A toast to the man who has taught us so much.
(submitted by Gina)
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Dad used to let us finish the beer. Whoever got him the new one, got to finish the old one.
Did he let you finish off his cigarette too?
And that began little suzie’s love of the sauce.
If they were so bad, why did these guys live to be in their 80’s?? All our dads did that–baby boomers should all be dead, we breathed smoke all the time
Thanks for the backwash, Pop………blech.
ROFL!!!!
I miss the good old days when dad could smoke a cigarette and give his kid a swig of brew without CPS, EPA, and whatever other organizations coming and knocking on the door.
Go back a couple centuries from the “good old days” and everyone living in cities was drinking alcohol starting pretty much when they were weaned. Drinking city water was a good way to die a terrible death.
It amuses me to think that the more anal retentive people out there wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for their ancestors drinking alcohol as children.
LOL i know, i was born in 76 and half of my baby pics my mom is holding me with a cig in her mouth LOL
Check out the curtain in the background and what dad’s sittin on, i believe they’re in a hospital room!
Hmmm you do have a point there. Sorta makes you wonder, eh.
Omg, I think your right. That’s great!
Goofball, that is a fold out bed.
it’s a hospital room.
the curtain is more diagnostic of it than the bed.
how exciting!
It must be the 70’s. I love the smell of beer on my husbands breath. Reminds me of my dad. Okay, just reread that and it sounds creepy, but it really isn’t like that. Oh lord.
lol ya we know what you mean
what kind of beer is that?
Non-Alcoholic. :}
yeah that doesnt even look like beer to me…
Yes back when you were allowed to smoke in hospitals. The kid is more in harm from the smoke and being in a hospital than beer. And the dad has a band aid on his finger.
But he has not hospital bracelette. It’s not against the law for a parent to give their kids alcohol and back them it did not have to just in the house like now. And beer is not going to kill the kid. Most kids do not like it anyway. And mum is standing behind him. And there is the person taking the photo. So that is three adults in the room.
It’s just beer! It’s not like it’s crack or heroin or happy drugs.
JUST BEER????? Are you kidding me its not like its crack or heroin or happy drugs????? I work with people that have gone down on their knees with JUST BEER just as quick as the people I work with that lost everything from crack. It is that kind of thinking that gets people addicted is its just beer. Its a drug
Lighten up Bryan — just because some people become alcoholics doesn’t mean everyone that has a drink does. Stop with the huge leaps of logic, it’s dangerous.
you are stupid
Oh stop it… anyone who says beer is just as addicting as crack is a moron.
There’s nothing wrong with drinking a few beers, but taking a few hits of coke is
very bad.
Go learn something!
“It’s not against the law for a parent to give their kids alcohol”
No, no, it kindof really Is illegal to provide alcohol for a minor, related or not.
You are both right. It depends on what state you are in. Where parents are allowed, it only pertains to their children and they have to be supervised. There are traditional or European families that have wine with dinner or alcohol to celebrate holidays and other occasions. I don’t think anything is wrong with that. When people are taught responsible use, not that it’s bad, bad, bad, they are less likely to abuse it. My parents let us have sips and small amounts of wine when we were little on special occasions. Some would think I should be a full fledged alcoholic now, but I maybe have 1-2 drinks like every 4 months. I guess I need to drink more!
I live in a state where it is legal to give alcohol to your children as long as they are
on your property. I have been drinking wine with dinner since i was eight and I think
it is totally acceptable. i am 31 years old and have never had an overindulgence problem
like our youth today. It is because we regulate them til they are 21 and then set them
loose with no boudaries.
regardless of the law or the morality of it, beer is normally safer than drinking water – cholera ,etc, doesn’t live in beer.
HOWEVER,
she’s cute!! not awkward! happy photo!!
Awkward!
“It’s not against the law for a parent to give their kids alcohol”…??! Really? I beg to differ.
You people are bringing me down worse than any drug or a hangover ever could. Awkward Family Photos is a happy place – happy, I tell you!
Excellent pic! *sigh* Reminds me of my old man…
This is exactly something my grandfather woud’ve done with my mom when she was a kid.
Nooo! The cat is much more funny!
What cat?
Nope – not a hospital room. That’s a ‘fold up’ sofa sleeper – I recognize the hinge. Spent way too many nights on such a dealio when visiting family all over.
I think it is a hospital room. Look at the curtain in the background. It has the pull tab on the end like a hospital curtain would have to separate the beds.
Yeah… that looks familiar.
Consider Dad is about to ash on top of the kid’s head, I’d say the beer is the least of the concerns.
