How much do you spend on booze and do you feel Guilty?

Bobtheman · 11-02-2020 10:16PM #1

I spend about 70 a week.
My wife doesn't drink.
I feel it's too much
I get terribly guilty over it
I don't have a bad job but I think it's excessive

JustAThought · 11-02-2020 10:18PM

is that slabs of beer from Lidl/Aldi drunk at home on the other end of the couch, or a few rounds with your mates while she sips cidona (or stays at home), or litres of semi top shelf whiskey or a few bottles of wine with meals out with her? all e70’s are not equal!!

Ubbquittious · 11-02-2020 10:19PM

Depends. Less than 10 quid I'd say and other ppl would drink a good bit of what I'd buy. Some week I'll go mad and fill the pickup abroad and not spend anything for quite a while after that

W0LFMAN · 11-02-2020 10:20PM

Nothing, I don't drink

I have very sick kid (cancer) that could require me anytime to drive to hospital at drop of hat.

Need my licence, for work.

1 pint and I'd be useless.

I don't miss the pint. Be like drinking washing up liquid now.

wally1990 · 11-02-2020 10:20PM

About 70 to 85 a week including taxi (I'd skip the odd week totally or drink in home (15 quid or so

Feel guilty.. , hell no. By the end of a work week I'm delighted I'm enjoying myself and within budget

Atlantic Dawn · 11-02-2020 10:21PM

€70 could get you 11 pints in Dublin over a week or during the booze season 4 crates, somewhere in the middle ground is likely the sweet spot for value and health.

mikeecho · 11-02-2020 10:21PM

Just back from Tesco.. spent about €360 on 3 bottles.

Don't feel guilty

JohnnyFlash · 11-02-2020 10:23PM

I drink about 10 or 12 pints of porter on a Friday or Saturday. So about 65 euro. Might sup a few cans during the week as well so that’s 12 euros for 8 cans of Guinness.

Put me down for about 300 per month.

Salary Negotiator · 11-02-2020 10:23PM

I’m trying to lose weight so off the drink but could easily spend between €50-€80 a week usually between beers at home and pints in the pub.

Particularly during the 6 Nations, absolutely love those beers watching the rugby.

Bobtheman · 11-02-2020 10:24PM

It's just when you have a wife who does not spend anything on herself I feel Guilty
It's a mix of pubs and off licence

JustAThought · 11-02-2020 10:24PM

the quality of my life and pocket has arguably gone up considerably since I took the pub, taxis and commuting out of my quality drinking time. I now either buy a btl of my favourite and a mixer (25 or so) and nip at it one or a few per week or month as I fancy - no pressure, no bar prices and no hassles - I can have one or a quarter bottle - no pressure or rounds.

Alternatively I can get in a few alternative types of btls (330ml) for 10-15e and have them of an evening and a bottle of wine after dinner over one or two nights as I fancy - lovely!Again about e25-e28. Excluding the munchies after!

Next weekend coming I have to go out on a couples evening and am horrorstruck at the inevitable - a round for 12-16 people. G&T’s, whisjey & sodas, glasses of wine - the lot : I wont get much change out of e150. And they say drinking at home is bad for you. Its all relative.

11-02-2020 10:24PM

Not that much so no guilt

endacl · 11-02-2020 10:25PM

I suppose I’d even out at a tenner a week the odd week.

Raconteuse · 11-02-2020 10:27PM

W0LFMAN wrote: »

I have very sick kid (cancer) that could require me anytime to drive to hospital at drop of hat.

Shyte, so sorry to read it.

wally1990 · 11-02-2020 10:28PM

W0LFMAN wrote: »

Nothing, I don't drink

I have very sick kid (cancer) that could require me anytime to drive to hospital at drop of hat.

Need my licence, for work.

1 pint and I'd be useless.

I don't miss the pint. Be like drinking washing up liquid now.

Genuinely sorry to hear that

Redneck Reject71 · 11-02-2020 10:29PM

W0LFMAN wrote: »

Nothing, I don't drink

I have very sick kid (cancer) that could require me anytime to drive to hospital at drop of hat.

