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The least popular opinion ever!

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 18:30

I'm going to get handed my coat and escorted out of here but I'm going to say it anyway.
I do not get people's obsession with drinking!
I don't drink, I don't mind the taste (except ginEnvy), I just don't NEED it if you get me.
I dont particularly like feeling drunk but even just to have one or two drinks doesn't appeal to me...its calories that I don't need and it actually does nothing beneficial for the human body.
All I ever see people on here post is how after homeschooling they need Gin Envy..why? How's it going to help? Why do so many of you need to put a substance in your body in order to feel good? Why not smoke a blunt instead? Why alcohol?
Are you boring without it? Can't you have fun without a drink?

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GeorgiaGirl52 · 22/01/2021 20:44

People are getting snarky, OP, but I agree with you. It's not so much the daily drinking that surprises me, but the number of women who had DH or OH who came home totally blotto every Saturday morning and slept the rest of the day (after having thrown up in the kitchen) yet are still described as "really wonderful fathers". And how many people "Don't have a drinking problem' because they only get drunk every weekend and holiday but never on workdays."

SimonJT · 22/01/2021 20:45

Children learn behaviour from parents we might have a generation of alcoholics in ten to fifteen years time.

My parents have never drank alcohol, my grandparents have never drank alcohol.

I would happily drink nothing but ice cold beer.

MakeWorkYourNewFavourite · 22/01/2021 20:48

I agree with everything you've said, OP (I think).

It's not so much the drinking that annoys me, it's the fucking talking about it. At some point, wine, gin, cocktails and fizz became the "in" thing and it never went away. I reckon it happened around 2007. Since then, if you're tired, stressed, annoyed with the kids (but not too wound up... usually just "jokey" wound up because if you were REALLY wound up, you wouldn't be taking photos of gin), it's socially acceptable to say you drink. But you HAVE to stick to certain drinks. You can't say "As soon as the kids have gone to bed, I'm going to put Dawson's Creek on, pour myself a Fosters and have a bit of a wank". You CAN say, "Feet up in front of the fire. Time for a glass of vino... or two! I'm mad, me! Bonkers!"

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C152 · 22/01/2021 20:55

What actually is the point of your post? You said you're talking about those who NEED to drink, as opposed to those who can take or leave it or occasionally choose to have a drink. Well, those who NEED to drink are alcoholics. Surely you know that.

As to off-the-cuff remarks about wine o'clock or needing a gin to cope with life at the moment - these are usually said facetiously....which, again, surely you know. So...what is the point of your post?

LookToTreblesGoingTreblesGone · 22/01/2021 20:56

I don't drink.
I had someone once ask me "You don't drink? But how do you have a good time without a drink?"
Baffling.

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 20:58

@MakeWorkYourNewFavourite exactly! You've said it much better than me. My op just rambled on as though I'd been on the gin Confused

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 21:00

@georgiagirl52 yes, those men who have to go out 'with the lads' every weekend and get completely shit faced and unable to do anything the next day and its seen as a normal way to socialise.

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 21:02

@C152 so most of the mums and dads on my school WhatsApp are alcoholics?
They regularly post pics of drink in hand at the end of the day

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 21:03

@LookToTreblesGoingTreblesGone
I find people who can't have fun without a drink insufferable and boring

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LST · 22/01/2021 21:12

I do have fun without it but I also have fun with it! Different kinds of fun

LaceyBetty · 22/01/2021 21:17

Why do you care though OP? Not your life or your problem. The whole mummies who drink thing is just a joke. Everyone's doing the best they can. Get off your high horse.

MakeWorkYourNewFavourite · 22/01/2021 21:18

I don't care how much people drink as long as it's not effecting me. I just get so bored of seeing it mentioned. Surely we can be funnier? Surely we've got other things we can share or talk about? Other ways to express frustration? If your kids or job or partner really REALLY were driving you to drink, you'd keep it quiet (or seek help). Nobody makes jokes on a school WhatsApp group about having to take a couple of Tramadol with a pouch of chewing tabacco before getting out of bed in the morning. I just want it all to stop. I honestly have as much interest (or maybe more) in people's bowel movements.

