Those with boomer parents: what weird beverages do they drink?
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My mom can't get enough Diet Rite. I don't even know where she gets it from. My gf's dad swears by those V8 fruit and veg drinks.
balthus1880@reddit
My friends dad was a Diet Caffeine Free Pepsi in the 2 liter bottle guy...worst soda?
Quiet-Bubbles@reddit
My mom was Caffeine Free Diet Dr Pepper. It died during COVID and she was devastated. Hates all other diet sodas, so switched to water and lemonade and gets regular Diet Dr Pepper from Sonic almost every time she leaves the house.
ofTHEbattle@reddit
My friends mom drank caffeine free coke....I tried it once ...yuck!
peggysue_82@reddit
Was he a Mormon?
balthus1880@reddit
Jewish
Muckstruck@reddit
Oh god my mom used to drink this… and now I do. I was actually just thinking about this recently. I must be getting old. I want a coke but without the sugar, and caffeine messes me up if I drink it too late. So here I am. I have become the elder.
krimson_kang@reddit
Coke Zero Caffeine Frees are pretty good! Much better than Caffeine Free Diet Coke imo
vulchiegoodness@reddit
I have been debating making that switch as well, but then dining out gets harder lol they dlusually don't have that option
Ok-Potato-4774@reddit
My dad had twelve packs of this in the fridge. Must be a dad thing.
latebloomer2015@reddit
I never understood the diet caffeine free Diet Coke that my pre-boomer (born 1942) fil had to have. It’s basically brown, fizzy water. Gross!!!
phishmademedoit@reddit
Where do you find diet caffine free????? I kinda want it. But not in a 2L.
mariefury@reddit
My grandma always has this!
railmanmatt@reddit
My dad (73) is a caffeine free Mountain Dew junkie. I swear he keeps them in business.
Sofagirrl79@reddit
I'm 45 but if I could find caffeine free Mountain Dew that isn't diet I would keep them in business too.I'm sensitive to caffeine and wish it was easier to find caffeine free versions of Mountain Dew,Dr Pepper and Coke 😞
Throwawayyyygold@reddit
I have been on the hunt for caffeine free coke. I would like a rum and coke at night and I am sensitive to caffeine.
Ok_Cartographer_6956@reddit
My dad’s diet sugar free 7Up wants to compete for title of worst.
Character_Bend_5824@reddit
I buy 12-packs of caffeine free Coke Zero for myself. Tastes good and doesn't keep me up
Sofagirrl79@reddit
I prefer the non-artificial sweetener version but also caffeine free, it's so hard to find caffeine free Coke like that and my local grocery stores won't stock it even when I asked 😕
GDRaptorFan@reddit
My DG has it. I buy caff free Coke Zero from Hyvee and caff free Coke heavy from dollar general and mix it half and half
I’m ridiculous and don’t care, I love it in a big Stanley with lots of ice
Sofagirrl79@reddit
I'm in northern California,I have a DG but no Hy-Vee,that said I should check my local DG cause I rarely shop there 🤔
andiinAms@reddit
That’s actually my favorite except coke instead of Pepsi lol
8WhosEar8@reddit
My Dad raised me on caffeine free Diet Coke. Definitely an acquired taste that I still enjoy when I visit him.
herseyhawkins33@reddit
I just flashed back to my grandparents buying caffeine free coke when I was a kid lol
elphaba00@reddit
My father in law is the one keeping Diet Rite in business
KCRoyalsFan402@reddit
LMFAO I grew up with this in the fridge
Homelessavacadotoast@reddit
I’m a diabetic and getting older. Don’t judge me.
Short-Step-5394@reddit
My mom used to drink spicy V8 every day, “for the extra vitamins”. It wasn’t until after she passed away and I found her vodka stash that I realized she was just drinking Bloody Marys.
phishmademedoit@reddit
I fucking love spicy v8. I don't drink it anymore because the sodium is insane. But now I kinda want one....
Mt4Ts@reddit
Same, also Mr. & Mrs. T’s Bloody Mary mix. You used to be able to get a can of that on airplanes. Now, it’s just tomato juice.
Savingskitty@reddit
I used to adore the little cans of V8 and Spicy V8 when I was young.
I also love Bloody Mary’s, so that tracks.
Zorgsmom@reddit
That makes me chuckle; my grandma did the exact same thing. She'd drink it while eating a bowl of olives as her afternoon snack.
Stardustquarks@reddit
Nothing weird. Just gobs and gobs of wine for my boomer mom (technically silent gen as she was a 45 baby)
elphaba00@reddit
My mom mixes wine with weed gummies. After a certain point of the night, it’s best to just show yourself out
cheeker_sutherland@reddit
Better than wine or vodka and pills like my mom. Luckily she is sober now.
thatsnotamachinegun@reddit
So the wine she drinks is better than wine or vodka she could drink?
sweetassassin@reddit
Valley of the Dolls
andiinAms@reddit
😂
NoneOfThisMatters_XO@reddit
Mine too. She was trying to lose weight and told us she wasn’t drinking wine during the week. I asked her if she got the shakes.
cheeker_sutherland@reddit
Well did she?
