He bought me a drink once....well, sort of, as my buddy and I were in the general proximity chatting with a couple of gals from his entourage, and the waitress included us on his tab, in a bar on South Beach in Miami the night before the Superbowl the year Denver beat Atlanta. He's still a tool.
and that is how it is done, when you want to illicit a certain behavior. it's one thing to think that YOUR life is on the line - totally another thing to think you are putting your kids on the line. no wonder dennis did the 'AA' thing. this is an embarrassing relationship for him.