First of all I really think the minority were non drinkers, but this discussion really matters on social class in an area and many other factors to really be discussed. Since were both in our 40s you should probably know you are using the world sheltered wrong, it makes no sense. If you would like to say anything slightly insulting I’d use the word naive.

Sheltered? No it’s called having good parents and good friends who didn’t want to do stupid shit. Assuming you are an adult if you think that not drinking as a teen means your sheltered says it all and the cycle continues if you have kids I guess but fyi kids shouldn’t drink.

I’m just kinda saying to me it’s pretty mind blowing my peers would have been doing that while we were that young but I consider it fortunate I wasn’t around people like that back then to have known because damn that’s sad.

I do agree but I don’t think it’s usually a nice group of kids like that more so a group of delinquents, kids who are getting in real trouble at school. My brother and his friends did drink at 15 or 16 but they were all also thrown out of high school because of other bad shit they pulled. Two friends of mine also started at 16, both alcoholics currently and one also a drug addict so it just doesn’t feel right. Plus in that 70s show drinking was way more common with young people back then especially with guys like Hyde around.

I too thought it was totally weird for a 14 or 15 year old to be drinking. It made sense in the 70s when the drinking age was 18 but in the 90s seems a little young but I could be wrong.