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the scene: family dinner in the dining room
the food: tortelloni with pesto cream sauce

Oldest: Would it be okay if I had a glass of wine with this?

bbird: gah.




It may take a few years for me to get used to this.

Comments

Paula said…
My Oldest knows more about wine than I do now.
8:48 PM
Katy said…
I'm still getting used to drinking with my parents. So its not a one-sided discomfort in some families (though my folks act like they are totally cool with it, and don't go gah)
9:43 PM
Anonymous said…
lol
11:01 PM
Anonymous said…
Some of my happiest memories of my father were when we'd sit down and have a cocktail before dinner when I was in my 20s. My mother didn't drink and my father and I couldn't communicate, but that little bit of scotch or gin allowed us at least a tiny bit of cheer and closeness.
9:39 AM
Anonymous said…
I was started on port and lemon at the grand old age of 4 by an eccentric Aunt. I still love this drink when I have it at christmas.
10:32 AM
Anonymous said…
Gah, indeed.

At Chatham Bars Inn, waitress asks if anyone would like a drink. The Princess orders a frozen strawberry daiquiri.

Silence descends.

Oh. Right. 21.

The times they are a-changing....
11:04 AM
MsCellania said…
Aside from the how-can-he-be-this-old factor, now there's the splitting-the-bottle-three-ways factor.
GAH is right!
12:24 PM
--erica said…
At least he asked?
7:25 PM
Sarah Louise said…
Oh yeah. I don't drink often, so my dad at a party often won't ASK if I want wine, as he asks other guests, even though my younger brother is over there with beers, plural. Fambly drinkin'-- it's a GAH situation.
8:55 PM
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