Wives... were you glad pubs weren't open today

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Depending on he pub. You could easily spend less than half that (€68) over 2 nights in a pub like O'Reillys, Tara Street and have 10 pints a night. It really depends on the pub.

OP said a night out in the local would be 60-80€

Murrisk wrote: »

Any pub with pints for less than E5 in Dublin city centre (E68 / 20 pints) are generally to be avoided. Even down the country, you'd be talking E4-E4.50 at least for a pint.

I didn't mention just any pub.

Murrisk wrote: »

@ Fighting Tao, can't quote yet, you mentioned O'Reillys of Tara Street. You, in a post, gave the approximate price of pints in O'Reilly's of Tara Street, a Dublin CC pub.

Edit: Oh right, misread your post. I've been to O'Reilly's, it's a tad rough around the edges. Nothing to recommend, really, and in a pretty dodge area.

I haven't noticed it rough. I wouldn't be there often. Usually to meet a relative after work but I'd be gone by 9pm. I'm just saying that there are options. A night out doesn't have to have the Temple Bar price tag. The last evening that I was out with my wife if cost €45 and she was on wine and in a pub that certainly wouldn't be classified as rough smack bang in the city centre.

One method of curbing someone's drinking is to go out with them. So the husband is in the pub regardless on Friday after work. If both partners were in the pub then he would most likely slow down his drinking and leave when the wife wanted to leave. I know myself if I'm out with mates I'd usually be drinking faster and more than if I'm out with my wife. It's as if we fall into a rythm and in rounds. So one person is finished their pint there is an unspoken pressure for the next in line to buy a round to get it. Then the others finishe up their dribk quicker because they have 2 drinks in front of them.

Chuchote wrote: »

So, taking eur70 a night as an average, that's eur7,280 a year.

(Boards.ie, when are you going to fix your scripting problem?)

So now we know he drinks 10pints a night??? and they are €10 each??

I really think this tread has lost the run of itself......

Maybe he drinks 5 pints a night at €4.5 each....€2340, and that's enough to get him drunk.

Sorry forgot to take Good Friday off as that's the only weekend night in the entire year he dose not go out.

€2340-€22.5 = €2,317

Or do you know what...Maybe none of us know, so we should stop making stuff up to suit our argument.


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Chuchote wrote: »

OP said her husband spent from 60 to 80 euros a night two nights a week, as I understand it.

She did not say this directly, she was talking about herself going out at the time and maybe talking for 2 going out?? ...the point is none of us know the facts so we should not come up with figure of over €7000 a year as Gospel

I am not defending the husband and there probably needs to be some compromise, but I don't see how this helps the OP

ForestFire wrote: »

She did not say this directly, she was talking about herself going out at the time and maybe talking for 2 going out?? ...the point is none of us know the facts so we should not come up with figure of over €7000 a year as Gospel

I am not defending the husband and there probably needs to be some compromise, but I don't see how this helps the OP

However, as it has been accurately stated by a few posters that if he is hungover to the extent he is, that it is fair to say there are quite a number of pints consumed on his nights out. Add that to the fact he is out every weekend Fri & Sat, it is a safe bet he is a well-practiced drinker.

I worked in a pub for all my student years, and more besides, and know what a good drinker (and not necessarily a problem drinker) puts away on an average night. It doesn't work out on the cheaper side of these estimations.

Mr.Wemmick wrote: »

there is no word fact in my post.. pedantics clearly get you excited.

You responded to my post about facts....and started yours with "accurately state" before listing off more conjecture...

And then follow on to assume I'm clearly excited?

If you want to forget the subject of the previous post and deflect it onto me fine, I have made my point.

Alma Weak Stabilizer wrote: »

The term hangover is fairly broad though and not really an exact science. You might feel a bit groggy after 7 or 8 pints and some might call this a mild hangover but it would in no way stop you getting up and going about your day while on the other end of the scale a severe hangover could mean good for absolutely nothing until late afternoon and getting sick.

Yes, I do agree.. you can also develop celiac disease too and suffer horrendous hangovers with only a couple pints drank the night before.

So anything is game.. but having seen many a practiced drinkers put away an expensive amount of lager/guinness week after week and based on that, it would take a fair few pints to give them a hangover which would last all morning.