hopefully he won;t get so drunk as to not be able to look after himself, like this poor girl. My youngest lad is 18 and unless he's going to a club (when he'll roll in at 5.45am - fortunately, not very often!), I will want him to give us a rough estimate of when he will be back. Often he will text and say he's going to be a bit late, and that's fine, but so long as he's living under our roof, he has to abide by the rules, and stopping out all hours without us knowing where he, and who with, breaks those rules, even though he is classed as an adult. It's the small price he pays for living rent and board free with mum and dad, and doesn't encroach on his freedom at all. Fortunately, he hasn't wanted to stop out too late too often, and he's happy to go for a couple of pints with his mates, or watch the football (local or West Brom). I prefer him to drink like that, in a social sphere, rather than get rat-arsed just for the sake of it. He's done that as well, as lately as his brother's 30th birthday the other week, when he drank too much and ended up lying across the bottom of the hotel shower but we were there to help him if he needed our help. The thought of him being in that state away from us is terrifying. I know it