How do rich people drink vodka (at home)?

[Anonymous]

Sorry for the ridiculous question, I'm genuinely curious. We met a couple last night. They're in their 60s, extremely wealthy, sharp, charming, thin. It was explained to us after they left in a 'believe it or not' way that they are sort of alcoholics, with vodka being their go-to spirit. There was some insinuation that they are often drunk during the day.

I'm not adverse to drinking, but I'm not a big drinker and almost always red wine when I do. Are rich people like this "into" vodka making Grey Goose martinis at home? I "get" wine, I "get" sipping neat bourbon or scotch... I even "get" good vodka martinis when at a public event or restaurant. But I'm just struggling to picture how elderly rich folks are getting drunk off vodka at home. They're not Russian, so I doubt they're tipping back chilled straight shots of vodka (my childhood friend's rich Russian dad and his friends used to do this).

[Anonymous]

My grandmother would order a glass of vodka and a glass of water and cut it herself. She would do the same at home

[Anonymous]

Put an olive in it and call it a martini.

[Anonymous]

I would only ever put vodka in a bloody. But I’m only kind of rich.

[Anonymous]

I can put it in hot cocoa, mix it with flavored seltzer water, or mix with italian soda, or just add some lime and soda.

Vodka's incredibly versatile.

[Anonymous]

All rich people who drink vodka are exactly the same.

[Anonymous]

Drunks love their vodka.

My late father who died from alcohol-related dementia and was an alcoholic his entire adult life mixed vodka with orange juice and drank from a huge plastic tumbler all day- this way he tell his doctor, my mother, his adult children and even his neurologist that he “only” had two drinks a day. Yes, this was in his medical records in narrative form.

My dad would often start with red wine, then head out to the liquor store in the early evening to buy a “family size” bottle. Let’s just say his regular purchase was a large bottle of vodka that we’d keep in our house and it might last over a year - used for an occasional mixed drink or maybe if we’re entertaining.

My father was highly functional which was maddening; we were the last family you’d ever think had a stumbling drunk, nasty, abusive drunk father. My dad instead kept getting promoted and ended up being top in his niche field. He was publicly lauded and considered brilliant and innovative.

[Anonymous]

I thought the kids I made jello shots with in college were rich, but I have learned from DCUM that they were only UMC.

[Anonymous]

I don't know the answer, but I love this question. I knew a very WASP-y dude in college who was all about keeping vodka in his freezer...cuz that's what rich WASPs do apparently. This guy also proudly displayed Dinesh D'Souza books in his dorm room.

I always imagine that rich people drink vodka the way the Gilmores do on Gilmore Girls. Pitchers of martinis they make on a drink cart with an ice bucket that's always full.

[Anonymous]

I drink expensive vodka straight in a shot glass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Drunks love their vodka.

My late father who died from alcohol-related dementia and was an alcoholic his entire adult life mixed vodka with orange juice and drank from a huge plastic tumbler all day- this way he tell his doctor, my mother, his adult children and even his neurologist that he “only” had two drinks a day. Yes, this was in his medical records in narrative form.

My dad would often start with red wine, then head out to the liquor store in the early evening to buy a “family size” bottle. Let’s just say his regular purchase was a large bottle of vodka that we’d keep in our house and it might last over a year - used for an occasional mixed drink or maybe if we’re entertaining.

My father was highly functional which was maddening; we were the last family you’d ever think had a stumbling drunk, nasty, abusive drunk father. My dad instead kept getting promoted and ended up being top in his niche field. He was publicly lauded and considered brilliant and innovative.

And another thing; drunks love vodka because supposedly it doesn’t have an odor when mixed in drinks and they *think* it also doesn’t give their breath a “boozy” odor; instead, excessive vodka tends to emanate from your pores as you sweat it out giving the person a distinctive (and gross) fermenting, mildewy smell. Tough to describe but when I smell it on people I assume they’re alcoholics.

Also because vodka is clear and light it is easy to smuggle in a thermos or even a clear water bottle. My dad used to pour it in his coffee, twist the lid on his thermos bottle and could drink all day at the office.

[Anonymous]

With their pinky out?

[Anonymous]

Yes, they are making martinis. Or mules, or cosmos, or mixing it with cucumber and mint.

I don't drink vodka, but I do drink a good amount of gin. I make a martini, or I add a little lavender or elderflower liquor.

[Anonymous]

Mixed with the blood of the proletariat.

[Anonymous]

Snobby wasp lawyer I knew used to only drink vodka and orange juice at every event I saw him at. I can't see anyone thin doing that all day though, because it's so much sugar?