Why Parents Drink

[Beaches]

A father passing by his son's bedroom was astonished to see that his
bed was nicely made and everything was picked up.

Then he saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that
was addressed to "Dad." With the worst premonition he opened the envelope
with trembling hands and read the letter.


Dear Dad:

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to
elope with new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Mom and
you. I have been finding real passion with Stacy and she is so nice.
But I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercings,
tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that she is much older
than I am.

But it's not only the passion...Dad she's pregnant. Stacy
said that we will be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods and
has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children.

Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn't really
hurt anyone.We'll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other
people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy. In the meantime we
will pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Stacy can get
better. She deserves it. Don't worry Dad. I'm 15 and I know how to
take care of myself. Someday I'm sure that we will be back to visit so that
you can get to know your grandchildren.

Love,Your Son John

P.S. Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at Tommy's house. I

just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the report card that's in my center desk drawer.

I love you.
Call me when it's safe to come home.

[Beaches]

I honestly sent my mother one of these types of letters (from the daugthers perspective) when I was in college to prepare her for my chemistry grade

[Java]

That is awesome, I can't believe I never thought of that.

[IAD]

Yes...as parents we tend to over do things about are kids behaviour ! My wife is really good at this. She keeps telling me to talk to my son about his attitude. You know, I can remmeber when I was his age.....I was worst that he was ! How can I honestly rag on him when I was as bad as he was ? My wife was a goody-2-shoes ! IAD...Help !