NoneOfThisMatters_XO@reddit
The shakes? Lol not sure
AshDenver@reddit
The shakes are known as delirium tremens, the physical withdrawal symptoms from alcohol.
DownrightDrewski@reddit
No, the shakes come before DT. Shakes are bad news, DT is potentially deadly.
Both are caused by overactivity in the GABA system.
drofnature@reddit
So much wine. My MIL starts at 3:30 and drinks nothing but wine until 10 pm every day.
theoptimusdime@reddit
I have a headache just reading this.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
😆😆😆
MotherofaPickle@reddit
My MIL starts at 6. 5 if it’s raining and she doesn’t walk the dog. And she’s tiny, so the blackouts are awesome and frightening.
andiinAms@reddit
Mine is a ‘45 baby as well and up until recently drank copious amounts of wine. She’s cut down quite a bit now and only has about 2 glasses a night now.
TheThrivingest@reddit
Beer with Clamato juice
Scrotchety@reddit
But it's so good ~ espesh with a twist of lime. Budweiser sells pre-made tall boys for a couple bucks. Try one and report back
thatsnotamachinegun@reddit
Don’t have to their delicious, especially after some sweaty yard work or a workout.
CoxAnonymous@reddit
The fuego version is pretty great
ILikeToEatTheFood@reddit
Not as good, but I'm an Xennial who only drinks red beers in a thread about boomer parents and their beverages. If I can control the shelf-stable clam, I like it better.
11229988B@reddit
I kike to get the pickle vodka and add some in sometimes
wet_sticky_dirt@reddit
That is a fantastic idea!
11229988B@reddit
Also good for bloody marys.
ashlyn42@reddit
I mean on a humid summer night it’s basically dinner
ofTHEbattle@reddit
More common than you think, bud makes the mix in cans. If they're mass producing it, it has to be somewhat popular.
I myself think it's terrible.
Different_Nature8269@reddit
Red Eye.
1-2-3RightMeow@reddit
Whoa. My dad drinks this! I thought he was the only one in the world
KCRoyalsFan402@reddit
Yum! Even better with Cholula!
Platt_Mallar@reddit
Cholula with clamato juice?
KCRoyalsFan402@reddit
And beer ofc
kogohar@reddit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelada
sweetassassin@reddit
When I was actively an alcoholic, I would drink Micheladas as a meal replacement. It’s my own version of the Nutrishake.
Don’t have time and in a rush? Grab a Michelada. All that vitamin C and lycopenes is so good for you.
Z0na@reddit
the clamato version is an abomination
11229988B@reddit
Also known as blood beer, red beer, or breakfast beer. And pretty good
tahmorex@reddit
I don’t want to, but now I have to try it.
CapOnFoam@reddit
It's surprisingly good. Rim the glass with tajin! Mmmm
ryanfromohio@reddit
Michelada rimmed with Old Bay is great too.
rollin_in_doodoo@reddit
This guy fucks
apresmoiputas@reddit
That sounds like a Maryland thing
ryanfromohio@reddit
More of a delicious kind of thing.
Homelessavacadotoast@reddit
That’s my like, vacation Bloody Mary.
vicviperblastoff@reddit
Mostly cheap beer in large quantities. My dad would go through a 30-pack of Genesee Cream Ale in no time flat, while my mom drank a cold six-pack of Rolling Rock on the way home from work.
No-Matter2911@reddit
I live where Rolling Rock started and was brewed originally. You couldn’t pay me to drink that creek water 🤮🤢
OkBiscotti1140@reddit
When my dad passed and we cleaned out his house we made about $250 in can returns from all empty genny cream ale cans.
phishmademedoit@reddit
They put a can of genny in my grandpa's coffin with him for the funeral.😪
YakApprehensive7620@reddit
lol genesee isn’t bad tho
PrudentOwlet@reddit
My boomer mom drinks exclusively coffee. All day. Diet soda every once in a while. I've never seen her drink water in my life.
leeloocal@reddit
My mom used to LOVE Tab before Diet Coke came out.
daward444@reddit
My boomer mom drinks chai tea, hot chocolate, and diet cokes, but refuses to touch any coffee because it "stains teeth". Ive explained to her many times that her favorite drinks and foods are just as bad as coffee for staining teeth, that drinking water and brushing teeth prevents stains, and that she shouldn't be vain about teeth stains at age 75 anyway. My explanations are completely ignored and immediately forgotten. Meanwhile, she complains about constant daytime drowsiness.
Logical-Hold8642@reddit
My mom drank Diet Coke all day long. It was all she drank except for coffee in the morning. One day, she declared, “Coke is woke” and switched to Diet Pepsi 😂
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
🤦🏾♂️
Logical-Hold8642@reddit
I know! I thought and did the exact same thing!
Sorry_Nothing3016@reddit
My dad would put a fist full of salted peanuts in a bottle of Pepsi and drink/chew his pop
raezin@reddit
Southern thing, not an age thing. This is sooooo good.
