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To make my kids walk home (withme) cos I have had a drink???

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drivinmecrazy · 26/05/2011 14:43

We live a 10 minute walk from school, the route we take meanders along a footpath, lots of wildlife and nature. To take the car also takes 10 minutes.
I have had a few drinkies with a friend over lunch, but now it's decidedly blustery. Kids are going to hate the weather but have no choice cos I have to walk to pick them up.
I know I have no choice but to walk but they are going to get blown to buggery. Now feel a teensy bit guilty cos it was sunny when I had a drink.
Should I have not had a drink at all (not had much but too much to drive) or should I have declined just in case my little darlings get a bit wet and windy swept on the way home

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drivinmecrazy · 26/05/2011 16:13

I don't get the 'Jayden' reference either, keep on thinking about whipping my hair back and forth

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drivinmecrazy · 26/05/2011 16:13

Sorry, thats her brother Confused

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LadyOfTheManor · 26/05/2011 16:14

Driving, do you drink every day? Or do you enjoy being around your children less most of the time when you're not drinking?

SoFluffyImGonnaDie · 26/05/2011 16:15

Maybe it's because Hullygully is suggesting that only parents who call their children names such as 'Jayden' would do something as disgraceful as have 3 glasses of wine and smoke cigarettes

Sqee · 26/05/2011 16:15

LadyOfTheManor Biscuit

happystory · 26/05/2011 16:16

'What if they need to the go to the doctor's or hospital?' Well, she'd get a taxi or ring a friend or if really serious an ambulance.

Poledra · 26/05/2011 16:16

"I'm of the mind that parents looking after children shouldn't drink a third of a bottle of wine."

LadyoftheManor, my DH doesn't drive. Are you suggesting that I should never drink more thna one glass in case one of my DCs needs to go to the doctor/hospital? What about people who don't drive/don't have a car? Do they get to drink since they could not drive their children anywhere?

northernrock · 26/05/2011 16:16

Britney Spears Kid-Jayden, right?
Daytime drinking makes me puke (literally)
Have a coffee and sober up woman!

BimboNo5 · 26/05/2011 16:16

Lady you are being very OTT and sanctimonious. She's had a couple of glasses not a fucking vineyard, get over yourself. Loosen up, get pissed and smoke some fags.

SoFluffyImGonnaDie · 26/05/2011 16:17

I don't think going out for lunch and having a few glasses of wine indicates an alcohol dependancy does it? I haven't done it since havin dcs purely because I would want to stay at the pub

LadyOfTheManor · 26/05/2011 16:17

It's personal preference. Some people like to drink a bottle of wine before picking their children up from school and some people don't.

usualsuspect · 26/05/2011 16:20

Can't your Manny pick them up?

northernrock · 26/05/2011 16:20

A few glasses is quite a lot in the middle of the day, and I say that as a wino who gets thru a couple of bottles a week.(And smokes the odd fag.)

Sqee · 26/05/2011 16:20

Beautifully said BimboNo5 Tho she probably only drinks organic wine made from grapes she has grown herself.

shineoncrazydiam0nd · 26/05/2011 16:20

I get what hully is saying.

LadyOfTheManor · 26/05/2011 16:21

I'm pregnant so I'm not drinking anything; and before I was pregnant I'd have the odd glass with supper when my ds was in bed. I wouldn't exceed one, if my husband wasn't here, and I wouldn't exceed one if he himself was drinking.

I most certainly did not drink a bottle before the school run.

bibbitybobbityhat · 26/05/2011 16:23

Don't make a habit of it drivinme, will you?

Tbh I am far more judgey that you drive the 10 minutes to or from school than that you've had wine at lunchtime.

But I do worry about alcohol. I know that makes me sound dreadfully po-faced, but I do. I think we are gradually becoming more and more boozy as a nation and it will all catch up with us one day.

I have two good friends, Mums who are a couple of years younger than me, and their dhs, who I truly believe are on the brink of disaster with alcohol.

But ... enough said Grin. Hope you enjoy your birthday celebrations!

Sqee · 26/05/2011 16:23

Well the bloodyfuck done! Now go knit something quickly or you'll just upset yourself reading this thread!

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WishIWasRimaHorton · 26/05/2011 16:24

has OP actually said she has drunk a bottle of wine?

Thingumy · 26/05/2011 16:24

now I get hully's post.

LadyOfTheManor · 26/05/2011 16:25

1 glass short of.

I got Hully's post when I saw it Grin

SoFluffyImGonnaDie · 26/05/2011 16:28

I got it I just don't think it is relevant what her dc is called and presuming she is a chavvy mum because she has had 3 glasses of wine and god forbid smokes is unreasonable in my opinion.

Disclaimer - I neither smoke nor indulge in daytime drinking

Sqee · 26/05/2011 16:30

(|)

SoFluffyImGonnaDie · 26/05/2011 16:30

Or have a child called Jayden for that matter

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drivinmecrazy · 26/05/2011 16:34

Ha Ha, sadly haven't got a drink problem, have just been off thread to make DD2 a (GENUINLY) organic milkshake. If it makes those perfect mothers out there feel better my DD1 was 5 when she visited a neighbour for tea but refused to eat it when she enquire 'was it organic' (I cringed with embarrasment). I enjoyed a glass or three today which I believe makes me a better parent cos I haven't completely forgotten what makes me happy (despite aproaching my 40th year) and yes that does include the occasional boozy lunch with girlfriends without making me a raving alchi Grin

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