Wishing away the day for alcohol again. She drinks a lot for anyone with young kids. I don’t know if it’s her ridiculous self trying to look relatable but this wine o clock mummy person is not the flex she thinks it is. If you have to numb yourself with alcohol each evening to relax and get through the days, then there’s a problem Kate. It’s not even the amount you drink at any one point or what you drink it’s WHY you drink. And if it’s being a mum that’s making you drink then you need to look at why this is happening.
Maybe it’s the stress of keeping up “false” appearances online of money, status and a perfect family that’s causing it?! Maybe it’s the upside down house and the nowhere to sit as a family and relax so it’s easier to have a numbing wine or cocktail and get into bed. Whatever it is, it’s not healthy and it’s not teaching your children safe and reasonable alcohol use. We are a nation of problematic drinkers and this is not being a good role model!
Oh and Kate - before you address this is your stories. I used to do these things - anxiously wait for the kids to be in bed to have a wine, or drink a cocktail when out for dinner with them when they were small. I looked to the outside world like someone properly having their sh*t together and just doing the usual mummy wine time with friends etc. But underneath my marriage was falling apart and my mental health was horrendous from a domestically abusive relationship.
Fast forward a decade and I’m tee total, much more self aware and completely present to my kids!