Sorry_Nothing3016@reddit
That is so funny! I wish I knew where my dad got that because we are from Michigan and have always lived here. Interesting! 😊
raezin@reddit
Oh, that's interesting! Is he a farmer or was he raised by farmers, by any chance? Its posited by food historians that this began as a quick protein/sugar/caffeine fix by southern farmers, but maybe it is an age thing as well, for farmers and/or blue collar workers? This stuff is fascinating to me.
I will say, this snack is not as good in a coke can or plastic bottle. The glass bottle is so imperative. I'm totally second guessing myself now, because glass bottle coke is a lot harder to find nowadays.
Sorry_Nothing3016@reddit
He 100% would only drink peanuts and pop out of a glass bottle! He grew up in a very rural town in mid-Michigan. Like, 500 people most. I asked him and took a snapshot of our convo. I thought it was fun info to tell you 😊
raezin@reddit
I think my favorite part of this whole conversation is that you call your dad Duane on your phone. That's delightful. Have you ever tried it? The guys on Sorted almost did a whole video about it but tried it and were like, nothing to hate about this.
Sorry_Nothing3016@reddit
It never occurred to me to put my parents in my phone as “mom” and “dad”. I just put their real names 🤣🤣🤣
railmanmatt@reddit
That's a southern staple! It's pretty good.
Sorry_Nothing3016@reddit
We are from Michigan. I will have to ask my dad where in tarnation he got this from 😉
phishmademedoit@reddit
My uncle from NC used to dip sharp cheddar in coffee. Also a southern thing?
Sorry_Nothing3016@reddit
That’s a new one I have never heard of before!! 😆
railmanmatt@reddit
Hmm. Maybe? I'm actually a transplant from PA to SC, so I'm not super familiar with a lot of local stuff yet. I had a coworker show me the Pepsi and peanuts thing.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Must be, I am from California and have never heard of this before. Fascinating.
MrWiggleBritches@reddit
2 fingers Scotch 1 cube of ice 2 drops of water
ssibalssibalssibal@reddit
My dad always ordered the same boomer cocktail everywhere we went-- Beefeaters martini, up, very cold, very dry, with an olive. Blech
lethallyso@reddit
Not water. I don’t think I’ve ever seen my mother drink water, ever, in my entire life.
theoriginalneel@reddit
My mother (76) suffers from a lot of health issues, most of which would be eased by just staying hydrated. She nurses a single bottle of Propel for an entire day.
sidvictorious@reddit
What is it with boomers and propel? All my mother drinks, 2:1 propel compared to all other liquids. She's convinced the vitamins and electrolytes in it are crucial
Suzy-Q-York@reddit
Vitamins and electrolytes are crucial. Getting them from some specialty beverage is not.
annalatrina@reddit
She’s probably gotten a Charlie Horse before. Nothing makes a person value electolytes like getting a severe muscle cramp.
teapots_at_ten_paces@reddit
Well, they are. If you're losing said electrolytes regularly. Unless she's exercising and/or sweating an hour or more a day, or has frequent bouts of vomiting or diarrhea, then she's getting more than enough vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes from her normal diet (assuming that's also suitable). Anything more in supplements or fancy waters either gets excreted without being used, or is additive and may be toxic.
jkpublic@reddit
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blove135@reddit
My mother has been to the emergency room so many times over my lifetime. I would say about 90% of the time they tell her she's dehydrated, hook up an IV to rehydrate her and she magically starts feeling better. She's always convinced in her head it was something else and they just missed it. These sorts of things make me more angry as I get older because I remember how scary it was as a kid watching my mother rushed to the emergency room a couple times a year. Not to mention the strain it puts on the medical care system. She's always convinced there is something wrong with her. Yeah mom, you are always dehydrated.
fcknwayshegoes@reddit
Mine drinks Fruit2o, coffee, diet coke, and occasionally has shot glasses of milk. I'm baffled how she's made it to 82.
UnderstandingDry4072@reddit
It’s wild how hard they fell for the marketing. My mom finally drinks water in her advanced age, but she has to mix it with those little flavor packets.
they_call_me_Mongous@reddit
My dad drank so much coke he ended up getting (what I believe is) type 2 diabetes…
GloomyTrifle8366@reddit
My mom drank so much coke she has type 2 and she has completely destroyed her kidneys. Like, she's in some stage of kidney failure but either won't do more testing or won't tell us the results. She literally had to be hospitalized over it and they told her she would die if she kept drinking it. Not drinking coke lasted maybe 6 months. Now she'll drink maybe one or two bottles of water a day but that's pushing it.
blawblablaw@reddit
My mom will only drink water from plastic water bottles she’s refilled and frozen. She just takes the little dribbles of melt (and microplastics). Otherwise it’s Diet 7 UP.
iwantmy-2dollars@reddit
Same. Only when she was in weight watchers in the 80s/90s. Even then, it was a glass that sat by the sink. She’d chug it, shudder, and walk away. She exclusively drinks expired Diet Coke. And wine by the bottle, but that’s a secret.
