Page 8 | AIBU for having a pint with breakfast in town?

JayJayj · 25/04/2026 14:13

redboxer321 · 25/04/2026 14:11

I quoted the wrong person. Sorry. Reading your posts I can understand why you might have reservations about alcohol at any time of the day.

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No worries! I know conversations around alcohol can be varied. I have friends that think I’m strange for not drinking.

redboxer321 · 25/04/2026 14:11

JayJayj · 25/04/2026 13:49

You do know that you don’t have to get drunk to have a problem with alcohol?

I also didn’t she had a problem.

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I quoted the wrong person. Sorry. Reading your posts I can understand why you might have reservations about alcohol at any time of the day.

LaburnumAnagyroides · 25/04/2026 14:07

Malinia · 25/04/2026 13:56

If I'm observing a stranger I have no idea it's a one off, so my comment stands. I would see someone drinking alcohol at that time and assume they have a huge drink problem. I might well be wrong, but my point was that it's very unusual and highly likely to be indicative of a problem.

I don't think people with a healthy relationship with alcohol drink that early in the day, and yes I know a lot of people on here are saying they do it, but I don't think they have healthy relationships with alcohol either. I think a lot of people have low level drink problems in this country and that it's normalised, and that's what we are seeing on this thread.

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Maybe a bit less judging observing others would be in order?

The very fact that OP’s DP said it was out of character, by definition means it is not a regular event.

Greenfingered1 · 25/04/2026 14:07

Educata · 25/04/2026 11:59

Just back from a trip into town to meet my friend for breakfast.

We went to a well known pub chain - both had a fry up each, washed down by a coffee and a pint (Guiness for me, cider for my friend).

DP has declared that very out of character and not a great way to start the day.

AIBU?

Maybe DP was a little envious that you had a pint and he hasn't, so chose to make you feel shitty about it?! Don't let it bother you anyway, if you had s good time then focus on that.

Terfedout · 25/04/2026 14:06

Assuming its wetherspoons, where it is the law to have a pint with breakfast. You don't want to stand out as a weirdo do you 🙃🤪

Growlybear83 · 25/04/2026 14:04

OttersOnAPlane · 25/04/2026 14:03

Yeah, a pint at 9:30 is grim.

Then again, I think a Spoons breakfast is pretty naff, so what do I know? Even the supermarket cafes are better.

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Why is a pint at 9.30 grim? Why does the time of day matter?

Bowling4soup · 25/04/2026 14:04

I think it’s only acceptable in the airport when you’re officially starting your holiday. I’ve never done it but I know many do and don’t judge. I find it hard not to judge on a normal day though sorry!

jellyfish798 · 25/04/2026 14:04

Go for it girl it's the weekend - tell DP to lighten up you're not hitting the vodka every morning x

OttersOnAPlane · 25/04/2026 14:03

Educata · 25/04/2026 12:02

It was a breakfast - it was 9.30

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Yeah, a pint at 9:30 is grim.

Then again, I think a Spoons breakfast is pretty naff, so what do I know? Even the supermarket cafes are better.

Gardenquestion22 · 25/04/2026 14:00

Prosecco or champagne for breakfast on holiday fine…pint with a fry up not….it is double standards.

hope you enjoyed it.

Notmyreality · 25/04/2026 14:00

How common

Iocanepowder · 25/04/2026 13:59

KimberleyClark · 25/04/2026 12:24

Few years back DH and I were being shown round Le Havre by a friend, we went for coffee around 10.30-11 and plenty of people were sitting around with glasses of wine.

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Oh totally. I worked as a TA while I was living there and it was normal for teachers to drink wine in the staffroom at lunch.

I would say as an occasional thing as a treat, booze at breakfast is fine. Only slightly earlier than bottomless brunch isn’t it.

Plus 9.30am may be that early for some. I am often up before 6am.

Cricketashes · 25/04/2026 13:58

I couldn't do it though I don't drink pints anyway. I couldn't drink any alcohol at that time of day with breakfast.

