Bee Gees Fan wrote:My parents found two bacardi bottles in my sister's room this evening. She's 15, so obviously, she's not supposed to be drinking.
She's staying over at a friend's tonight, but my parents intend to ask her about them when she comes home. I was wondering if I should call her beforehand and tell her that they know? What do you guys think I should do?
The thing is, I'm sure my parents probably wouldn't want me to let her know that they've found them, but I keep thinking that if I was my sister, I'd hate to come home, completely unaware, and immediately be questioned by my parents.
Bacardi - as in rum or alcho-pops?! If it's rum, then she may have a drinking problem
If not, it's your sisterly duty to tell her they've found the bottles. Give her a chance to come up with a story. DEFINITELY.
Reminds me of about a year an a half ago when my Dad found an empty beer tin in my room. I was underaged at the time. The funny thing is, my Mum knows I've drank from an early(ish) age, she even bought me tins of beer from the age of 15. But my Dad has no idea. So one night I was out, he went into my room looking for a guitar effects pedal. He came across an empty tin. I was on my way home in the car, just arrived at the end of our drive when I got a text from my Mum telling me he'd found an empty tin. I had about 20 seconds to fabricate a whole story. I managed to convince my Dad it was a one off, and although he was VERY disappointed in me, the dust settled in about a week.
Two weeks after that, I receive a text from my Mum, "He found another one." That DID NOT go down well. There was an atmosphere between us for weeks. (He found the second tin in the cuboard space under my bed; had he opened the drawer 4 inches more, he would have seen literaly 20 empty tins that had built up).
Anyway, my point is, tell your sister. It's gonna be very hard and awkward for her, so give her a fighting chance. I recommend she use the, "what were you doing in my room anyway?!" argument.