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I see no opening for escape.

Accept the punishment for your crime.

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This guy's right.

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If we worry, we die. If we don't worry, we die. So why worry?

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There isn't any magical cure for the situation you are in, however there are tried and true methods that you can use to both regain your parent's trust and avoid a situation like this again. If you want your parent's trust, take all the punishment that the event requires, and try to take it in stride. If your parents see you handleing the situation maturely, they will back off somewhat.  
  Seeing as you are 15 it would be difficult to explain your teen pressures to them, and it would also be hard to sell an argument that you are adult enough to drink. However, come your 16th birthday, I would suggest that you take on some responsibilities right away. My parents didn't get off my back until I started working, driving and paying for my own car insurance/gas. (Many young people don't pay thier own car insurance, but honestly it isn't that hard, and it is a good way to start asserting your independence.) After you have gained thier trust andacted like a responsible young adult in that way, they might be more open to your experimentations.
  Good grades, though they are nice, are not a responsibility apart from your parents. Trust me, they will never view it as anything more than a given, or something you should be doing at your age.  
  As far as not having this happen again, consider this next advice as vitally important. Whenever you drink with someone, make sure they are mature enough to keep quiet about it. Throwing a bottle of alchohol away at school was extremely foolish of your boyfriend. If he had thrown it away at home, I am sure if his parents saw it, the consequences would not have been nearly as bad. Also never brag/talk about your drinking habits at school, no matter how tempting it is. You never know who is listening.  
  That is all I have, hope it was helpful to you.

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thanks!

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Couselling for a drink? THATS FUCKING STUPID.
I drink and i'm 15 GOING ON 16... <.<  
I drank way more than that on occasions, My mum lets me dirnk in the house. I think you should tell your parents they need to give you more FREEDOM, your not a little girl anymore, your a YOUNG ADULT, and I think they are not giving you the respect you deserve tbf.

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This is the single silliest thing you could have said.

1. Regardless of whether or not we think it's ok, it is still illegal to drink underage. Your parents are responsible for you and your actions, so if they don't want you drinking, then either don't, or deal with the consequences when you do. THAT is being an adult.

2. Her father is an alcoholic, which means alcohol has done a lot of damage --or at least moderate damage-- to the family [most especially the mother]. Bringing a bottle of vodka to school is a BIG problem. You are not in school to get drunk, you are there to learn --at least that is what the purpose of it is. I understand fully her mother getting upset with her.

3. Bringing a bottle of alcohol to school should result in counseling. If you can't wait until after school to take a drink, then there is something going on.

I'm all for drinking, and I had my first drink in the sixth grade so I'm not against underage drinking. But only if the kid doing it is responsible about it.  

Face the consequences of your actions, it sucks, I know.

edit: If you drank it at home and he threw it out at school, then he is just dumb and you should face the consequences just for allowing him to be so stupid.

Post edited at 1:51 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 by Event Horizon

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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful.It's the transition
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Although the people bitching about your "punishment" are wrong. You deserve counseling if you actually thought bringing alcohol to school is a good idea, even if you didn't partake in it there. Your boyfriend is an even bigger idiot for bringing it back....to toss it. How hard is it to throw it over a fence or something? Fuck, put the bottle in the middle of the street, it doesn't matter.

And since you apparently need to be told this, stealing from your parents is not only wrong, it is incredibly moronic.

Post edited at 11:03 am on Jan. 9, 2009 by sykexl

Of course I'm in a different position since in my country nobody really cares too much about it and I also drank alcohol in public when I was under 18 although it's completely illegal. In fact, I'm drinking alcohol now, lol. But I'm 18 now so it's all cool. My mom never really cared too much anyways. In fact, she bought me this drink. lol

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i stole one of my step-mom's Smirnoff's and brought it to school. then i went to my boyfriend's house and drank a little of it... a campus supervisor caught him talking about how he threw it in the trash at school to get rid of it. so now we are both suspended and im probably gonna get slapped around a bit. What should i say to help my situation and help them be a little more understanding?

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More understanding? This makes no sense, you went to your b/fs and drank it so he saved it to throw it away at school and then talked about it infront of a campus supervisor who then somehow turned you both in leading to a suspension without any proof of said act being done other then what your b/f said....

All I can say to that is, get a new b/f with common sense and some loyality because somehow you also got suspended from him being dumb. YOU also need to start thinking with common sense and NEVER EVER bring drugs to school period, not even tylenol. That along with stealing, is a no no.

Hopefully your parents will realise they need to start doing better parenting. If anything, they'll understand that.