Huh. Possibly the most interesting post I've read all day. Um, time to celebrate?
FWIW, those in my birthyear had the dubious honor of being 'grandfathered' in on a very important legislation. When the legal drinking age in the US went from 18 to 21, those who had already achieved the age of 18 could still drink legally in Washington DC, but no other state local to mine had such a grandfather clause. There may have been other states but they weren't local enough to me to matter, and in the self-absorbed flush of my misspent youth*, I never bothered to find out. Because we could just cross over the border to Washington DC and buy alcohol (I grew up in Maryland). We were the youngest year to be able to do that.
Consequently, when I did reach the legal drinking age of 21, an event usually marked with great celebration and debauchery, it was no big deal to me.
I want my debauchery. ;-/
*Despite my lengthened legal access to alcohol, I've only actually been drunk twice in my life, the first being on my 21st birthday and the second being years later at a Beltaine festival. But it sounds more intriguing to imply that I was a wild party animal.
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FWIW, those in my birthyear had the dubious honor of being 'grandfathered' in on a very important legislation. When the legal drinking age in the US went from 18 to 21, those who had already achieved the age of 18 could still drink legally in Washington DC, but no other state local to mine had such a grandfather clause. There may have been other states but they weren't local enough to me to matter, and in the self-absorbed flush of my misspent youth*, I never bothered to find out. Because we could just cross over the border to Washington DC and buy alcohol (I grew up in Maryland). We were the youngest year to be able to do that.
Consequently, when I did reach the legal drinking age of 21, an event usually marked with great celebration and debauchery, it was no big deal to me.
I want my debauchery. ;-/
*Despite my lengthened legal access to alcohol, I've only actually been drunk twice in my life, the first being on my 21st birthday and the second being years later at a Beltaine festival. But it sounds more intriguing to imply that I was a wild party animal.