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To not have a drink with your food!?

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calltheyep · 04/06/2026 19:08

Do you know what blows my mind… people who have their dinner with no drink. Like no drink at all. No juice no tea no water. How do you people do it?

what do you think?

YABU - a drink with food is not necessary
YANBU - not having a drink with your food makes you a psycho!!

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InterestedDad37 · 04/06/2026 22:21

With my evening meal this evening, I had a vegetable smoothie, a glass of water, and a cup of green tea. 🤔😀

Grumpynan · 04/06/2026 22:21

I always set out glasses and a jug of water when I set the table for dinner. Lunch we normally have a cup of tea with it. If we have a nice meal on a Saturday’s or Sunday we will perhaps open a bottle of wine, but I still put a jug of water on the table. It’s just something I’ve always done

Noseylittlemoo · 04/06/2026 22:20

I feel like I " need" a drink with food - especially if the food is not particularly juicy/saucy like a sandwich or piece of toast would feel too dry to eat without a drink.
Breakfast I would have tea or diet coke, lunch time water or diet coke and evening meal water. I might have a cocktail or glass of prosecco if I was waiting for food at a restaurant, then water with the meal. If in a restaurant I finished my water and still had food left I wouldn't be able to finish it until they brought more water!

PersephoneSmith · 04/06/2026 22:19

I never have a drink with food. Never realised it is a thing to be honest. I mean I know that people have drinks with meals in restaurants of course but my family has never had drinks on the table when eating at home!

Lakesfun · 04/06/2026 22:16

My Dad heard something on the radio, decades ago, and has refused to have a drink with food ever since. There's some reason it's bad for you, aparently.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 04/06/2026 22:15

TeaPot496 · 04/06/2026 22:09

Bleurghh! A glass of breastmilk with anything / nothing past toddlerhood is ick.

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They're eating a bit of a pig with some bread, not expecting her to get her tits out for the family.

Changeisstillpossible · 04/06/2026 22:13

My in-laws were like this. I could hardly get the food down in their house, my mouth was that dry. I'd ask for a glass of water and be given a tiny glass that held one mouthful of water at a time.

It seemed very strange to me.

Whatisbest26 · 04/06/2026 22:13

I never have a drink with food I just don’t feel thirsty when I’m eating.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 04/06/2026 22:13

I was never allowed a drink from about an hour before until an hour after food. I don't remember the full explanation (and my grandparents always had drinks at the table), but it boiled down to 'you'll just moan that your tummy hurts and you feel sick'. No, mother, that was due to you deciding you knew better than the hospital consultant who told you I shouldn't have gluten or dairy, nothing to do with having access to drinks.

I'm still rubbish at remembering to drink now.

SlimShandy · 04/06/2026 22:11

This is one of those threads that blows my mind, like finding out that some people take off all of their clothes to poo, or stand up to wipe their bum.

I haven't noticed a single person in my life at home or at work that doesn't drink when eating, but clearly there are loads of them out there.

RampantIvy · 04/06/2026 22:10

Do you know what blows my mind… people who have their dinner with no drink. Like no drink at all. No juice no tea no water. How do you people do it?

Do you only eat dry meals? Do you have a dry mouth?

I don't usually need a drink with my food because most things we eat have a sauce - pasta with a sauce, curry, roast with gravy, salad etc.

I have a hot drink after I have eaten.

TeaPot496 · 04/06/2026 22:09

DilemmaDelilah · 04/06/2026 22:03

@Malasana the sweetness of the milk goes really well with the saltiness of the bacon, in my opinion. Has to be crispyish bacon on white bread with tomato sauce - no butter - though.

Bleurghh! A glass of breastmilk with anything / nothing past toddlerhood is ick.

DilemmaDelilah · 04/06/2026 22:03

@Malasana the sweetness of the milk goes really well with the saltiness of the bacon, in my opinion. Has to be crispyish bacon on white bread with tomato sauce - no butter - though.

Borborygmus · 04/06/2026 22:03

I always have tea after (rather than with) every meal.

IsadoraQuagmire · 04/06/2026 22:02

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 04/06/2026 20:31

I never have a drink with food. I think it’s weird! Surely you just fill your stomach up with water/juice/whatever so you can’t eat?

That's exactly what I think. I drink after food, definitely not immediately after either.

ManyShapesOfPasta · 04/06/2026 21:55

I don't get one specially, but I always have a water bottle, I tend not to drink until I've finished my meal though.

bryceQ · 04/06/2026 21:49

I don't drink with dinner at all. I drink loads throughout the day. I just see eating and drinking as separate activities….

UniquePinkSwan · 04/06/2026 21:45

I always eat first then have a drink but the drink is always sitting beside me

FrangipaniBlue · 04/06/2026 21:17

What’s the reason people say they “need” or “have to have” a drink either food? Beyond medical need.

I can take it ir leave it…… at home I rarely have a drink with food. At a restaurant I order a drink while waiting for food and might have some before then finish it after.

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 04/06/2026 21:05

I had it drilled into me from a fairly young age not to drink 30 mins before or after a meal.

If I did then it just made me feel bloated and sloshy.

On the bariatric pathway now and they give the same advice.

Putmedownfor5shagger · 04/06/2026 20:57

I have a drink with everything. Even just a bite of something, I need a sip of drink.

I dont like hot drinks though - only squash and fizzy drinks will do! Fizzy water is good too.

Honeypickle · 04/06/2026 20:56

Always have a drink with food!

Breakfast - cup of tea/glass of apple juice

Lunch - Diet Coke

Dinner - Diet Coke

user1476613140 · 04/06/2026 20:47

DH is an absolute freak as the four DC have squash or milk with their meals at the table, I drink water with my meals but DH just doesn't drink anything at all! Weirdo!

Dontcallmescarface · 04/06/2026 20:46

I never have a drink with food. Food bits floating in a glass ewww.

TheWineoftheChicken · 04/06/2026 20:44

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 04/06/2026 20:32

Looks like I’m in the weirdo gang too! It’s never occurred to me to have a drink with food.

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If you’re out for dinner would you have a drink alongside?