sweetpee_1993
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2008
He did learn some hard lessons. If you even mention Patron he gags. It was the classic story: "It wasn't my first time drinking so I figured I could handle a shot. But then I was fine so I did another. Still fine. Didn't feel any different. One more. But then I don't remember anything after that." We really illustrated several points with this. 1.) We were not lying & knew what we were talking about when we told him nothing good comes from shots. 2.) Imagine being us & the next time he wants to go hang with friends. Or wants to drink. How would he feel? Would he be confident nothing bad was happening? 3.) Thankfully we were on a Disney ship. What happens if a lapse of judgement happened when he's out in the city? Dangerous! 4.) We set ground rules for good reason. Our #1 rule is stay out of other staterooms. The train wreck began the moment he disregarded rule #1. 5.) We played the disappointed card heavily. That one eats him up inside. I bet he was apologizing & begging foregivemess for weeks. A momma knows the right buttons to push!Can I ask you, did he learn to respect alcohol from that? I would think that, at least, he would never want to experience that again. What about your younger son? I ask, because as a mother, I worry about my own boys who seem to be of the opinion that the only way to learn a lesson is the hard way.
Yes, he learned some lessons. Then, several months later when he wanted a drink we cast the doubtful eye and he felt, again, the consequences of his irresponsibility. Takes a moment to destroy trust. Takes a long time to earn it back.
We cut them loose on the b2b NCL cruises we did in May. Both could order & be served beer. A couple bartenders that got to know my husband & me would serve them cocktails but they were watching them. We did a couple shots with the boys. But, we showed them responsibility. Drinking a glass of water between drinks. Showing them how to be chill and not end up in bad shape. They both did fine. I didn't have to haul anyone back to our room after any stupidity. Thankfully.