Can't believe what I am reading...

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Some people think that it's ok to give a child alcohol (as long as over the age of 5)

What the actual fuck?

I gave my 6 yr old a glass of cider when she fell off her bike.Cheered her right up and then she fell asleepl

Binky - or lack of, in my case!

Ah Thunderbirds and 20/20, to be fair my mam never gave me that but she did give me the money that was meant for my school lunch which I used to buy it

I made loads of flavoured vodkas ready for Christmas (including Galaxy mmmm) but events conspired to make it 'not quite appropriate' to dish them up. They are sitting in the larder staring at me, but I'd be a right sad sack if I started drinking them on my own.

Reckon they will have to keep until our Easter visit home :(

Last time I had Thunderbird was on my 18th birthday, I remember it well, I rescued a dog, it died in my living room about 2 hrs later, I spent the rest of the evening on my own drinking next to a dead dog.

How do you make Galaxy vodka?

Seriously Binky? That's pretty sad. :( Props for tying to save him/her

Nothing like a sip of communion wine to put you off alcohol for a while - certainly dampened 8yr old dd's interest in drinking

Aw Binky

Binky, that is a beautiful, sad and hilarious story rolled into into one

No lemonade Binky!

Seriously. No one would come and pick up the dog for me, so it stayed there all night until I could carry it down to the vets the next day.

Communion wine is the pits! In general I find the snacks at Mass to be quite poor.

Porto put it on the shopping list. You can't leave advocaat it goes off.

Hepsi doodah, can't remember her proper MN name had some lovely Werthers vodka when I was round there last month.

Binky's tale of 18th birthday drunkeness and death is an unwritten Johnny Cash song.

Aww Binky, that's so sad.

Happytalk, I make it in the dishwasher. I make all my vodkas in the dishwasher - I'm too impatient to wait for it to 'brew'

Binky - I have had the advocat since last Xmas when I last fancied a snowball. It is not looking good is it?

I can't remember a time when I wasn't allowed a snowball or two at Christmas tbh .

DD is 9 and has occasionally tried a sip of wine or beer and had a teaspoon each of brandy & port while I was making the Christmas cake - she's declared every taste of alcohol 'disgusting' clearly not her mother's daughter in that respect.

I really think it's the parent's call to make and the majority of parents are perfectly capable of doing so sensibly. Quite apart from anything else, how on earth could you police making it illegal .

I would have loved to have heard Johnny cash singing a song about me

LtEve - sorry your Holidays haven't quite worked out how they should. Hope your new year brings better things.

Porto, the lemonade is now classed as essential item and must be purchased, the advocaat's life must not be wasted.

Binky you are a country music legend.

My 3 yr old is a binge drinker, but only at Christmas in France.

My parents were forever plying me with drinks. I was allowed Baileys from 3 and cider from about 8 or 9. I still ended up getting regularly hammered in the park with my mates from about 13. The only difference is while they were drinking White Lightening out the bottle, I was drinking Gin and Tonic from a glass.
I am still a terrible binge drinker. I go for months without any alcohol then drink a bottle of Bacardi when our friends come round. That's probably worse than my parents bottle of wine a night.

My 8-year-old likes the Baileys icecreams ...