ChasingKayla@reddit
…expired Diet Coke? 😂😂
Ambie949@reddit
Apparently Coke sells it very close to expiration date. I worked at a country club and we went through soda and beer like nobody’s biz and this lady that only drank Diet Coke came in regularly to show us the coke was expired and wanted one out of the gun.
Bookworm_Frog8@reddit
I thought my mom was the only one who shuddered about water.
sassypants450@reddit
To be fair to boomers, i also harbor a weird dislike of plain water. W just so boring! I get bored drinking it. At this point I am single handedly keeping Liquid Death and their carbonated mango/cherry/etc water-soda concoctions in business, so I feel like I don’t have a leg to stand on in this fight.
ChasingKayla@reddit
So glad I’m not the only one here with an aversion to “plain” water, but for me it’s more of a sensory thing. Pepsi Zero tastes the same no matter where I am, but water - even the bottled stuff (or at least the cheap ones) - tastes different in different places.
sassypants450@reddit
Agree! Also, it’s difficult for me to drink water because it’s just boring! That sounds ridiculous, but I just have no incentive to drink it. However add a little mango or whatever the hell and I’m all over it and stay hydrated all day. I guess that’s probably an ADHD thing in my case!
ChasingKayla@reddit
Oh absolutely! Could be mine as well. I have ADHD and am autistic on top of that, so I’ve got a double whammy when it comes to sensory issues, especially with food & drinks.
Ironically, my mom - a boomer - loved water, and was constantly on my case for not drinking it. 😂
teapots_at_ten_paces@reddit
Can I join this group?
I've always hated plain water, worse if it's chilled. I get a physical pain between my shoulder blades with each sip, and it's always been that way. Weirdly though, if that very same water is flavoured, even still chilled, I have no issues drinking it.
Like you I'm both ADHD and autistic so those sensory icks are a thing. I think like the other commenter its also a demand avoidance thing. We've been told since we were young that we have to drink 8 glasses a day. Well, world, make me. I can do it as long as I can do it my way. And even then it's usually a massive gulp of room temp water right before bed, so I can convince myself that my pee is the right colour and everything's fine.
sassypants450@reddit
Yes demand avoidance is a good way of describing my immediate decision to do whatever the opposite of health influencers are saying 😆. “Drink 8 bottles of water every day? Hell no here’s 8 cans of weird Death Metal-themed mango soda, you insufferable jerk.”
ifweburn@reddit
look up Quinta vs water on YouTube. it's exactly how I feel about water. 😂 (bonus, if you're a fan of Abbott Elementary and wasn't familiar with Quinta Brunson prior to the show, you get to see some of her earlier work!)
Liathano_Fire@reddit
Damn. I don't think I've ever seen my mom drink water either. Diet coke and iced tea.
SplitFingerSkadoosh@reddit
My mother, whose entire liquid intake everyday consists of one cup of coffee and one cup of tea, was shocked to recently learn that her kidneys are in bad shape.
Thisley@reddit
My mother gets atrial fibrillation regularly. Was shocked - SHOCKED - to hear it’s often triggered by dehydration.
Nemophilista@reddit
TIL
AnalOgre@reddit
Dehydration, alcohol, illness, emotional stress, hypoxia …. Lots of stuff can poke the ol heart to jump to a fib. Age is biggest risk factor.
airlew@reddit
Also things that can spike your blood sugar.
redflagsmoothie@reddit
How interesting, my mom also seems like she’s wicked dehydrated all the time and has incidents of a fib
WatchYourButts@reddit
I have two much older boomer brothers. They were out of the house by the time I was even born. I have never once witnessed either of them drink water. It's bizarre. Diet coke and diet dew respectively. I don't understand it. If I forget to drink water for a single afternoon I'm peeing guinness.
9for9@reddit
This is so strange to me my baby boomer parents taught us to drink water and didn't allow pop or kool-aid and limited juice.
So it's weird to me that so many of that generation don't touch water.
Eyego2eleven@reddit
Same here. In fact my mother was one of the hippie boomers so she was wicked crunchy, and still is lol! I was the kid with the most embarrassing lunches.
I always had WATER in my thermos, and my sandwiches were always on hardcore nutty wheat bread and usually just pb and j, but not Skippy and grape jelly, no, my mom would only buy apricot preserves and natural pb.
Then I’d have bags of home made trail mix or popcorn, and for sweets I had always a piece of fruit and a box of raisins. My saving grace was my quarter that I got for milk every day because boomers are and were obsessed with getting enough milk, so I’d get chocolate of course.
Very grateful now, and with my kids I wasn’t as strict, like we always have goodies, but they often choose the healthier version, and 5-6 days a week we all sit down to a good dinner together. I think that’s personally one of the keys to kids wanting to eat better. Having a home cooked meal most nights together.
9for9@reddit
My lunches were on home made wheat bread. And absolutely no Skippy in the house we had Holsum brand natural peanut butter which I think got bought out by Smuckers though they haven't changed it.
