https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:19:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979471 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:52:48 +0000 MrsH 1979471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>God yes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979465 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:50:23 +0000 Mrs. Coral 1979465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah, definately! We drink WITH them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979456 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:47:34 +0000 Boogs 1979456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do, but I don't drink much in general so no one ever sees me have more than one drink. My FIL loves his adult beverages and is always shocked when I don't want what he's offering lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979419 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:31:33 +0000 Mrs. Garland 1979419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do, which is odd considering up until I was an adult I never saw my parents drink - at all! Now it's not unusual for them to have a drink when we go out to eat or when they're at our house. I also have no problems drinking in front of my in-laws...but I never drink very much at a time, anyways, so it's nothing more than a glass of wine or two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979407 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:18:50 +0000 sarac 1979407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't drink, but my husband does drink in front of our family. Absolutely. I was not raised with healthy examples of drinking, so I'm eager to raise my daughter differently. For us, that means a drink or two with dinner, and a little more on a special occasion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979350 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:20:32 +0000 mfa_lady 1979350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and yes. Nothing weird about either! </p> <p>My MIL (before she was my MIL) actually bought me craft beer as a gift once when I was 20...she just said she thought I'd really like it and was responsible enough to enjoy it. Ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979268 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:18:59 +0000 birdofafeather 1979268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep! beer and wine are normal at pretty much every meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979225 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:46:47 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1979225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, my parents make sure to have the *official* family bourbon on hand any time the kids are coming. I don't drink much around my ILs, but it has more to do with the quality and availability of alcoholic beverages that I like where they live. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979175 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:12:57 +0000 edelweiss 1979175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes thank goodness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979170 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:10:36 +0000 HLK208 1979170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No...my mom doesn't think I should drink since I have 3 kids to take care of (haha). Oh well. My in-laws are recovering alcoholics so I've never drank around them except at my wedding... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979132 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:47:54 +0000 looch 1979132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I don't. But then again, I don't drink at all really. I probably have had two glasses of wine this entire year. I like to eat my calories, rather than drink them, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979126 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:44:45 +0000 Skadi 1979126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My inlaws drive me to drink once I get home.</p> <p>But no, my MIL is against drinking in any form. She's been heard to say, "Alcohol is more addictive than cocaine. Anyone who drinks in any amount is secretly an alcoholic."</p> <p>She's a chain smoker, by the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979121 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:41:55 +0000 yoursilverlining 1979121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely. Everyone in our immediate families have healthy relationships with alcohol, so no one has any "hidden" drinking. </p> <p>My parents, us and my in-laws always offer a drink to guests - that can be whatever you want it to be; water, tea, coffee, wine, cocktail, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979119 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:40:51 +0000 MaryM 1979119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drink with my mother a lot, so no question there. </p> <p>His mom doesn't drink for religious reasons. But it hasn't stopped anyone from drinking around her. </p> <p>But I can understand the hesitation. My mom and her siblings would actually hide alcohol if their mother came over unannounced when they were adults. We used to get together at my grandmother's for a girls night before Christmas and would wait for grandma to go to bed before we started drinking (and hid the empty bottles in someone's car so she wouldn't see them in the trash)</p> <p>We knew that was ridiculous but we did it anyway </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws/page/2#post-1979103 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:30:59 +0000 mediagirl 1979103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. With my parents, it's normal. You walk in the door and they offer you a beer.</p> <p>With his parents it took me some time to warm up to it but then I realized I needed to drink when I was around them just to survive.</p> <p>^^Kidding. Sort of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1979009 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:51:47 +0000 youboots 1979009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: love that! The service here is outstanding :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1979003 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:49:44 +0000 Andrea 1979003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, they drink, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1979001 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:49:39 +0000 youboots 1979001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yes, the booze is a flowin in both households. Sometimes a little too much (Dad). It's always been that way. My Mom rarely drinks, she will occassionally have a glass of bubbles. MIL does not drink much but her husband does. </p> <p>We drink wine mostly at home. Beer in the summer. Liquor for specialty cocktails or special occasions. I miss alcohol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978990 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:45:21 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1978990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! My parents took each of us to Vegas for our 21st. They keep the booze a-flowin' at holidays and parties. </p> <p>I've had drinks in front of my ILs but not on May occasions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978989 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:43:35 +0000 bpcmarj 1978989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bunnylove08: my MIL and I are like this, too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978988 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:42:54 +0000 shopaholic 1978988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: lol.</p> <p>Yes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978987 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:42:21 +0000 bpcmarj 1978987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, absolutely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978979 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:40:20 +0000 Anagram 1978979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not much in front of either. It's just that no one in either family drinks much, so I would be drinking alone which is weird. I don't feel particularly judged if there were a party and alcohol was served, but at home it would be weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978977 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:39:28 +0000 mrs scrapbook 1978977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do. But both my parents and FIL are open about drinking, and wine/beer/etc are always there at get togethers and parties and holidays. If they were against it, I probably wouldn't drink in front of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978958 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:30:18 +0000 namaste 1978958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. There wasn't much drinking from the women in my family when I was growing up so I never witnessed them drinking. Now that I'm older, I think everyone drinks except my mom and grandmother, so I just don't drink around them out of this old respect rule I made up in my head. It's so strange seeing my aunts drinking with my cousins and my sister now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978957 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:29:59 +0000 wonderstruck 1978957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really drink alcohol, I'm more of a pop person! But at my parent's home they have a bar and most of my relatives are social drinkers, so if I wanted to no one would bat an eye.</p> <p>My ILs don't even have alcohol at their house, so yeah...they can be pretty judgy. I know MIL doesn't approve of my caffeine intake (and hello, I have 2 under 2, I NEED caffeine!), so when we go over there she will either not have any pop or have random weird off-brand stuff with no caffeine. It does kind of bother me because when we're hosting them I'm sure to go out and buy the types of drinks I know they prefer even though it's not what I would normally choose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978948 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:26:31 +0000 lamariniere 1978948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes for both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978933 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:20:43 +0000 erinpye 1978933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Of course! My family started occasionally offering me a small glass of wine with dinner when I was in my late teens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978929 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:20:15 +0000 LuLu Mom 1978929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes to both, my dad offers a beer as soon as you walk into the house, and DH's family are big social drinkers HIs family automatically suspect pregnancy if you don't have at least SOMETHING. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-in-front-of-your-parents-andor-in-laws#post-1978914 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:09:14 +0000 Mamasig 1978914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - I think it would be weird not to. </p>