We are thinking of eating there for a birthday, but drinks like coca cola, or things like this offered? or is it all wine, and things of that nature..
I’m throwing an engagement party for my sister. There will be 45-55 people there. I’m serving wine, beer, and rum punch (plus water and soda). How many bottles of wine should I buy? And cases of beer? Should I figure 2 drinks per person plus a glass of champagne for the toast?
Over here in America they paint the picture that everyone at any age drinks wine and that is why there crimes relating to alcohol are so low because it is isn’t a big deal and was introduced young. I also wondered which wine is the healthiest I forget if it is red or white wine?
Thx for the Help!
I am 22 and have been dating my boyfriend for 2+ years. This past year I moved away from my family and live near him. His family has been nice and always invite me and include me in things and are always available if i needed them. Even though ive been here for a year i still dont really know them all too too well. I am moving out of state back home due to a job change. We are going out to dinner because I am moving and feel like I should give them a thank you gift for the past year. I couldnt think of anything they arent sweets lovers and rarely go out to eat. His mom drinks wine and his dad occasionally. Would a nice bottle of red wine with a thank you card be appropriate? I really just want them to like me, and make a good ‘last’ impression. I am on a budget.
Looking to spend around
Okay, really quick explanation…. I live in Ohio. I’m a 19 year old woman and I go to college. When I go out, I drink beer. Why? because its free. My boyfriend lives in Australia, and when i visit him, his parents always offer me drinks with dinner or my boyfriend’s pals will buy me something when we’re out at the club, and I don’t know what to have. I feel kind of stupid and un-ladylike when this happens.
Can you give me some ideas about what kind of drinks a woman would have? favorites? what your girlfriend drinks? what wine goes well with dinner?
in all honesty im not a drinker at all. I have been smoking marijuana for quiet sometime now to deal with extreme insomnia. As better job offers come up I know its time for me to stop smoking but the insomnia worries me alot because I don’t want to take any pills or anything that will harm me greatly, so therfore I’d like to get some wine just to have a glass to relax me before bed. But I have NOOO clue what to buy when I look at all the wines so thats where I need some help. when i do go out with friends or what not I like to have drinks that are very fruity. strawberry is prolly my favorite. I see boones farm has all those fruity flavors, but r those really any good? what could you suggest for me? maybe even something that taste like grapes? but something i don’t have to drink too much of to get a lil buzz going hahaha. thanks!
umm marijuanna is not going to harm me the way sleeping pills would. Marijuanna is not anymore dangerous than a cig or the air that you breathe. Sleeping pills overtime will destroy your liver and possibly kill you. I got very very sick from taking sleeping pills for an extended period of time and don’t care to go through what I went through ever again!
also price is not too much of an issue
I’m flying to Beijing soon to meet a ton of new people at the company I work. My boss asked me to bring some wine and chocolates she prefers, and it dawned on me that other people I meet might also appreciate some common American foods/drinks that are difficult to obtain in China (but obviously legal).
What common things make good gifts for co-workers, guides, officials (but not bribery! 
) and such?
And another person had a bottle of cheap, tasteless wine product. If we were to spend the night sharing our wine equally, who made out from the deal the most? In my opinion, the one who offered the least. When one person offers something considered to be of higher worth than the other, it turns the exchange into a zero-sum game. Somebody gains, while somebody else loses.
This is how I see casual sex. Women, as a whole, seem to value their sexuality more than men. Women who give men time often expect compensation for this "service". Women don’t have to approach men, because there will always be men wanting to approach them. On dates, men usually pay for dinners, are expected to provide most of the entertainment and generally foot any bill that may come up. Why? Because men pay women for their time. Women are much more (monetarily) successful in the stripping, porn and prostitution industries than men. Female sexuality sells because female sexuality has value, and with value comes power. The power to decide who you’ll be sleeping with from the bar that night, while men would consider themselves lucky to land any average woman for a one night stand. When drunk people have sex, we are far more likely to accept that the woman was a victim of rape than the man. Why? Because we want to protect her sexuality more than his.
