Sick of Prosecco Cards/quotes

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... I know Prosecco is nice but really is it that nice?

On Mother's Day more than half the cards seemed to relate to Prosecco / wine.... clothes have messages about Prosecco on, gifts.... it's just a bit overkill.

Prosecco - overrated - thoughts?

There's a great instagram account called Tell Better Stories which addresses the whole 'Mummy needs Prosecco!' shite.

I could not agree with you more OP.

I was curious about why mummy drinks but didn't want to spend the money. What happened in them? Shouty kids and more prosecco?

Coupled with various choruses of “tee hee here aren’t I naughty needing a vino to cope”.

“Fortunately” I was given a copy at an event so I didn’t waste money on it

'BTEC Champagne'

Unicorns, llamas, mermaids and flamingos - bored of them!
Lobsters are the next thing - was in some quirky gift shops in the city yesterday and they were everywhere...

YANBU, it’s unbelievably naff

I find a lot of these quotes/signs for the home annoying - “live, laugh, love”
Signs that say “cook” in the kitchen and “soak” in the bathroom etc, as if I’m too stupid to know what I’m meant to do in each room

"Its family sized bag of crisps, then 5 hours of heartburn o'clock" would be more apt in my case.

I think gin is the new Prosecco isn’t it? All the memes I see are bloody gin related. Give me Aldi Chardonnay any day.

I was at a party last summer where the hosts served champagne first, then when they ran out, they served Prosecco. I tell you, the latter was totally undrinkable in comparison to the former.

I’ve just realised, this sounds a bit like an incident from the Gospels. If only Jesus had been there.

I prefer it to champagne but don’t want anything with the slogans on!

“BTEC champagne”’is an amazing insult that I’m adopting from here on in.

All that “will run for Prosecco” “this is why mummy drinks”’ BS leaves me cold and makes me think the wearer/person who has it on a wooden board in their house has precisely zero personality.

I quite like gin. Am not a big drinker but occasionally like a nice g&t. One friend, who is lovely bless her, has taken this to mean that I like all things gin-related so every birthday and Christmas I get a plethora of gin tat. Gin flavour lip balm, gin flavour sweets, magnets with gin quotes, little pearls to make gin sparkly, teabag things to make gin taste like something else, gin cards, metal signs with gin quotes, Hurrah for Gin calendar, etc etc etc. I hate myself for being so ungrateful but she’d be mortally offended if I asked her to stop.

Prosecco tat would be a nice change

Would much prefer a curly wooden cutout of “Piss”’@Ohhellothereladyface

At least it would be representative of the more common task that takes place in that room.

I can't stand all the prosecco tat, merchandise and paraphernalia that's about right now. Why is it linked to mum's in particular too? Why is it being glamorised?

I especially hate anyone who drinks it and thinks it makes them special. Sure it's fine to enjoy a drink and have a favourite, but don't wave it under my nose, acting like it's special and expect me to be impressed.

I have a friend who went on holiday last year and said "I ordered a bottle of Prosecco to myself to drink just before we landed, so I could arrive in style ". Style? Where's the style in paying £20 for a £6 bottle of fizz just because you're in a plane?

All this fuss over weirdly flavoured gins bothers me too. I drink vodka or rum. Gin is just flavoured vodka. When I drink my vodka people sneer at it and tell me how my vodka is inferior to their over-priced, purple, unicorn gin

Signs that say “cook” in the kitchen and “soak” in the bathroom etc, as if I’m too stupid to know what I’m meant to do in each room

I was always tempted to have “cook” in the bathroom given I lobster myself in the bath

I thought the prosecco dad came before the gin craze (not the 1700s one!)? Before that everything said 'wine o clock'.

I really hope whisky doesn't take off as a fad, not Scotch whisky anyway that's my thing! Don't want to get given loads of 'msy contain whisky' tat! Suspect it won't though as it's not sweet enough.

Back to flavoured vodkas I reckon. Something cheap to produce with a high mark up potential!

It’s disgusting tastes like puke!

Agreed, gin seems to be taking over the cheesy card/t-shirt/wall signs these days. It was wine, then prosecco, def gin now. What's the next 'alcohol humour' trend? Any bets? I'm hoping for a Cinzano or Advocaat (bleurgh) craze personally. Or Special Brew? That's a classy brand that anyone would be proud to wear on a t-shirt

I would totally wear a Special Brew t shirt! I’d look dead classy.

at the poster who suggested Tennants Super on the yoga bags.
Personally, I'll be happy when the craze for plastering severely brachycephalic dogs all over everything goes away. It's just depressing discussing corrective surgery when somebody brings in a new puppy to the vet clinic, which they got because they are so fashionable.

I love prosecco! Cava makes me spew. Not the taste, just something about it and I like it! Champagne is lovely but I usually have had enough of it after a few glasses. Prosecco is just right for me, and I do on occasion manage to polish of a whole bottle in one night.

But I don’t need pink glittery cards to say “Live Love Laugh I love prosecco and unicorns because they don’t make me spew my guts up at 3am”

Phew! Happy I found this thread....thought I was the only one who felt like this.

I'm virtually tee total...my oh bought me a birthday card once with one of these women wine jokes on

Tennents Super is regarded as a really high class hipster craft beer in Italy you know #superfact

I love booze in most of its forms but equally detest naff merchandise.

Yess absolutely mother's Day cards are either jokes about prosecco/ drinking , or floral!

I don't drink either. Gimme a plaque that says Diet Coke and a large cod and chips and I'm there.

I saw something this morning about Prosecco type memes. Gin is the same now tbh. I like Prosecco but overkill much.. same with 'festivals' type of even where you pay a premium to drink etc..