By the time Germans turn 18 (legal age for stronger alcoholic beverages) most of them already know their limit and party with more responsibility in my opinion.
I feel like that's mostly a feelgood myth. Like for every person who handles their drink responsibly and started drinking young it produces like 10 functioning alcoholics. This countrys relationship to alcohol is fucked up
Grew up in South America and underage drinking, though illegal in theory, is pretty much the norm.
I grew up in the US, and the only person I know who didn't drink as a 15 year old is a 33 year old who still doesn't drink. Lol.
Interesting. I'm in Australia now and people here actually do respect the law when it comes to drinking. If you are under 18, it's unlikely you will be able to buy alcohol or get into a nightclub etc. It would be shocking to hear someone got pissed drunk at 15, whereas where I come from that isn't the case.
From OPs post I presumed US would be more like Australia in that regard, but, I take your word
That might be more to do with your social circles. There was a shit ton of teenage drinking happening when I was in high-school.
Might be a thing of social circles. For middle working class in NSW, personally, I've found it's not the norm in my circles and I might say it's also not the norm for even wealthier people- but I don't rub shoulders with these crowds a lot. I'm sure it happens though.
My experience elsewhere was that underage drinking was actually the norm across any backgrounds.
With the exception of fake IDs, I don't know if anyone getting into nightclubs or most bars. Occasionally there'll be a shitty gas station that'll sell kids beer, but they get shut down pretty quick. It's mainly kids getting drunk with other kids in garages, at house parties, in the woods, et cetera, because one of them has an older brother, or is dating an older person or something.
Drinking alcohol or buying it? Because in Britain it's 18 to buy it yourself but 5 to have it at home.
Purchasing and drinking beer or wine is legal at the age of 16, for spirits of all sorts you need to be 18.
Clever meme. The drink in hand works so well that you wonder whether the caption came before the image or vice versa.
I remember being 14 and having friends of the same age order beer here in Italy, get drunk, nobody cared.
As an American, I can assure you no 16 year old has much trouble procuring alcohol. I certainly didn't. By the time I was 21 the novelty had worn off
Waiting for 21 was well worth is tbh. I'm more responsible and don't have to get sloshed to show people that's I'm a grown up.
