A couple of beers, normally. Just shy of 'merry,' perhaps, certainly not 'drunk.'
I'd have one or two heavy nights but normally just two or three pints if I were out somewhere that served the stuff. I think part of the problem was that she was completely unable to hold her drink, and maybe this made her assume that if I had more than a pint and a half of beer then I would rolling round pissed on the floor.

(Nothing sucks the mood out of a good evening more than saying "another drink?" and motioning towards the bar only to be met with a disappointed-sounding "Oh..." and a look that's designed to cut to the core of your conscience, before you sigh resignedly and admit that no, you don't need another, and then she smiles at you, which makes it abundantly clear that that was the response she wanted...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:39, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Bah, you're better without her
a couple of pints is not that much. Maybe not every night, but that's me; some friends do it and I don't think they're alcoholic.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)

Oh, this was a few years ago now. It's one of those things I look back on now and (usually) laugh about

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

...as you finish your second bottle of malt of the night?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)

Quite. Three would be an extravagance.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:49, Reply)

Except, of course, when there's an "r" in the month.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)

I finished a bottle of 'whisky' in 2 nights at the weekend
Not the best idea...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)