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!!

Surely it’s just one of those things that people say, like ‘I need a coffee when I wake up or I can’t function’, or ‘I can’t get through the afternoon without a cup of tea’? It’s just hyperbole. They’re not actually saying that they’ll die if they don’t have a drink with their sausage and mash.

No, it doesn’t ’H’. I wasn’t talking about you.

Very often don't bother. Probably mostly don't.

Whenever I had dinner at my Aunt’s house as a child, she’d never let me have a drink, even water. She did it because she thought I wouldn’t eat my food otherwise.

I thought it was odd then and it’s still odd to me now. I’ve never heard of anyone else who doesn’t have a drink with meals.

I’m definitely someone who needs water with my meals. Always have done.

I just don't get dry mouthed or thirsty when I'm eating. Or rarely, sometimes I do.

Well, everyone is different. I don’t either. I just prefer a drink with my meal.

I won’t eat at all unless I’ve got a drink. Can’t even consider it!

I do take meds that give me a very dry mouth though.

Surely it depends if you are thirsty? At dinner tonight i'd just drunk a large glass of water before we sat down to eat, so didn't need or want another drink until later

I think this is one where everyone always thinks the orher “side” are weirdos. I always have water and then sometimes somwthing else as well depending on the time/day/mean (e.g juice, coffee, wine!). I’ve heard my mum telling people more than once how odd it is that my kids are “always drinking water all the time” but to me it’s weird to sit down to a meal and not have a glass of water. This may be as a result of not being allowed a glass of water with lunch when I was a kid if it was soup because “soup is a liquid” 🤣

I had HG when I was pregnant and couldn't drink within about half an hour of eating (either side) so I got used to not drinking and eating at the same time and now I can't drink during a meal, has to be a little while after.

Only ever have a drink with food if I'm eating out, otherwise I have tea/coffee afterwards.

Breakfast-coffee
Brunch(sorry for being wanky but I dont eat lunch, usually mid morning toast)
Dinner-i dont but dh has to because "it sticks". Unless i eat out, then yes.

Yes even with wet food. No the food never gets stuck. No I don't need to see a GP🙄 I just need to drink when I eat, it's not unusual.

It is unusual and abnormal to NEED to drink when you eat. You WANT to do it, but it is not a physical need.

Also, you should drink more.

No it's not abnormal at all. Don't give false medical information online.

I cant do it either. I have to have a glass of water (or wine, or beer, but almost always water).

It has to be said, there are times when I barely touch it. So it's partly psychological. But I definitely have a mental block against sitting down for a meal without a glass.

not even water??

I have just had quiche and salad for lunch. I didn't need a drink while I was eating. I am going to have a cup of tea in a minute.

I thought it was the law that bacon sandwiches must be accompanied by a mug of strong tea, but I will try one with milk, it might be one of those things that sound outrageous but actually work.

Juice with savoury food is insane. Why not mayonnaise with chocolate ice cream?

I'd never drink juice with dinner either. But I would drink orange juice with a cooked breakfast, which is savoury. I think many people would?

I cannot eat a full meal without having some sips of water throughout unless it’s soup, I drink plenty of water/more than most the rest of the time too.

I think this is an old fashioned rule. I remember my grandparents saying that you are not supposed to have a drink until after you’ve eaten. I have no idea why!

But you physically can eat food without a drink, you just choose not to, which is fine, but don't say it is normal to need to.

I don’t think anyone is a weirdo on either side, what I do think is weird are those who choose to call people weird for doing something so ridiculously minor that has little to no effect on them. Are people really watching who drinks a beverage and who doesn’t that closely to the point they find it that bothersome?