Girl ordering beer on first date

[PollyMolly1234]

What are your thoughts about this?

squoosh I can't remember, it should have been, but thinking of the place it was probably something terribly french and pretentious sounding. The cocktail menu looked like something from a michelin starred restaurant.

If anyone else is desperate to have an expensive cocktail whilst staring at their own reflection, do go to Little Social in London. It's very nice. Or alternatively, recreate the experience in the comfort of your own home with a cocktail umbrella in your beverage of choice and a small mirror.

This thread is actually hilarious

It's 2018 and I cannot believe some of the comments/beliefs being spouted, but each to their own

GiddyGardner
I am totally with you on all your points.
Also, your comments about baby boys are pretty spot on

Doing damn well as you please and making your own choices is what is most important, in my opinion

I will continue to drink beer when the occasion takes my fancy, even in a pint glass!

I'm not a skyscraper sized fan of women [or, frankly, men] knocking back multiple pints. When drinking them, it's easy to get wasted; easy to get 'caught out' with an overfull bladder; makes it easy to put weight on.

This is going to sound terribly snobbish but in general terms I'd say that pints of something of a high quality looks an awful lot better [i.e. a good ale or lager] than say pints of Carling or Fosters, which to me is only good for getting wasted cheaply, something that definitely has its place for both genders but a first date probably isn't one of them.

I will certainly discourage my daughter from drinking pints of beer, as well as my son. I’m into healthy living and pints of beer don’t fit in with that. And yes, pints aren’t very elegant, and would probably put people off on a first date. That’s my prerogative.

But isn't there a big difference between 'a pint' and 'pints'? A definition of healthy living where you can't enjoy a single pint as a treat if you want to is unhealthily restrictive. And I can't see what 'elegance' has to do with healthy living - in fact, if you want to put women off sport then instilling them with a load of stuff about being 'elegant' and 'ladylike' is a pretty good way to do it.

Would rather you have a pint as it is cheaper than wine! A half seems pointless. A pint is perfectly fine.

I drink pints
I don't look rough
I don't stagger about in the streets vomiting

Me too. I am a lesbian though so I guess I fit that stereotype ! Also, I don't drink beer/pints every time I drink and contrary to what's said above, tend to drink pints if I'm at a festival or all day event, or if I'm on a country walk or such precisely because I don't want to get drunk, and It's more a refreshing, last a while drink than if I drank wine or spirits (which I also enjoy) those are more an 'I want to get a bit tipsy tonight' thing I'll drink with friends of an evening.

@TurquoiseDress thank you.
@AbsolutelyCorking 'i know what you say comes from a good place' - bit patronising...don't you think? I am constantly patronised by males (presuming your female, I don't need you to add to this). I am not encouraging anyone to drink, as you will know if you had read my post. But as a grown (nearly 40 years old) woman in a professional job, I know how damaging these stereotypes can be...I am living it. Although i am qualified, experienced, and competent in what I do, men do still seem to think I am responsible for admin (which I'm not, no where near). They also think they know more about my job than I do (which if you listened to them, they clearly don't, but as a man they have sway at senior management meetings, as a woman, I don't, even though I am part of the senior management team). If I have a problem...I need to calm down, I am being hysterical. Stereotypes don't do anyone any favours, unless you are segmenting for marketing purposes. Let's chuck this out and treat everyone as individuals. We need to teach our little girls, to be strong, to be leaders, and to be independent...we could do so much good! But if they can't choose their own drink because of what a man might think of them, then we are fucking doomed.

If i went on a date with a man who ordered a beer I’d be put off. I don’t want a man with a revolting beer belly!

Checked out my beer drinking DH this morning as he got out of the shower (no work because of snow so was able to take my time) .... definitely no sign of a beer belly, a six pack yes but no beer belly!

No work tomorrow either so off to the pub for a couple of pints tonight!

First comment saying not for breakfast gave me a proper belly laugh

Yes, Britain's binge drinking culture and alcohol problem is all down to women drinking pints. If only 1ndigo could somehow let those in charge know, maybe they could stop wasting time messing around with opening hours, taxation rates, policing—and all nuanced approaches to a highly complex social issue really— and just ban women from drinking pints!

Drinking beer whilst in charge of a vagina?

Log it with 111.

Whilst cooking the dinner, I've just had a lovely cold beer from a...........bottle! Shhhhhh!

If i went on a date with a man who ordered a beer I’d be put off. I don’t want a man with a revolting beer belly!

My 45 year old DH loves a beer. he also loves to cycle and run. He also has not a pick of spare fat on him. So stick that up your jumper!

What flavour though?

Last time someone commented on me ordering a pint, it was 1983.

Are you stuck in a timewarp, OP?

I enjoy a pint or three of Fruli.

I am from another country in Europe Margaret, where millions of British come on holiday every year and pile into the places where the beer is cheapest and they drink from breakfast time - men and women. Ok, they're on holiday, but even so.

They are not representative of typical Brits.

I've been drinking pints since 1988. I thought it stopped being an issue around 1992?

When I was a girl it was snakebite and black, pints of, til they banned it! I started drinking in pubs in 1990

I'm also not sure why I need to be ladylike / elegant? I've always been a bit sweary and pint swilling and had no trouble finding, erm, suitors

I mean it might not wash so well now I'm in my mid 40s and actually I'm teetotal so...

OP drink your beer. You shouldn't have to change anything about yourself.
Have a pint for me while you're there enjoy your date!

I've been drinking pints (when I do fancy beer) for 33 years now. I have noticed in the last probably 10 years that if I ask for a beer at the bar nobody (male or female bar person) asks do I want a pint or a half, they just assume a pint these days and a pint is what I get.

Years ago if I was with a man and he asked for 2 Heinekens or whatever, the size of the glass I wanted would be queried but that hasn't happened in a long time and if I ever go for a drink with a female friend and we ask for a lager again we just get given pints.

I'd only ever ask for a half if it was a flying visit somewhere.

I wouldn't... Because I managed to get tipsy from half of a half pint of weak ale!

At least with cider I can manage a whole glass beer is too bitter

I can only manage a pint of beer. Any more and I get farty.
In a Wetherspoons a glass of wine is a fiver, beer is about 3 pounds. She is saving her date money (assuming he is paying for it).
Mind you, I’ve seen women ordering cocktails jugs and drinking them with a straw in the local spoons. That may give a bad impression on the first date.

I drink beer because I like it, don’t care what anyone thinks. Drank beer on a first date and we are still happily together almost 2 years later.

OP if a man is shallow enough to judge you for drinking a pint then are they really the sort of person you want to be with?