If your husband drinks, does he pre-drink before you go to dinner?

[Anonymous]

Alcoholic

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Anonymous wrote:Fascinating thread.

I would find this mildly concerning, and here's why: It seems like he is overthinking and desperately planning for his buzz. THAT seems like alcoholic behavior.

If there are no other signs, I wouldn't worry too much. With the price of alcohol in restaurants, having one at home and one at a restaurant seems very reasonable.

Now, if it's really two before dinner, and two at dinner, and two more after dinner ... then this would be a different story. (That's how my family rolls.)

If you have zero before dinner and two at dinner, the buzz will hit after you finish your entree and you're leaving the restaurant. Unless you're bar hopping after or inviting friends over afterwards for cocktails, what's the point of a post-dinner buzz?

That's not what I said.

I said that it's the thinking and the planning of the buzz that raises my radar. Also ... that what some drinkers report as "one drink at home and one at a restaurant" sometimes is actually several drinks in both places.

Except he would and off does not drink at all. Now what?

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fascinating thread.

I would find this mildly concerning, and here's why: It seems like he is overthinking and desperately planning for his buzz. THAT seems like alcoholic behavior.

If there are no other signs, I wouldn't worry too much. With the price of alcohol in restaurants, having one at home and one at a restaurant seems very reasonable.

Now, if it's really two before dinner, and two at dinner, and two more after dinner ... then this would be a different story. (That's how my family rolls.) [/quote]

If you have zero before dinner and two at dinner, the buzz will hit after you finish your entree and you're leaving the restaurant. Unless you're bar hopping after or inviting friends over afterwards for cocktails, what's the point of a post-dinner buzz?[/quote]

That's not what I said.

I said that it's the thinking and the planning of the buzz that raises my radar. [b]Also ... that what some drinkers report as "one drink at home and one at a restaurant" sometimes is actually several drinks in both places. [/b][/quote]

On what are you basing this other than your desire to feel superior and smear others?

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I often have a cocktail b/f dinner. So do our friends. It's not unusual.

Do you get it specifically so you can be buzzed in social situations?

Yes, of course. I'd drink Perrier or Diet Arnold Palmer if I didn't want a buzz.

Are you saying you can’t handle social situations w/o a buzz? A little less inhibitions… and yes, it’s unusual.

DP but this is not unusual at all. Perhaps you are posting from 1624 Massachusetts Bay Colony and this may shock ,you but people drink for a light buzz all the time.

I know they do and it’s childish

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I often have a cocktail b/f dinner. So do our friends. It's not unusual.

Do you get it specifically so you can be buzzed in social situations?

Yes, of course. I'd drink Perrier or Diet Arnold Palmer if I didn't want a buzz.

Are you saying you can’t handle social situations w/o a buzz? A little less inhibitions… and yes, it’s unusual.

You jumped pretty eagerly from enjoying a buzz in social situations to "can't handle social situations."

And you jump at any social event to drink. Touché

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I often have a cocktail b/f dinner. So do our friends. It's not unusual.

Do you get it specifically so you can be buzzed in social situations?

Yes, of course. I'd drink Perrier or Diet Arnold Palmer if I didn't want a buzz.

Are you saying you can’t handle social situations w/o a buzz? A little less inhibitions… and yes, it’s unusual.

DP but this is not unusual at all. Perhaps you are posting from 1624 Massachusetts Bay Colony and this may shock ,you but people drink for a light buzz all the time.

I know they do and it’s childish

Children drink less than adults, so no.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I often have a cocktail b/f dinner. So do our friends. It's not unusual.

Do you get it specifically so you can be buzzed in social situations?

Yes, of course. I'd drink Perrier or Diet Arnold Palmer if I didn't want a buzz.

Are you saying you can’t handle social situations w/o a buzz? A little less inhibitions… and yes, it’s unusual.

You jumped pretty eagerly from enjoying a buzz in social situations to "can't handle social situations."

And you jump at any social event to drink. Touché

And you molest puppies!

[Anonymous]

On what are you basing this other than your desire to feel superior and smear others?

Heavy family history.

FWIW, I'm a moderate drinker. OP asked, and I shared my perspective. I'm not superior to ANYONE.