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You know, a lot of people travel, go to restaurants and host parties without drinking. Is he able to be around drinkers yet? If not, I can see the problem. If he is able to be around drinking and you still don't see the point or travel, restaurants, hosting friends, etc without alcohol you might have a problem as well.[/quote]

Fair point, and yes, he can be around someone who is drinking, though I am not sure about a really boozy evening - we just avoid those.  And we will do other kinds of travel.  But it is like losing one of the things you enjoy with your partner and connect / bond over.  We used to enjoy food and wine tourism - have done Australia, NZ, Italy, all over No Cal, etc. sure he's not stopping me from ordering a glass but I'm not going to drag him to montepulciano, either.  This may seem overly dramatic and perhaps it is but it is just one more loss, possibly brought into focus by recently treating my mom and dad to a couple of special retirement trips like this (what I always thought we'd grow old doin together).[/quote]

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