Men 'buying rounds'

I mean I wouldnt go out on a night out and be downing pints. When I do get a pint bought for me I pour it in 2 glasses and usually give a glass to a friend.

It isnt that common in my life for women to go round downing loads of pints. Women usually get more drunk then men and so wouldnt drink as fast.

Most women I know wouldnt want pints bought for them and most men know this so that is why the situation in the OP occured.

What is good manners Snowflake?

You do understand that your random point about a pint making you fat is pointless and makes you sound like the Nan out of Royle family, don't you? Sitting in the corner making irrelevant observations. But would you prefer us to talk about whether drinking beer out a pint glass makes you fatter than drinking the same amount out of 2 half pint glasses? How do you think that relates to gender expectations viz drinking beer?

I wouldnt ever drink a pint. If someone bought me a piint I would pour it in 2 glasses as a pint is massive next to me and also they make you fat. I think everything you have written is just good manners.

In our circles, the points you raise are the beauty of the whole system

Do people still buy rounds?

I thought most people did a kitty nowadays. Partly to avoid the phenomenon of feeling obliged to drink 8 drinks just because there are 8 people there, and partly to avoid the scenario of having to drink at the same breakneck speed as the person with the biggest alcohol problem in the group.

The only time I've been in a situation where rounds were being sneakily bought to prevent a woman buying one was when the woman in question was skint but needed a (rare for her) night out. But then I've done exactly the same thing for male friends in the same circumstances so the motivation wasn't anything to do with sex.

I don't have an issue with a woman or man asking for a half if that's what they want. I've ordered halves before if the people I'm with are drinking faster than me. I wouldn't insist on buying a half for someone just because they're a woman. That's just weird.

The only time I've come close to this sort of attitude was about 20 years ago when I met up with my step-mother in a pub. She was happy to buy rounds but wouldn't go to the bar herself. Instead, she gave me the money and I did the ordering. That was a bit peculiar but I just put it down to her being a bit old-fashioned. It's not an attitude I've seen for a long time though.

i've never met a man who wouldn't let me buy a round

honestly, i've never heard of this... i admit that sometimes the men get more rounds in cause they drink faster, and i sometimes can't drink whole pints (if drinking real ale for e.g. and out a long time) but that's MY choice, nobody elses, if i wanted a proper pint i'd better bloody get one.

always gone full rounds male, female, everybody buys.

want I get annoyed about is when it goes

single person
couple
single person couple
couple etc.

used to happen with takeaways as well.

I know what you mean. I think you have to play it by ear - some men will get mortally offended if a woman tries to get a round in and at that point there's no point in arguing.

I don't understand the halves thing - when buying a round surely you either ask everyone what they want, or get them the same again. If a woman is drinking a pint and a bloke gets a round in with pints for the men and a half for the woman then he is making a point and is a complete twat IMO.

TBH in my drinking days most of the groups I went drinking with took it in turns to buy rounds including the women. The few men I know who insist on paying for all the drinks have been in manual type jobs - bricklayers, van drivers, that sort of thing. I don't know why there are more "traditional" attitudes there but TBH it's probably something to do with being paid in cash (maybe).

Depending on the type of place I send my dh to the bar sometimes as I'm very short and hate jostling - and on Saturday I sent him to the bar as it was downstairs and I had high heels on.

I wouldn't be friends with people who assumed I only drank halves - how weird is that.