I could have milk in my thermos and always had a piece of fruit in my lunch. Sometimes I would get a dannon yogurt as a treat. This all changed though when my mom gave birth to twins. It was way too much work for her at that point and we started getting more grocery store bread, sweet breakfast cereals, etc...But the foundation was still pretty solid and even though I hated it as a kid I'm grateful for how she brought us up now.
Zorgsmom@reddit
If I don't drink at least 2 liters of water a day, I get blinding headaches. How do these people function?
No-Independence548@reddit
My mother lived on coffee and Diet Coke. Never saw her drink anything else my entire childhood.
JesZebro@reddit
This is the same as my mother. She lives with us. My husband and I just had the conversation that we don’t think we’ve ever seen her drink water. She does drink about 7 caffeine free diet cokes a day though. She literally has a supply in her closet. I think she thinks it’s healthy because it’s sugar free?
Bookworm_Frog8@reddit
My mom says she “doesn’t like water” and she always makes a shuddering motion when anyone mentions drinking water. It fills me with a totally unreasonable amount of rage. She doesn’t live a healthy lifestyle and I have pretty much given up on trying to get her to stop drinking caffeine free Diet Pepsi and her other gross artificial sweetener filled drinks. We went away last year and it was so hot and she actually drank a bottle of water and I took a picture of her drinking it and sent it to my brothers, they couldn’t believe it.
extranjeroQ@reddit
Same. MIL proudly tells you she doesn’t like water and whinges about school kids with their water bottles at school.
dcgrey@reddit
Same. And, frankly, for myself until well into adulthood. Drinking water happened for a couple sips at a restaurant before your "real" drink came, at a school water fountain, or on a hot day playing outside from a garden hose.
In Boomers' half-hearted defense, they grew up hearing first-hand stories about drinkingwater and polio and saw a Republican (Nixon) proudly launch the EPA in response to how much industrially polluted water there was.
I say this having never heard a Boomer name these arguments themselves. It seems like it genuinely never occurred to them that water could be a drink.
That was the same for us of course until, a little ironically, bottled water took hold. Evian successfully got people to think water was a respectable beverage option and only later did people think "wow, these plastic bottles are wasteful, I should carry a water bottle."
Lastly, I'm not sure younger people (including the younger end of this sub) know how terrible a lot of tap water tasted. There weren't Brittas or whole-house filters. Your tap water often tasted like its source. If you were on wellwater, your water could taste genuinely disgusting, and even big cities without close big fresh water reservoirs (a visit to San Diego comes to mind) has water that flavor-wise was undrinkable.
sweetassassin@reddit
I always pour my mom a water when she’s over. She’ll take a sip to appease me. Even when I’m hosting dinner.
I just connected why she’s had the worst breath my whole life 😷
SuspiciousCranberry6@reddit
My Boomer mom always poked at me saying I drink so much water. Even as a kid I loved sparkling water. It wasn't until adulthood that I found out I drink a very normal amount of water. My mom, however, apparently thinks coffee, beer, and diet soda are water replacements.
Crispy_Fish_Fingers@reddit
Yup. I was raised by fairly progressive boomers, and even I didn't really drink water much until I went to college.
i_kill_plants2@reddit
Last time my parents visited my dad was very annoyed that his doctor wants him to drink 64 ounces of water a day for his kidney health. He loudly complained… while I refilled my 30 Oz Stanley for the third time that day.
The greatest generation is the same. In 40 years I have seen my grandfather not drink coffee or tea once, and that’s because the caterer at my uncles rehearsal dinner didn’t anticipate that someone would want tea or coffee at a oyster roast that started at 7 pm so they had to have someone bring them coffee.
RoundTheBend6@reddit
My dad said he hated water. So weird.
iamthpecial@reddit
This slaps. My ma only ever drank pepsi til we were grown, then she added beer lol
Heisenberglund@reddit
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a boomer regularly drink water.
ConnectKale@reddit
Drinking Soda daily. Its weird. I might have a soda once a month. My mother drinks a large gas station fountain drink daily. She also buys soda by the 12 pack.
DasKittySmoosh@reddit
My spouse and I tease both our parents about this, because it is TRUE My dad literally will say beer and soda have a water base so he’s good. That man is so dehydrated on the daily that when they come into town he laughs when I offer him water in our home (we don’t really stock much else unless you count sparkling waters and the occasional zero sugar sodas)
Tink2072@reddit
My dad seemed to believe he could get his water intake entirely from coffee and beer. He was so badly dehydrated when he spazzed out one night that he was given 7 bags of fluid in the hospital.
My mother had a raging Diet Coke addiction my entire childhood. We were never without a 2 liter on the counter.
DasKittySmoosh@reddit
My dad has done similar. He was super sick one time and my mom had to take him to emergency and he was so dehydrated he had to receive I think 5 bags. Don’t remember what was wrong, but it wasn’t something that major, just his dehydration made it infinitely worse
shayshay8508@reddit
It’s always Coke Zero or coffee with my parents. I honestly don’t remember ever drinking water growing up, except to take medicine or out of the hose.
BoudiccasWrath79@reddit
It’s like a boomer allergy or something.
