smartypants71
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Post by smartypants71 on May 25, 2020 18:54:23 GMT
Pre-quarantine, I rarely drank at home. I also don't drink Sunday through Thursday. If we go out for a meal on the weekend, I will drink after the main course is done. I prefer water or tea with my food.
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breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on May 25, 2020 19:01:40 GMT
Usually only on holidays (wine) or sometimes beer if we're having pizza (otherwise I can't stand the taste of beer).
Pacific NW.
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Post by georgiapea on May 25, 2020 19:10:31 GMT
I never drink alcohol with meals, just water or Pepsi. Or iced tea if we are out. My Hubs regularly has a beer or wine with his evening meal. He doesn't drink at any other time. When out he asks that his wine be brought out with the meal and is irritated of someone runs it out right away.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2020 19:20:44 GMT
Usually only on holidays (wine) or sometimes beer if we're having pizza (otherwise I can't stand the taste of beer). Pacific NW. I shall now revoke you citizenship! Lol. Not like beer in the pnw, that is unheard of.
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Post by LisaDV on May 25, 2020 19:21:37 GMT
I like wine or beer or a mixed drink with dinner, depending upon the dinner and life at that moment. I want a wine that will compliment my dinner. We're having steak tonight. I'll be looking through the wines for a Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah/Shiraz or Sangiovese. There are times when it seems we've drank a wine with dinner 3 times that week and then there are times when we haven't had any. DH does not like beer with any foods. I will have beer with ribs and pizza. If we didn't have a drink with dinner and we're doing popcorn and a movie, I'll most likely have a beer then as well. Occasionally we'll do a mixed drink with dinner, but that's rare and usually some type of margarita. But we're not opposed to having a drink and sitting and talking the evening away either.
He was furloughed for a week a few weeks ago and we probably had a drink (not always with food) 6 times that week. The next week, we didn't have any.
We live in the midwest. He's from Chicagoland. I'm from southern Illinois. We've lived in IL, WI, IN, OH, and MI. I've also lived in Switzerland. So maybe my okayness with having a drink with dinner or after comes from that time.
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Post by peano on May 25, 2020 19:24:21 GMT
My drinking habits have changed since the pandemic. I used to consider myself a social drinker, so I’d pregame with a cocktail or a glass of wine while getting ready to go out. And then 1 or 2 more at the party, club, restaurant. Since there’s no going out, I find myself drinking much less. I’ve always liked having a drink or glass of wine while preparing dinner and I do that sometimes still, but not like I used to. So if I have alcohol while prepping dinner, I might or might not, depending on how much I had. I think because the stress of the pandemic and other medical stuff has left me more fatigued than usual, I am not really wanting to drink because it just exhausts me more.
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 25, 2020 19:37:02 GMT
First, my ex husband was an alcoholic. So I went many, many years not drinking at all. I felt one parent needed to be completely sober at all times.
Now that I'm free from him and my current DH doesn't drink, I feel a little more free to have a drink than I ever did back then.
I like wine. I do enjoy cocktails but at home I generally drink wine. 3-4 nights a week I drink a glass of wine while I prepare dinner and a glass of wine with dinner. So I average 6-8 glasses of wine a week.
I was raised in a home where alcohol was frequently consumed. My dad's MO is to have a bloody Mary while he cooks, a bloody Mary with dinner and then a glass or two of scotch in the evening. My mother is an alcoholic. She starts drinking brandy in her coffee mug after she's done with her morning coffee. My sister is a beer drinker. I don't know for sure, but I assume from discussions with her that there are 2-4 glasses of beer she drinks nightly. I suspect she drinks too much.
I try not to be too judgy about alcohol consumption because everyone's threshold is different. Some of you think I drink too much and what I drink in my mind is acceptable and far less than my loved ones. I think when alcohol starts impacting the way you behave and your ability to function it's a problem. I don't have any issue abstaining. For some of my family members it would be incredibly difficult.
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Post by pierkiss on May 25, 2020 19:43:24 GMT
It varies for me. I love a glass of wine with dinner. I love a good cocktail with dinner. But more often than not water with dinner for me and a glass of whatever after the kids go to bed and I’m in veg mode.
I haven’t noticed the alcoholic drinks only in most tv shows, but I did notice the wine all the time in Dead to Me this season. Not sure if it’s a subtle plot point because of their stress levels or if that’s just what the characters prefer. It doesn’t really matter to me.
Currently sipping my version of a Jungle Bird by the pool. It’s finally summer time in MI! 😄
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breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on May 25, 2020 19:48:33 GMT
Usually only on holidays (wine) or sometimes beer if we're having pizza (otherwise I can't stand the taste of beer). Pacific NW. I shall now revoke you citizenship! Lol. Not like beer in the pnw, that is unheard of. My German ancestors have probably already disowned me...
