It is barbarian to "clink" wine glasses

[TheAvocadoOfWisdom]

is it not?

I raise my glass at toasts and find my neighbour on occasion attempting to clash his or her glass against mine.

Ugh, no?

I'm not bothered too much about the clinking, but if someone doesn't make eye contact I get all

Very un-christian I'd have thought - sin't it to ward off evil spirits, couscous weevils and the like ?

We have different toasts for each day of the week.

Today is Absent Friends

It's very common. I still do it though .

i'd have thunk it more barbarian to clunk wine-filled skulls tbh

I thought it was so we could use all 5 of our senses at the same time.

Too much clinking cuts down on drinking time.

Just say it and dive in.

[wise]

HI CHAOS GOOD TO SEE YOU HOW'S YOUR HEAD?

Its not nasty at all, but rather difficult at large gatherings, where one should merely touch glasses with ones immediate neighbours. And of course this should only be done with good quality crystal to ensure a nice "ting", there is nothing that shows up a hostess more than the "thunk" of cheap glasses.

Here endeth the lesson.

Depends how many at the table - raising only is better than having to stand.

However, it's touch, not clink.

Hoi, Tee, keep it down.

Barbarian...not barbarian. Cliches. If there is something you don't like it doesn't mean it's barbarian.

SORRY CHAOS DID YOU SAY SOMETHING?

You're supposed to clink hard enough that a bit of your drink slops into the other person's drink and vice versa. It's to prove that you've not put poison in their drink.

Tricky if you're drinking chablis and your partner is drinking scotch.

My mother won't clink because if you do a sailor dies. Is that completely insane? I think so.

Good to see you in your natural plumage, Chaos

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:o - yes, that's completely insane. Are you sure she said a sailor? Nothing about semen?

Nope, sailor. Her mother said the same thing.

Totally bonkers, actually. Beyond insane.

And Hassled.

Scoundrel, sadly that is a myth, and as you say, terribly bad form if there are mixed drinks on offer!

I think there is a natural limit to it - small gatherings and a big occasion - clinkety clink all round and no drama - when I've been at a table with say 8 or more then there is just raising of glasses or clinking with those immediately in reaching distance, no one climbs over the bread baskets or runs laps around the tables to clink the other end, do they?

n people at gathering produce n(n-1)/2 clinks. Quickly unmanageable and potentially messy.

No, no, Chub, if you say you don't believe in sailors one dies.

Personally I think it's worse to make other people feel awkward about what they're doing, so if others are clinking, I do. This also applies at swinging parties....

Yonder - if my DH goes poof on the end of the sofa, I shall know who to blame

Proper barbarians would be drinking out of horns, not wine glasses.

YABU because you have not asked an AIBU question.