Yeah… I was always amazed just how long my dad could get an ash to barely cling to the end of his smoke.
Sadly, this could be me and grandpa or dad. I, too, had curly hair and was more than encouraged to try some of their beer. In fact, I was told grandpa put brandy in my milk bottles to “help me sleep” through the night. Nice.
oh come on, having a child drink from a can of beer is one of the many failed parenting rights of passage the rents get to experience. heck, that’s how i learned to get my own juice when i was thirsty instead of bugging my dad for some of his drink. it’s a fond memory that usually takes place in the summer time between the ages of 3 to 5…
*Humming to the tune of “Smoking in the Boys’ Room”* Smokin’ in the hospital room…
That is ortlieb’s, philly’s “other” beer, back in the day when each city had a big brewery or two and employed people and created a tax base, until all you sheep started paying attention to madison avenue and buying all that crap bud light and coors light.
“Try Joe’s Beer”
Good Catch!
I think you all are taking this to far.
Some of you claim she will become f knows what, some are remembering their child abuse…
Fact of the matter is, this is a picture of an inocent little girl having a daughter pop moment for memories.
Sum it all down and you all know NOTHING of this photo, just comment with little ration.
P.S thats not my name.
All kids get curious and some even ask for a sip. I remember laying on the recliner with my dad and asking to try the beer in his hand, not knowing what it was. He let me have a sip… >> To this day, I hate the taste of alcoholic beverages. Haha, it was a good tactic on behalf of my dad to get me not interested in alcohol. Taste aversion, yay.
Exactly the same thing with me! ˆˆ
Way-to-go Dad!
Same with me too.. cured me of ever wanting to drink beer!
“Be careful not to spill ash in her hair, she’ll spill the beer”…was my husband’s first reaction when he saw this picture…
I really had no idea there would be so much reaction when I sent this. The truth behind the photo is it’s a family vacation in Wildwood, so it’s a cheap motel, not a hospital, and I grew up fine, never had an alcohol problem, my dad never abused us in any way, I’m happily married and just had a daughter of my own and don’t plan on giving her alcohol, but I don’t blame anyone who gives a “sip”, it’s personal business. Funny, the one friend I know who was raised in a hyperreligious household and banned from most everything (including watching Mtv, wearing makeup, and going out to parties) grew up to be a stripper and is divorced. There’s a balance between choking them with restrictions and letting them run loose, I hope I find it.
I agree with you. Thought it was funny, your dad was being a dad.
Ah, cheap hotel, that explains it, fold away bed, I was siding with sleeper sofa until now. And it makes perfect sense with the heavy industrial curtains.
Honestly my first thought when I saw the picture was “hey we have that same picture” ok no curly hair and it was a trashy 70s couch but yeah otherwise the same.
And for the record, I despise beer, don’t smoke, drink very rarely, and am very glad we left those fashions behind.
Gina,
Congrats on motherhood, and you’ve got some lovely hair!
aw, was that you? shooodieee woooodie wooodie
i added to the debate about beer/children/ethics/etc (”safer than most drinking water” and “she’s cute”) i think sums it up.
it’s a lovely photo.
there are similar ones of me (I grew up in the UK, scotland & england)
what cute little ringlets…
aww… melted my bitter, old, hardened heart.
How is that cigarette is hanging on to his lips?
Everything, in moderation.
Pfft. Everyone does things like this with their kid. You don’t think you will, and then suddenly you find yourself at home one night with your spouse, giggling just a little bit as junior sips off that little bit of beer sitting in the lip of the can. You can feel yourself thinking “Is this TOO wrong?” And then you think about that photo of your Dad/Uncle/Aunt/Grandpa giving you a sip of beer.
this is funny but i’m not getting “awkward” from it…
me neither.
it’s not awkward.
it’s relaxed and charming.
apart from that rather ghastly shirt
ahhhhhhhhh I miss the 70’s. When kids didn’t have to get a fake ID to drink a beer, they smoked a pack a day and never had to actually put their lips to a cig and cars didn’t have seat belts. The wonder years.
$20 says his shorts are undone.
The good old day! I remember when I would go shot for shots with my dad at about the same age. Hmm! the memories!
I am wondering if the woman in the abckground was happy with this situation? Maybe the baby was teething..a little slug of this kid and you won’t feel those old teeth…
My parents have photos of me teething on a beer can – fresh from the cooler it’s ice cold and un-opened there’s no chocking hazard!
And his ashes are about to fall in shirley temple’s hair and we have another michael jackson pepsi commercial….
here kid, learn to drink and smoke responsibly!
Too funny, my dad did the same thing.