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procon

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3. Alcohol was the only recreational drug available at the time.

Tue Jul 17, 2018, 07:41 PM

Jul 2018

And cigarettes.

Both were glamorized in film and TV, and ads. No one was aware of the health issues. The carhops at the local burger shacks delivered pitchers of cold beer to drink with your food. My parents drank cocktails before and after dinner and dosed off. They entertained several times a month and kept a huge well stocked bar. As a teen, I thought I was cool because I knew how to mix lots of cocktails and the guests would compliment me. My parents were so proud. Different era.

It's a miracle that none of us kids ever drank.

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Please explain this to me. [View all] no_hypocrisy Jul 2018 OP

I think partly is it was an inexpensive way Phoenix61 Jul 2018 #1

Cocktail parties? Not in the small cities in the midwest when I grew up rurallib Jul 2018 #2

Alcohol was the only recreational drug available at the time. procon Jul 2018 #3

Sure, The Big Book. elleng Jul 2018 #4

My parents never had cocktail parties Ohiogal Jul 2018 #5

Cigarettes and cocktails in 1965 LakeArenal Jul 2018 #6

My parents rarely drank. It just wasn't their thing. They would buy a bottle of wine to Arkansas Granny Jul 2018 #7

My mother was a real estate agent in the 60's HeiressofBickworth Jul 2018 #8

Wine was rare until 1970s unc70 Jul 2018 #9

And the beer that was available back then PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2018 #12

"Sophistication!" 3Hotdogs Jul 2018 #10

Cocktail parties were not as common as you might think. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2018 #11