I really should read Prudie live chats more often.

mrsconn23

Q. Where's the Money?: I am furious with another set of parents. My 16-year-old daughter has recently told her mother and me that she is pregnant. It happened at a party that was not well-supervised, and there was alcohol involved. The boy involved and his family are owning up to their share of the responsibility, but the owners of the house are absolutely infuriating me. They need to admit their share of this burden, as it was their booze and their house party that allowed this to happen. My family is going to have a lot of expenses due to this new baby, and I don't know how much the boy's family can help, so it seems that the party's host should help out, again as it was on their watch that this happened. So far, that family has ignored me when I have tried to speak with them about this. I am ready to call a lawyer to press the issue, but my wife thinks I am overreacting. What do you think?

ReturnOfKuus

That Bad Advice tackled that one.

mrsconn23

Did they also address the follow-up that he posted?

Q. Re: Where’s the Money?: I'm the pregnant girl's dad. My anger is that this would NOT have happened at my home. I supervise parties and visits, and the fact that this other family was so irresponsible really galls me. I do think they have a duty to make right their lapse.

ReturnOfKuus

Dear Where’s The Money?,

I understand that this is frustrating for you, but it may be time to step back and look at the bigger picture. Specifically: do you want to start a huge fight with another family because they didn’t do their due diligence by locking up your daughter’s vagina while she was under their roof, or do you want to look for bigger fish to fry?

I say this not because it isn’t other people’s responsibility to take care of your child when you dump her off at a booze-laden teenage house party without her Daddy-approved chastity belt, but because realistically, how much money are you going to get out of these irresponsible dodos? They’re probably not nearly wealthy enough to provide the fiscal resources needed to support your grandchild. 

So let’s widen our aim. Is it possible the builder who so cavalierly constructed a home that could house multiple teenagers at a time could take some responsibility for his or her oversight? Why not sue the school your daughter attends for allowing her peers to join her in class and befriend her with their penises? Think of what your grandchild could do with a teacher’s salary! Or better yet - an administrator’s!? I don’t know if your daughter lives in the same city as the father of her child, but I’d imagine your municipality has some money it could throw your way - and that’s not even taking into consideration the lawsuit you should file against the police for turning a blind eye to your daughter’s underage drinking, without which there is no feasible way she would have become pregnant.

I get that you’re angry, but let’s not miss the forest for the trees.

AuntFlo

Why not sue the school your daughter attends for allowing her peers to join her in class and befriend her with their penises? 

This made me snort.

AuntFlo

Oh, and the live chats are where it's at.  I love the followups.