You shouldn't talk to people when you're intoxicated.
Eric is drunk at a party with some friends when he sees that his mom is calling him.
Eric wants his mom to know that he's OK.
Eric hands the phone to a sober friend and tells him to reassure her.
"Eric picks up the phone and says ""I.....love.....youuuuuuu"" in a drunken, slurred voice."
Eric's mom knows that Eric is OK and at the party, without Eric being embarrassed.
Eric's mom gets upset that her son is completely drunk.