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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SatyrService · M

@DrWatson [quote]My wife's parents did this at just about every dinner.

This sometimes led to an awkward conflict of expectations at extended family gatherings.[/quote]

I think much of the alchol culture of that generation has changed
watch a few epsodes of Mad Men. I can attest the drinking and smoking of adults of that era
matched what you saw there
the 3 Martini Lunch. ( thats[b] 6 ounces o[/b]f gin/vodka!)
was a stapel of much of business even into the early 8o's

@LordShadowfire