It's only taken two years---

-------but we have arrived!
It's gotta be a whole new kind of adventure, this 'life with Mel'.

We don't have alcohol in our home. Or rather, it was a rule which I'd chose to live by. For a whole buncha time, it was little ol' me and underage kiddos. Absolutely no reason to have alcohol in the house. I choose not to drink and having it around seemed redundant and plain stupid.

So today we had a conversation about the upcoming county fair and I invited himself to have people over to the house since it's a popular 'doings' around these parts.

Okay, so I'm typically 'anti-social' on my time off (well, what time I steal that's truly 'off'). I get my fill of 'people time' at work, and then there's more 'people time' working with others and yet MORE 'people time' when I trounce off to a meetings. "Time off" means I get to be AWAY from people!! Not only that, but I really do enjoy solitude and the company of two people--himself and ME.

He's understood this to mean that 'time off' equals no quests at the house. It's very rare that we actually go a day without someone dropping to the house for some reason or another. Truthfully, generally they're people I work with in one form or another.

Today, I simply asked if living in a dry household was a barrier for him inviting friends over.

The answer was an emphatic 'no'.
It then evolved to a 'not really'.
Then to a 'I'd suppose it does somewhat'.
THEN to 'yes......I'm not used to it, guests were always served some alcoholic beverage....that's just how we did it.'

So--yes, it gets in his way. LOL

I opened Pandora's box when I simply stated the 'rule' I'd lived by for years was really something that we could look at. I mean, c'mon--one bottle of wine for a few guests? It's there, it's gone, done deal! It's not like it has to sit around, available 24/7. Have company--buy a bottle of wine or a six pack of Guiness! If it's a problem, I'll certainly pipe up and let it be known. I never did drink that stuff--I meant business when I drank!!!! LOL

Ohhhhhhhhh............Yes indeed, we have arrived!

He's soooooooooo cute when he's scrambling.......LOL And nope, we're not done discussing this one--of this I have no doubt.
I'm thinking about two in the morning I'll get the nudge and he'll be wanting to revisit it......OR he'll be asking for wiseperson's phone number and giving him a ring to tell on me! LOL