To love drinking milk as an adult

[Kendaland]

It’s bloody lovely

cannot be beaten as far as I’m concerned and I drinks pints of the stuff

my friends all find it weird and infantile

who is BU?

I've not needed milk since I was weaned. Nobody else does either, not least bovine breast milk from a sub species humans we created for the very purpose.
Fecking weird if you ask me and pretty gross.

Adults drink milk with relish all over Scandinavia, every single day. Big glasses of cold milk with breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I still enjoy the odd gulp now and then, but have absorbed some of the cultural revulsion most adults seem to have in the UK.
GreenAcrylicPaint, what do you think silage is, that you're so grossed out by it? It's not as if it's sewage. Silage is the summer grass, cut in its prime, and preserved for the winter months. It ferments in the bales, making it full of probiotic goodness and nutrition. Fermented foods are excellent for health; sauerkraut, kimchi, apple cider vinegar, kefir for example.

Do you eat any for of cheese?
Drink Lattes?
Eat ice-cream?

I can't understand people having such strong options about what other people consume.

I have a horror of fish. All if it . Can't stand the smell or the tast or the texture .

But I hold no strong opinions on fish eaters because, you know, it doesn't affect me what others eat and it's none of my business.

Cue the food police being horrified at my non fishness......

I love milk. I always have blue milk. (Full fat). I’m a veggie and feel guilty that I’m not vegan, but I couldn’t give up milk, cream or ice cream.

"Sadly I'm old enough to remember school milk, which put me off it for life"

You're over 5 years old then?

I'm going to have to get out of bed now for a glass of freezing cold milk 🥛

I voted YANBU even though I hate the taste and smell of milk. However, there is nothing wrong with an adult drinking milk, there are worse things you could be drinking.

Oh do get a grip!!!

School milk killed any love for it off. Warm grey liquid with a blue straw. It stunk.

I used to cry and gag and those fucking nuns still made me drink it before going out to play. I missed so many break times.

It depends on your ancestry. 90% of Northern European adults can digest milk.

I’m with you OP, I love a big glass of cold milk.

Another one who swigs from the bottle

I drink more in the summer as i dont have hot drinks then. At the moment its a 60:40 ratio as house still chilly. Daughter only drinks milk or water. DH never touches it or has hot drinks he is water or squash.

I love milk in tea and coffee etc but swapped that for oat milk and have almond
milk for cereal. If you want less dairy these are great substitutes.

OP don’t know if it counts but I do love an occasional glass of almond milk.

SpecialControlGroup
So ridiculous. You are never to old to eat, drink or wear what you want!

But the people that make these arbitrary 'rules' would hate me as I am nearly 50 with long hair, I wear jeans and I love a chocolate milkshake or a meal of fish fingers, mash and beans.

This^^
They'd hate me too 🤷‍♀️ not that I care😆 I'm almost 57, just over shoulder length hair, black jeans and hoodie mostly and patent Dr Marten boots, I'm comfortable...!

I love fish fingers especially in a sandwich with taretar sauce, a small pot of beans on the side
(do love a McDonalds fillet o fish, I have the small bottle of milk with it 😆)
Another milk lover here

I've found my people!
I drink tonnes of milk, full fat milk. Love the stuff.
My DP thinks I'm disgusting for this, but it's always my go to drink!
I also secretly love an Ella's Kitchen fruit pouch My DS is now almost 9...

Nope. I do eat non dairy ice cream though.

I would happily eat a box of Farley’s rusks and, if it still exists, a box of the sunshine orange baby cereal. Perhaps I might treat myself later!😉😂
I like really cold milk with chocolate.

@GinUnicorn thanks for the suggestion - I’ve tried almond milk but much as I love almonds, I didn’t like almond milk.

Haven’t read the full thread but I have a cappuccino or a latte most days so that’s not that different from drinking a full glass of milk, it just has some coffee in it.

It’s really not, perfectly normal

Some dairy calcium binds with fat in your gut and you excrete the fat rather than absorb it. People that drink dairy excrete fat at twice the rate as non dairy and if anything the correlation suggests that people that regularly drink milk tend to be slimmer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/slim/calcium.shtml

Older article but the most, erm, digestible

I love milk too. It's just amazing! Nothing beats a glass of cold milk

tbh, my 1st thought was about an overweight friend who drinks a lot of milk. It seems like her comfort food. I suspect she's ingesting more calories than she realises, or wants (she brings up topic of her dissatisfaction with her body size). I keep my mouth shut, of course.

I could drink a lot of milk as a must-be-quick meal and it's great in a cuppa.

Not all brands are made equal so if you are keen to cut down diary I recommend trying different types - it took me a while to adjust but I love it now. I’m keen on cashew milk too.

Personally though I think any effort to cut down is only a good thing so if it’s not for you don’t beat yourself up.

I try not to consume too many calories from drinks (I get MORE than enough from food), but I love a glass of ice cold milk with a slab of cake 😄

it really is not healthy to eat any animal products .

https://www.peta.org/about-peta/faq/if-i-stop-consuming-dairy-products-wont-that-put-me-at-greater-risk-for-osteoporosis/