Here legal age to drink alcohol is 18 but police never did much about it in the past so if you were minor and you could get it in some way, no one was going to do anything about it... just since some years ago they realized that they should control it more so they begin punishing to those who sell it cause they finally saw that controling it was an effective way to avoid having irresposible teens driving and killing themselves or someone else...*facepalm* so... i was raised almost same as you and totally agree with you about teaching children about alcohol and let them have a sip under their supervision most children doesn't like alcohol too much, it's too strong for them so in my sister's case, it turned in she not liking alcohol at all, just beer and certain sweet drinks but she almost never drink and if she does it's in very little amounts and ..in my case.. i loved it LMAO, but not beer, i didn't want to try beer and wine again until i was long over 21 as a child i loved cider and sweet sparkling wine but i only could have a bit of it at Xmas or New Year and they only let me have half a glass when i was over 15... anyway, when i was of legal age, i had more of it XD, and yes, i really like alcohol, now i even like the bitter tasting drinks but i don't feel the need of having it in big amounts, usually i become sleepy or happy, depends on the drink, after a glass.... so normally i stop there :P i drink when i want which lately is really not often and well... i don't have a car *giggles* (the only problem is when i'm in a bar or disco cause "happiness" makes me look at men as if they were all Brad Pitt or Jared Leto... and then when i sober a bit i realize that i'm dancing with Lyle Lovett... XD) and yes... responsability in my opinion is not a matter of age, is more a matter of how your are raised and what things and values are taught to you....
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Date: 2010-05-01 03:52 pm (UTC)so... i was raised almost same as you and totally agree with you about teaching children about alcohol and let them have a sip under their supervision
most children doesn't like alcohol too much, it's too strong for them so in my sister's case, it turned in she not liking alcohol at all, just beer and certain sweet drinks but she almost never drink and if she does it's in very little amounts
and ..in my case.. i loved it LMAO, but not beer, i didn't want to try beer and wine again until i was long over 21
as a child i loved cider and sweet sparkling wine but i only could have a bit of it at Xmas or New Year and they only let me have half a glass when i was over 15... anyway, when i was of legal age, i had more of it XD, and yes, i really like alcohol, now i even like the bitter tasting drinks but i don't feel the need of having it in big amounts, usually i become sleepy or happy, depends on the drink, after a glass.... so normally i stop there :P
i drink when i want which lately is really not often and well... i don't have a car *giggles* (the only problem is when i'm in a bar or disco cause "happiness" makes me look at men as if they were all Brad Pitt or Jared Leto... and then when i sober a bit i realize that i'm dancing with Lyle Lovett... XD)
and yes... responsability in my opinion is not a matter of age, is more a matter of how your are raised and what things and values are taught to you....