johnmc said:
Pigeonho said:
Tonight i've got a Chablis, which was on offer in Tesco. Mrs P isn't a big drinker at all and clearly hides the fact she thinks I drink too much. What I drink though has probably halved at least since i've been with her.
My missus doesnt hide that she thinks i drink too much, and like yourself I drink far less than I used to so not sure what she would have said in the past.
I've only been drinking wine for a couple of years, more refined palet you see. Can only drink red and mainly rioja or Cabernet Sauvignon but a sucker for a deal. Got a Pinot Noir for £6 half price in sainsburys last week. Never had it before as it sounds camp. But it was alright. If I ever drink red in a pub shoot me, and if i ever ask for a Pinot Noir in a boozer shoot me and stamp on my face
I don't even drink wine with a meal in a restaurant, only ever in the house. When we started drinking out in the boozers when we were 18, one of our lot had ventured in a career in the army, Sandhurst was where he went. One Xmas eve we were all on it in Oldham boozing the night away when he turned up and bought a bottle of wine and a gay little glass and joined our then rowdy group. It was like one of those moments where the record scratches, everything goes silent and people stare, we just couldn't believe it. That was the end of his night anyway.
I told Mrs P what I used to drink, pre-her, and she wonders how i'm still alive. To me it wasn't that much but now i've cut right back I can see her point. I find it hard though to just have a bottle of wine in a night, I have to have a couple of beers at hand too, just to start or finish the night off. He question is always, 'why can't you drink like a normal person, sip the wine instead of gulping it?'. I just ignore her.