When women complain about being called "whores" for sleeping around, I think that they are overlooking the fact that this "double standard" exists in a direct balance with another "double standard". Male sexuality is not considered nearly is valuable as female sexuality. Most men would kill for the sexual privileges that women have. As a man, I could not imagine what it might be like to walk into a bar and have all sorts of women vying for my attention, buying me drinks so that they can hopefully take me home for the night. I couldn’t imagine what it might be like to have enough options to be picky, and decide between three or four women that I could take home, all of which I just met. They type of men who have choices like these are extremely rare and extremely attractive (often times, famous as well). Double standards naturally go hand in hand, they counter-balance one another. The only thing that will change this is absolute equality, and I don’t foresee any women considering themselves "lucky" that an average Joe wants to sleep with them in the near future.
And as for men who are "looked up to" for sleeping around, I contend that they aren’t usually respected for being studs. They are respected for being good at swindling others of something valuable. Their sexual value increases only because it allows them more exposure to female sexuality, not because it is (or ever was) valuable in itself.
‘Finally, for women who want to exchange wine with men who can offer something equal to their own: this is an impossibility, because women, and society in general refuse to view men this way. They refuse to see equal worth in male sexuality.
Thoughts?
And another person had a bottle of cheap, tasteless wine product. If we were to spend the night sharing our wine equally, who made out from the deal the most? In my opinion, when one person offers something considered to be higher worth than the other, it turns the exchange into a zero-sum game. One person gains, while the other loses.
This is how I see casual sex. Women, as a whole, seem to value their sexuality more than men. Women who give men time often expect compensation for this "service". Women don’t have to approach men, because there will always be men wanting to approach them. On dates, men usually pay for dinners, are expected to provide most of the entertainment and generally foot any bill that may come up. Why? Because men pay women for their time. Women are much more (monetarily) successful in the stripping, porn and prostitution industries than men. Female sexuality sells because female sexuality has value, and with value comes power. The power to decide who you’ll be sleeping with from the bar that night, while men would consider themselves lucky to land any average woman for a one night stand. When drunk people have sex, we are far more likely to accept that the woman was a victim of rape than the man. Why? Because we want to protect her sexuality more than his.
When women complain about being called "whores" for sleeping around, I think that they are overlooking the fact that this "double standard" exists in a direct balance with another "double standard". Male sexuality is not considered nearly is valuable as female sexuality. Most men would kill for the sexual privileges that women have. As a man, I could not imagine what it might be like to walk into a bar and have all sorts of women vying for my attention, buying me drinks so that they can hopefully take me home for the night. I couldn’t imagine what it might be like to have enough options to be picky, and decide between three or four women that I could take home, all of which I just met. They type of men who have choices like these are extremely rare and extremely attractive (often times, famous as well). Double standards naturally go hand in hand, they counter-balance one another. The only thing that will change this is absolutely equality, and I don’t forsee any women considering themselves "lucky" than an average Joe wants to sleep with them in the near future.
And as for men who are "looked up to" for sleeping around, I contend that they aren’t usually respected for being studs. They are respected for being good at swindling others of something valuable. Their sexual value increases only because it allows them more exposure to female sexuality, not because it is (or ever was) valuable in itself.
Thoughts?
Sam: Well, we’d all like for the wine to be considered equal. What I am trying to describe here is that, regardless how how a man "uses" his sexuality, it is never considered as valuable as a woman’s from a grand perspective. Women do not value it as a whole, as much as men value what women offer. That is the main argument of this post.
Eliz:I don’t assume that women do want want a lot of sex. What I am postulating is that women can afford to be far more selective with the men that they have sex with, as they are given many options due to the elevated status of female sexuality.
I don’t believe that I ever stated anything about women being naturally monogamous or chaste.
All I know about this song is it is an older song and talkes about a person that drinks and gave up the rose for the wine or something like that. I would appreciate anyones help.