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]

Cheese Fab idea!

Like the blanket idea, but it may offend blanket haters

true! didnt think of that! hmmm, how about [nap]

Did someone say gin?

if somebody offer me picture of doesnt make me rush out to buy or drink maybe mumsnet is full of alkies or maybe not it doesn't really bother me ,

Always have a stash of for you, Olivia!

What about [hot water bottle] for those off days?

Oh yes Worra ooops :)

And breast feeding :)

All this talk of wine and cakes. Maybe there should be a lettuce or celery icon.

[ear plugs] for non-sleeping threads

argh no i have just read the but you are in charge of children line what if their head falls off when you have been drinking

No more cakes and ale!

In RL I don't drink very often.
On MN I am very partial to a large glass of red at the end of a stressful day.
Just because I say something on MN doesn't always mean it is a 100% accurate reflection of my actual behaviour.

I a lot more on MN too!

yes i alot too doesnt make be a grining loon in real life honest

my mum is 75yrs old and wouldn't miss her happy hour which can start as early as 4pm...whisky and ginger, 2/3 a night and I barely have any in a week but know my Sis's all have wine of an evening and alot of ppl do

I'm a vodka drinker when I do partake
rest of the time I like my coffee, crisps and choc...all bad for me too

Yes. Every time someone posts everyone drinks.

Just like every time a Maccy's advert comes on site, we all run out for a Happy Meal.

oh i could honestly go a now maybe thats the enabiling behaviour the op was talking about

Exactly

I mean, if we were to follow this logically, all would be replaced by because may encourage otherwise sensible adults to rush out and drink - along with bun fights, which may tempt those who are on a diet.

All parents would be banned from doing anything risky at all - just in case.

I opened the wine before looking on mumsnet. Its now subliminal enabling, not virtual.

Is it enabling or conditioning though??!

I don't think that's what the OP was on about really.

Then I'd love to know exactly what the OP meant - because from what I've read in the OP is the assumption that every time we post means that we are actually drinking IRL - and that posting is enabling others drinking.

A bottle of wine lasts you and your dh a month, Nerd?

Doesn't it taste like vinegar by the time you get to the last thimbleful? [

when i see somebody say bun fight it make me I always have images of women chucking buns at their screens

There. I've enabled everyone 3 times.

Tapir, I drink, yes, I drink, sometimes a lot, sometimes a little. But I find this attitude that drinking is something hilarious a bit odd. Can't really explain properly, but I just know that it's not something I've seen in other countries.

I remember trying to explain "a cheeky pint" to a Spanish friend and he couldn't understand why we can't just drink if we want to without making it into some sort of joke, like we're doing something naughty. I just think it's a bit unhealthy.

Not judging at all, I just get what the OP means.