JasJoeGo@reddit
Was invited to dinner at a boomer’s house. She greeted me and my wife with “oh, you’re young people. You probably drink water” and then complained about how her students all had water bottles with them and interrupted her lectures to use the bathroom too much.
Suzy-Q-York@reddit
Born ‘58. I drink tea, sparkling water, and dry red wine. The weirdest it gets is hibiscus tea.
General-Log-9191@reddit
Moxie
Feral_Sheep_@reddit
Not a boomer, but my grandfather drank bourbon and squirt. He called it his medicine.
ColoradoPowMonster@reddit
Whiskey sour and was one of most popular drinks about 15-years ago when I owned a few restaurants.
ZarquonsFlatTire@reddit
I saw Squirt at a store first the first time in a decade or so a while back.
It was not as good as I remembered.
rootsquasher@reddit
Same. I found a case of Squirt at Publix; bought it, drank about half a can then felt sick. It had a lot of sugar and a paucity of grapefruit flavor.
garaks_tailor@reddit
Get the mexcian ones. Then mix in gin
johnvalley86@reddit
Dude the Mexi version of almost anything taste better. That real cane sugar Just Hits different
garaks_tailor@reddit
It's beyond that, functionally they are two different sodas. Much more different than say Mexican and American coke or export Mexican coke.
ZarquonsFlatTire@reddit
Yikes. I just found a 20 oz at a gas station.
Tiny-Reading5982@reddit
Ruby red is 🔥 though .
Ok_Pea_6054@reddit
It really is, but it's hard to find in my area sadly. 😞
Tiny-Reading5982@reddit
Same. My dad had to get it for me when he went out of town.
officialdougjudy@reddit
I get mine at my local Latin market. Cane sugar >>>>>> HFCS.
Anyone-9451@reddit
It’s been for sale for ages where I am (maybe never left idk) but agreed not as good as I remember
ZarquonsFlatTire@reddit
You have to go outside the city to find it where I am.
johnvalley86@reddit
I feel the same way about Fresca. How the hell did that one lose its way?
Funkopedia@reddit
I'm trying this right now, and it's pretty good. The brightness of the artificial citrus and and the bubbles compliment the bourbon well. I'm not gonna switch to this or anything, but when I'm feeling too lazy to mix a proper drink, one shot of bourb in a can of Squirt is about right. And I will add it to the menu as "Feral Sheep's Grandpa's Medicine"
gooch_norris_@reddit
Squirbon
emotyofform2020@reddit
Bouirt
Sofagirrl79@reddit
Boo-urt
kalypsokattt@reddit
Are they saying boo, or boo-urns
Connect-Type493@reddit
I was saying Boo-urt 😅
tommyjohnpauljones@reddit (OP)
Huh?
Sorry, my son is also named Bouirt
Jets237@reddit
Quantum_Particle78@reddit
I have legit seen Bort license plates. I kinda want a vanity plate with BORT on it.
Logical_Two5639@reddit
come along, bouirt!
larryb78@reddit
I was saying Bouirt
Vilavek@reddit
I just threw my back out trying to pronounce this.
Ok_Monitor5890@reddit
“Bert”?
Elandycamino@reddit
What is it Ernie?
Traditional_Nebula96@reddit
😆😆😆
Vilavek@reddit
Okay that's much simpler than what I was attempting with all the vowels.
Ok_Monitor5890@reddit
Or “Boit” ? 😭😂
Vilavek@reddit
I was thinking an extremely guttural "boy-ert" sound but I like boit better lol..
Perfect_Molasses7365@reddit
Boi-art?
New-Purchase1818@reddit
Chef Boi-art-ee?
phendranacat@reddit
Remember that kid named "Bort" in The Simpsons"?
SmallRocks@reddit
I read it as Bwert
lucasssquatch@reddit
We're all out of Bouirt license plates
FeedMeAStrayCat@reddit
Are you talking to me? No my son is also named Bourit.
reginaphalange790@reddit
We’ve also arrested your older, fatter, balder son
nefarious_angel_666@reddit
My son is also named Bouirt
Shel_gold17@reddit
Bouvier
pinellas_gal@reddit
Local dive bar sells gin + Squirt and calls it a Squint
Wendybird13@reddit
Tequila & Fresca is lovely. I call it a Cheap-Ass Paloma.
I squeeze half a lime into my Fresca & Gin.
Quantum_Particle78@reddit
Everyone knows I'll basically drink anything with alcohol in it.
Kristylane@reddit
It’s really just a Tom Collins
AristarchusJones@reddit
lol I'm drinking gin and grapefruit soda right now, going to call it a Squint from now until kingdom come
urine-monkey@reddit
So, basically, a poor man's whisky sour. I dig it. My grandfather used 50/50... a local version of Squirt.
When I came to visit, he let me drink what remained of his 50/50, at a time when kids weren't allowed to have soda. Just as long as I would go fetch him a fresh bottle from the gas station down the street.
the_noise_we_made@reddit
When were kids not allowed soda?
urine-monkey@reddit
1980s upper midwest.
