Wife says I'm drinking too much.

[Oldpaddy]

Time for a new wife?

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Find new wife?

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Must have priorities in life, right?

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Glad to see my attempts at humor are met with laughs and positive responses instead of being misunderstood and offending anyone.

 

[Oldpaddy]

If she thinks I'm drinking too much now, she should've seen me in my early 20's. I'm practically a teetotaler now. I even mostly keep my clothes on now when I'm drinking.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Yes, give credit where credit is due. Based on the description sounds like an improvement although some woman may prefer the 20s version instead...

 

[Oldpaddy]

Yes, give credit where credit is due. Based on the description sounds like an improvement although some woman may prefer the 20s version instead...

You would think. Hell, you should've seen our first date. It was an excellent night of chinese food, scorpion bowls and even a trip to a hotel bar. Though it didn't end well. I'm shocked I got a second date. I wouldn't have given me a second date.

 

[Broothru]

You would think. Hell, you should've seen our first date. It was an excellent night of chinese food, scorpion bowls and even a trip to a hotel bar. Though it didn't end well. I'm shocked I got a second date. I wouldn't have given me a second date.

There was a Country song a few years back (Toby Keith, maybe?) with lyrics:

"..then I sobered up and I got to thinkin'

"Girl you ain't much fun since I quit drinkin'. "

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Though it didn't end well. I'm shocked I got a second date. I wouldn't have given me a second date.

OK, you've piqued our interest.

 

[Jtvann]

Sounds like this thread is taking on the more humorous side, so this may be off base.

My wife used to say the same thing. I think she was seriously concerned that I drank too much. It would really make me mad when she say it, which in her defense is the exact reaction that reinforced her belief. In return, I'd go a day or two without drinking at all, proving in my mind I didnt, while proving nothing to her.

As of the last few months, I've started working out a lot more and on a daily basis. I've forced myself to drink more water. I cut weight pretty good. Not that i stopped because i saw it as a problem, but i cut down to probably 2-3 drinks a week. Maintaining that level of drinking for 3+ months, I know and she now knows that i do not have a problem.

You know yourself best if you're being honest. Do you want to drink, even if it's out of habit, or do you need to drink. Its hard for anyone else to answer that.

 

[Immocles]

There was a Country song a few years back (Toby Keith, maybe?) with lyrics:

"..then I sobered up and I got to thinkin'

"Girl you ain't much fun since I quit drinkin'. "

If by few years back, you mean 25+ years ago...
I just saw it flash across my radio a few days ago on this classic country station that just started up ( hate country, love classic country...reminds me of being a kid in my dads bar I guess) and I was A) shocked that it could be considered on a classic station and B) Didn't realize Toby Keith had been around that long.

If she thinks I'm drinking too much now, she should've seen me in my early 20's. I'm practically a teetotaler now. I even mostly keep my clothes on now when I'm drinking.

I think it was Joe Walsh that said something along the lines of 'I got drunk once, but it lasted ten years'. That sums up about 2005-2015 for me.

 

[Broothru]

If by few years back, you mean 25+ years ago...
I just saw it flash across my radio a few days ago on this classic country station that just started up ( hate country, love classic country...reminds me of being a kid in my dads bar I guess) and I was A) shocked that it could be considered on a classic station and B) Didn't realize Toby Keith had been around that long.

Yikes. 25 years? I didn't know I'd been around that long.

Also agree on 'classic' country, even old country, music. My tastes in music span many genres from Classical (Bach, Beethovan, et al) to 70s Rock and just about everything in between.

But speaking about country music, PBS broadcast a Ken Burns series on the topic not too long ago. Like all Ken Burns' work it was very well researched and accurate, as well as highly entertaining. Even if you don't appreciate C&W music (my wife) it's an enjoyable binge watch.

Brooo Brother

 

[Oldpaddy]

Sounds like this thread is taking on the more humorous side, so this may be off base.

My wife used to say the same thing. I think she was seriously concerned that I drank too much. It would really make me mad when she say it, which in her defense is the exact reaction that reinforced her belief. In return, I'd go a day or two without drinking at all, proving in my mind I didnt, while proving nothing to her.

As of the last few months, I've started working out a lot more and on a daily basis. I've forced myself to drink more water. I cut weight pretty good. Not that i stopped because i saw it as a problem, but i cut down to probably 2-3 drinks a week. Maintaining that level of drinking for 3+ months, I know and she now knows that i do not have a problem.

You know yourself best if you're being honest. Do you want to drink, even if it's out of habit, or do you need to drink. Its hard for anyone else to answer that.

