So my boyfriend and I have been together now for almost 3,5 years. As is with every relationship the butterflies disappear after a while and what's left is the real picture of the person in front of you. I love him. No doubt about that. However there are some things that irritate me about him.
One biggie is the fact that he drinks beer everyday. He's a big fan of beer. He even brews his own. He's very passionate about it.
He drinks about 1 or 2 beers a night, more during weekends. That means he has alcohol in his body 24/7 and I don't like that at all. I told him I think it's too much, but he laughs about it and then either ignores me or changes the subject. I wouldn't call him an alcoholic in his face, but I do know he's sensitive to addiction. That's because his face is glued to his phone most hours of the day. He can't let it go. But that's another story (or not).
Back to the beer, I know drinking alcohol is somewhat accepted in western culture, so to those standards I'm probably overreacting. Of course with the beer drinking comes another problem: the beer belly. He didn't have one 3,5 years ago. Now he's about 7 months pregnant... and it's not sexy.
The purpose of this post is
1. to get this out of my mind. Writing it down somewhere always helps.
And 2. to ask about your thoughts on this. What would you do/ say if he were your partner? Would you consider someone who drinks that much an alcoholic or having a drinking problem? Or am I really overreacting? How could I motivate him to live healthier?
Any of your thoughts on this are welcome.
One biggie is the fact that he drinks beer everyday. He's a big fan of beer. He even brews his own. He's very passionate about it.
He drinks about 1 or 2 beers a night, more during weekends. That means he has alcohol in his body 24/7 and I don't like that at all. I told him I think it's too much, but he laughs about it and then either ignores me or changes the subject. I wouldn't call him an alcoholic in his face, but I do know he's sensitive to addiction. That's because his face is glued to his phone most hours of the day. He can't let it go. But that's another story (or not).
Back to the beer, I know drinking alcohol is somewhat accepted in western culture, so to those standards I'm probably overreacting. Of course with the beer drinking comes another problem: the beer belly. He didn't have one 3,5 years ago. Now he's about 7 months pregnant... and it's not sexy.
The purpose of this post is
1. to get this out of my mind. Writing it down somewhere always helps.
And 2. to ask about your thoughts on this. What would you do/ say if he were your partner? Would you consider someone who drinks that much an alcoholic or having a drinking problem? Or am I really overreacting? How could I motivate him to live healthier?
Any of your thoughts on this are welcome.
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