To wonder what is wrong with people who don't really drink

no, it is an invention by drinks companies, especially bottled water companies. Not necessary, or even desirable - just a bad habit and a fad.

And you can see what a bad unhealthy habit it is by the effect it is having on you right now, it is like you have a compulsion, like a child sucking a dummy.

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I see.
I've stayed somewhere with well water and we just drank it; it may have been of a higher standard of course.
Couldn't you just boil 2 or 3 kettles of water and keep the result in a jug you could then top yourself up with?

Then boil it then if that's what they do?

I remember a person I stayed with [When young] not allowing water with food -It was very difficult to eat.

I think we’ve been conditioned in the last 20-30 years to think we need to be drinking all the time and it’s become a habit for some. There’s really no need. Food provides quite a lot of water. I don’t really drink a lot of water and my kids are the same. My youngest regularly comes home with a full water bottle.

Because the water here comes off a private well and isn't safe to drink.

pop it in the kettle and drink it when it’s cooled down to drinking temperature

or just in very bad habits

My mother said that her mother was told by the doctor never to give drinks before or with meals as the child will fill up on liquids, not eat their meal and then be hungry later.

I find my parents don't drink very much at all and then it's always tea. Unless it was my house, then any sugar taxed soft drink by the pint was preferred. When I used to go over there I made sure I took my own bottles of water, as getting a glass of water from the tap at any time would draw questions as to why it was needed.

I drink a fair bit throughout the day! Always have a glass of apple juice to follow my meals. Drink plenty of herbal tea throughout the day and occasionally water. I get dehydrated really easily and feel thirsty quickly. Have always had the thirst thing from childhood - no diabetes here!

I drink very little, I know it's not good for me, and I often have a headache later in the day as I haven't had enough fluid!
I've always been the same and find it hard to change..

I don’t understand what you mean boil the tap water? We don’t have bottled water ready for guests. But actually have been icked out at the thought of tap water lately so maybe I should! Just, the plastic!

I drink a LOT and don’t understand my family who don’t 😄 my kids literally never ask me for a drink 😄 I get actually angry if I get thirsty. Can be hungry forever but thirst is another thing. I was tested 3x for diabetes as a small child and I’m totally fine, just thirsty 😄

I only drink teas, water and the occasional coffee really. Maybe a champagne on occasion but am allergic to alcohol so shouldnt!

I have Sjogrens so I need liquid all the time especially for a meal but I've always been like that, even as a child.

People do drink more liquids though, you can't go anywhere without seeing people with coffee cups or water bottles so drinking more has caught on (as a good thing).

I prefer a drink when I'm eating, even soup which my mother said I shouldn't need a drink with because it's liquid already.

Mine too! "The soup is the drink" no it isn't!

My parents have a snooty idea that tiny drinking vessels are superior. So many times I've seen my Dad come in from work or gardening etc saying how thirsty he is only to knock back a thimble full of water.

Can you not boil yourself one then?

There is not real need to drink water in the volumes that people drink it today, it is just a fad caused by advertising from the bottled water companies.

People drink too much then need to go to the toilet all the time to rid their bodies of the excess.

I belong to the generation that did not drink during the day, and it is a better habit to be in

Why can you just get yourself a glass of water?

I never ever ever feel thirsty. I have coffee in the morning and then tend to sip a bottle of water in work but I rarely refill it and I’ll often forget to drink it. I have a glass of water with my dinner (or wine if we’re out), but it’s not cause I’m thirsty.

We don’t have beverages in the house either; we all drink tap water (or beer)!

Of course people will feel the sensation of thirst. If though you are constantly feeling thirsty then you may have an underlying health condition- get it checked out

My mum and mil are always complaining about being constipated. They hardly seink anything at all. I have never seen mil drink water. Ever. It's tea or coffee.

'Dangerously dehydrated'...

😂 my mum is exactly the same. We once went to the Lakes and walked all day. I needed the loo several times because I drink lots of water. She didn’t go once! How do they cope??

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I still don't understand why you just can't get a glass of water (okay, it may not be iced).
Why would you have to boil the tap water?

I find it odd that people drink all the time. People have water for driving, water with meals, water when sat at the desk, water watching tv

its an obsession that seemed to start in the late 90s and has grown. It can be dangerous to drink too much fluid.

id just have a drink of squash a couple of times a day, about a pint and 2/3 coffees.

people walk round constantly with a drink in their hand.