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poliphiloI used to like a glass of wine. With a meal. If I was cooking. Not any more. These days I reach for the lemonade.
We were out to dinner at a very fine restaurant the other night. Some of the party were drinking wine but I was happy with iced water. Ailz ordered a cider and shared some of the bottle with me. I didn't particularly want her to.
Non-alcoholic apple juice would have been just as nice. No- nicer.
The change has come about gradually, without incident, over- say- the last 6 months.
(I'm not going teetotal. This isn't about ideology. Well, maybe a teensy-weensy bit. I've never liked pubs and I'm a bit old-maidish around the alcohol culture. I've just been reading about Dylan Thomas. What a tiresome man! How I'd have hated him!)
Children rarely like the taste of alcohol. They have to be taught - conditioned- broken in. Between 16 and 56 I was under the impression I enjoyed the stuff. I wonder if I ever really did. Now that I'm approaching my second childhood- and no longer under pressure to impress and compete with other adults- I can say what I really think.
It tastes horrid and makes me feel poorly.
Take the nasty stuff away.
We were out to dinner at a very fine restaurant the other night. Some of the party were drinking wine but I was happy with iced water. Ailz ordered a cider and shared some of the bottle with me. I didn't particularly want her to.
Non-alcoholic apple juice would have been just as nice. No- nicer.
The change has come about gradually, without incident, over- say- the last 6 months.
(I'm not going teetotal. This isn't about ideology. Well, maybe a teensy-weensy bit. I've never liked pubs and I'm a bit old-maidish around the alcohol culture. I've just been reading about Dylan Thomas. What a tiresome man! How I'd have hated him!)
Children rarely like the taste of alcohol. They have to be taught - conditioned- broken in. Between 16 and 56 I was under the impression I enjoyed the stuff. I wonder if I ever really did. Now that I'm approaching my second childhood- and no longer under pressure to impress and compete with other adults- I can say what I really think.
It tastes horrid and makes me feel poorly.
Take the nasty stuff away.
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Date: 2008-06-22 12:02 am (UTC)I do like the taste of alcohol. I like beer the best, but I also enjoy mixed drinks. I've never been a fan of wine. It tastes okay, but it makes me feel groggy and gives me a headache. No fun.
I have liked the taste of beer since childhood. For as long as I can remember, I was asking my dad for sips of his beer, just for the flavor. My son used to like taking a sip of my beer, too, when he was younger. Then in school they taught him that alcohol is evil and will kill you and you should never ever touch a drop and should nag your parents incessantly if they choose to do so. It's ludicrous. Anyway, now he doesn't ask for sips of my beer.
But if you don't enjoy it, there's no point in drinking it. And lemonade is pretty darn god, too. :-)
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Date: 2008-06-22 09:02 am (UTC)My nephew grew up loving the taste of beer. He's now a Guinness drinker. I've managed to sink the odd pint of that stuff- in spite of it tasting like ink- but I've usually wanted to give up at the halfway mark.