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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've never been a big drinker and didn't go to a "frat party" type of college. I also grew up in a fairly religious household, so my parents never had a beer after work or a glass of wine with dinner or a bourbon to take the edge off. All that to say, I feel like I don't have a frame of reference for what is normal.

My spouse and I have started hanging out with a new group of parent friends where everything we do seems to revolve around drinking. Trick or treating. Drinking. Afternoon kids soccer game. Drinking. Meet up in the park. Drinking. Hanging out in someone's backyard for the evening. LOTS of drinking. And lots of talk about craft beers and different types of bourbon and mixed drinks. And it feels college-like with people almost bragging about how much they drank the night before or telling exploits of drinking. It's very strange to me.

No one is what I would consider sloppy drunk (like in college... I'd define as puking on the side of the road or dancing on top of a bar, etc.) or is doing anything dangerous (like driving drunk with the kids). But it's definitely more than just nursing one drink for the evening. I just don't understand how they have the stamina to have multiple drinks in one night and then wake up with the kids in the morning and not feel like crap.

Can someone explain this to me?[/quote]

That's too much for me.  But I have a high-pressured job and kids, and the strain of managing all that sober can sometimes feel like too much.  I also do my workouts at 05:30am.  There's no way I'd be up for that if I were having a few drinks at night.   So no.  Drinking that often would just derail things for me.

Hanging out with friends on a Friday or Saturday or something, and having a few drinks is fine.

I realize everyone has different levels of comfort with this.    So I tend to hang out with people who drink similarly.  [/quote]

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