I was working on my beer belly last night. It's looking good. Real good.

 

[Oldpaddy]

OK, you've piqued our interest.

I don't want to give too much away, but it ended up with me waking up in my car at the parking lot of a chinese restaurant watching a seagull eat a shrimp.

 

[Oldpaddy]

I'm getting the hairy eyeball from my wife this morning...

 

[Oldpaddy]

Apparently the beer bunny came last night. Wife and I are finding full beer bottles all over the place.

 

[schmurf]

If you don't remember a bunny with beer you certainly have a drinking problem, I think i agree with your wife.

 

[Dland]

Response to thread title, is; are you? is it to the point of affecting your heath or ability to work? Do you need to be drinking to put up with her? Or maybe it is just how you like to spend your time. Do you get nasty to her when you are drunk? I would not answer any of these on this or any forum BTW, just putting out for your consideration.

Maybe she is concerned about your health, that's not a bad thing.

Anyway, normally I would have only taken the humor side of this,... but I'll just say, I recently cut way back due for health reasons, and it has caused me to reexamine some stuff I was aware of but ignoring in a happy haze.

Actually, I can't wait until I can go back to something lile my previous levels of consumption. {;

 

[Oldpaddy]

Guys, it's supposed to be a fun and humorous thread. No, I don't beat my wife. Nor am I nasty. I do like to trip little old ladies and take toys away from orphans though.

 

[Dgallo]

I honestly didn’t know how many things I’ve been doing incorrectly my entire life until I got married....I don’t vacuum right, don’t know how to properly drive and clearly need play by play directions and critiques while on the road; I happen to go fast and too slow at the same time...I personally call that talent. Aaaaaand apparently I sneeze incorrectly as well.

Thank god my wife took pity on me and wanted a life long “fixer upper” project when marrying me. Without my wife I would clearly forget to breathe.....

 

[soccerdad]

How much do you want for her? Post picture with price.

 

[Oldpaddy]

How much do you want for her? Post picture with price.

Nah, I like this one. She's high mileage and leaks oil all over the place, has little rust, but she still runs and I enjoy driving her.

 

[Immocles]

Aaaaaand apparently I sneeze incorrectly as well

Glad to hear I’m not the only one!

 

[soccerdad]

Nah, I like this one. She's high mileage and leaks oil all over the place, has little rust, but she still runs and I enjoy driving her.

She probably would not be happy here anyway. I apparently peel potatoes the wrong way.

 

[dwhite60]

I have one 12 ounce beer per night.

Wife still thinks I drink too much.

If we are out for an evening and I have two she starts getting worried.

 

[Oldpaddy]

I have one 12 ounce beer per night.

Wife still thinks I drink too much.

If we are out for an evening and I have two she starts getting worried.

Better you than me. That's not a wife, that's a mother. My wife is ok until around beer 10. After that I start feeling the eyes of judgement upon me.

 

[Dland]

Helpful hint; if you keg your brew, she can't count your or the bunny's bottles.

 

[AJinJacksonville]

Helpful hint; if you keg your brew, she can't count your or the bunny's bottles.

She can't count how many bottles are in the recycling bin, or how many are left out...but she can count how many times she hears the door to the garage open after I've clearly been done doing work out there. And if I try to conceal the glass when I re-enter the house, she knows it's not the same nearly empty glass I walked out there with...haha.

Bottom line: they have their ways...

 

[Broothru]

I think it was Joe Walsh that said something along the lines of 'I got drunk once, but it lasted ten years'. That sums up about 2005-2015 for me.

Joe Walsh "So What", circ. 1973?

"I got the 'all night Laundry Mat' blues,
Washing' everything I own except my shoes."

"I got ring around the collar and it smells like sweat,
A dollar's worth of quarters and it ain't dry yet."

"If you wear clothes you gotta' pay your dues,
Singin' the 'all night Laundry Mat' blues.

Says it all, brother.

 

[Dgallo]

Joe Walsh "So What", circ. 1973?

"I got the 'all night Laundry Mat' blues,
Washing' everything I own except my shoes."

"I got ring around the collar and it smells like sweat,
A dollar's worth of quarters and it ain't dry yet."

"If you wear clothes you gotta' pay your dues,
Singin' the 'all night Laundry Mat' blues.

Says it all, brother.

I don’t know if you’ve seen the eagles documentary where Don Henley is answering a Question about what Walsh brought to them and Don goes “Joe made us a Rock band, in sound and spirit... and wrecked hotel rooms” lol (I’m most likely paraphrasing there but def that message lol)