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Too young for Alcohol?

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DollyD Thu 22-Feb-24 15:29:27

I’ve had to bite my tongue I’m afraid but I’m really not happy about my Dd and Dsil buying my 15 year old (16 in a couple of months) a bottle of larger when they go out for a meal.
This seems to have started last Christmas and is now a regular occurrence.
He also goes with his Father to watch football every weekend and goes fishing with him and I’m sure the same thing is happening on these occasions.
He’s very mature looking for his age and at over 6 foot tall, could easily pass for 18 but still, he’s just a boy.
Is it just me?

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Momac55 Sun 09-Feb-25 22:54:30

Could be worse they could be buying him lager

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Momac55 Sun 09-Feb-25 22:56:02

Seriously I would tell them in no uncertain terms to pack it in they have no right to buy him alcohol without your permission

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win Mon 10-Feb-25 10:09:56

MissAdventure

The original op refers to the grandson being given lager.
Alcohol is alcohol, is alcohol, surely?

Actually not really Miss Adventure, alcohol come in lots of various strength fro None alcohol to 80% and loads of variations in between. A low alcohol lager at 5% is harmless but still considered alcohol in law. an 80% Rum is extremely potent and will knock the head off most people as you can imagine., Even lager is available in loads of various strength from 0% to around 8.5%. This is where drink/drivers often come unstuck as they do not realise the quantity of alcohol they are consuming.

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pascal30 Mon 10-Feb-25 14:17:48

Sounds like good parenting to me...

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mabon1 Tue 11-Feb-25 14:08:43

Yes indeed their rules do noot interfere.

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