He offered to throw his drink away!

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AIBU- at lunch, with both children and their dad, who’s not around during the week. 2 year old says she doesn’t like the fact he’s got squash and she’s got water. He turns round, completely genuinely (!), and says “oh, shall I throw mine down the sink?”!!!! She says yes, and I interupted just before he got up from his chair to throw away his drink, because the 2 year old didn’t like him having it!!!!!! She’s 2! We are grown ups! We are parents that are supposed to set boundaries and teach them to deal with life!! AIBU??!!

I don't think I know any adults that don't drink squash from time to time to be honest.

They don't sell it in the US, so there's a few hundred million who don't drink it...

OMG Cruncher if I was served squash in a meeting, I'd genuinely think it was some kind of joke! I'm another one who doesn't know a single adult who would ever drink squash. Is this a regional thing, or a class thing?

This place gets stranger by the day. Who cares whether he was drinking squash (diluting juice to me), tea or beer. A 2 year old does not dictate the rules. There will be some things that adults will have that children won't. It doesn't mean that he should have offered to have thrown it away.

Not a class thing. Calling it cordial turns it posh straight away. Summer fruit cordial and Vimto are still pretty much the same thing. It is, however, a British thing. You won't find many places in the continent where adults are drinking it to this extent!

If it is a class thing it is one where the WC, LM, UMC and Aristocracy all agree but the middle middles are freaking out about it. Based on my experience of people I know

Actually OP I really dislike the "but I/we are the adult/s" mentality. We are inclusive as a family and try very hard not to qualify for extra 'perks' simply because we are adults. The feelings of our DC's matter and I think it is important to make them feel equally valuable members of the family.

I wouldn't give a shit about someone throwing away a few pennies worth of squash as a one off either, but at the same time we all drink water throughout the day anyway so DC's are used to that

I never saw an adult drinking squash when I was a child, so I strongly associate it with children, but DH goes through gallons of the stuff. He doesn't drink tea or coffee and he has to drink something other than beer, after all.

What a strange thread. I’d never considered this ‘a thing’. I live on Apple and black currant squash. I drink that all day, bottle of ribena at work, and a cup of tea at night. I literally drink nothin else, I’ll have a lemonade at a restaurant. I don’t drink alcohol and I think water is vile.
I’ve drunk squash my whole life, didn’t drink water as a child so assume my mum gave me squash from a young age. Got to 29 without ever needing a filling so can’t be that bad for my teeth!
Don’t understand people talking about it being disgusting with meals. I’m not really in the habit of swigging drinks in between mouthfuls of food. Usually have some squash at the end of a meal or a couple of sips mid meal but it doesn’t disrupt the taste of a shepherds pie

"They don't sell it in the US, so there's a few hundred million who don't drink it..."

www.walmart.com/browse/beverages/drink-enhancers/976759_976782_1228026

This lot looks very much like extra concentrated squash/cordial to me, just named differently.

There's a posh almond squash in France that tastes like you're drinking marzipan. It's magnificent.

And yes, this thread is batshit. People getting sniffy over adults drinking squash - wtf's that all about?

There's also a not posh peppermint squash in France that tastes like you're drinking mouthwash. It's minging.

In my parralel universe squash is commonplace and a perfectly acceptable beverage for young and old. In fact all households I frequent have a choice of squash to choose from. Water is also freely available and no one seems to get their knickers in a twist about it.

Oh yes, forgot about that vile French stuff. Must have deliberately forgotten about it! The peppermint stuff languished (brought over in caravan from hols) in our fridge for years before we moved and the someone finally chucked it. Thank god!

I like lemon and lime squash. And I drink tea or coffee with my food which people tell me is weird.

These are very much for the adult market. I'm amazed that people don't think adults drink squash!

Personally I find diluting juice rank and prefer water. However, I give DD (3) diluting juice because otherwise she would drink nothing. She has no time for water whatsoever (and the occasional smoothie carton).

I totally get what a PP means by "it does something weird I get that too.

The really bad part was that there were no biscuits in the 3 hr meeting to go with the squash!

Those saying that adults shouldn't qualify for extra perks... do you go to bed at the same time as your children? Only watch U rated films and only read kids books? Give your toddlers coffee to drink? Surely its not about perks, rather understanding that children are not adults and there are some things that aren't appropriate until you're older? Toddlers having squash is obviously something there are various views about but plenty of other activities are just not appropriate for kids. Do you stop doing them in case your kids get upset or feel that they are 'lesser '?

@BuzzKillington why the hell not?!

I've just chuckled my way through this thread.
I'm surprised no one said there are too many carbs in the squash, talked about a higher protein alternative and discussed how to make one bottle last a year.

MN weirdy food/drink people

"Don't know adults who drink coke" who the hell is actually drinking coke then

He was being ridiculous. She’s 2, she doesn’t get to make the rules, she gets to follow them. Her turn in twenty years.

I gave my daughter squash when she was 2, it wasn't that long ago, 14yrs, yet on here people get hysterical about any drink that isn't water or some fancy pants filtered yak mung bean juice.

So the general consensus is that squash is cordial? Because we don’t have squash here. We have cordial, but the chances of anyone drinking that with dinner are very slim.

My kids are 12 and 10 and they still realise what’s mine is mine and what’s theirs is theirs.

Yes squash is cordial.

And I don't know why some people don't like water...it doesn't taste of anything! (Well tap water does, but that's a whole different subject)

I'm in the you don't give squash to 2yo's camp. But maybe that's because I've never liked it, even as a child.