I don't want to sound like a bitch simply because I'm over 21 but...it's really starting to annoy me when underage minors want to tag along on "big girl" ventures. Let me explain better...
My friend "Carrie" has a 17-yr-old guy friend named "Dean". He's the kid brother of one of her best friends, Larry. A few months ago, we were planning to meet up with some guys that we hadn't seen in a long time and a bunch of their friends. We'd already planned this like a week or so ahead of time, since we felt bad that we bailed out on these guys before. The one guy even drove 8 hrs up from North Carolina that weekend to see us and his guy friend. Well when I get to her house that evening, 17-yr-old kid Dean is there and wants to tag along with us to the party these guys were having after the big game. I'm thinking, "Uhhhh I don't know how well that will fly, a bunch of athlete guys having an underage BOY trying to party with them when there's gonna be tons of alcohol." But we were too nice to say no, so we politely let him ride with us to the city until we found out where the guys were specifically partying. Sure enough, they were partying at one of the clubs/bars. There was no chance in hell they'd let in Dean, who is 17 but looks 15(plus, why would GUYS vouch for a boy??).
So we had no choice but to turn around and drop Dean off, which not only made me look like a "prick" in front of Dean for doing this, but also made us extremely late in meeting up with these guys. I really shouldn't have let Dean tag along anyway...I guess I was too nice to say "no," and being too unassertive always kicks me in the ass.But lesson learned for next time.
A few months later, Carrie brought Dean and another guy over to hang at my apartment for a bit. Of course Dean and the other guy kept asking for alcohol, so Carrie and I drove up the street to buy alcohol for them. But Dean was picky, and JUST HAD TO get Sparks black variety. And of course this bar didn't have sparks. I tried to buy him an alternative so he'd have something, but Carrie said, "OMG Dean would never drink that, he ONLY drinks Sparks! Let's drive 15 mins to the other side of town to the other take-out bar to find Sparks!" (Well she was driving, so it was her gas expense...I didn't mind)
Now is it wrong for me to be thinking: "It's a priviledge enough that Dean is getting the chance to drink at his age, so he really cannot afford to be picky"??
Now it is New Year's Eve, and my ex and other friends all want to hang out. However, my ex is in the military and is not down with drinking amongst minors and harboring underage drinking, since he doesn't want to risk getting kicked out of the Navy. We're all still sketching together some New Year's plans, and I told Carrie what my ex said and she said it wouldn't be right for her and the other friend to ditch Dean on New Year's. True enough. I might party with them instead of my ex, or catch up with him and his friends later...who knows. But the point is...isn't Dean a bit demanding and high-maintenance for someone that is only 17? I wasn't exactly an "alcohol virgin" when I was 17, but I usually had to fend for myself by stealing parents' liquor when they were asleep or actually succombing to drinking mouthwash to get my "buzz." Hells even when I was 20, my YOUNGER friends ditched me because they didn't want to get in trouble giving me alcohol!(bizarre story) When I was young, it sucked but I had to suck it up and wait until I was "of age." I do not know if I want to associate with someone that will always expect Carrie and I to commit a crime by getting him alcohol or sharing some of ours, you know? What do you guys think?


But lesson learned for next time.
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Because of those incidents, Dean's presence kinda annoys me a bit(I hope I don't sound too mean thinking this way).

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