Dear Bridget Jones,
From witnessing your London lifestyle of after work drinks with your mates to bottles of wine in your pajamas at home, I was expecting I’d lead a similar life when I moved here. Little did I know, this was the core lifestyle of Londoners.
Ask anyone: Hobbies? Going for drinks. What do you want to do today? Go for drinks. Any weekend plans? Out for drinks. What about morning activities? Bottomless Brunch.
Living in a tiny apartment, which is all one can afford here (I’m sorry Bridget but this was the one unrelatable thing about you. Who was your landlord?), means that you want to seize every opportunity to get out of the flat and avoid belting out “ALL BY MYSELF”.
These opportunities to get out are 40% food related, 10% who-knows-what related, and 50% drinking related. So really it’s 90% drinking related, because you know a glass of red would be fabulous with your meal.
Because of this, cutting alcohol out of your life to cleanse and detoxify means taking a break from Sunday through Thursday — and that is a challenge in itself. God forbid you ALSO give up your Friday and Saturday for some stupid detox.
Now for all you concerned mothers out there, don’t worry the drinking in Uni was much more severe. I like to think of this as classy alcoholism. Going out for drinks multiple nights a week doesn’t mean you are getting drunk every night and it definitely doesn’t mean you are binge drinking. I’m talking about 1-10 drinks a night … just joking more like 1-5 (5 being a big Friday or Saturday).
Yes, London destroys your health in many ways (alcohol just being one of them), but at least you are having fun. Can you tell I’m a millennial?
Anyways, thank you Bridget for showing people the true London life (again, apartment aside).
– Samantha xx
Classy alcoholism – I like it ! :P x
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The things I tell myself so I can sleep at night 😜
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Haha I have found that Brits drink far more than Americans. I gave up drinking for October and all I learned was how much of my social life revolves around it!
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It’s true! Haha every time I attempt something like Dry January I realize it’s impossible if you want a social life. Some people can do it though and I applaud them – and you!
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But the drinks there are sooooo expensive! (compared to Poland and southern Spain)
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Yes, they will take a hefty chunk out of your monthly paycheque! But you also find ways to make it work ;D
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Ha ha loved your post.
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Haha so true! As a fellow Londoner, can say this is very true!
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Haha glad I’m not the only one
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Hahahah I love this! Dallas, Texas is like this too. Nothing to do but eat and drink. Cheers! #gltlove
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First time being in England and notice the same here. If people go to town, they just go there for food or to the next bar/club and not only during weekends :D Sometimes it’s really difficult to be sober for at least one day
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I gave up drinking and soon realised I didn’t have a social life.
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Funny…
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I loved this post and as a newly single girl, I can totally relate! :P
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Classy alcoholism haha love it!
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This is so true! It was a massive cultural shock for me when I first moved to London (coming from Brazil). But now I even feel weird not having a drink at 6.30am at the airport on my way to a holiday!
Great post and blog :)
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Hi Samantha thank you for stopping by at mine. It was nice to meet with you. I love reading about your post in London. Tell me about it. I had all these ins and outs for over 20 years of my life. I know that London too well, and those days I was having my younger youths influence around me. It was the time of my life I ever had. Now mum to a 22 year old young lady, I was in London on Sunday and will be for a few more weeks. I am British but have left London but often travel to and from. I wish you good days in London. Nice meeting you here.
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Ahaha, I’m from the UK and this is the most accurate thing ever! I moved over to America a few months ago and I’m still surprised that people over here sometimes socialise without drinking…mind blown.
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I have been living here for 7 weeks now after moving from Australia and I could never figure out how exactly to explain the lifestyle here – classy alcoholism is definitely my favourite 😂
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Haha hope the seven weeks of classy alcoholism is going well!!
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