My First Drink with my Son
Jul 19, 2014 10:14:05 #
My First Drink with my Son
I was reading an article last night about fathers and sons and memories came flooding back of the time I took my son out for his
first pint. Off we went to our local pub which is only two blocks from the house.
I got him a Fosters. He didn't like it so I had it.
Then I got him a Carling Black Label, he didn't like it, so I had it.
It was the same with the 1664 Lager and Premium Dry Cider.
By the time we got down to the whisky I could hardly push the stroller back home.
I was reading an article last night about fathers and sons and memories came flooding back of the time I took my son out for his
first pint. Off we went to our local pub which is only two blocks from the house.
I got him a Fosters. He didn't like it so I had it.
Then I got him a Carling Black Label, he didn't like it, so I had it.
It was the same with the 1664 Lager and Premium Dry Cider.
By the time we got down to the whisky I could hardly push the stroller back home.
Jul 19, 2014 10:25:53 #
I remember my first beer with my dad. I was 16 and at the time it was legal to drink in the pub if your parent was with you. I'm 62 and wish my dad was here to have another beer with him.
Jul 19, 2014 10:31:47 #
A10 wrote:
I'm 62 and wish my dad was here to have another beer with him.
And me as well.
Jul 19, 2014 11:19:43 #
Jakebrake wrote:
My First Drink with my Son br br I was reading an... (show quote)
I used to sneak Carling Black Labels out of my Dad's garage. To a 15 year old that was the best tasting beer in the world.
Jul 19, 2014 11:28:14 #
Jul 20, 2014 05:46:59 #
Ricontech
Loc: Colorado
Jakebrake wrote:
My First Drink with my Son br br I was reading an... (show quote)
How cool that you made the effort to have a drink with him! My dad never drank or had alcohol in the house. It was after I served my 2 years in the US Army that a friend ETS'd out a month after me so on his way to Detroit, he stopped off in Iowa to see me. The 2nd or 3rd day he was there, he, my dad and myself found ourselves downtown in the late afternoon and decided that we would drop into the local tavern and have a cool one in the heat of the day! I was 24 at the time and it was the FIRST DRINK I ever had with my dad. It is so sad that it was also the last DRINK I ever had with my dad as I left about 2 weeks later to work for the Northern Pacific RR in Livingston, MT. In the next 32 years, I never had another DRINK OF ALCOHOL with my dad and he passed away in 1997 at age 92 years and 29 days! I sure wish he were here today as I would surely have a cool one with him just to say I did!!!!
Jul 20, 2014 06:42:21 #
It is a cute story and does remind us of times past. I did not see my Dad for almost 25 years. Then Mom died and Dad and I spent a few days together. One night, all of the family had gone to bed and Dad and I decided to enjoy a little Jack Daniels he had. It was unopened and had a paper label on the top. They stopped doing that in about 1985 and this was 2014. So, we opened the almost 30 year old bottle and enjoyed a snort together. I was tired and ready for bed when he said "I think i could enjoy another drink". And so we did just that. It was the first time I ever drank with him and the last. He died three weeks later. Without my mother he only lived 23 days. I did finish the JD after he died.
Jul 20, 2014 07:47:53 #
alawry
Loc: Timaru New Zealand
A10 wrote:
I remember my first beer with my dad. I was 16 and at the time it was legal to drink in the pub if your parent was with you. I'm 62 and wish my dad was here to have another beer with him.
:thumbup:
Jul 20, 2014 10:07:17 #
When my brothers and I were young my dad would take us to the local bar so we could watch the New York Giants play football, since home games were blacked out. He never drank there and of course neither did we, but we were mesmerized by being in an adult bar anyway. We still talk about it 50+ years later.
Jul 20, 2014 10:29:19 #
tschmath wrote:
When my brothers and I were young my dad would take us to the local bar so we could watch the New York Giants play football, since home games were blacked out. He never drank there and of course neither did we, but we were mesmerized by being in an adult bar anyway. We still talk about it 50+ years later.
I was 18 and home on a week's leave from the Army after completing airborne training. Dad asked me if I would like to go to the pool hall. We lived in a supposedly dry county but everyone knew, if you wanted a drink you could get it at the pool hall. Dad ordered two beers but the owner reminded Dad that I wasn't 21. Dad said, "if he is old enough to parachute out of an airplane he is old enough to drink a beer." The logic worked because I got the beer and that is the best beer I ever drank. My Dad died in 1975 after many years as a coal miner. Sure wish I could have another beer with him now and wish all young men could have a father like mine was to me.
Jul 20, 2014 12:36:52 #
Jul 20, 2014 14:50:16 #
You are a rock star dad! ;-)
We all need to lighten up these days... Thank you for the smile!
Sonja
We all need to lighten up these days... Thank you for the smile!
Sonja
Jul 20, 2014 17:05:06 #
Hope you went to his funeral before you finished the JD
quote=kvanhook]It is a cute story and does remind us of times past. I did not see my Dad for almost 25 years. Then Mom died and Dad and I spent a few days together. One night, all of the family had gone to bed and Dad and I decided to enjoy a little Jack Daniels he had. It was unopened and had a paper label on the top. They stopped doing that in about 1985 and this was 2014. So, we opened the almost 30 year old bottle and enjoyed a snort together. I was tired and ready for bed when he said "I think i could enjoy another drink". And so we did just that. It was the first time I ever drank with him and the last. He died three weeks later. Without my mother he only lived 23 days. I did finish the JD after he died.[/quote]
quote=kvanhook]It is a cute story and does remind us of times past. I did not see my Dad for almost 25 years. Then Mom died and Dad and I spent a few days together. One night, all of the family had gone to bed and Dad and I decided to enjoy a little Jack Daniels he had. It was unopened and had a paper label on the top. They stopped doing that in about 1985 and this was 2014. So, we opened the almost 30 year old bottle and enjoyed a snort together. I was tired and ready for bed when he said "I think i could enjoy another drink". And so we did just that. It was the first time I ever drank with him and the last. He died three weeks later. Without my mother he only lived 23 days. I did finish the JD after he died.[/quote]
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