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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 571013" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>i think you handled the situation as well as anyone would--in fact, i couldnt promise that i wouldnt be a screaming, yelling lunatic on the ride home so i think you deserve a lot of credit for staying cool.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>i just wanted to comment on the fifth. this might not be as "magical thinking" as it seems. i dont know if its still a popular thing, but years ago there was an actual, written contract for drinking and driving (it might have been put out by MADD)....it was actually given out in health class.</p><p></p><p>(i remember this VERY clearly as my parents refused to sign it, lol!)</p><p></p><p>but it DID say something about a doing the right thing and being a responsible drunk and calling for a ride and not driving. it also said something along the lines of you'll never be in trouble for it in that moment....there will be consequences of course--but that the parents wouldnt yell, scream, ground and would recognize that you were being responsible *at that moment* and they would pick you up with no drama. (hence the reason my parents wouldnt sign it, LOL...they'd have probably driven me to jail themselves)</p><p></p><p>i have no idea if they still do it in school, or if there are still PSA's about it but when you typed that it just sounded oddly familiar.</p><p></p><p>and i'm certainly not excusing any of her behavior, which you've appropriately handled....i just wanted to shed light on <em>possibly </em>what her mindset was....</p><p></p><p>and ps: has she ever been treated for anxiety issues? cause sometimes that babbling deer in the headlights is actually Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 571013, member: 8831"] i think you handled the situation as well as anyone would--in fact, i couldnt promise that i wouldnt be a screaming, yelling lunatic on the ride home so i think you deserve a lot of credit for staying cool. i just wanted to comment on the fifth. this might not be as "magical thinking" as it seems. i dont know if its still a popular thing, but years ago there was an actual, written contract for drinking and driving (it might have been put out by MADD)....it was actually given out in health class. (i remember this VERY clearly as my parents refused to sign it, lol!) but it DID say something about a doing the right thing and being a responsible drunk and calling for a ride and not driving. it also said something along the lines of you'll never be in trouble for it in that moment....there will be consequences of course--but that the parents wouldnt yell, scream, ground and would recognize that you were being responsible *at that moment* and they would pick you up with no drama. (hence the reason my parents wouldnt sign it, LOL...they'd have probably driven me to jail themselves) i have no idea if they still do it in school, or if there are still PSA's about it but when you typed that it just sounded oddly familiar. and i'm certainly not excusing any of her behavior, which you've appropriately handled....i just wanted to shed light on [I]possibly [/I]what her mindset was.... and ps: has she ever been treated for anxiety issues? cause sometimes that babbling deer in the headlights is actually Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). [/QUOTE]
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