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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who TF says cocktail hour?[/quote]

Boomers, as a way to cover up their excessive drinking.  Both my parents  and my ILs do this.

They act like everyone puts on a big show at 5 p.m. every night. Um, no,  DH and I maybe have a drink at home once a week. We don’t put on an elaborate ritual every night to make binge drinking seem civilized. [/quote]

It blows my mind at how much my ILs drink now that they are older. My MIL doesn't think twice about ordering a cocktail or glass of wine at lunch through the week. I met her the week before Christmas at Tyson's for some shopping for my DDs. When we had lunch, she had 2 glasses of wine and was peeved that I wouldn't even have one glass. Sorry, Lola, I'm 40 and hardly drink - one glass of wine makes me very sleepy and I had a conference call later that afternoon that I needed to attend.

MIL didn't like the nail salon that my DDs picked for them to all get their nails done because it didn't serve any alcohol. Like wtf lady?! Can you not do one thing without booze? [/quote]

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