Drinking pints...

[chicklin]

I know this is another example of me showing my age and sheltered upbringing (Ha Ha!) but does anyone else think its unladylike for women to drink pints? Personally I've never done it for this reason ( except once when some silly man bet me �10 I couldn't drink his pint of Guinness in one go). Am I just being old fashioned?

[ummmm1]

I agree....and pints are too heavy to hold

[chicklin]

Methinks you and I are quite similar ummmm1 (although I'l grant you are probably younger, prettier and undoubtedly more popular than me - but I won't hold that against you!!) ; ))

[drchasuble]

I usually drink halves on Guiness. If someone gets me a pint I'll pour it into the half glass.
I will never ever swig out of a bottle of beer either. I'll always ask for a glass and for some reason get funny looks from the bar staff.

[kate1976]

I always get a pint when I'm out, saves me going back to the bar for a while, also I've found I drink more if I just have a half so pints for me!!

I have seen an increase in women getting pints at my local and see nothing wrong with it, although there is a woman who buys a pint and then spills most on the floor as she tries to pour it into a half glass!!!!!

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, i think it looks so disgusting when you see a nice girl drinking a pint of lager. I just look at them and wait for them to burp...
I actually go up to women and tell them for drinking pints, letting them know how foul it looks. I get the same reply each time. They all say "well it saves going back to the bar doesnt it". A lot of them actually dont realise that they look rough. they always order a half after i have shown them what other women look like and after i have given them my point of view...

[ummmm1]

I hate lager anyway so it would never be an issue with me.......but I have often been left holding a pint for someone and just thought this is way to heavy

[chicklin]

Wow MrBen - you really are the epitome of subtle aren't you? Was your answer ever so slightly tongue-in-cheek? Or am I reading what isn't there?

[MrBen5]

huh?
i am never epitome(whatever it means)
I always give an honest answer and tell it how it is. If i see something that doesnt look right, i point it out. I have a lot of scars to show for my attitude towards things, but a lot of respect too...

[cook1254]

MrBen After they have bought their half pint do they then pour it over your head and tell you to mind your own business?

[drchasuble]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitome

[MrBen5]

nope never cook1254. I have always been thanked for letting them know how bad they look. As their mates wouldnt obviously tell them...

[MrBen5]

hmmm, still confused drchas :( lol

[chicklin]

Drchas and MrBen - was thinking of the other definition of the word as in...'A person or thing that is a perfect example of...'

[drchasuble]

That is the only meaning. It means the embodiment of...

[laura_lou7]

I drink shandy, not that anyone knows the diff but it makes me feel better about having a pint, plus it\s easier to drink. I used to refuse to drink pints, but so many other women do, it doesn't seem to matter, and it's cheaper. I wouldn't do it in a nice eatery or posh bar, just at a pub

[badgerchops]

When i go out with the lads ( i am female) they won't let me get a half. They say i drink them just as quick as them and so i should have a pint. When i have put my foot down before and said 'i want a half' it came back with umbrellas and cherrys hanging out of it. So, no not all men think its unladylike. If you are out and on a mission then a pint it is !

[Pippa68]

Many years ago when I was a teenager (sigh) I frequented quite a few public houses and none of them would serve a woman a pint ~ two halves, yes..but not a pint!

I guess nowadays it's different, and too right. What on earth is wrong with it I don't know. My uncles missus drinks pints of Guiness and she is the most ladylike woman I have ever met..the pint doesn't detract from that :o)

[Slooow_Jo]

*for MrBen5*

Yo!! Geezer if you came n told me about myself I'd drop the nut on ya before kicking ya with me steeltoe caps n snubbing me rollie on ya forehead!!

But seriously....I drink pints & smoke roll ups & even though I class myself as a 'geezer bird' I am still very much a lady!!

I drink pints coz I would be sozzled drinking 'lady' drinks or halves & smoke rollies coz its cheaper!! My mouth isn't foul & although I can be one of the lads I wont accept 'crude talk'. I'm not getting on the defensive here btw I just find it 'humourous' how perceptions can be made :-) being a cocktail sipping, non-smoker doesn't stop you being riff-raff LOL

[curlylfim]

mmmmmmm pint drinking, rollie smoking women, my favourite kind........