I was allowed a glass with the dinner but I helped myself to the second
it was sparkling and I drank it like juice.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 10:50, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

My folks fed me sangria on holiday once. I had no idea what was going on.
They found it hilarious until about 2am when I vomited spectacularly all over our rented villa and then curled up into a weeping, shaking, sticky ball in the corner.

I thought it was food poisoning until a couple of years ago when they told me the truth.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 10:53, Reply)

Didn't stop you drinking, eh?
My father got us all sick after making us smoke from his pipe. I've hated tobacco since then.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 16 Sep 2010, 10:55, Reply)

Can't say it put me off anything but wine.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 11:10, Reply)

Hahaha
My parents used to "force" us to try wine, but I didn't like it.

When my father was a kid, the normal little meal between lunch and dinner for him was a bowl of red wine with sugar and half a baggette, to dunk it in. He loved it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 16 Sep 2010, 10:54, Reply)

I think it's an important thing to do with kids,
if you go "NO NEVER DRINK WINE" they'll just get hammered as soon as they can buy it themselves.
The french put wine and water in the babies bottles to "help them sleep" which basically means to shut them up for a couple of hours.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 10:58, Reply)

Yes, we do similar things in Spain
Like dunking the pacifier on some congac. It works wonders.

I think you're right. If you see the alcohol as a tabu, you go for it everytime you can sneak it. If it's just part of the normal life, you have it when you feel like having it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 16 Sep 2010, 11:08, Reply)