Reply #44: I thought of that when I saw his post.

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By the time my son was 17 he'd lost 6 relatives and close friends to drunk driving accidents. And that's not counting several other acquaintances and casual friends who died the same way. He became incrediby cynical about going to wakes and funerals- his way of dealing.

He lost 2 first cousins and 1 2nd cousin in the same gruesome accident. The car flipped into a stream and the kids drowned. Only one of them was able to get out. And he was nearly as close to them as if they'd been siblings.

Post like that one with its lighthearted account of teen drinking and driving, really piss me off.