BitOutOfPractice · 25/04/2026 13:58

Cherriesandapples1 · 25/04/2026 12:42

I barely drink but have on very odd occasions had a pint with breakfast, holiday, day out. I am most certainly not an alcoholic. This is not how alcoholism is defined in anyway shape or form

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Anyone who drinks more than a thimble of sherry at Christmas is deemed an alcoholic on mn. It’s ridiculous.

OP yanbu.

Whosthetabbynow · 25/04/2026 13:58

ConnieHeart · 25/04/2026 13:31

So I assume in summer you don't drink until after 9pm then

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Oh I do. I just feel pissed more quickly

Malinia · 25/04/2026 13:56

LaburnumAnagyroides · 25/04/2026 13:08

You would assume wrong. Someone doing something out of character as a one-off is in way, shape or form suggestive of an addiction.

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If I'm observing a stranger I have no idea it's a one off, so my comment stands. I would see someone drinking alcohol at that time and assume they have a huge drink problem. I might well be wrong, but my point was that it's very unusual and highly likely to be indicative of a problem.

I don't think people with a healthy relationship with alcohol drink that early in the day, and yes I know a lot of people on here are saying they do it, but I don't think they have healthy relationships with alcohol either. I think a lot of people have low level drink problems in this country and that it's normalised, and that's what we are seeing on this thread.

Dodorogers · 25/04/2026 13:56

Educata · 25/04/2026 12:02

It was a breakfast - it was 9.30

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Guinness is a great start to the day — all that iron!

ButterYellowHair · 25/04/2026 13:54

Yeah drinking alcohol in the morning is unusual and quite unhealthy. Of course it’s not much different from having it with dinner physiologically but I think socially/psychologically it’s more likely you will then drink more throughout the day.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 25/04/2026 13:54

KimberleyClark · 25/04/2026 12:24

Few years back DH and I were being shown round Le Havre by a friend, we went for coffee around 10.30-11 and plenty of people were sitting around with glasses of wine.

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I’ve seen workers in Normandy and Provence go for breakfast in their local and have a “café-Calva” at any time after 7.00am, “washed down” with a Gauloise, of course! Mind you, this was about 50 years ago and I’ve no idea if things have changed in those parts of France!

Thechaseison71 · 25/04/2026 13:53

RampantIvy · 25/04/2026 12:00

It's up to you. I never fancy alcohol first thing and prefer tea or cofee.
I do drink but prefer to drink in the evening.

It may not have been first thing though. You could be up at 6 and having the breakfast at 11.30

dontforgetme · 25/04/2026 13:52

I always have a pint if I have a spoons breakfast. Their hashbrowns are the best!

SpiceGirlsNeedAComeBack · 25/04/2026 13:50

Pint at 9.30 is a bit ridiculous but whatever.

JayJayj · 25/04/2026 13:49

redboxer321 · 25/04/2026 13:29

Absolutely. OP might be too far gone already but we have to try. Let's stage a Mumsnet intervention and try to bring her back from the brink of rolling-round-in- the-street-drunk alcoholism!

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You do know that you don’t have to get drunk to have a problem with alcohol?

I also didn’t she had a problem.

400rider · 25/04/2026 13:49

We attend a military breakfast couple of times a month, Saturday morning. A couple of the higher ranks buy a glass of red after breakfast. I drop one off on our way home sometimes, he usually says not to take him all the way and drop him by the pub…….
Another guy I sometimes drop a bit further on comments ‘oh the grandchildren must be visiting, he’s not going home today’.

It been decided that as treat once in a while what’s the harm, but carry it on for the rest of the day? Maybe not.
Enjoy.

SpryTaupeTurtle · 25/04/2026 13:49

cariadlet · 25/04/2026 13:42

Alcohol with breakfast seems very weird to me and I don't understand why anyone would want an alcoholic drink that early - whether it's a pint in Wetherspoons, a drink at an airport or a glass of champagne (which I've never seen anyone have but it was mentioned by a pp so must be a thing).

A cooked breakfast needs a mug of tea or coffee with it.

That's if you drink tea or coffee. I don't drink either