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 25, 2020 19:54:41 GMT
pierkiss said: I haven’t noticed the alcoholic drinks only in most tv shows, but I did notice the wine all the time in Dead to Me this season. Not sure if it’s a subtle plot point because of their stress levels or if that’s just what the characters prefer. It doesn’t really matter to me. I am only on episode 7 of the first season as I don't have a lot of focus and concentration for tv. So I'm way behind....but I, too, wonder if it's purposeful. And we are to think that Jen drinks too much wine. I am thinking part of it is that they are showing she was quite disengaged with her DH. And alcoholics in my experience with my ex husband are disengaged.
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Post by pierkiss on May 25, 2020 19:59:08 GMT
pierkiss said: I haven’t noticed the alcoholic drinks only in most tv shows, but I did notice the wine all the time in Dead to Me this season. Not sure if it’s a subtle plot point because of their stress levels or if that’s just what the characters prefer. It doesn’t really matter to me. I am only on episode 7 of the first season as I don't have a lot of focus and concentration for tv. So I'm way behind....but I, too, wonder if it's purposeful. And we are to think that Jen drinks too much wine. I am thinking part of it is that they are showing she was quite disengaged with her DH. And alcoholics in my experience with my ex husband are disengaged. I bet it’s purposeful. It’s a really well done show, and there are definitely layers to the plot and the characters. Wouldn’t be surprised if she winds up in AA in the 3rd season.
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Post by purplebee on May 25, 2020 20:04:54 GMT
I kinda go in spurts. Dh and I have been having a little Pre-dinner happy hour on our front porch (1 or 2 glasses of wine for me) for the last few weeks, but prior to that, it had been a while since I opened some wine. We will probably wind that down as the weather gets hot and it will be too uncomfortable to be outside in the late afternoon/early evening.
I don’t usually have wine with meals unless we are eating out at a nicer restaurant, usually have water. . Now when I am back in NY on my annual visit with my sisters we throw caution to the winds and look forward to our cocktail hour with yummy snacks most evenings. Hate that I will be missing my time with them this year.
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Post by Darcy Collins on May 25, 2020 20:09:13 GMT
I enjoy wine with dinner many/most nights. It depends what we're having, but I'd guess 4-5 nights a week we'll open a bottle of wine. I never drive after drinking, so the fact that there aren't any nights where I'm schlepping kids around during the pandemic has probably increased it from mostly weekends to more often. I've never been much of a cocktail drinker - once in a while when we have people over we'll make something, but it's rare.
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Post by tanya2 on May 25, 2020 20:33:23 GMT
We have wine with dinner and into the evening about 3 or 4 nights a week. Mostly on weekends. And of course Baileys goes in the coffee every morning! And the odd mixed drink in the afternoon
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Post by myboysnme on May 25, 2020 20:40:59 GMT
I do not drink alcohol because I am allergic to it, even in food or medicine. But in my family we have never had alcohol at the dinner table at home.
Out at a restaurant my family will at times order wine, beer, or a mixed drink.
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Post by maryland on May 25, 2020 20:52:32 GMT
I don't like the taste alcohol at all, so I never drink it. I am so bad about drinking diet and regular soda. I usually have that or iced tea with meals. I wish I drank more water, but unless I am very thirsty and it's very cold, I don't like water at all. I wish I did! Sparkling water is okay (but not seltzer).
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Post by Legacy Girl on May 25, 2020 20:54:38 GMT
Unsweetened iced tea, all day, every day, 99.99 percent of the time. Two to three margaritas per year.
My brother is a newly recovering alcoholic. My dad typically had a single Scotch every night before dinner, but stopped when he realized the extent of my brother's alcohol issues. My mom has never been much for alcohol. She and I get overheated when we drink, and we'd rather not be miserable. DH is from the Bible Belt and doesn't drink.
The amount of focus on alcohol everywhere I go these days is definitely concerning to me.
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Post by MichyM on May 25, 2020 21:07:13 GMT
If I'm dining out (dinner or a happy hour that stands in as dinner) I'll either have two glasses of wine, or a cocktail and a glass of wine. <------ keeping to that number prevents me from getting embarassingly tipsy, I'm a cheap date At home I very rarely will have a drink alone, but always serve (at least) wine when I have company. So no, as much as I love wine I don't have a glass every evening. Unfortunately. Now I want to open a bottle of Rose while I (avoid) finishing my chores ETA: Seattle.
