[General] got tipsy on wine

[Silverobama]

Hi.

My friend gave me a cup of wine and asked me to drink, I refused and said:

I got tipsy on wine.

Is my refusal natural?

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi.

My friend gave me a cup of wine and asked me to drink. I refused and said:

I got tipsy on wine.

Is my refusal natural?

Are you trying to tell your friend that you once got slightly drunk on wine, or that every time you drink wine, you get slightly drunk? Wine is usually served in glasses, by the way.

 

[Rover_KE]

Perhaps you mean 'I get tipsy on wine' (every time you drink it).

'I got tipsy on wine' means on one occasion in the past you became tipsy (and didn't like the feeling).

(Wine is usually served in glasses – not cups, and getting tipsy is the reason most people drink alcohol.)

(Cross-posted)

 

[Silverobama]

Are you trying to tell your friend that you once got slightly drunk on wine, or that every time you drink wine, you get slightly drunk? Wine is usually served in glasses, by the way.

I should have said "a glass of wine", sorry. I misspelled the word.

or that every time you drink wine, you get slightly drunk?

I try to tell my friend this, Ems. :-D

 

[Silverobama]

and getting tipsy is the reason most people drink alcohol.)

Do you mean that "most people drink alcohol" in order to get tipsy? Why? Is it because "getting tipsy" is a state that feels good?

 

[emsr2d2]

I should have said "a glass of wine", sorry. I misspelled the word.

Misspelling "glass" might look like "gliss" or "glast". You can't accidentally write "cup" when you meant "glass"!

I was trying to tell my friend this, Ems. :-D

Do you mean that "most people drink alcohol" in order to get tipsy? Why? Is it because "getting tipsy" is a state that feels good?

Have you never been even slightly drunk, Silver?

 

[Silverobama]

Have you never been even slightly drunk, Silver?

I never drink, Ems, because my prostate will suffer.

So, what does Rover mean?

If "get tipsy" is a good feeling and most people want to experience, is it still natural to say "I get tipsy on wine"?

 

[Rover_KE]

If "get tipsy" is a good feeling and most people want to experience, is it still natural to say "I get tipsy on wine"?

It's natural for you to say it, because you have refused a glass of wine and are giving a reason why.

 

[tedmc]

I never drink, Ems, because my prostate will suffer.

I thought only males have prostates.

 

[Silverobama]

(Wine is usually served in glasses – not cups, and getting tipsy is the reason most people drink alcohol.)

I still don't understand this.

Most people drink because they want to get tipsy? Or "getting tipsy" is the result most people drink alcohol.

Please enlighten.

 

[emsr2d2]

There is no single answer. Some people drink alcohol with the express purpose of getting drunk. Some people drink alcohol because they like the taste, and it doesn't matter to them whether they get drunk or not. Some people have just one alcoholic drink because they don't like the idea/feeling of being drunk so they limit themselves to one drink. Some people don't drink alcohol at all because of religious or health reasons.

So - some people drink alcohol in order to get drunk and getting drunk/tipsy is the result of drinking alcohol for many people.

If you tell your friend that you don't want to accept his offer of a glass of wine because wine makes you tipsy, he will think that you have drunk wine before. Why not tell him the truth? Just say that you don't drink wine because you believe it's bad for your prostate.

 

[SoothingDave]

Or just say "I have a medical condition" or "I'm on medication." People don't need all the details.

 

[Tarheel]

Silver, you could say:

No, thank you. I don't drink.

Or just:

No, thank you.