A sensible British law? Never! [I Drank Alcohol Before I Was 21]
Throughout the civilised world - and America - it's seen as reasonable in most cases to have some sort of restriction on who can buy alcohol, given its interesting effects on people.
But 21, which is the law in the USA, is from a European perspective utterly insane.
My mother gave me/my siblings teaspoons of calvados to settle upset stomachs when we were little - probably my first experience of alcohol. I vividly remember having a sherry glass of wine at Christmas when I was 5 years old, I was probably 15 or so when, at a restaurant, I would have wine with my parents. Although obviously I couldn't (and didn't *coughs loudly*) buy it before I was 18.
This approach seems a little more sensible than demand people run like a terrific puritan from the stuff until one is in one's 3rd decade.
But 21, which is the law in the USA, is from a European perspective utterly insane.
My mother gave me/my siblings teaspoons of calvados to settle upset stomachs when we were little - probably my first experience of alcohol. I vividly remember having a sherry glass of wine at Christmas when I was 5 years old, I was probably 15 or so when, at a restaurant, I would have wine with my parents. Although obviously I couldn't (and didn't *coughs loudly*) buy it before I was 18.
This approach seems a little more sensible than demand people run like a terrific puritan from the stuff until one is in one's 3rd decade.
22-25, F
