To be a little bit...doubtful about the way wine and alcohol are worshipped on MN?

[TheSpokenNerd]

I probably am going to get slated here...I drink now and then...maybe a bottle of wine a month with DH...there are SO many threads where people say

helps!

and "Is it wine o clock?"

and it seems like a real enabling kind of culture here...."Oh 4.30's not too early for wine!"

and that kind of thing.

AIBU to think that it's an unhelathy atitude?

[ducks]

Yay!

I'd struggle to drink a glass let alone a bottle of wine but could knock back the equivalent in vodka with no problem

I had a whole bottle of Chianti yesterday, but that is all i have had for 2 weeks, is that acceptable?

I've calculated for the weekend and it came to zero!!!

It would have been some but the football was on so I went to bed early. The football is on today so I will be going to bed early today as well.

I hate football :(

I can't believe this post has gone from an OP with a problem understanding that virtual wine passing is different from reality, to posters attempting to make others justify their alcohol consumption!

I don't drink at all, am totally not smug about it, and love to with the best of them!

Some people need a [grip]!

I absolutely agree with the OP and I am genuinely shocked at the amount of people who think its acceptable to drink when in charge of children. Yes you are still in charge of them at night when they are sleeping.
What if there is an emergency and you need to get your children out of your home, illness, fire etc. one or two glasses of wine makes you incapable of driving, however well you think you hold your drink surely it impares your judgement in other ways too.

Blue the fact I don't own a car also makes me incapable of driving...

You've heard of taxis right?

Alot of people offer a glass of wine on here, it is not RL.
The problem becomes a problem when someone is drinking excessively everyday or every weekend in real life.
But drinking on her is just general banter

Blue You do realise that is a virtual glass, yes?

I don't own a car, either.

Exactly Tapir-VIRTUAL, op do you really think we all get pissed around our children and drink drive?

Pumpkin - I think that some people have their judgy pants wedged so far in that the oxygen supply is being cut off to vital parts.

To recap - some people cannot tell the difference between messages on an anonymous board and REAL life drinking; and people who become parents should stop drinking completely until their children leave home - just in case.

I didn' t realise that having children meant I had to be teetotal blue ! And my wine is anything but virtual.

I drive my kids into a wickerman cage every night and set fire to it.

I actually don't drink when I have my son

only because once I start I won't want to stop

i dont drink often.
to me the mn is sometimes equivelant to a very un mn hug. a 'we know how youre feeling' emotion.

Will David Cameron make poor people stop drinking completely until their youngest child is 25? I mean, anything could happen if you are poor.

I know in this case it is virtual, but in real life too there is this attitude ( at least there is here) so its not unreasonable to suggest that at least a percentage of those glasses are actual.
Re taxis, yes obviously the point I was making was if judgement is impared then other things like maybe judging if a child needs a doctor would also be difficult.

See this thread is showing - like all the others about alcohol always do - how much excessive drinking is normalised and accepted. Apparently 1 in 25 people are dependant on alcohol. That HAS to be a lot of mumsnetters too. And yet wine in particular has this very benign image and a hangover is occasion for amusement not concern.

It's amazing how quick you can sober up when your child is involved! What about going out and getting pissed and babysitter rings and says child's unwell or there's an emergency?

Have not read the whole thread, but it it is pretty tongue in cheek on MN, I don't think it is dangerous However, slightly off topic, but it does irritate me that the M&S 'meal for £10' which are good value, usually seem to have a main dish tht contains alcohol, so I can't give it to the DC, and also it does seem but in a multicultural society.

anyone?

Ah, usual. I was counting down for that

usual you obviously have a problem

No one has mentioned the increased risk of breast cancer that comes with even modest alcohol consumption. I used to drink alcohol at weekends (only a bit) but I have stopped apart from birthdays and other special occasions for this reason.

Go on then. Rum, sodomy and on the lash.