to think that wine o'clock is essential

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and without it we would all be on valium? I mean everybody has something to dull the existential pain of existence

I've had three glasses now and I never drink that much. Feeling warm and fuzzy and not giving a stuff

i save mine till a friday :) no way could i get up in the morning other wise

YABU, life is perfectly liveable without wine.

I prefer fruit cake tbh.

i remember wine .... a rich full bodied red mmmmmm then i had DD and not had a drop since found out was pg, shes 13 months now ....... i miss wine, but then i also miss reading books, watching a full program on the tele, dyeing my hair to get rid of the go faster stripes that have appeared at the sides ..... i could go on

Yabu... I hate the expression wine o'clock and agree with Hecuba.

YANBU

life is liveable without wine, but those who go without anything at all are rare IME. I refuse to believe that most people live their adult life without something soporific.

BTW I think I meant the existential pain of being...........

oh and cheers usual

I don't drink any alcohol at all and have no urge to either tbh. Not that I would stop someone else drinking.

I could drink several bottles of wine right about now

so hecuba do you take anything to dull the existential pain and if not how do you deal with it?

go ferret usual, tis my usual mode of being.

I enjoy the odd drink but it makes me want to nap. Not worth it for me so wine o'clock here is about 3-4 times a year.

No nothing at all. I eat too much chocolate but that doesn't numb the senses obviously.

I like a nice glass of wine or 3

And if you drink enough, it makes you slim cos you're too pissed to count the calories

I'm so old that I often prefer a

then I conclude that some of us are more aware and receptive to the EPOB (existential pain of being)

Really I have tried and tried, but the whole EPOB is too much on a regular basis, and I am a happy person who takes life in their stride, don't stress too much etc.

Any tips gratefully received

My emergency 5pm wine time this evening allowed me to rally and carry on being a good parent (as opposed to a gibbering mess). We went on to make fairy cakes. Without the wine, I suspect DP would have come home to DD confined to her room while I rocked myself back and forth, back and forth on the carpet.

As is was, DD looked loving up at me and said "I love cooking with you mummy; you're the best mummy I have". "Luckily, I'm the only mummy you have, so you'll have to put up with a raving lush" "Thank you poppet, I'm having fun with you too", I replied.

lovingly, even.

Still bfing.

But I miss wine o'clock.

Just the one isn't the same when it really is...

lol, Aminita I think it was your 5pm thread that made me think about it.

Maryz I agree that if it threatens to get out of control then you are wise to reign it back. I have been a lurker on the BB thread, but have realised that I really want to stop at 2/3 - and do - and so don't have a problem per se. But I rally do salute all of you on there. Very tough for a lot of you.

Wine o'clock... indispensable. Except that I still want a ciggie to go with it. But then I get the same urge with tea...