When you were growing up, did your parents routinely have "before dinner drinks"?

My parents did not, although they sometimes had them when we went to a restaurant.
My wife's parents did this at just about every dinner.

This sometimes led to an awkward conflict of expectations at extended family gatherings.

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bijouxbroussard · F

My mother didn’t drink. Pop would occasionally have a beer, but generally only one. When they had parties there would be a bar, but Mom would still have Martinelli’s. When my youngest sister became an alcoholic, they stopped allowing alcohol in their home. Dad stopped drinking, my brother and niece never started.