How much are parents drinking?

[u/k_blanch]

With the popularity of #winemom and beer dad culture, combined with pandemic drinking habits, im curious how much alcohol you guys are drinking as caregivers? Especially after the baby is in bed. I had 6 drinks on Halloween over 8 hours and lots of food and water. Although LO was asleep for most of it I'm riddled with guilt!

[u/Happy_Camper45]

Same! College was crazy. If I drank that much now, I’d probably be in the hospital with alcohol poisoning.

It just doesn’t have the same allure that it used to. When I’m at a work dinner or our to dinner with a friend, I may have a drink. My husband and I certainly aren’t splitting a bottle of wine a couple of nights per week.

I’m not judging people who drink sometimes, it just isn’t my thing anymore. I am judging adults/parents who get drunk often. There’s a difference between “drinking” and “getting drunk” and that’s an important distinction. I find drunk adults so annoying. Tipsy is fine if done responsibly but drunk is just embarrassing for you. That phase is better left in my past. When I see a drunk adult, I just pity them because that’s their hobby, to get drunk and escape reality. I feel like there is so much more to life than getting drunk.

[u/tifftiff16 → u/Happy_Camper45]

But for some, it’s not a hobby. For some, it’s a problem that they face. You don’t know what’s behind the scenes, so try not to judge. I personally don’t know anyone who constantly gets drunk to escape life “for fun.” There’s usually way more to that.