Aibu to think it is perfectly fine for a woman to drink beer or cider instead of wine

[coolmum223]

So I'm more of a beer/cider person than a wine person. Don't get me wrong I love wine it's just not my go to drink. My go to drink is Budweiser, Magners, Stella, old mount cider or orchard thieves.
But anyway the other day I heard a co worker saying how it's not lady like to drink beer or cider and it's a sign of alcoholism.

It took me all my strength to not go Round there and say yeah me having my pint of Magners with around 2.6 units is alcoholism but you drinking that entire 9.8 unit bottle of wine by yourself is completely fine.

So Aibu to think it's ok for a woman to drink beer and cider. Btw this is obviously under safe conditions aka if she's not driving, if she's not gonna put anyone in danger when she drinks it

Is this coworker stuck in the 50s?

I only drink lager, I don't like other alcohol and hate wine especially.

I love real ale. It's my drink of choice. Nothing to do with alcoholism. Ignore your colleague.

I cant stand wine, so drink Old Mout, at the moment.

Some people do have odd ideas about wine/upmarket, ladylike...beers/cider not.

Fortunetly I dont care

It’s ok for a woman to drink whatever the hell they want to drink.

Someone with such ludicrous opinions isn’t worth worrying about.

I love beer and ale too.
Don't feel And more manly when I drink it. 😂

Also love wine but it doesn't make me feel ladylike 🤔

YANBU

I HATE wine. Don't like gin, prosecco etc either. Cider is always my drink of choice.

When I was an alcohol drinker, it was always a pint of bitter for me. And I'm not a) manly or b) alcoholic.

That's a pretty outdated attitude to women drinking. I have a couple of (female) colleagues who would agree though, and a couple more that think women should only drink beer/cider in half pints

Agree with pp that sticking to wine is no guarantee of being ladylike!

Gin tastes like celery and prosecco is vinegar put through the soda stream.

Of course it is fine. You can drink whatever you want. Who has said otherwise?

@IHaveBrilloHair I like gin and prosecco but rarely since with gin I only like Bombay and I don't fancy it that often therefore it's not worth all the money. As for prosecco it's nice but I like it only on special occasions like Christmas and New Years since it's a nice champagne alternative

Of course it's fine!

If I’m just having a drink (rather than having one with a meal) I’d rather have lager than wine. I mostly drink 0% lager, so don’t think I’m in danger of becoming an alcoholic any time soon.

I pretty much only drink cider! Wine gets me too pissed too quickly, and I’ve never been that into spirits.

Always a pint too, no messing around with half’s to look ‘ladylike’

Your co-worker is a total bellend.

I always drink beer when I'm out. If you have wine people refill your glass and you're never sure how much you've had.

It's just occurred to me that could be why some men prefer women to drink wine.

I don't mind a rose wine spritzer, but my go-to is Old Mout. Bollocks to anyone who doesn't like it and thinks I should be drinking girly drinks!

(Stick it in a wine glass for added lady points!)

My sister in law loves ale/beer etc. Don't think I've ever seen her have a glass of wine. She had a pint of ale in her hand on her 40th last week. She's certainly not an alcoholic. Some people have weird ideas.

Anyone else remember being served a pint in a 'lady's glass' back in the day? And by by the day, I mean 1995 not the bloody 1700s. Promptly sent them back and insisted on a proper pint glass. I also recall on occasion not being served a pint, but two dainty halves. Because a woman clearly can't lift a whole pint.

YANBU - although ladette culture somewhat annexed the visual of the female holding a pint. Time to reclaim it for all women.

I only really drink beer. I must be an alcoholic so

your co-worker is in a time slip from centuries ago!

I am a craft beer wanker! Although I like wine, my beer of choice is something a Sierra Nevada, Beavertown Gamma Ray etc. I took DH to Buxton for his 40th just to drink beer. Your colleague would hate me!