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let me start by saying that im the so called "good girl" - 16, good family, kind, mature, nice friends, nice boyfriend, honor student, employed, all that stuff.
now, on cinco de mayo my mom and her boyfriend were talkin about goin out to eat at a mexican restaurant, and i said somethin jokingly about 'yeah, they have corona!' my mom flipped. she knows i dont drink.. and i would never think of doing drugs or smoking anything.. thats soo gross and stupid to me. also, ive never drank anything in my life. ive had sips of about 3 or 4 things just to try it, and it was all gross actually, but she doesnt even like me doing that. now, i know, shes my mom, she doesnt want me endangering myself or going and screwing up my life or getting addicted to some bad habit. i have no intentions to be some heavy drinker or partier, because i know all the bad things that can happen, but is it really some big deal to try sips of stuff, just to taste it? she doesnt drink although shes had margaritas and that kind of thing rarely, but "she wasnt drinking when she was 16 years old". ive told her over and over ill never smoke or do drugs, and that if i did drink, itd only be taste testing and that i know if i do, im not driving. no questions. but still its like its some HUMONGOUS deal. i mean i want the whole 'teenage/high school experience', and a sip or two here and there isnt gonna kill me. is it really that bad? and dont say oh well if you take a sip and you like it, youll drink more and more. no, i have more control than that. i wouldnt drink alot even if i did, especially if i was driving. ugh i dont know. thoughts???
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Well, you sound pretty set on your ways as far as not drinking & driving, doing drugs, smoking, etc. & that's great. But you should probably respect your mom's decisions. I'm sure she trusts you & is just looking out for you. But somewhere in the back of her mind, she knows that things CAN happen. Now, you say you have enough control other than to take more than sip. But if it's just a sip - do you have enough control to not drink at all? Is it really that important to risk the chance of getting caught just for a few sips? Yes, you want to experiment & I understand that. But it's just best to avoid from making it a bigger deal than it is.
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Your mom probably knows how you feel about drinking and all that. She also is smart enough to know what peer pressure can do to a teen.
Now you sound strong enough not to fall into that trap, but your mom will always worry you might.
She may know in her heart you wouldn't drink and drive or get pressured into getting into that stuff, but her brain tells her it COULD happen. Statistics on the news every night tell her it COULD happen. She is just scared.
So next time just reassure her you aren't into all that. Thats all she wants to keep hearing it! :)
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my only thought would be that you should respect your mom and know that she only wants the best for you even though it may seem mean. and about the whole thing "i can control myself" i'm not saying you can't control yourself and if you ever do like it you'll go crazy with it, but i am going to say you should still make sure and be careful, even with the sips. i know i really didn't help at all but i just wanted to say something.
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