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All or nothing

CasadenaCasadena member
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Dear Prudence,

My husband’s family tends to overdo it when it comes to alcohol on special occasions, and they become loud and obnoxious. This is our year to host Thanksgiving, and my family looks forward to having wine with dinner. The difference is that they can handle alcohol consumption responsibly. I can’t see any way to enforce a rule where my family can drink while my husband’s family can’t. And I enjoy having some expensive wine for the holidays myself. Is there some way to walk this line without ending up with a houseful of drunks?

—Wallowing Over Wine

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Re: All or nothing

  • banana468banana468 member
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    No, you cannot say that your H's family won't be served while yours will.

    Is the issue that they overdo it and they're loud and obnoxious w/ the wine or it's just worse?  The older I see some family members the booze has nothing to do with it.

    But the reality is that you're asking Prudie how to deal with your spouse's family rather than your spouse.  Have you considered starting there? 
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  • short+sassyshort+sassy member
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    I don't know how this would go over with each family.  But a compromise would be to serve wine with dinner but then don't have any other alcohol available once those bottles run out.

    My parents were almost tee-totalers.  The only time wine was opened in our house was for holiday dinners or if they were hosting a dinner party for friends.  For holiday dinners, everyone had one glass of wine and that was it.  To be fair, I don't think anyone wanted more than that.  It was usually only my parents, grandparents, and me and my sister.  My sister and I were underaged, so we were happy to even get one glass, lol.
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