Would you have a couple of glasses of wine if your dc had a friend sleep over?

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

Dc (year 7) asked a friend to sleep over quite last minute today. Said yes of course. But usually dh and I would have a couple of glasses of wine with a movie on a Saturday night.

I've left the wine in the fridge as I'm just not sure what the "rules" are on this!

I drink more when dc having sleepover!!!

Why would people judge you ffs? I assume most people have a few glasses on a weekend and I know people do when my dc sleep over.

certainly did.

I never drank when my child was away in case I needed to drive to fetch them. Assumed it was the other parents responsibility if they were at ours,

Will no one save us from flour angels and the inappropriate use of nail polish?

No. My child wouldn't be staying anywhere where adults are drinking.

If I didn’t have wine in at a sleepover I’d say “sorry sweetheart, not tonight” a couple of glasses of wine makes it bearable!

Seems to be lots of judgement from you for my simply saying I’d prefer to have a clear head due to being responsible for a child that isn’t my own and the chaos factor a.k.a the known unpredictability of child behaviour during sleepovers.

I think it's a harder one that PPs are saying.

I'd keep one of you totally sober in case you need to be. It's different when its someone elses child.

No I would not. Every household is different and when you look after someone else kids I swear by you have to look after them better than your own. I'm not suggesting you would be neglecting them at all but not everyone drinks with their child at home.

What the hell is ‘chaos factor’? I googled it, and it seems to be a movie.

Is it just something unexpected going wrong…..?

I am always intrigued by people who say they never drink, in case they have to drive. Do they all have two cars, if they are two adult households? Or does the car have to remain at the house at all times, if a child is at home, in case the child needs conveying to hospital? What if you have more than one child and only one car? Does the entire family have to get into the car for all journeys, because you can't leave one child and a parent at home without a car?

"No, I wouldn’t. But I live rurally and rarely drink as I have to be able to drive in an emergency."

How many emergencies are you having that you sit there every single night preparing for one? Fuck me, do people really live like this?

If my child has a friend to sleepover I don’t drink wine personally. Just in case x

HNRTFT but back in the days when my children were at primary school in the late 90s it wasn’t an issue 🤷‍♀️I have three children and never really thought about any potential problems! Kids all safe and well inc friends and in their late 20s 😊

Yeh this.

Yes, some of us really do. Because we've had emergencies happen before that have forced us to learn from them maybe.
Do people really go through life as judgy as this? Fuck me..,. 🤗

I wouldn't and I wouldn't be impressed if someone invited my child over then both parents had alcohol.

This. In the real world with high school kids who just sort themselves out most parents would do exactly do normally.

I think you'll find at high school age you'll have no clue if they are even home

Not funny at all. Shes right.

You had no idea if your 12yr old came home on a night? And that’s somehow brag-worthy to sober shame other parents? 🫤

Yes of course.
A glass or two is fine.

Mine are high school age. Sleep overs frequent & common. They don't need adult supervision just an adult in the house.. until they are 14/15

Although this is MN where if you have more than a sniff of the sherry bottle on alternative Christmases you're a raging alcoholic...

I would drink a glass or two of wine. Wouldn’t even think about it. We do live in a city so getting a taxi any time is easy.