Need my licence, for work.

1 pint and I'd be useless.

I don't miss the pint. Be like drinking washing up liquid now.

Sorry to hear that but know I will pray for you and your little one.

squawker · 11-02-2020 10:31PM

JustAThought wrote: »

Next weekend coming I have to go out on a couples evening and am horrorstruck at the inevitable - a round for 12-16 people. G&T’s, whisjey & sodas, glasses of wine - the lot : I wont get much change out of e150. And they say drinking at home is bad for you. Its all relative.

you should all put €20 - €30 quid each in a pot, that should sort the rounds out fairly for everyone

Raconteuse · 11-02-2020 10:31PM

€12 to €20 if I drink. A bottle of wine or three/four beers.

No guilt as it's not excessive.

Ronin247 · 11-02-2020 10:32PM

4 or 5 pints with friends once a week and half a bottle of whiskey at home so about €35 per week. Don't feel guilty I work hard and can afford it .

JustAThought · 11-02-2020 10:35PM

agreed.

OP do you include your wife socially when you drink or is she excluded/self-excluding?

I guess you work and put money on the table and the rent/mortgage is paid and noone is going without because of your e70? I wouldn’t be getting the wood ready for the crucifix for that.

you wife may well not spend money on herself but then again she may - hair, waxes, pedicures, lunches, clothes/makeup - it just might not be the kind of visible purchase you see or notice. Has she brought it up or is she the dissaproving martyr type?

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 11-02-2020 10:35PM

Basically nothing. I barely drink. The only time I spend money on it really is when bringing wine to somebody’s home when I’m visiting or buying birthday drinks.

Rodin · 11-02-2020 10:35PM

Not enough

ab4248 · 11-02-2020 10:38PM

4/5 pints in local and a bottle or two of red. So about €40. Nope don’t feel guilty but sometimes worry about health implications, then I have a drink and forget about it

Redneck Reject71 · 11-02-2020 10:41PM

I spend way too much a week on bad Tequila here.Jose Cuervo is crap!.

Irish_rat · 11-02-2020 10:42PM

Zero since Christmas. Wouldnt mind a bottle of wine some night think it's overdue

pauliebdub · 11-02-2020 10:42PM

I go out about one a week, maybe twice -30 quid a go and maybe 10 to 15 quid a week at the off-licence. No I don't feel guilty

rapul · 11-02-2020 10:43PM

Bottle of wine every Friday and Saturday night max 2 of I'm feeling it but that would only be 24 quid a week, single father so don't get to go out, oh and no don't feel guilty one bit!

ab4248 · 11-02-2020 10:43PM

squawker wrote: »

you should all put €20 - €30 quid each in a pot, that should sort the rounds out fairly for everyone

Still doesn’t make it fair. Kittys only work out fair if everyone is drinking similar priced drinks but it def works our better than 150 and the smartarse who usually gets away without buying a round doesn’t escape! As a beer drinker being stuck in a round with someone drinking g&t’s can work out costly. Was caught in a round with someone last sat night - pint 4.80 g&t 8.10!

Irish_rat · 11-02-2020 10:44PM

Zero since Christmas. Wouldnt mind a bottle of wine some night think it's overdue

wally1990 · 11-02-2020 10:45PM

ab4248 wrote: »

Still doesn’t make it fair. As a beer drinker being stuck in a round with someone drinking g&t’s can work out costly. Was caught in a round with someone last sat night - pint 4.80 g&t 8.10!

Hate people to try/make it a thing in these type of rounds

Now... I'd get someone a drink or 2 but **** it if they thinks I'm in rounds all night in that type of situation where their drink is costing way more

Its just not fair and I'd rather stay on my own

Ohmeha · 11-02-2020 10:46PM

I try to keep it to €30 per week in the pub which I usually do and I only go out on average every 2 weeks. For the weeks I don't go out I have stocked up on cans/whiskey for home drinking from the end of the year supermarket discounts/vouchers.

My body and my wallet only seem the cope with the average recommended weekly units so happy with my spending on the stuff!

How much do you spend on booze and do you feel Guilty?

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