to ask how much wine you’d buy in this situation

[Merryoldgoat]

NB - this is a LIGHTHEARTED thread

DH went to do the Christmas food shop today. I told him what I needed for the pudding and said ‘can you get a fair bit of wine as I want a drink tonight, tomorrow and we need for Christmas Day’.

On CD we’re having PIL. So 4 adults. FIL will have one glass of bubbles. MIL, DH and I all drink but not to excess.

I like a drink but don’t drink masses or that but I do like it and DH drinks rarely.

Given this information how much sparkling wine would you buy?

As reminder sparkling wine for:

Me tonight
Me tomorrow
4 adults on CD

Once I’ve had a few answers I’ll divulge how many DH bought.

6 at absolute minimum. It's not like its going to go to waste if it's not drunk on Christmas day.

I've skipped down to give my answer and will read whole thread in a min. I'd go for 8 as assuming others will bring some bubbles on the big day.

This is a lie I'd buy 12 to be on the safe side, it'll save if not used!

@Merryoldgoat

I LOVE YOU ALL!

Three. He bought THREE bottles of Prosecco.

I’d have got 8 as it will last.

We are not short of money. He is not in ANY WAY tight. He just has a strange blind spot with booze.

I’ll go to coop tomorrow and buy a few more, no biggie.

But it’s like he’s forgotten who he’s married to!

Lol 3?! My husband doesn't drink and I'm not a big wine drinker but 3 is basically part of our monthly shop if there's a space on the wine rack. I'd prob have got 12 when asda had the 25% off 6 offer.

4

I’d have gone 6 at a minimum. Maybe 10/12 if theres an offer on.

between 6-12, I love Prosecco and gin, vodka and whiskey. Im very spiritual :)

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I woul dget 3 or 4, the 4th would be my 'just in case we need it' bottle. That would be half for this evening, half for tomorrow, 2 for Christmas day and 1 spare.

See differences in perception about what a ‘lot of wine’ is between DH and I is why I’m responsible for the booze ordering. 3 cases from laithwaites came yesterday.

I’m not sure I’ve ever started such a fast moving thread!

Booze will always do it!

I suppose he was probably thinking I’d not have much drinking time between inhaling cheese and Ferrero Rocher 🤔

At least 6, but probably 8.

I would have bought 3 as well

1 for tonight and tomorrow (1/2 a bottle per night)
1 for Christmas with lunch
1 spare

Tbf you did say your dh doesn’t really drink, and fil will have 1 glass max. And that you aren’t a big drinker.

3 would be enough for us, that’s half a bottle per person, plenty if you’re not used to drinking loads.

I'd say at least 6. Probably 8 as there's nothing worse than running out, plus people drink more if eating alongside.

[quote Merryoldgoat]@Icenii

It’s very strange, I can drink gin or sparkling wine wholesale and be fine the next day (within reason!) but give me two large white wines and I’d be in a state. One red and I’d possible end up with a migraine.

I can’t do hangovers as I have my two boys but a little cloudiness is ok.[/quote]
Have you tried biodynamic wine? It’s an absolute game changer. The sulphites is mostly what gives a hangover, try a biodynamic wine and you’ll feel so much better the next day

I would buy ten bottles 😬

Before we knew the answer I guessed that you were expecting 3 bottles and he bought at least 6.
I would've got at least 6!

Probably 7 - 3 fizz, 2 red and 2 white. Thats a glass of fizz and 3 glasses of wine each on CD, plus 2 bottle for you in the run up.

@ShirleyPhallus

I will look some out! That sound great!

I would have at least 10 bottles, they will not go 'off " if you don't use them.

I’d have got four, on the basis that sparkling can’t last overnight. One for you today, one for you tomorrow, two for Christmas Day. But I’m not a big drinker so the idea that anybody would drink more than a whole bottle themselves in a day is genuinely mindblowing (not in a remotely judgmental way, just wouldn’t expect it - I see I am clearly in the minority though). But if he’s not a drinker, I see where he’s coming from!

On Christmas Day it sounds like two of the adults won’t drink much (your DH and FIL) so I would have thought two bottles enough.

We live and learn 😂

@Merryoldgoat Two counties north, but the mite the merrier! We're currently wrapping cherished presents whilst watching Die Hard and drinking bottle number two..

Yikes OP. I bought 6 bottles of red and a number of beers on Wednesday, bearing in mind there's 2 of us and we're out all day Christmas Eve.

One of them accidentally got drunk already, so I replaced it on the way home today

I would have said 3 or 4 with the expectation you would split 1 over tonight and tomorrow and then had 2 for Christmas day, given you said fil would only have a glass and the rest of you are not big drinkers

But given you know he always buys less than you want, why did you not just tell him you wanted x number of bottles?