How much to drink on a weeknight

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I went out for "a drink" with 4 friends last night. We are all between 35 and 45 and have children (eldest out of all kids is 11, youngest is 1. Most have 2 children).
1 person drove. 4 drank.
1 had one wine and couldn't have anymore because of work tomorrow.
1 had 2 wines.
2 had a bottle of wine each. 1 had this and a further vodka and coke (unsure if single or double).
All said they felt fine today (except the driver who had a headache which is clearly unrelated). All have busy jobs working either full time or 4 days a week and were in work today.
My question is how much would/could you drink on a midweek night knowing you had work and children to sort out and genuinely feel ok? I was the person who had one wine and couldn't handle anymore on a week night!

Nothing at all now I'm nearly fifty. But when in your age bracket I could definitely have downed a bottle and another vodka or two afterwards.

Zero.But I do enjoy a few gins on a friday and Saturday. I hate to feel crap during the week so I dont bother, gone are the days of having a few glasses of red during the week and feeling great in the morning, i feel shite after drinking now so can't be bothered with it.

No more than 2 glasses of wine and even then I'd probably regret the 2nd one! I went out with some friends on a weekday evening recently, I drank maybe 2 wines, the rest were still at it when I left. Only 1 was a bit rough the next day & had to go back to bed before work after sorting out her teens (luckily she only works round the corner!)

2 glasses of wine if not driving. Anyone drinking a bottle plus and then more is probably very used to drinking that amount. We had friends who certainly did this at weekends and were always drinking in the week. The more they drink, the easier it gets to drink more and function but we do know it’s a problem!

Nothing, i can’t drink anything these days without feeling like crap for a week afterwards. Easier to stay sober. That said bottle of wine each when they’re supposed to be supervising their kids?

3 glasses or so no problem, wouldn't feel it the next day so long as it was with food. I'm 45.

Can’t drink anything if I need to be up and functioning early the next day, one glass is enough to mess up my sleep since turning 40!
I also do a lot of driving for work so I never drink the night before if I know I’m driving the next day, it’s not worth it.
Can easily sink half a bottle/a bottle of rose on a Friday night however…

I WFH so tbh the fact I was working wouldn’t impact my decision too much but I wouldn’t drink much mid week, I don’t usually drink mid week at all (but love a drink on the weekend before I sound too pious!), I probably wouldn’t have more than 2 glasses.

If I was eating I could have 2 glasses of wine. But also very weird you kept track of everyone’s drinks. Who cares, as long as not driving - their decision!

You're not judging? Well......the first thing I thought is "what a judgy opening post". I guess I was wrong, then

I’m 50. Nowadays I don’t really like going out on work nights. If I do, I’d rarely have more than one glass of wine. In my early 30s pre-kids I could work the day after drinking a bottle. Those days are long gone!

If I were going out to see friends during the week (which doesn't happen often, maybe a few times a year), I would have a few pints of lager without blinking. I wouldn't feel great the next day though!

Two pints.

Well if you've slightly changed the info then i think you might have been out with me!! I can confirm i had a bottle of wine and was totally fine the next morning. I don't have to drive so no issues there. I think in the group of us (7) 5 of us had some alcohol mostly 1 or 2 and me and another women shared 2 bottles of wine. As a general rule me and my wine sharing friend drink much more than the rest of the group both in terms of frequency and amounts

Mildly funny that the driver was the one with the headache. 😆