Granted I had a Catholic background, so maybe that had something to do with it?
freeradical28@reddit
Seeing 50/50 triggered some memories— is it still made? I remember having it at my grandparents’ place as a treat. That and Faygo grape or orange. I know faygo is still around, but 50/50?
Quantum_Particle78@reddit
actually bourbon and squirt's pretty good. I cleaned for 92 year old and she loved her 7up and Sherry (not cooking sherry). She offered me some and I didn't realize that the sherry was 30 proof and had two drinks. That was a fun workday.
LikelyLioar@reddit
Holy shit! My father drinks this exactly! Bourbon and Squirt! I can't believe he's not the only one!
jamesjgriffin@reddit
My friend's grandfather drank this and it got into our rotation.
We called it an Elden Henry after the man himself. Never knew anyone else drank this. Crazy.
LikelyLioar@reddit
I grew up in Kentucky, so I love me some bourbon. I can't figure out why anyone would want to mix it with cheap grapefruit-flavored soda.
jamesjgriffin@reddit
Well, this was more often Jim Beam. So, not your small batch sipping bourbon.
The bubbles were nice, and if you used fresca no sugar.
I think the grapefruit thing was we thought it was a potentiator. And we were young. Hadn't acquired the neat tolerance at the time.
TerribleBiscotti7751@reddit
My mom had a pretty solid drinking problem when I was a teenager my 10 years younger sister thought Malibu rum was medicine for a loooong time…
djdiphenhydramine@reddit
S Q U A R T
The_Stolarchos@reddit
Had some myself last night. Delicious
Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit
My wife squirts when she drinks bourbon as well.
super_nerf_spartan@reddit
My go to drink is Fresca and Vodka, otherwise known as a Fraudka.
PickleFlavordPopcorn@reddit
A family member of mine drank Squirt and Old Crow together for years, it disgusted me before I was even old enough to know why
thatsnotideal1@reddit
Squirt aside, Old Crow is probably the most palatable cheap bourbon
Different-Smoke7717@reddit
If it’s the real sugar Mexican Squirt in glass, I’d say that goes with anything
Scherzkeks@reddit
Giggiddy
Starbreiz@reddit
lol also my moms drink!!
BugEquivalents@reddit
Mixed together?? Oof
Funkopedia@reddit
oof, ... but now i gotta try it
brzantium@reddit
Tbf, bourbon and citrus is always a good mix
johnvalley86@reddit
I'll rock squirt and vodka all day but I feel like mixing it with bourbon would make me feel like I slamed my head in a car door.
garaks_tailor@reddit
Yeah.....I like gin and squirt....bourbon
South_Dakota_Boy@reddit
Kinda like a whiskey sour but not as sour and with fizz I guess?
Stonetheflamincrows@reddit
Uhh, what is squirt?
Feral_Sheep_@reddit
A refreshing grapefruit flavored soda.
Stonetheflamincrows@reddit
That’s a terrible name, but it looks tasty.
Bluevanonthestreet@reddit
My husband likes Sundrop and whiskey! Sundrop is so good.
Sofagirrl79@reddit
I love Sundrop,sadly they don't have it on the west coast 😞
tommyjohnpauljones@reddit (OP)
Cherry lemon Sun Drop and Korbel makes a good emergency substitute for an old fashioned
Bluevanonthestreet@reddit
Oh I’m going to tell him that! Cherry Sundrop is my favorite. It’s so hard to find the diet version.
_hi_plains_drifter_@reddit
My Dad has Jack Daniel’s & squirt at golf sometimes. Sounds weird but he says it’s good 🤷🏼♀️
iamthpecial@reddit
lol my grandma loved bourbon too. I took a glorious picture of her with a big bottle of Jack chillin’ on the sofa at like 88 years old lol. She also liked brandy alexanders.
Sofagirrl79@reddit
In Mexico the locals like tequila mixed with squirt,maybe he was onto something
KCRoyalsFan402@reddit
Essentially a whiskey sour
CorgiMonsoon@reddit
That’s what I was thinking it would probably be similar to, and I’m now tempted to track some Squirt down and try it
norfnorf832@reddit
Me and your grandpa have that in common
Ok-Kangaroo4613@reddit
My grandfather (papa) did this too!
authorized_sausage@reddit
If one a y'all says Fresca Imma open a can of whoopass on ya!
Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit
Postum!
Prance_a_lot@reddit
Found the Mormon!
tomqvaxy@reddit
Is that instant coffee? I’m google failing
Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit
Its a decaf coffee substitute made from grain cereals
tomqvaxy@reddit
Wow. No words.
ExcellentMandible@reddit
Bartles & James
SciFi_Wasabi999@reddit
Milk and coke mixed together....
bmaayhem@reddit
Moxie. It’s a regional drink to New England/ Maine. It tastes awful and my 77 old mother loves it. It tastes like black licorice, my dad would say it’s “battery acid” lol
Toblogan@reddit
Water... Like wtf?
