for a drink?
I'm not asking for me..lol.
would you ever pour a drink in the afternoon after work (assuming an earlier shift).
or do you wait until dinner?
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Heck yeah!! DH and I have a beer with lunch all the time on the weekends.
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I drink what I want when I want. Pre-LO, I had cocktail/happy hours whenever I felt like it, including before breakfast! If you're happy and you know it raise your glass
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Never too early- mimosas! Yum!
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If drinking at breakfast wasn't ok, mimosas and bloody Mary's wouldn't be so darn tasty!
It's always 5 o'clock somewhere!
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Never too early! I looove bloody Mary's and I can drink one of those with breakfast!
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Annnd, a Sugar Free Red Bull and Vodka is my early drink of choice!
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question part 2!
would you pour yourself a drink (vodka/mixer, not a beer/wine) by yourself? or always with someone else?
settle an argument, people
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@sorrycharlie: I will have a glass of wine by myself after a stressful day at work and LO is asleep.
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@sorrycharlie: I have no qualms about drinking (liquor or wine) alone! I do it frequently . . . party for 1!
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Before noon unless it's a special occasion like brunch partite sorry tailgating.
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@sorrycharlie: It's never too early, depending on the occasion.
I will definitely have a drink by myself after work before DH gets home - usually wine, but it's been known to be straight Maker's Mark if it's been that kind of a day.
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@sorrycharlie: Sometimes by myself if I am home.
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okay! this is kinda making me feel better. my parents never drank (not opposed to it, just never felt like it I guess). However ..ILs drink a LOT differently. like..won't get into it without gold.
so I'm not really used to...day drinking? I always kinda felt like anything more than 1-2 beers or glasses of wine was party/get together style drinking. LOL. it's led to many, many fights...
kind of glad to see what's "normal"
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@sorrycharlie: My parents sound like they are similar to yours. My ILs drink a LOT, like at 10 a.m. my MILs BF was popping open a beer. Personally, I don't like drinking until LO is asleep, because that is when I can relax.
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I will definitely have a glass of wine by myself. IMO, when drinking starts to have a lot of "rules" around it, that's when I worry it's problematic drinking instead of just a normal activity you can engage in in a healthy way.
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@littlek: same here! and even so, I won't drink a lot (my tolerance has dramatically dropped, lol, and I don't want to fall asleep too hard to hear LO). but DH will think nothing of many beers on football sunday, or 1-2 "drinks" (I personally think it's a liiiittle more liquor in it than the whole shot/drink/beer rule) when he gets home from work at 330 or at/with dinner. It's led to many fights because I guess we both think the other isn't "normal". ugh!
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@sorrycharlie: As some one who loves a good day drinking session, I do think that multiple drinks at 3:30 in the afternoon on a regular basis (especially when you have a child to care for) is probably not a great path to be on.
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@MamaMoose: I should have clarified - not daily. lol. once in awhile - and only when there's even something in the house. our budget is so tight that we don't really buy any...he won a bottle at a family gift game over the holidays, and we bought a box of hard cider before new years
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I can drink any time of the day, and I can drink alone.
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@sorrycharlie: Haha, I totally understand where you are coming from. My parents *never* drank, and my ILs are alcoholics, so it's been very interesting trying to find a middle ground between our drinking habits. We made the compromise that there is no liquor in our house, only beer and wine, because DH makes his drinks wayyy too strong.
We will definitely enjoy a lunchtime beer though!
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@sorrycharlie: Oh, well then I don't see a problem with that. I got out of work early on NYE and went straight to a friend's house and we were drinking wine while the girls played, and I think that's fine.
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@yoursilverlining: I'm confused by your wording..lol. like, if I worry about the timing that's problematic? or that the drinking is?
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@Bookish: yes! that's exactly it - he has the tolerance for strong drinks because of how he was brought up. but if I had it, I'd be on the floor. so I think that's where our arguments come in. my anxiety...always causing issues
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@sorrycharlie: hehee. same here. darn anxiety!! When we do have liquor, like at his brother's house, I refuse to let him (or his brother) make my drinks, because holy cow it's like 3 shots and a teensy bit of cola. No thankee! We've actually fought over his drinking at his brother's, because his brother makes them even stronger, and then I have to cart home my sh**-faced DH. NO fun!!
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@sorrycharlie: We actually have a two-drink rule in our house with hard alcohol, especially whiskey. If you've had two, you have to switch to beer or wine.
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I'm from New Orleans - it's never too early for a drink! LOL
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@sorrycharlie: I've had a drink by myself at home. Maybe people worry when it's an everyday habit?
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Any time. There are breakfast cocktails after all. I can only handle two drinks at a time, so that's my limit- the amount not the clock.
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@sorrycharlie: Oh sorry, maybe my wording is bad heehee. I think drinking should be treated like anything else you indulge in; so when people have to set up a lot of rules regarding when/how they can drink – it sounds like there might not be a healthy relationship with alcohol there. The only people I know who have a lot of rules set up about when it’s “ok” to drink have issues with alcohol. Though I’m not saying you or your husband do….just that the more rules people set up, the more I worry if they don’t have a healthy relationship with alcohol. Hope this makes more sense!
It sounds like you guys are just trying to find some middle ground, which is totally normal!
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I see no issues as long as it isn't on a frequent basis. That said, I rarely break out more than a glass of wine or a beer unless it's at a nice dinner or a party.
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My husband & struggle with this argument too. I think it's weird to have beer/mixed drink on a random night after work when by ourselves. *unless a really bad day then I'll do a glass of wine to unwind but this happens very infrequently.* he used to think it was normal to have beers by himself a couple nights a week. I hated this and he gave it up since it used to make me so upset, I don't like the smell of beer on breathe either though so that's a lot of it!
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It's noon somewhere. I don't think drinking alone is an issue unless it is habitual.
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I have a glass of wine every day & frequently would drink one by myself when my husband was gone for work. If we're having a family get together, I'll have a glass or more in the middle of the day (just this past Sunday I had my first glass at noon).
My husband drinks at least one beer, if not two (and sometimes 3) every night. I don't have an issue with it because it doesn't affect his behavior & he is fine going without any drinks at all.
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@sorrycharlie: I drink alone when DH is out and I want something.
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