Wife says I'm drinking too much.

[Cptblamo]

"Alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson

 

[Broothru]

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)

Yeah, I burned the grooves off a lot of Eagles and Joe Walsh vinyl albums in the 70s. Today, it's reminiscing on the 6 disc CD set of Eagles from their inception to the end of the "...When Hell freezes Over" tour live performances. Greatest group I never got to see in concert.

 

[jready]

Old quote but a good one “it was a women who drove me to drink and I never stopped to thank her” WC Fields

 

[Ty520]

too much relative to who?

you and everybody else. My wife and i have polished of more bottles of wine and liquor during WuFlu than we've probably had in the rest of our lives

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

Wife and I have had enjoyable times listening to tunes and drinking my creations. If anything, this is given wife an appreciation for my brewing/fermentation skills. She already knew my tune skills...

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

I took inventory today. I currently have 55 gallons of beer waiting. D'oh!

Apparently, your wife would absolutely hate me... Thank God my wife appreciates this thick-headed German brewer!

 

[Oldpaddy]

I don't drink that much. I've been down to 2 days a week for a couple of months. Between the shutdown and may I was drinking 3 days a week. I think what pisses her off is I get trashed once or both times a week. And apparently I'm getting older because I've fallen down a few times. She asked me the other day about a couple of bruises on my back and I blamed it on one of our great danes lol
But hey, everyone needs a hobby and I have barely left the house in four months. A man needs to blow off steam somehow.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

I'd say, when you don't notice/realize, she is beating you. That accounts for the marks.

Now being serious. No one should get "trashed". Falling down is bad. These things are NOT good for your overall health.

Blow off steam? I agree (I put up with a tremendous amount of stress. You'd be surprised what I do for employment/where I work). Find something. I ride my bicycle. So far, this year, I've pedaled over 1,000 miles around my area.

 

[Bilsch]

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.

I test drove a lot of models before deciding I'd lease instead of buying. That way if things start going wrong, it's becomes somebody else's problem.

 

[PlexVector]

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...

My beer glasses are in the garage. A 2.5 quart Home depot plastic mixing container, that I have many for the brewery lying around up side down, fits perfectly over the glass. Requires a squeaky door.

 

[AJinJacksonville]

I just need to find a beer that 1) looks like soda 2) smells like soda 3) inebriates me but 4) that is not soda.

To the lab I go!

 

[Dgallo]

I just need to find a beer that 1) looks like soda 2) smells like soda 3) inebriates me but 4) that is not soda.

To the lab I go!

What about smoothly style sours. Add some coconut oil in the glass before you pour to ruin the head and you can pass it as a kambucha. “Honey, I’m just trying to get my probiotics” lol

 

[AJinJacksonville]

I try to sell her now on all the benefits of yeast, hop oils, etc. Doesn't work...haha.

 

[Oldpaddy]

My wife isn't too bad about it. It's usually around hour 12 of drinking that she gets mad at me. She drinks too. Practically every day! Technically I'd say she's a bigger lush than me. I just tend to drink a wee bit more than her in a sitting.

 

[bracconiere]

My wife isn't too bad about it. It's usually around hour 12 of drinking that she gets mad at me. She drinks too. Practically every day! Technically I'd say she's a bigger lush than me. I just tend to drink a wee bit more than her in a sitting.

after i got into calorie/nutrient tracking, just so i could drink as much as i do....i always loved talking smack to the women, because the first thing i learned is i burn 2800 cals a day sitting on my ass...and they only burn 1800......(i did it with understanding though)

and like losing 100 pounds of weight in front of women...she's probably just jealous!


if you ever need to really calm her down. just show her some of my posts! remind her there's people who drink more!

edit: and not to ruin the mood or anything but i've been drinking heavily for ~16 years and 5 years in i was about dead....i'd like to recomend two tools nutritiondata.com for the nutrient search function, and CRON-o-meter for the tracking.....worked wonders for me! i can stay ~175lb's 6'2" drink 18 beers in a day, and still eat right....just got to write it down, like a check book....

 

[Oldpaddy]

after i got into calorie/nutrient tracking, just so i could drink as much as i do....i always loved talking smack to the women, because the first thing i learned is i burn 2800 cals a day sitting on my ass...and they only burn 1800......(i did it with understanding though)

and like losing 100 pounds of weight in front of women...she's probably just jealous!


if you ever need to really calm her down. just show her some of my posts! remind her there's people who drink more!

edit: and not to ruin the mood or anything but i've been drinking heavily for ~16 years and 5 years in i was about dead....i'd like to recomend two tools nutritiondata.com for the nutrient search function, and CRON-o-meter for the tracking.....worked wonders for me! i can stay ~175lb's 6'2" drink 18 beers in a day, and still eat right....just got to write it down, like a check book....

I drank more in high school than I do now. I didn't drink much between '12 and '17, but I ramped back up in '18 when I got a daily job as opposed to what I was doing during the previous stretch. So that's about 25+ years I've been enjoying some brewskis.
What's calorie counting? I've counted beers and pennies. Is that similar?

 

[bracconiere]

I've counted beers and pennies. Is that similar?

it's the exact same thing as counting pennies.....so you don't get hit with overdrafts from the bank, or end up in debt.....lol


edit: damn, i'd LOVE a daily job so i could keep it to a 12 pack......

 

[Oldpaddy]

it's the exact same thing as counting pennies.....so you don't get hit with overdrafts from the bank, or end up in debt.....lol


edit: damn, i'd LOVE a daily job so i could keep it to a 12 pack......

F'n china flu took away my job. I miss working. I was a ups driver from '03-'11 and that was too much work. Then I sold real estate until '18. Mostly foreclosures. On the bright side, I expect to be selling foreclosures again within the next couple of years. Until then it's brewskis and hairy eyeballs from the missus.

 

[bracconiere]

I was a ups driver from '03-'11

professional santa claus, i always love it when the UPS man brings me presents!

my mom used to say she just didn't like me looking "pie eyed", so maybe something like this would help...

 

[Oldpaddy]

professional santa claus, i always love it when the UPS man brings me presents!

my mom used to say she just didn't like me looking "pie eyed", so maybe something like this would help...

Everyone loves the guy in brown pajamas expect dogs and management.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

I test drove a lot of models before deciding I'd lease instead of buying. That way if things start going wrong, it's becomes somebody else's problem.

Getting more difficult these days to test drive especially when the make and model is in question. Thankfully, I am not looking/needing to test drive before buying...

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

I just need to find a beer that 1) looks like soda 2) smells like soda 3) inebriates me but 4) that is not soda.

To the lab I go!

Hard soda.

 

[bracconiere]

I just need to find a beer that 1) looks like soda 2) smells like soda 3) inebriates me but 4) that is not soda.

To the lab I go!

i drank something that fit the bill for a couple months....called tert-amyl alcohol....1 gram of it is as strong as like 2 beers.....

 

[madscientist451]

I don't drink that much. I've been down to 2 days a week for a couple of months. Between the shutdown and may I was drinking 3 days a week. I think what pisses her off is I get trashed once or both times a week. And apparently I'm getting older because I've fallen down a few times.

Simple solution, get falling down drunk every night, she'll throw you out, then you can do as you please.

 

[AJinJacksonville]

My beer glasses are in the garage. A 2.5 quart Home depot plastic mixing container, that I have many for the brewery lying around up side down, fits perfectly over the glass. Requires a squeaky door.

Simple solution, get falling down drunk every night, she'll throw you out, then you can do as you please.

With three teenagers...she'd have me living out of my truck. It's the proverbial 'it's cheaper to keep her' and just maybe not drink (as much).

 

[madscientist451]

Well that would be the sensible choice. Maybe brew some lower ABV beers.....

 

[Oldpaddy]

Simple solution, get falling down drunk every night, she'll throw you out, then you can do as you please.

It's my house, buddy. I already had one wife throw me out 15 years ago and it kinda bothered me.