Low_Ad877@reddit
An Aunt has tabb shipped to her like it's a life sustaining medicine. ( I shouldn't talk, though, I'll eventually do the same w diet Dr pepper)
BogeyLowenstein@reddit
NOT water. My Mom has never drank water in front of me, I swear
idiotball61770@reddit
My mum is Silent Generation (1939). She likes Arnold Palmers. Gross.
My (dead) silent generation (1940) father liked Golden Cadillacs, made with ice cream and Galliano. Yum but weird.
PetersonsBenzos@reddit
My mother is keeping Fresca in business
WhoDatNinja30@reddit
I swear they changed the recipe at some point. It has a strange aftertaste now. I’m so sad.
freshbananabeard@reddit
Makes sense. I give my kids Greek yogurt with some syrup mixed in to dig pancakes or toast in
WhoDatNinja30@reddit
Great idea!
Howardbanister@reddit
Saame. I love grapefruit anything and they definitely did something to eff it up. Very disappointing
anuncommontruth@reddit
They changed it in the 2000s when keto took off.
I don't know exactly what they changed or when, but it was the only diet soda I liked as a kid, and I found out I was a type 1 diabetic at 19 and exclusively drank Fresca. Sometime between 2004 and 2008 they changed the formula and not for the better. Which is crazy because most other diet sodas changed for the better
WhoDatNinja30@reddit
I know, right?!
Savingskitty@reddit
Agreed! Did they change the sweetener or something?
JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit
Milk & maple syrup sounds interesting. I just heard about a regional drink (I wanna say some state in New England) that is milk and a coffee extract syrup.
9for9@reddit
So like an instant latte?
Bookworm_Frog8@reddit
Nope, it’s a syrup like chocolate syrup but coffee flavored. It’s so hard to describe to people because they immediately think actual coffee with milk. It is freaking delicious so it’s worth ordering some and checking it out! Someone above mentioned Autocrat, which is the best!
JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit
I believe it's made with cold milk. Think chocolate milk, but with coffee instead of chocokate.
sweetassassin@reddit
Sounds like right up my alley
Binger_bingleberry@reddit
Autocrat is the company that makes the most popular brand
BoneWhiteHaze@reddit
100%. I’ve only ever had the Autocrat brand.
sweetassassin@reddit
You rule!
I’m turning into my boomer parents… I bought a gallon of milk this month. A GALLON. At least it was 2%. Drinking whole milk as an adult is anathema.
sarafionna@reddit
Maple milk is common and sold next to chocolate milk
FeedMeAStrayCat@reddit
Coffee milk! From Rhode Island!
Flaky-Garlic7890@reddit
They did, they added sucralose, I think. Because back in the 80’s and 90’s, artificial sweetener wasn’t used in Fresca. It was HFCS
wonderlandcynic@reddit
My husband and one group of his friends of millennial to older gen z guys are all Fresca addicts. My husband sparked it because he's been drinking the stuff since we were teens. I'll have it with tequila for a lazy, sparkly Paloma but that's it.
The boys are scattered across the US and post pictures of their Fresca cans in situ on their Discord server. Like a benign cult.
jjmawaken@reddit
I like Fresca
Zorgsmom@reddit
Oh no, I love Fresca. I can't afford to buy it regularly, but I do when I can.
MotherofaPickle@reddit
Nope. That’s my household. We LOVE it. Pretty much the only soda we drink, though I’ll buy a 2L of Diet Coke now and then.
krafte2@reddit
Same, I drink so much Fresca!
PetersonsBenzos@reddit
... Mom?
YakApprehensive7620@reddit
lol my grandma always had a fridge full of that
basshed8@reddit
Diet A&W it tastes to weird
ShiDiWen@reddit
They sure do love that hazelnut coffee “creamer”. What the hell is that stuff anyways? Is there any dairy at all?
Thelindseyj919@reddit
Oh my god YES! I work at a grocery store that a lot of old people shop at. And when the coffee creamer goes on sell they buy the shit out of that hazelnut flavor, mainly the sugar free one.
tomqvaxy@reddit
I scared everyone at a job I had where they gave us coffee and that crap. I’d bring milk/cream and they were like why. I made them read the ingredients. I think coffeemate is fully responsible for coronary artery disease.
dspreemtmp@reddit
I've read (not researched) and saw posts about coffee "creamer". It's in the refrigerator section to compete w milk and half and half but contains no dairy or "requirement" to refrigerate. I've read a post of someone buying them and taking them to Europe because it's room temp fine.
I moved to just buying a flavored syrup and half and half for my coffee. Costco half and half is like $4.50 for half gallon, a bottle of syrup is like $8. And I can make about 50 or more coffees off that which works for me
railmanmatt@reddit
Nope. It's mainly soybean oil.
GloomyAsparagus7253@reddit
And/or corn syrup solids.
Savingskitty@reddit
Coffeemate. Plain coffee mate. It has to be included on any holiday meal lists no matter whose house it’s at.
Beeyull@reddit
I’m a millennial and I used to drink that shit every day. I’ve recently swapped to almond milk creamers because they have zero oil and less calories. Less tasty tho. 😅
Zorgsmom@reddit
That's my husband, lol! