HELP about parents!

[Party for GT4]

Last Saturday me and some frineds went round another friends house for the evening. In due time, we got out his dad's beers, since his dad said we could have some. He did say however that we couldn't drink any of his spirits.

However, as the evening continued, our rate of beer consumption increased rapidly.

By the end of the night, we had drunk a crate of 500 ml Stella, and three crates of other 250ml stubby bottles of beer.

Having realised we emptied the house of beer, we desperately staggered to an off-license at 11:30pm to buy repacements, however it was too late to serve us.

His dad took it pretty well, but the problem is that he was meant to hold a party where we sleep over in three weeks. But with our latest escapade, the party is at risk of being cancelled.

What do we do to convince his dad to let the party carry on, tell him the whole truth, keep shut up about us going down the offy, tell his wife who is more reasonable, or say we won't drink any of his booze at the party?

Since some of you are older, you might know what is the best plan.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

I think you maybe left out some important details, so I'll make the following assumptions:

1. You're not old enough to legally purchase alcohol.
2. You stuck to the "no spirits" rule.

If both of these assumptions are correct, I would suggest that you do the following:
Approach the father, and say "Thanks so much for the other night. We had a great time, sorry we drank all your beer! It was bad of us, but we didn't drink any of your spirits." Then offer money. It doesn't matter if it's only like £5 or something, but you should definitely offer some compensation. It will almost certainly be refused. Then ask if the party in a couple of weeks is still on. If so, state that you'll drop round a few days beforehand with some cash to finance the beer purchase. This offer may well be accepted, but hey, you want the stuff, right?

If Assumption #1 is incorrect, go to the off-license, buy some beer (as much as you can afford/are willing) and take it around, as a thank-you and a peace offering.

If Assumption #2 is not correct, you're screwed. You took advantage of the generosity, then broke the rule. You deserve to have the second party cancelled. Parents generally want to be able to trust their kids and their kids' friends, and are predisposed to allow a little slack if you maintain the trust.. If you break that trust, more fool you.

HTH.

 

[millencolin]

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie

If Assumption #2 is not correct, you're screwed. You took advantage of the generosity, then broke the rule. You deserve to have the second party cancelled. .. If you break that trust, more fool you.

HTH.

too true. Something similar happened to me the other week. my friend was having people over for the night. drink as much as we want etc.etc. but just one rule, be out of the house by 10am the next morning. Anyway, a few of us left at nine thirty assuming the others will follow suit, but they didnt. aparantly they left at 11:30am. the person who was holding it, her parents didnt seem cut when they left. but they were. basically no more partys at that persons place. ARGH.