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So I am curious what your thoughts are and whether or not you would consider this an issue or not.
A girl I met online and I have been on three dates. On our third date we decided to go see a movie. While we were watching it about 10 minutes in she pulled out a water bottle and started drinking it, no big deal I thought. But then she asked me if I wanted a drink and that her water bottle actually had vodka in it.
Now previously she had got a long Island ice tea on our date prior which I thought nothing of and asked me if I liked to drink to which I said now and then, and that was that.
Well during the movie she ended up drinking the whole bottle, though she can obviously handle her liquor because after the movie even though you could definitely smell alcohol on her she really didn't seem to be very affected by it. I drove us there and her to her place so she wasn't driving.
Well actually get along well and I realize putting vodka in a bottle isn't new but I did think it was odd to do for a third date. Do you think it's a big deal? Or nothing to worry about unless she drinks on every other date?
When I was younger and more naive, it might have seemed okay. But now that I've had time to experience life around people who drink to much, I'd slowly back away.
I still have friends who get drunk every day. It's annoying and unhealthy. At its worst, their problem will screw up your life and everyone else's too.
I can see her in my mind filling that water bottle with a funnel carefully trying not to spill the vodka. Then, 'oops!' Spilled alittle... Then she licks the counter.
Does it really matter how *we* (=Internet strangers) define it? If *you* are uncomfortable with the behavior, and/or feel this person and you have different /possibly incompatible lifestyles, then there's the answer.
Would *i* continue to date someone who lugs around vodka hidden in a water bottle, sneaks it into the movie theater and proceeds to drink the entire amount (liter? Half liter?) over a ~1.5-2 hour period? No thanks.
An entire water bottle of vodka over the course of a single movie? That's a lot in 1-2.5 hours. Dang... I don't think I could walk straight after that much.
She is a functioning alcoholic.. that's pretty obvious.
I drink frequently and I do not carry water bottles of vodka. If I am going to drink, I drink the good stuff. Margaritas, Sangria, Wine, mimosas, Beer, etc.
Ironically on our first date, we stopped at my rental house to partake in my tenants party, where I drank way more than I should have and he ended up driving my truck home. But that is not the norm for me.
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I don't know. It's not a simple thing to diagnose.
That said, this wouldn't be a person I would want to date, whether she was or was not. The diagnosis is rather irrelevent.
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