how about drinking?

I am new to the community but so glad I stopped around to read the comments. I can hear each of your voices, almost 20 year later, and it's POWERFUL. I pray you all are happy. I have been scared to drink- I love wine and the occasionally beer with my nachos during college football season but I was/am scared to drink after doing all the research. Like someone said, I have no clear why I was chosen for this pathway and drinking wine was not a daily thing, just my special moments and Friday wine down after a cray work work. I am thankful for your words and the message of living life out loud! I am going to have a drink this Valentine 2026 weekend, I am single after my BF left me because "he was scared" so life must go on. I am going to enjoy it more than I have since the surgery in Jan2025 Thank you all for sharing your voices where ever you may be! I toast you!

I've always enjoyed my wine. Now is no different. My husband dying, perhaps I am enjoying it more than I should. Life is short. I'm 68 and have stuff going on….just sayin'

Husband gave me Pure Maple Cream for my toast.

Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Saturday! I went to visit with Mom yesterday. It was like being with 2 different people. When it was just the two of us she was going on about things disappearing from her bathroom, things getting moved in the living area, how miserable her phone is that won't work, how hard it is to not be able to get in the car and go shopping, on and on. The minute someone else was around and when we went out to the dining room for lunch she was all smiles, joking with the staff, introducing me to her table mates (for the umpteenth time) and looking very happy. I keep reminding myself that her situation is a difficult one with lots of adjustments needed, that aging is not always fun, and that I am a safe person for her to complain to and express her frustrations to and that doesn't mean she is totally miserable and unhappy. But sometimes it's kind of hard listening to those things and not being able to fix them. Although I do think I found a fix for the things in the bathroom going missing and other people's things getting put on the counter. She mentioned that when she sees something that isn't her brand, she throws it away hoping to discourage whoever it is to stop messing with her stuff, instead of buying her more full sized toothpaste tubes, I ordered her a bunch of travel sized tubes, a box of individually wrapped disposable razors, and a box of travel sized deoderents. I told her we'll keep the boxes in her dresser and just put one item in the bathroom so if/when it gets taken she has more. I know some of the things she said were not hers were actually hers, because I bought them and brought them in. If I didn't know better I would swear that Mom has fronto-temporal dementia.

Wally--having options is a good thing, even if all the options are difficult ones. Hugs.

Msaly007--I'll join you in the toast! And welcome to the lounge. Everything about a bc diagnosis and treatment is complex and there are rarely any clear cut answers to the big questions. I'm sorry about your BF leaving, and curious about what he was scared of?

mOmmy--$1k to $1.5k for cleaning teeth????? How the heck did the Vet justify that cost?

Teka--oooohh, maple cream is so yummy!

Love Potion #9

Ingredients
• Peach schnapps: 1 oz(30ml)
• Cranberry juice: 2 oz(60ml)
• Lime juice: 0.5 oz(15ml)

Recipe

1. Fill a shaker with ice cubes.
2. Add 1 oz of peach schnapps.
3. Add 2 oz of cranberry juice.
4. Add 0.5 oz of lime juice.
5. Shake well until the outside of the shaker becomes frosty.
6. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
7. Garnish with a lime wheel.

From https://www.cocktailwave.com/recipes/love-potion-9