I'm shopping for my niece's 15th birthday.

[OilemFirchen]

Which do you think she'd prefer?







She likes grape.

[saidsimplesimon]

1. none of the above

Perhaps a contribution to her college fund?

[OilemFirchen]

2. These are a bit pricey, but she's worth it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. $10.95 for 30?

Not at all bad, but the thought of actually smoking one of those would put me off grapes for the rest of my life.

[OilemFirchen]

5. You're right. Especially compared to these, I would suppose:

Link to tweet

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. Urp.

[Docreed2003]

4. In case you were looking for a budget friendly option

[OilemFirchen]

6. $7.99 for a six-pack at WalMart:

[Docreed2003]

7. Nice!!

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. Nice choice!

The kids at a graduation party I attended this summer were drinking stuff like that. Fortunately, it was high school and not grade or middle school. Plus, the parents were paying for their kids' Ubers home.

[Blue_true]

19. Your state allows under 21 alcohol drinking.

I approve of responsible parents introducing their kids to alcohol, in restaurants and at home, I think that would help reduce binge drinking by young people. But I don't see moralists approving of such societal changes.

[greatauntoftriplets]

22. Nope.

The legal age here is 21. Fake IDs are easy to buy, or so I'm told, and much better in quality than the one I had.

Anyway, I'm not one to condemn because I was the kid who drank my godmother's straight-up martini on my 2nd birthday.

[Blue_true]

26. I got into my dad's stash at around 11 (with my brothers and neighbors and cousins) and

got insanely drunk. I came within a vomit (I threw up and that may have saved me), or a few more gulps of the stuff to end up in the hospital and on a stomach pump. Never touched the stuff after that.

The thing about alcohol for me is that if I drink it slower, I don't like the taste at all. That day that I got drunk, I was poured a glass and basically drank it down like water on a hot day (it did burn my throat some, but not enough for me to not treat it as a liquid, plus I chased it with some water), I did not fully get the nasty taste until it was all in my stomach, then I threw up.

[greatauntoftriplets]

33. Sounds like it's good that you don't.

You must have bad memories after that experience. I don't remember the martini, of course. My parents said that I was fine afterwards and slept really well that night.

[Blue_true]

34. You were an amendable drunk. I don't remember what type of drunk I was. I do remember puking. nt

On edit:

Maybe since it is the only thing I remember, I was a puking drunk. Just as well that I swore off alcohol, with a tendency to get slosh-faced and puke afterward, I would have ended up looking like something in a crypt in an Indiana Jones movie by now.

[msongs]

8. she'd prefer cash $$ IMO nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. I'm getting so old... what is 'ejuice?'

[GoCubsGo]

12. Liquid nicotine for vaping.

The grape and other fruit flavors and the cartoons make that stuff more attractive to the kiddies. Easier to get them hooked that way.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

13. Ugh. I was hoping it was a Red Bull kind of thing.

[lunatica]

14. Nothin cepting da booze

Save that for the year she can drink legally. She’ll love it.

[OilemFirchen]

15. She can legally imbibe the other products?

That's sure to put a smile on her face.

[lunatica]

16. My response was premature

I changed it.

I had no idea what these things were! I thought it was all grape juice for real!

[OilemFirchen]

17. Okay, it's not grape, but...

it does have fruit in it!

BTW, I have a friend who's addicted to Nicorette.

[Blue_true]

18. A 15 year old kid?

You put up a picture of Grape Smirnoff and you have to ask?

Hopefully, the grape gummies, they sound delicious.

[OilemFirchen]

20. I really hate to be obvious. It's not in my nature.

But there is currently a push to ban only one of those products. In fact, there's a push to legalize one that is currently subject to bans throughout the country.

It's for the kids, ya know.

/obvious off

[Blue_true]

25. Which one is being banned, the Smirnoff?

If so, I must say that I have mixed feelings. If kids are taught to drink alcohol responsibly from a young age, I believe that binge drinking in their teens and later would likely be less commonplace because alcohol would have lost it's forbidden fruit appeal to them.

[blm]

21. Heheh

Many years ago a baby shower was thrown for Jane Curtin. The women invited Michael O’Donoghue, who was always a popular guest at these events. His baby shower gift was a carton of cigarettes. 😁

[eShirl]

23. gummies probably safest of the three

[ornotna]

27. Do you really love her

If so, don't be a cheap bastard. Splurge and get all three. You want her to be happy don't you?

[MineralMan]

28. A number of years ago, I gave my 15 yo niece

A stereo microscope for her birthday. Was I a bad uncle?

[Sanity Claws]

29. What did she do to you?

Is this a way to get back at her parents for something?

[shraby]

30. At that age you can't go wrong with cash.

[mia]

31. Purple pillow

https://purple.com/pillows

[lunasun]

32. $$$$$$CASH$$$$$$$$$ no gift cards or checks or gifts just the $bills imo as

someone with 2 teens 💰