To not have a drink with your food!?

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Do you know what blows my mind… people who have their dinner with no drink. Like no drink at all. No juice no tea no water. How do you people do it?

what do you think?

YABU - a drink with food is not necessary
YANBU - not having a drink with your food makes you a psycho!!

OMG I am with you! I can't swallow a plate of food without a drink to wash it down. My DH often doesn't get himself a drink or accept one when it's offered. I will always have a glass of water and often a small glass of wine or two as well.

Sometimes I have a drink. Sometimes I don't. What i would say is that I rarely have any drink till I've gobbled down my dinner!

The only time I feel it is absolutely necessary is if I'm eating a sandwich made of thickly cut fresh bread. Second half will nearly always try and kill me.

My husband and his parents always have tea or coffee with dinner. Its totally normal to him, they are weird

You have to have tea with fish and chips. And Cornish Pasties.

Have a drink or don’t have a drink. I don’t see why people think it’s odd not to. I seldom have a drink with a meal. I have a drink when I’m thirsty

I only have a drink with food if I'm at a restaurant. I've never even thought about it until this post!

I'm exactly the same, and hotel staff look at me like I'm mad when I tell them I don't want my coffee until after food, so I assume it's unusual. But would rather have no coffee than have it with food.

Must have water though when eating, and sometimes wine... maybe a lemonade if it's lunch and I'm hot. Nothing else though.

My SIL likes to drink a glass of milk with a packet of pickled onion Monster Munch. 🤢

I always have a glass of water (or something) at my side when I eat, but often I don't drink until after I'm finished. I just don't think about it, sometimes... DH has always been mystified by this behaviour.

You do not need to drink anything, in fact its a bad idea.

When you eat you release enzymes into your mouth that aid digestion. Drinking anything washes those enzymes away.

I drink whatever I want - water, wine or juice after eating.

Same! We weren’t allowed a drink with food either!

I never eat and drink at the same time! I'm so focussed on the food I don't even notice the drink is there.

I had no idea so many people think I'm a weirdo! 😯

Feral! Milk and a bacon sammich? What the hell is this you wrong‘in?

I think squash is kind of odd. Why not just drink water.

Growing up, we never had drinks with food unless we were out at Maccas or something. As an adult, I always have a water on hand when dining at home or out. I never thought about it growing up, it was just how it was at the dining table. I do find it strange now not to have one.

Haha I certainly know the feeling with hotel staff. I had a manager come over to me recently saying sorry that the lovely lovely lady serving me had not brought my pot of coffee with my breakfast. When I explained that I asked to have my coffee after breakfast he said he would add a note to my guest profile as it was an unusual request! and they would bring it up in staff training! I asked what some usual requests in a hotel were. I will not ask again

Same here. I never even think about drinking and eating at the same time . So I have learnt today I am a weirdo 🤦‍♀️

I start to panic if you haven’t got one. I might not take a drink but I need to know it is there.

My grandparents didn't do drinks with food - odd belief that it's bad for your stomach or something.

I don’t necessarily prepare a drink to have with my food but always have my water bottle on hand

I never have a drink with food. I think it’s weird! Surely you just fill your stomach up with water/juice/whatever so you can’t eat?

It’s meant to be better not to drink with food as it dilutes the digestive juices and slows digestion. It’s best to drink at least half an hr before or after. I normally have a glass of water to hand though.

Growing up my aunt’s house was like this! There was no water with meals and then after only offered tea and nothing else before bed! Then a glass of water at bed! I would fill and refill the cup at the bathroom sink and guzzle it down! I was a thirsty child!

Looks like I’m in the weirdo gang too! It’s never occurred to me to have a drink with food.

I’ve never thought about it until i saw a couple in the airport eating pizza and chips with no drink
and made me realise I would never ever eat without a drink of some kind, really no idea why !

I am the only member of my family who takes a drink with their food. dh and 3 teens never take as much as a sip of water