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Re: Drinking alone.

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Well - you're lucky dude. I'm married to a teetotaller and I pretend to be one for her.
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Boozehound_73 wrote:I pretend to be one for her.
Not to be too negative, but the truth will eventually come out, and either you'll really be a teetotaller, she'll accept you as a drunkard, or you won't be married.

#2 is the least likely outcome. Relationships need communication and honesty.

Which is why it's best to find a drinking soulmate. You want honesty? When she's through a bottle of Merlot, and you're about four doubles into the night, there's not a bit of dishonesty. In Vino Veritas.
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It's a tough issue. I sold myself as an anti-alcohol homebody because that's what I thought she wanted. I really wanted to have her so much I was willing to pretend.

Here I am nearly 10 years later and I have to lead a "double life" - i.e., drinking when she's not in town.
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ivan wrote:I never could find the right balance between drinking alone and being out with friends. So I split the difference, and married my best drinking buddy.

It's win/win.
Concur.
I did the same thing.

Can't imagine having to hide drinking from a partner. It's gonna bite you in the ass one day.
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Two Hearted wrote: It's gonna bite you in the ass one day.
Some people pay good money for that.
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Boozehound_73 wrote:It's a tough issue. I sold myself as an anti-alcohol homebody because that's what I thought she wanted. I really wanted to have her so much I was willing to pretend.

Here I am nearly 10 years later and I have to lead a "double life" - i.e., drinking when she's not in town.
Why the hell would you want to marry someone like that? I can't even hide my drinking from my bosses, parents, professors, and random strangers, much less a spouse.
Lager makes me happy. Vodka makes me mean. I'm a heavy metal, drinking, driving, alcohol machine. --"Drink Till I Die" Bad News
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FNZ wrote:
Two Hearted wrote: It's gonna bite you in the ass one day.
Some people pay good money for that.
Leave Grimace out of this!
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You've all made this drinking alone stuff sound so devil-may-care and romantic, I'll have to try it.
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grippingthewheel wrote:You've all made this drinking alone stuff sound so devil-may-care and romantic, I'll have to try it.
Shit, I'm doing it right now.
Lager makes me happy. Vodka makes me mean. I'm a heavy metal, drinking, driving, alcohol machine. --"Drink Till I Die" Bad News
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strugglebunny wrote:
grippingthewheel wrote:You've all made this drinking alone stuff sound so devil-may-care and romantic, I'll have to try it.
Shit, I'm doing it right now.
That's cool. I'm afraid of what people would think if they found out.
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grippingthewheel wrote:
strugglebunny wrote:
grippingthewheel wrote:You've all made this drinking alone stuff sound so devil-may-care and romantic, I'll have to try it.
Shit, I'm doing it right now.
That's cool. I'm afraid of what people would think if they found out.
Fuck other people.
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But how do you know when to stop?
"Please welcomce in all his diluted glory the man whose story writes itself not unlike mine who feveriously types awaiting his next sip before the whipping, anticiapation is making me want to strangle someone." ~whiskyprick
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strugglebunny wrote:
Fuck other people.
Better than fucking yourself.
Proverbs 31:6&7

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Judge wrote:
strugglebunny wrote:
Fuck other people.
Better than fucking yourself.

Not always.
I'll miss you, pallie.
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Re: Drinking alone.

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Judge wrote:
strugglebunny wrote:
Fuck other people.
Better than fucking yourself.
As Woody Allen said, "Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love."
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