never said that they had gotten drunk. If 15 I’d say it’s reasonable enough to let them have one drink.

ByTealDreamer · 06/05/2024 20:47

im not saying there age as i dont know if the other girl would be fine with that, i don't particularly want to take privacy away from my daughter or her friend though i realise some may find it extensive that id do that. the girls parents had gave my daughter drink before (with my permission) and whilst my daughter doesnt drink regularly, i figured it would be fine if it was in a small amount.

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Maray1967 · 06/05/2024 20:45

If my 14/15 year old DD came home from a sleepover and told me that her mate’s stepdad discussed those topics while drinking, while you weren’t there, I would be very concerned.

ByTealDreamer · 06/05/2024 20:45

feel like i should clarify that the reason drink was even supplied is because i had the other girls parents consent, and my daughter had had drinks before with them. for some extra context, it was at about 11 at night from what my daughter said, i was putting my son to bed and trusted DH to make sure they were okay. i was not expecting him to get drunk with them and allow my daughter to drink two bottles of alcohol without saying a thing (the other girl was only allowed to drink what her parents said she could though.) the girls are over 13, under 16.

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