Do you babysit your drunk friends?

Ave Sodalis

I was having this discussion with someone the last day and was wondering what everyone else does. My friends like to go out and get very very drunk. As a nondrinker, I'm usually the one left carrying them back, sitting with them unconscious, making sure they're alright when they're throwing up, or dragging them off people who they start fighting with. My previous set of friends were fine to go out with, the worst that ever happened with them is I had to suggest they took off their socks going upstairs when they were drunk because they kept sliding back down and that was funny.

Unfortunately, they weren't particularly nice sober. These friends are lovely sober but a nightmare to go out with and I very often have to cut my night short because of some incident. The one time I did leave someone getting sick (because one of the other girls started a fight with someone), I got a chewing for it the next day of the girl who was getting sick.

So AH, what would you do in that situation? The person I was talking to said they would just leave them at it, they drunk themselves to that state so they should deal with the consequences. However, I'd feel awful if something happened to them while they were unconscious or if they were kicked out of someone while hammered and they got lost. So if your friends got themselves into a state, would you leave them or stay with them?

jimgoose

Absolutely not. If you can't carry yourself like an adult when out for the evening I'm not interested.

Reiketsu

It would depend on if it was a frequent occurance or not. I don't mind looking after a friend who is usually grand when drinking and went overboard, which does happen from time to time, but I'd just end up avoiding going out with the people who constantly need looked after.

Tombi!

At one point or another (including myself) all of my friends that I regularly go out with have to be "babysat" at least once. Sometimes you just overestimate how much you can have or you drank on an empty stomach, whatever reason is.

If it happened on a regular basis I'd make sure they knew of it and I'd stop wanting to go out with them

Also, OP, get better friends to go out with. It should not be a regular occurrence for anyone to have to regularly take care of people throwing up or fighting on nights out. Just because you don't drink on nights does not mean you're a glorified babysitter for a pack of adult-children who cannot behave themselves.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Every man for himself. You can't mind yourself? Tough titties! None of my friends babysit me either, talk about the blind leading the blind

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I got confused there. The thread/poll title and poll choices are opposites. I thought I had to figure out a double negative for a while. Just as well I'm sober.

Potatoeman

I would say no just in case but regularly is taking the piss. Its not enjoyable and you should make that clear especially to the one that had a go at you.

biko

A falcon punch to get them to throw up. Then I leave them in the bathtub.

tara83

Everyone has the odd night where they end up a mess, that's fine and I'd look after them in those cases. Regular occurrence you're on your own.

By mess I mean very drunk not fighting or puking in bars

RobYourBuilder

If it's not a regular thing; sure. If it is a regular thing or they start to become aggressive; f*ck 'em.

justsomebloke

sup_dude wrote: »

These friends are lovely sober

the below would suggest that these friends as just as bad as your last set, they just hide it better

sup_dude wrote: »

I got a chewing for it the next day of the girl who was getting sick.

lertsnim

Not a chance in hell. I'd hope my friends would be old enough to look after themselves when hammered.

sup_dude wrote: »

The one time I did leave someone getting sick (because one of the other girls started a fight with someone), I got a chewing for it the next day of the girl who was getting sick.

She wouldn't be long hearing "**** off"

King George VI

Of course I babysit them. It's an unwritten rule with us that whomever is unable to function because they're pissed, the less drunk one is responsible for him. Don't know why really. They do it for me so I do it for them because we're mates and don't really think about it that much.

Saying that, if I was legless in a group that I wasn't great mates with I wouldn't expect them to take care of me. I'd also expect them not to expect me to take care of them.

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Greenmachine

Next time one of them gets in a fight don't intervene. Maybe they will learn a lesson. I once had someone randomly throw a drink at me before squaring up to. So naturally I punched him. I didn't cop his friend jumping between us and the punch landing on the friend knocking him out. Your man didn't even try to help his friend up. Don't put yourself at risk, for someone else's outlandish behaviour. I spoke to the lad who I ended up hitting and he said he was sick of jumping in defending his friend and that he wouldn't be doing it again. I hope he stuck to his words.

Ave Sodalis

justsomebloke wrote: »

the below would suggest that these friends as just as bad as your last set, they just hide it better

Nah, she was still drunk at the time

biko

Yeah a drunk friend challenged a sober guy.
The sober guy just pushed him over.

When drunko got up "why didn't you help me??"
"Because you were a giant douche!"

Macavity.

I'm usually too drunk to babysit them.

L.Jenkins

I don't drink, so when I did head I warned my friends that they were on their own if they got to drunk. They're of the age to drink, then they should have the maturity to do so responsibly and not expect the sober ones to clean up after them.

Tarzana2

jimgoose wrote: »

Absolutely not. If you can't carry yourself like an adult when out for the evening I'm not interested.

If it's a common occurrence, it's really annoying but many people will occasionally lose the run of themselves for whatever reason.

RoboRat

Hang around with the 'nice sober friends' when you're not out drinking and go out with the 'not so nice sober but kinda fun when drinking' friends when you are going out.

Problem solved.

Apolloyon

I usually leave them in the bath with some ketchup covered bandages wrapped around their waist and some liver and some ice cubes in a Tupperware dish beside them.


For some reason, this freaks them out. Weird eh?

nicki11

Yep as the one time I stayed in my drunken mess roomate fell and chipped off part of her elbow and I ended up using kitchen roll as a homemade bandage to stop the bleeding until morning and she still wanted to dance O.o