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Some alcoholic drinks more acceptable than others

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Wellhellotherelove · 12/01/2021 07:31

Why is it more acceptable to talk about having a ‘cheeky glass of wine’ or to have things around the house talking about how great gin is, but you wouldn’t really see the same for cider, vodka, a rum and Coke?

Thinking about the days pre covid when I’d quite often be at ‘work drinks’ most weeks and without fail, despite a whole pub’s worth of drinks, everyone would either be drinking beer (mostly the men), wine or gin and tonic.

I cannot ever think of or imagine someone saying ‘a vodka and coke please’ - but why??

You’re just as likely to get smashed on wine or gin as you are on rum, cider etc.

I see women on social media who for the most part try and demonstrate a healthy lifestyle yet quite often will have a photo of them with a large glass of wine. It’s never seen as a problem.

I’m not tee total by any means, so this isn’t a judgey post (i love a g&t!) I am genuinely interested as to how certain drinks have become more acceptable and how someone posting about having a cheek wine every evening is not seen as anything unusual!

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YellowFish1647 · 14/04/2021 00:06

Rum is pretty popular these days. When I worked in a pub in the late 90s we sold rum once a flood, the bottle sitting on the back bar gathering dust. Nowadays it’s a much more popular drink, especially the spiced and golden versions, and rum cocktails.

malificent7 · 14/04/2021 00:15

Well red wine is classy and healthy...except i'll have the whole bottle not just a glass and my lips go purple!

AstraZenecaisprettyforagirl · 14/04/2021 00:30

When were white wine spritzers popular? Late 90s/ early noughties? I remember those being the after-work “acceptable”/ feminine drink of choice when I was starting out. (It’s actually a very refreshing summer drink. Might revisit.)

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