Thread: teenagers

Well good on you not to follow the masses..........


My Daughters are nearly 25 and 22 and I can say I have never seen them drunk..they do drink but rarely......or have ever smoked...I congratulate your parents for giving you good morals...I beleive we have done the same



Mrs ho har

Hey mate...

I drink but not heavily i have once vomited from drinking too much and have only been very drunk on a few odd occasions, Such as my 18th my girls 18th and last New Year. I find those three time acceptable to be drunk.

As for drugs and smoking dont do either and have no intention to try either, some of my mates are chimnys and pop pingers in town but that is their choice but at the end of the day i am there to pick up the pieces if they get into grief.

As for sex...come on nothing wrong with that.

So in conclusion best to steer clear of the drugs and smoke but aye its your choice to not do it and its their choice to do it

James, 19

i havent nothing sex it good but by that i mean people younger then 14 doing it and people having sex with a few people in a night(there is a few people in my year that are well known for that and they are quite regularly doing that at partys) they probly think its reely good but not wen they get a disease which will happen if they keep that up.dont think by me saying all this that im mr anti-sex because there is no such thing for a guy.good to hear that by the way
its a sensible choice just like owning landrovers is

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

going to a party to get smashed to me is one of the stupidest things

Mate, this is Australia. Nothing is worth doing, if it's not being done with a beer in one hand.

I am a teacher, well until tomorrow, and I continually ask me the same question. The kids come to school on a monday and tell me how this person was smashed and how they drank this much on the weekend etc etc and I ask them why they need to get drunk on weekends, their answer "cause its fun", I ask why they need alchohol to have fun and they say cause its boring if you arent ****ed. When they ask me if i drink and i tell them i barely drink at all they are shocked at how i can possibly enjoy myself without drinking myself into oblivion.

I guess we will just never understand.

Ahaha what an interesting thread.

Drinking - up until the age of about 20 I hardly drank at all. I could never see the point beyond about one or two. It costs too much, you forget things, do silly things, and its not particularly nice on all parts of your body. I much prefer to be the sober one laughing at everyone else. But these days I seem to be drinking more and more, but never to excess.

Smoking - I am guilty of that one, for a whole total of about 2 weeks. Then got the wake up call of my life. At age 15 I was diagnosed with a heart condition as a result of a routine ECG following one of the more stupid things I've ever done (but if I hadn't done it, the outcome re heart wouldn't have been pretty) and at the time I was a state level rower - in one day I knew I wouldn't row again competitively in a long time (if ever - which hurt, as it was 1 week out from nationals) and I'd never smoke again. In the ages of 15-16 I had heart surgery 3 times, and was admitted to hospitals 17 times through the year.

Sex - I'm not against it. But I've also seen the results of too many of my friends who haven't been particularly responsible, nowadays, I see that its a lot more of a decision and big thing than I ever thought it was during earlier years.

Drugs - I don't care how much anyone says that they are in control, it won't develop any further, pot is safe and has no effects blah blah... again, expensive, and stupid IMO. I have very very little time for people who delve into the drug world and then complain about their problems. I've never used recreational drugs and can't see that changing. Having said that I am friends with people who do use them, that's their choice but I won't be mopping up for them if the consequences come to bite them.

That's my 2cents on all the issues. In disclosure, I work in a bottle shop and this probably does influence what I say on some things (re: alco and smoking primarily). I've seen the worst side of a lot of people. Underage binge drinking really really gets to me. We currently are having problems with older people coming in, purchasing, and then giving to kids who sit in the carpark, I don't just mean their older friends, we've seen middle aged business worker looking people supplying it. Rant over.

Seano. (Who is 21 btw).

Originally Posted by subasurf

Mate, this is Australia. Nothing is worth doing, if it's not being done with a beer in one hand.

There's a huge difference in having a beer in one hand, and drinking yourself into oblivion.

Unfortunately, I think its becoming more of out culture that people do drink to excess - a culture hardly helped by some of our - ahem - sporting role models, among others.

Seano

Originally Posted by seano87

Seano. (Who is 21 btw).

...your not a teen ...

But yes i think we all agree;

1. Drugs are terrible!
2. Smoking is not a smart choice, but some people do it and that is their choice.
3. Drinking is ok in moderation and at the legal age!
4. Sex is the same as drinking in moderation or with people you can trust.

Here is another one to chuck in the pot, how about speeding and various stupid stuff behind the wheel?

I live on a property so since the age of 12 i was doing all the thing like handbrake turns and stuff in the bush so i am over it now...but lests face it we all love out landys too much to risk harming them let alone ourselves ...the stupidest things i do behind the wheel is drive over medium strips sometimes to get into side St's or drive straight over them small pointless roundabouts but i do neither of those when others are around