What is this need to drink water constantly? Even in 'intimate moments'?

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Provoked by an item in today's Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/31/you-be-the-judge-should-my-boyfriend-stop-drinking-from-a-water-bladder-during-sex

I was reflecting on what is this need some people have to drink water almost constantly and the whole performance of carting around containers for this water even if they will be away for a short period. Growing up in the 1980s and 90s I dont remember this at all and we largely survived!

By all means carry water when away hiking in rural areas but going to the shops, a short walk or similar there is surely no need. Even my children going to school where there are water fountains in the playground seem to feel the need to take a metal bottle with them.

As regards the Guardian question this looks a bit pathetic -at home you are never more than a two or three minute walk from the tap! I think the boyfriend clearly has too much time on his hands and a 'building fortresses' need - clearly spent too much time playing Minecraft and similar when younger?

I do appreciate that hydration myths are far less harmful than other anti scientific myths

Am I the only one that gets genuinely agressive when they're thirsty? Some people get hangry.

I get... thangry? (thirst plus anger?) I just can't stand the feeling of being genuinely thirsty.

So yes, I usually have a water bottle on me (unless I leave the office / the house for super short amounts of time like a 10 minutes walk).

Otherwise I end up getting thirsty and buy a bottle. Which definitel isn't better.

I just read a bit of that article and the guys sounds so creepy and weird.
Having a reusable water bottle with you out and about is not the same as rigging up a drip for sexy times!

I remember taking squash out in a Tupperware cup with a lid. It was tiny but it seemed enough for lunch.

Imagine having such a sad and empty life that you get offended by what people choose to drink🤣

Water bottles need washing out every two hours or so
Just when I thought I'd read the most bat shit thing on MN, along comes another one 🤣🦇💩🤣

I went on holiday with my in laws and foolishly forgot to bring a water bottle. It was summer and I was breastfeeding at the time plus am a big water drinker anyway. EVERY SINGLE time I poured myself a glass of water it would get washed up/disappear the moment I wasn’t right next to it. On the last day I poured myself a glass and turned my back for just literally a few seconds (still in the kitchen standing next to it) and it was gone when I went to take my first sip. I was SO thirsty that whole week it felt like torture. Never going without a water bottle again. A glass of water is NOT a replacement for a bottle as some people see them as mess!

I enviously eyed my SIL (their daughter) who was not breastfeeding at the time yet remembered to bring a water bottle as she remained happily hydrated 😫all week

It doesn’t affect me immediately when people drink lots of water- I do myself. But the single use plastic, the air miles and the extraction of spring water does have a huge impact on the environment.

Did you say “Oh, could you leave my water, please? I’m drinking it!”

I have a giant handle cup (like a Stanley but cheaper) and it comes with me on a long car journey, the hairdressers, anywhere where I'm likely to be for any length of time like soft play or a swimming lesson. Especially swimming lessons, they are so hot I always feel dehydrated.

It's just replaced me buying a bottle when I'm out although I still do that on occasion if I need to.

It's not a fashion statement or a need to drink water constantly, it's for when I'm likely to want a drink to either save me buying one or because I prefer drinking from a spout than a glass. I don't tend to carry it around when I'm walking which is why I have a cheap one from Amazon. It has a handle so it's easy to hold and a flip straw so it can stay in my bag. The Stanley ones either have a handle and a straw you can't flip so you have to either carry the bottle or take the straw out or they have a flip straw but no handle.

I don't see what the big deal is even if someone is carrying it around with them unless they are always asking you to carry it for them.

True. It’s still an irritating fad though.

I don't think I need to drink water constantly. But I like water and I want to drink a lot, so I carry a water bottle (filled at home) with me when I'm out and about. I actually carry it around the house with me too (not continuously).

Nobody is saying drinking water isn't good. It is more that people seem to be constantly sipping it like a kid. I mean, somebody drinking water constantly during sex would be a real turn off.

I'm clearly going to die, mine get washed out weekly unless they have something other than water in them. Washing them every 2 hours is insane, nothing wrong with daily surely??

No wonder nobody has time for anything anymore.

I don't ever remember drinking water as a kid in the 80s and 90s, we never drank water at home. I don't remember people having water bottles at school but I guess they might have had water in their pack lunch (I didn't!)

I try (and usually fail) to drink a litre of water a day. But the only difference I've noticed with drinking more water, is needing to wee more! It doesn't make me less hungry , clear headed, energised, clear skin or any of the other stuff it's supposed to do!

As long as no one is asking me to carry their huge water bottle, or drink the contents, then it doesn't bother me, but I'm continually amazed at the amount people drink on threads like this.im sure I'd feel really bloated or spend half the day on the loo if I drank eg 3 or 4 litres of water

Obsessing about 'hydration' really is 'new' - as in during the last 20 years or so.
I think it started when studies found that children concentrated better when they had regular drinks and it has snowballed from there.
We buried my mum's ashes last week - my aunt even had a water bottle by her side then. What does she actually thi8nk will happen if she misses drinking water in the literally 10 minutes it took?
It's more a habit than a need I think

I didn't see your post. Yes, I agree that's when it started.

@SilverHammer I've just reread the article and nowhere does it say he was 'constantly drinking during sex'. That's not even implied.

It says he 'had a drink'.

I just can't understand this need to complain about people drinking water. Or coffee. How can it be so irritating to people?

I don't have a Stanley cup, I have a normal litre water bottle in my bag that I might have a drink from if I'm on the tube, or I'm, you know, thirsty or I just want a drink. It doesn't change your day in way?

My kids started schooling the 2010s and told to bring a water bottle every day. They are teens now and much better at drinking water than me, but I doubt they have more than 1.5 or 2 litres unless doing a lot of sport.

I’ve read through maybe half these replies and all I can think is, honestly, why does anyone care? Drink loads of water if you want, don’t drink loads of water if that pleases you, why does it matter what anyone else is doing? All this ‘oh in my day!!’ bollocks is so tedious 🥱

A week is absolutely disgusting - god knows what types of mould and organisms you’re drinking. Water isn’t perfectly clean, plus the bottle is coming into contact with bacteria from your mouth. You wouldn’t reuse cutlery etc without washing it!

Ours get chucked in the dishwasher every night and the straws get a quick brush too - hardly the reason that ‘nobody has time for anything’ territory.

I have a Stanley cup AND I get a takeaway coffee almost every day. Who'd have thought me enjoying my little treat coffee each day would annoy people so much! I've been oblivious! I like to drink as much water as I can to try and keep my skin looking good!

Chastising @Pickingmyselfup for not washing her water bottle for a week.... you're going to have a field day with me! 😆
I brought my "work water bottle" home yesterday to wash it for the first time in ~3 months 🤪 only drink fresh water though, not 3 month old water - in case you're worrying about me.

Are statement water bottles the new “designer handbag” trend?

After all, you don’t need to carry your purse, hairbrush, phone and pens in a Hermes Birkin, a Primark bag will perform the same function, but it’s what message you are consciously sending out carrying a large named bag. You want people to notice that you can afford a large and expensive accessory, so in reality, aren’t carrying these large water bottles rather performative too?

Tap water is the same whether it’s in a Lakeland thermos water bottle or a Chillys one surely - and presumably, if the whole point is to be drinking it regularly and steadily, it’s not going to be in the container long enough to make a lot of difference anyway?

It doesn’t annoy me btw, I’m just curious how we’ve all somehow been steered into this “must have” club.

I’ve come to the conclusion loads of adults are trying to resolve the oral stage of development because they didn't complete it ! Seriously, the water thing is so weird