Dad & Heineken
Nov. 9th, 2007 08:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenJust had a cute conversation with my dad about beer. His standard M.O. is when he calls to start off with, "Quick question; you got a minute?" I guess he figures that up here with all these New York minutes, I'm running around from place to place. He also thinks I'm a big partier and heavy drinker for some reason. I have two or three glasses of wine every three or four days, and that constitutes heavy drinking - for a man born in the heart of the depression in the South, who's never had "hard liquor," as he calls it.
I guess my two dirty martinis at dinner last year at the beach on vacation (when my bro-in-law was driving) really made an impression on my dad. Or was it the little travel-sized bottles of whiskey I brought 5 years ago to have with a cigarette at the beach for a nightcap.
He wanted to know which 12 oz bottle of beer was more expensive - Bud Light or Heineken. He's obsessed with the cost of things, which ultimately helps him decide what he's going to use and/or what he's going to bring to a family gathering to share. It's cute for outsiders, but inside the family, we wish hed just enjoy what he's got rather than worry about whether we've tasted something or not.
Truth be told: I love beer. I miss beer and it's now something I drink on special occassions. Like when I have the caloric bandwidth. In fact, I'm making a tag for beer just to discuss the beers I've had and will have - with friends, of course. Thatll be fun.
Dad couldn't figure out where the bottles had come from, but it must've been when I was at his house once a couple of years ago. Dad and I discussed different culinary options for his forlorn bottles of beer. After all, "Good glory!". He doesn't drink beer! He goes, "you're not much of a beer guzzler anymore are ya? How much are you drinking now?"
I guess my two dirty martinis at dinner last year at the beach on vacation (when my bro-in-law was driving) really made an impression on my dad. Or was it the little travel-sized bottles of whiskey I brought 5 years ago to have with a cigarette at the beach for a nightcap.
He wanted to know which 12 oz bottle of beer was more expensive - Bud Light or Heineken. He's obsessed with the cost of things, which ultimately helps him decide what he's going to use and/or what he's going to bring to a family gathering to share. It's cute for outsiders, but inside the family, we wish hed just enjoy what he's got rather than worry about whether we've tasted something or not.
Truth be told: I love beer. I miss beer and it's now something I drink on special occassions. Like when I have the caloric bandwidth. In fact, I'm making a tag for beer just to discuss the beers I've had and will have - with friends, of course. Thatll be fun.
Dad couldn't figure out where the bottles had come from, but it must've been when I was at his house once a couple of years ago. Dad and I discussed different culinary options for his forlorn bottles of beer. After all, "Good glory!". He doesn't drink beer! He goes, "you're not much of a beer guzzler anymore are ya? How much are you drinking now?"
