Anyone else's parents/in-laws drink like fish?
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Anonymous
| I'm on vacation with my DH's family and the wine just flows. My MIL repeats herself and gets teary and on and on. Their friends drop in for a cocktail and stay for dinner. I swear it's like a geriatric frat house!! I mean good for them, they earned it, but I'm also like, good lord people I can't keep up and you're 75!! |
Anonymous
| You’re judging people just trying to have fun on their vacation? Maybe spend the evening self-reflecting and tomorrow you can join them. Be sure to leave the stick in the bedroom. |
Anonymous
| Yes I hate going on vacation with my in-laws because they are wasted most of the trip. It is not fun being around them as I am not much of a drinker. They are overly emotional and think it's funny to insult everyone. I am over it. |
Anonymous
Oh dear |
Anonymous
| My observation is that the older generation drinks more than mine (Gen X) does. My in-laws, who are no longer living, drank every single evening and would drink at lunch on weekends and holidays. My parents (late 70s) drink quite a bit and seem to have friends and neighbors drop by almost daily for drinks. Meanwhile, most of friends and I have slowed down a lot and don’t drink much at all in a day to day basis. |
Anonymous
| Yes. I’ve become a bigger drinker because my in-laws are such a big part of our lives. Every day is a party. It’s tiresome. |
Anonymous
| Yes my father in law is alcoholic and I find him disgusting. Mother in law covers/lies for him. |
Anonymous
You can’t have fun without drinking alcohol? Alcohol is required for fun? Hmmm. -NP |
Anonymous
Alcohol has been associated with fun in most cultures for thousands of years. Don’t act like it is weird. |
Anonymous
I've found this to be true as well. |
Anonymous
| I can't relate to this. My mom never drank - it interfered with medication she took, so at most she'd take a sip of my dad's wine. My dad will drink but he only buys alcohol when company is coming, and like when I was young, he will still decide he's not going to finish a bottle that was opened during a dinner party and pour it down the sink. |
Anonymous
| Yes! My mother didn't drink at all when we were growing up and now kills at least a bottle of wine a day on vacation. It's a lot! |
Anonymous
boomers are really just awful all around they don't deserve anything except an exit off earth so that their hoarding of wealth and resources subsides |
Anonymous
Wait, this kind of sounds fun. |
Anonymous
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My mom NEVER drank growing up, she’s 66 and recently retired. The last few family trips I have been shocked at her intake. She puts everyone else to shame with her ‘tequila lunch’. I think she’s just bored and happy to be socializing.
I drink more on vacation than at home, 100%. |