A Friend's Responsibility

[PureChaos]

I'm away visiting a friend for a week and as it's Hallowenn we got dressed up and went out for a few drinks. All was going well until, at around 11:30pm, we were in a pub when my mate vomited all over the table. He went to the toilets to clean himself up a bit but I booked us a taxi and got us both safely back to his place. He got a text from a work colleague asking where he was and, long story short, he went back out to meet them.

NOW, as far as I'm concerned, we were out and he threw up but I got him safely back home. When he decided to go back out, although I was against it, he went anyway. I wished him luck pulling and off he went. SO, as his friend, should I have stopped him from going back out seeing as he threw up even though he said he wouldn't be drinking any more alcohol or had I done my part and gotten him home safely, him going BACK out was his own decision. He wasn't exactly hammered (he managed to send several coherent texts to his colleague) but he had drunk enough different types of alcohol so quickly that he threw up.

To me, if he wants to go back out again then that's his decision, he's old enough to make up his own mind. I got him home safely so my part as his friend is done but what would you have done in this situation?

 

[IndomitableSam]

Called them a total moron and locked the door behind them, reminding them to call a cab. That's it, really. The person's an adult, and knows what they're doing and the risks involved.

I wouldn't help them clean up any messes when they got home, wake them up, give them food or aspirin or anything... if they were passed out I"d make sure to put them in the safe' position then go about my day.

He wouldn't expect anything from you, you did your part. You are not his mother, you're a guest in his house. All in all, him leaving you alone is a sign of a poor friend.

 

[Faulty Turmoil]

When it comes to responsibility me and my friends can sum it up in this humorous gif:

They're just... so retarded. >.<

 

[DugMachine]

Not much you can do. You can try to talk em out of it but ultimately you have no say in the matter. Just be there if they need your help again.

 

[TehCookie]

Do you care? My friends who are responsible I'll try to talk them out of it, but if it's one of my drinking buddies I let them go since they won't listen or think anything bad can happen to them. I'm a lot closer to my responsible friends than the ones I just drink with from time to time.

 

[Esotera]

If he was sober enough to actually get back into town, then he probably didn't need to go back in the first place, meaning it's not so much of a big deal. One of my friends has thrown up after a pint and a half before just because he had a really crap dinner, so it's not a perfect measure of how drunk someone is. And the point at which people throw up varies. Some people have amazing tolerance for alcohol and never ever throw up.