At an evening dinner party in your social circle, would you expect there to be alcohol?

[beezus]

I think some kind of alcohol is usually available at evening social events in my circle of friends, but booze is not the center-piece of the get-together.  Some people drink and some don't.  No one is pressured to participate in the alcohol consumption.  I have a couple friends who have been known to get rather tipsy, but they both have husbands who don't drink, so nobody is driving home inebriated.  My husband's family is Mormon, so there's no alcohol at those events. 

[kewb]

Other.  There is normally alcohol available for those who want. Sometimes people partake and sometimes they don't.  Some will have a beer or a glass of wine.  Some will really go to town.  Others will not have any.  I suppose it depends on the mood.

[kewb]

*double post*

[Joyofsixreboot]

If you can call the casual get togethers we go to " dinner parties" there will usually be alcohol. Our set is more of the barbecue/family day/graduation open house kind of thing. Very rarely will none overdo. Maybe at New Year's there are a couple guys that push it but that's it.

[Alessandra]

Dinner parties in my circle always include alcohol.  Brunch parties in my circle include champagne, mimosas, or bellinis.  Day-time BBQs include beer.

 

And yet, no one gets drunk.  Go figure.   ;)

 

:iagree:

 

Same here.

 

A lot of people start with a glass of wine and then switch to water.