What would you do in this difficult situation?

[cantwontwouldnt]

Your child who is 12 or under is away for the night. They call you and say that the person in charge of them has left and there is an emergency they cannot handle. You have had a bottle of wine/or 4 fine/or 6 beers etc. There is no option of walking/taxi/ambulance/calling someone to help. Would you get in the car and drive to them? About 30 minutes away.

Never D&D. You phone a relative/close friend and get a lift. Doesn't matter what time it is, if a friend gave me the situation you just have, I'd get up and get them there. However, your description is completely unrealistic, there are always other options, but I'd need to know what the emergency is before I made a decision about which of those options I'd use.

To ask a ‘what would you do if’ question you need to have valid options.

No police/ambulance/fire service isn’t a valid option.

You are being ridiculous.

And don’t drink and drive!

Absolutely this.

So we are in an apocalypse then, in which case no rules really exist anymore or at least aren't being dealt with by the law. Drive away. Who exactly is going to stop you, the police? They don't exist. Taxis won't exist either I'd imagine.

But I do question your parenting for leaving your children alone in an apocalypse. Seems a tad stupid. 😉

What a ridiculous scenario!! A world in which there are no police, taxi drivers, friends or family?! Honestly, OP-what’s the point?!

Presuming in your ludicrous fantasy game, I am unable to channel Monkey and summon a flying cloud, I’d probably just put my shoes on and walk to go and fetch them.

Drunk driving will create another emergency real fast. 12 is old enough to run/hide/do CPR with phone guidance.

Not ideal but better than dying in a crash.

This is an utterly pointless situation.
Because there is no “real” situation where you couldn’t, as an absolute last resort, call the police. So either you call the police, or you don’t actually need to.
Pointless post 🤷🏻‍♀️

See, the scenario is ridiculous enough that you can possibly assume that you do have the ability to channel monkey here.

Which makes your suggestion better than the OP’s getting in the car and driving anyway idea.

In a fake scenario where my kids were elsewhere overnight and I knew there was literally no other way for me to get to them other than driving, I wouldn't have a drink.

But it's a stupid scenario anyway. There is always an alternative to drink driving

No I wouldn't.

One of the most shameful things I ever did was drive drunk when I was about 18/19. It was terrifying apart from anything else, I would never ever do it again. I was lucky not to have an accident.

Fabulous-I always wanted to do that-so it would be a bit of a dream come true!!

This is utterly pointless. There is pretty much no circumstances that Police/Ambulance etc is not available. Sounds like the op is trying to justify drink driving where there is not justification.

No way, get a friend, family member, neighbour, anyone else to drive.

No, in this one I'd sneeze a lot then say thank you everytime someone said 'bless you', thereby killing all the fairies. The child could then escape while I finish my crisps.

I thought the thank you let the witches back in that you'd expelled by sneezing.
Being possessed would probably make me a better driver than drunk.
Let's assume.

No, I'd jump in an Uber.

I think that thanking a fairy is to put yourself in their debt. They will call in the favour.

Just don't engage with the fairies at all. They are capricious little buggers and not to be trusted.

No, been driving thirty years and never got in a car after a drink. DS 17 goes onto anaphylaxis and that's a huge part of the reason I gave up drinking completely. Several times I've given him his epi pen, grabbed him and run. It's far quicker than waiting for an ambulance. Those minutes have without doubt saved his life.

this is true. But you need to rescue your child of indeterminate age.

the indeterminate age will probably be useful though since time in fairyland works differently.

however, given fairies are in play I’m totally having house brownies. I’ll not engage with them and certainly never thank them so they keep on cleaning my house for me.

No way would I drive. That's a no brainer. I would call a sober friend and ask a favour. If that ended up not an option then police. Because obviously in the real world that is an option if it is an emergency involving a child like you describe.

Ah, in that case I would send the magic flying unicorns to help. If we're just making shit up.