fake ids & poll: did you have one

[Saint Monica]

Article:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21976718


Yes, I had one.

[LoveTrains]

Nope, I never had a fake ID. It wasn't necessary in my small college town.
ETA: There were like two bars in town that those who were 21+ went to, but most people drank on campus and there was tons of free beer/booze every weekend at parties on campus. There were also always upperclassmen who would buy more beer for us than we could ever want. 

[Michelle]

Never had one. Was straight laced in hs. Had big perky boobs in college that pretty much got me into whatever bar or club i wanted into and brought the drinks forward. Slut.

[cattledogkisses]

No, I never needed one in college. There was always someone of age who was willing to buy for the 18-20 year olds.

[runforrest]

Yes, and it was not a very good one. But it did the job until 2 weeks before my 21st birthday when it was taken away at Clutch Cargos (so nasty) in Pontiac, MI.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

I didn't have one. I was terrified. A good friend used her older sister's and the bouncer at a club didn't buy it and caught her by asking her what her astrological sign was. So...that pretty much scared me straight.

[pescalita]

I didn't have one. It was more of a house party scene than a bar scene in college. Plus I looked like I was 12 and was afraid of authority, so it would have scared the shit out of me.

[statlerwaldorf]

No. The bars we went to didn't check ids at the door. DH would just buy my drinks.

[msgeeksout]

Never had one. Lived in a tiny tiny town in high school and everyone in town knew me, my age, etc as well as many miles around. No where was safe. Usually sat with the others in a cornfield or basement drinking whatever could be provided. Though never did much of that.

In college there was always enough parties that I was ok, but agian never did much of that either. I was pretty straight laced and only let loose a few times.

[msmerymac]

No. In my college town a lot of clubs and bars were 18+. But we wouldn't drink there, just go for shows and stuff. Wed just drink at house parties. But I also had friends who turned 21 a year or two before me.

I didn't drink in high school. BUT I grew up near the border and I knew people who would go drink over there. The joke was that you only needed a fake ID to prove you were 19.

[madisen]

Yes, I had one. Got it made on Alvarado street in downtown la that was known as 'the spot' to get them. It was horrible though. It got me into a lot of places until it started falling apart (this was before they were more like credit cards) and some bouncer peeled the corners away from each other right in front of me. Thankfully by then I wasn't too far off my actual 21st birthday.

[luckyval]

No, I just had other people buy me drink

[Deleted]

No. I wasn't cool enough to know where to get one, or have friends who had connections. And I went to college in a carding-happy city (so much so that there were times couldn't buy alcohol when I was 21, because some places had "no duplicate IDs" policies ... I had lost my driver's license and motor vehicles gave me a duplicate ID).

Whenever I see those "Keep the drinking age at 21!" ads, my thought is, "All you're doing is punishing the losers who can't get fake IDs. You probably had a fake ID when you were younger."

[jillboston]

I'm so old...
In NY back in the day all they had were paper licenses and they gave you two - why? noone knows. So I took my older sister's extra paper license and used that. The drinking age started to gradually go up from 18 when I was turning 18 (it went up to 19 - then to 21 I believe) So, for a few months I could drink legally and then I couldn't - and so on.
Good times.

[ttt]

Sure did. I got it in a super sketchy part of town lol. It was actually pretty good quality.

[rosiedozie]

Nope. Before I was 21 we just drank at people's houses and had other people buy for us. I was one of the oldest of my friends (September birthday) so I never felt the need.

My roommate on the other hand skipped a grade in elementary and had a May birthday so she was way younger than most of our group. She had a fake ID so that she could hang out with us.

[demandypants]

nope. I wasn't dangerous enough to get one and not brave enough to use one.

[cc]

Nope. I was always too paranoid to get caught.

[NitaX]

Nope didn't need one. I also didn't drink at bars until I was 21. Booze wasn't a big deal for me considering that my mom would allow me to have a cooler at family functions. Plus, I'd seen enough sloppy drunk folks at parties. That ish ain't sexy.

[twotrue]

Nope. Put me in the chicken-shit category.

[meshaliuknits]

No, I didn't drink at all until I was 23-24. I did give my younger sister my expired ID when she was in college, though. IDK if she ever used it. She's not someone who at any point in her life had to buy her own drinks.

[Melissa W.]

I didn't have one. I used a college room mates id to go but only one time.

My DH's best friend, J actually asked me if I would consider going out with DH if he made me a fake id. I told him I would go out with him even if he didn't make me one. LOL. J then proceeded to tell that whole story as part of his best man speech.

[MrsAxilla]

Nope, although I really wanted one when I was 16 that said I was 18 becuase all the cool bands kept playing at 18 and over clubs.

ETA:  Sublime played an 18 and over show once, and when we got there, the club decided to change it to 21 and over.  We weren't allowed in and got a refund.  Bradley died two weeks later.  

[Deleted]

Yes, I had one. A lot of the clubs and places were 18+, but to get into a bar you needed an ID. There was one particular bar near campus where everyone went and you needed a fake ID to get in. It could be the worst ID in the world, but you needed one. It was such a dive bar too LOL. I dont know why we were always dying to go there ha. The general rule of thumb was that if your ID didnt have your picture on it, it had to be real (like, someone's old license or something) and if it had your picture on it, it could be really horrendously fake (like I had one from Washington State, it was such an awful fake haha) but you could get in if you had your picture on it.

[meshaliuknits]

Apr 8, 2013 10:12:13 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Nope, although I really wanted one when I was 16 that said I was 18 becuase all the cool bands kept playing at 18 and over clubs.

ETA:  Sublime played an 18 and over show once, and when we got there, the club decided to change it to 21 and over.  We weren't allowed in and got a refund.  Bradley died two weeks later.  

Oh, that BLOWS.

[MrsAxilla]

Apr 8, 2013 10:25:35 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Apr 8, 2013 10:12:13 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Nope, although I really wanted one when I was 16 that said I was 18 becuase all the cool bands kept playing at 18 and over clubs.

ETA:  Sublime played an 18 and over show once, and when we got there, the club decided to change it to 21 and over.  We weren't allowed in and got a refund.  Bradley died two weeks later.  

Oh, that BLOWS.

Yep.  Luckily that wasn't my only Sublime show.

[Deleted]

I had the worst ID ever. It wasn't even fake. It was an international student id you coyld pick up at a travel agency in Harvard Yard, for students going abroad. Yet s lot off liquor stores in Boston honored kit, particularly if i kept my mouth shut so they thought i was am international student

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[PinkSquirrel]

I never needed one. In high school I managed to get into bars just fine with my adorable smile and by the time college rolled around I was too cheap for bars

[stargirl]

We had one we passed among friends. Like literally would get someone in on it, pass it out to a friend through the bathroom window and get a new person in 10-20 minutes later, repeat 4-5 times per night. My sister went to the same college I did and as soon as I turned 21 she called me and said "I'm filling out a form online that says you lost your license and ordering you a new one. I'll pay the replacement fee if you give me your old one." So as soon as my new one came I sent her my old "lost" one. It got her and I'm sure tons of her sorority sisters in for years.

[ESF]

Never needed one. I was a dork in high school, and then went to college where the drinking age was 18. During the summers home, my parents didn't really care if I drank a reasonable amount at home, so between their stash and my older cousin who I hung out with all the time, I was pretty much all set.