How a husband who cannot drink and a wife who lost the chance to drink spend their evening drinks.
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around here?
Hello. This is RaM.
I usually post during lunch time at a cafe because I want you to relax
with a cup of coffee ☕️ in hand,
but just for today, let me talk about evening drinks. lol
My husband and I are a couple with little connection to alcohol.
My husband has no tolerance for it; if he drinks even a little alcohol, his whole body turns bright red.
He can't drink much, so I'm always impressed by how hard he tries at work drinking parties.
Every time he goes to a drinking party, he sulks and says, "I'd rather go eat delicious food than go to a party like this 🥺." Yeah, poor guy.
I've been with my husband since we were college students, but back then, I was the type who could drink much more than I can now, and I would drink at a faster pace, which used to put him in a bad mood. lol
I suppose he still had some male pride back then.
lost his pride regarding alcohol.
He even encourages me to "drink up." lol
I can't drink beer or whiskey, though.
If I drink sake, I get drunk and end up causing a dehydration scare at the hot springs, so I'm too scared to drink it.
I'm the type who wants to enjoy alcohol in moderation.
I only prefer fruit-based drinks like yuzu honey sours or plum wine. Unlike in my student days, the amount I drink has decreased, so I suspect the best value for money is to drink high-quality items at a restaurant.
Well, as a couple like this, alcohol rarely appears at home.
Basically, my husband pairs his meals with barley tea, and I pair mine with water.
I have thought before that I wanted to be the kind of couple who could enjoy evening time while sharing a stylish glass of wine, but if we can't, we can't.
On the weekend, when I feel a sense of accomplishment, I sometimes crave something a little high in calories.
At these times, I feel like pairing it with our usual drinks isn't quite right, so I prepare a carbonated drink that we have in stock at home, but even in our household, where we tend to get by with carbonated drinks during meal times, alcohol makes an appearance about once a month.
What plays a big role in our home is a 350ml can of lemon sour.
We share this one can between the two of us, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Even at my husband's grandmother's house during the New Year holidays,
we share everything,
so my uncle often teases us,
"How can you two be so close?"
That's not it.
In the case of alcohol,
if we don't share it, my husband will leave some behind, and
in the case of food,
it's because we have to adjust the portions to endure a food fight and maintain our weight,
otherwise we'd just gain weight for no reason.
I want to say it here.
We usually split food about 3:2 between husband and wife, but when it comes to alcohol, the story changes.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's about 1:2 between husband and wife.
Even with a small amount, my husband gets quite drunk.
He eats snacks and sweets even more than he drinks, so by the time I have my drink, there's usually nothing left 🤣
But you know, if we share the alcohol, I don't get enough to drink.
If I try to open another can, my husband's gaze is painful.
Like, "Are you still drinking?"
I shouldn't drink any more?
Lately, I feel like alcohol stays in my system longer due to my age, so I settle for one can.
Instead, I reach for ice cream.
As a treat, I take out a Häagen-Dazs or a PARM from the freezer and share it with my husband.
In the end, I can't help but feel like I'm just consuming calories, but when I think that this is only allowed on nights before a day off, maybe this is what you could call our own version of evening drinking time.
A common story about evening drinks between a husband who can't drink and a wife who could have drunk more but lost the chance.
By the way, I wrote this article while listening to the Stand.fm archive archive.
I thought if I was going to write while listening to this, it had to be about evening drinks.
The quality and density of what I was listening to were so high that this article ended up being worlds apart from that broadcast.
I don't know, I'm losing my vocabulary...
Everyone is just so wonderful.
Being able to listen to someone's voice is amazing.
Support your favorites while you can.
Thank you for the precious opportunity.
I'd like to answer that it's about things like this, but
what remains after reading this article
is surely nothing but this, right?
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