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Post by dewryce on May 25, 2020 21:09:30 GMT
Central Texas here, I almost exclusively drink ice water with meals, DH likes milk. I’ll have milk with a few meals like enchiladas, spaghetti, pizza. When we go out I will occasionally get a sweet tea, a few times a year I might have an alcoholic drink. Or I could go years without one. DH never has any. But our reasons are not influenced by where we live. I know people who drink like fish and people who occasionally have a margarita or something with dinner.
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Post by Lexica on May 25, 2020 21:33:57 GMT
I can’t drink alcohol anymore because of my pain medication, but when I could, it was rarely with a meal. The exception was a margarita with Mexican food. I drink ice water pretty much exclusively all the time, other than coffee first thing in the morning. When I was able to, I would have a glass of wine after dinner while visiting with whomever. Also at a party.
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Post by freecharlie on May 25, 2020 22:12:32 GMT
Very rarely and only if out. Dg might ha e a beer whole bbqing
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2020 22:12:48 GMT
I tend to drink water and coffee all day. There are meals where I drink water. Others, wine or beer. That is usually my only drink that day with the exception of holidays and weekends. Then I'll have two or three depending.
There are meals that are just better with a dark beer or a wine. Pizza and burgers are better with a light beer. Everything else? Water.
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Post by freecharlie on May 25, 2020 22:13:05 GMT
Very rarely and only if out. Dg might ha e a beer whole bbqing
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Post by Miss Lerins Momma on May 25, 2020 22:19:02 GMT
We never drink alcohol with meals.
If we are drinking, we are drinking. If we are eating, we have water or tea or something like that.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on May 25, 2020 22:20:18 GMT
We only drink alcohol with food when we go to a restaurant, which is rare. We don't drink water with meals because it dilutes the nutrients. DH drinks mainly water and one coffee a day. I drink green tea, and hot water and caffeine-free teas like peppermint or ginger in the evenings. But not with food. We often have a glass of wine in the last hour before bed.
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janeliz
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Post by janeliz on May 25, 2020 22:48:26 GMT
I love to have a cocktail or a glass of wine with my meal at a nice restaurant. At home, though, I’m more likely to have the wine or cocktail while I’m cooking and then I have water or a soft drink with my meal.
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Post by AllieC on May 25, 2020 22:53:35 GMT
I rarely drink with meals unless we have someone visiting. My husband usually has a glass of wine with dinner most nights though.
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Post by Jockscrap on May 25, 2020 23:09:19 GMT
We drink wine with our evening meal Friday to Sunday, and might have a gin or two over the weekend after the meal. We don’t drink that much at home - the wine glasses we use are small at about 120ml to the brim, so a bottle could last us the three nights. We often have a bottle of red and white on the go as we’ll drink what best suits the meal that night, and what’s left in the bottles keeps in the fridge until the following week. Screw caps make this so much easier. I love lager with a curry. Wine just doesn’t go with that for me. On holiday, we’ll drink alcohol every day.
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Post by AussieMeg on May 25, 2020 23:30:58 GMT
I don't drink alcohol at all, so my answer is never. Neither DSO nor DD drink alcohol with their meals, unless we have people over for dinner or a BBQ. Once in a blue moon DSO might have a beer or a bourbon with dinner, but it's rare.
My in-laws have wine with dinner every single night of the week. I'm pretty sure my SIL does too. My BIL has a beer or several every night.
I think it can be cultural, and it can also be what your family did when you were growing up. Both sets of my grandparents were teetotallers, and never drank alcohol in their lives. Neither of my parents ever drank alcohol with dinner, in fact they rarely drank alcohol at any time. (They do drink wine more often these days.) On the other hand, DSO's grandparents were BIG drinkers. He used to joke that he couldn't ring them after 11am because they'd be too drunk to talk properly. And his parents drink every night. And his brother and sister are quite big drinkers. The only reason DSO doesn't drink much is because he's stuck with me, a boring teetotaller!
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Post by Dallie on May 25, 2020 23:33:20 GMT
We rarely, very rarely, drink wine. Only if we are out with people and they want to share a bottle. When we do, we would just sip before and during the meal, while having water as our main beverage.
Beer, we would have before a meal and if we do not finish before the meal arrives, we will drink it and water during the meal.
Mixed drinks I will only drink before a meal. I get quite irritated if my food comes out so fast that I still have most of the cocktail left because I do not think cocktails and food mix. Plus, to me, a cocktail is a relaxing drink before dinner.
At home, we make cocktails maybe twice a year and have a beer maybe twice a month.
I only know one set of people who drink the way the OP described. Their home was and is decorated in a Tuscan winery theme. Their son became an alcoholic by the time he was 15. Doubt it is a coincidence.
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