Deadringer · 22/01/2021 21:19

@SimonJT

Children learn behaviour from parents we might have a generation of alcoholics in ten to fifteen years time.

My parents have never drank alcohol, my grandparents have never drank alcohol.

I would happily drink nothing but ice cold beer.

My parents didn't drink either, poor saps. 🤣
MakeWorkYourNewFavourite · 22/01/2021 21:24

*affecting. Dick head.

KarensChoppyBob · 22/01/2021 21:27

YANBU OP, alcohol (ethanol) is just as serious a drug as heroin. Difference is it's legal and advertised absolutely everywhere so it can be taxed.

It causes the most health problems. Look at the stats.

Go into A&E of a night and it's certainly not weed smokers physically and verbally attacking staff and wasting NHS time while they projectile vomit and resist help.

C152 · 22/01/2021 21:28

Catwoman - I haven't got the faintest idea if people in your school WhatsApp group are alcoholics. As I said, people who NEED to drink (a distinction you mentioned) are alcoholics, yes.

Inacountrygarden · 22/01/2021 21:28

It's a bit like the cake or chocolate jokes, all lighthearted stuff. Personally I like a glass of wine, gin, prosecco, slice of cake or a bit of chocolate so can laugh along but I don't take it too seriously.

birdglasspen · 22/01/2021 21:33

eh....I wouldn't want to dance in public without a drink....I know I'm crap at dancing, a drink helps me not to care. You are fortunate that your dancing is so good or you just don't care what others think. Same for singing. I assume you do understand that having a drink can make people more sociable, chatty....and therefore...yes...fun! Too much and the opposite happens, you become a pain in the arse and too sociable! I have long periods where I don't drink.....pregancy/ bf......but given the option, yes I enjoy a drink. There are lots of things which people do that I have no interest in doing myself. It doesn't bother me that they do them though........ Some people appear very outgoing and confident (who knows if they feel that way) without a drink for lots of others we like something too take the edge off. I don't post images of my drinks or make a big deal of it.....is that the actual problem you have with people drinking.....them advertising the fact?!

Stompythedinosaur · 22/01/2021 22:56

I honestly couldn't care of someone doesn't drink, but drinking alcohol remains a very normal thing that people do. It's disingenuous to prevent not to understand why people drink - it relaxes people, makes it easier to bond, maybe be a bit silly. I'm a bit old for all that now, but I don't regret the many cracking nights out I went on in my younger days. I dony regret the dope we smoked either, for that matter.

Stompythedinosaur · 22/01/2021 23:00

The thing is, alcohol changes the social rules a bit. I wouldn't dance confidently in public, it would feel boastful I think. Drinking makes it a bit more acceptable. Besides, it's nice to get a bit out of control once in a while!

Biancadelrioisback · 22/01/2021 23:16

I enjoy the taste and enjoy the feeling it gives me.
I can and do have fun without it, but I do look forward to my Friday night wine.
What's the problem with that?

Throwaway99 · 22/01/2021 23:20

Maybe if you had a drink you might fall off your high horse?

Bridget1979 · 22/01/2021 23:54

Why do you even care? I can’t imagine ever thinking ‘ooooh it’s Friday, I’ll make a post to slag of people I think I’m better than’

You might eat meat
You might eat wheat
You might eat diary
You might wear leather
Your might be homophobic

Who fucking cares

You do you. Let everyone else do them. Until their behaviour affects you, pipe the fuck down

Livpool · 23/01/2021 00:06

I'm more worried that you don't eat cake - that is weird!

CorianderBee · 23/01/2021 03:47

Well people are different. I don't drink too much bc I know that if I do I'll want an entire bottle of wine. Mad, how humans aren't all identical.

And no, I can't 'smoke a blunt' because it makes me faint. I literally go unconscious after one drag. Eyes roll up in my head and my body seizes. Funny, how I'm not like you. Not to mention that it's illegal.