He’s A Cop Who Threatened To Report Both His Niece For Underage Drinking And His Sister For Supplying The Alcohol
This guy is a police officer, and he claims that he is “more or less required” to report any crimes that he witnesses– regardless of whether he is in uniform and working or totally off duty.
So, when he was invited over to his sister’s house for a New Year’s party, he basically got called a party pooper.
For some context, he is the only person in his family who lives close to his sister, brother-in-law, and his niece– who is 19-years-old. That’s why he decided to hang out there and celebrate the new year.
“It wasn’t anything big,” he recalled, “My sister made dinner, and we opened up a couple bottles of wine.”
But then, he noticed that his niece began reaching for one of the wine bottles. At that point, he claimed that he tried to “keep things light” by telling his niece, “Hey, nice try there.” He also took the bottle away from her.
However, his brother-in-law wound up stepping in and telling him that it was fine. His brother-in-law also revealed that they allowed his niece to drink a few glasses of wine on special occasions with family.
“But I told my brother-in-law that’s underage drinking, and I can’t see it happen and not report it,” he revealed.
His brother-in-law was shocked and tried to argue with him after that. At the same time, his niece went to grab the wine again.
So, he finally told his brother-in-law that, on top of reporting his niece for underage drinking, he would also have to report his sister and brother-in-law for distributing alcohol to a minor.
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Now, if you couldn’t have guessed, this made the whole gathering very tense, and the situation escalated. Eventually, his sister and brother-in-law also just told him to leave.
He had indulged in a few drinks himself, though, so he wasn’t able to drive home. That’s why he wound up standing out in the cold in his sister’s driveway for about an hour until one of his friends went to pick him up and take him home.
“In the end, my niece apparently got the wine since she told all her cousins in a group chat that she was getting hammered on New Year’s,” he vented.
Half of his family has also been accusing him of being a “stick in the mud” ever since that night. His nephew even texted him and called him out, too.
So now, he can’t help but wonder if refusing to let his underage niece drink and threatening to report her and her parents was really a jerky thing to do.
Do you agree that he was being a stick in the mud or not? Is it a big deal for 19-year-olds to drink if they are in the safety of their own home with family? What would you have done in his shoes?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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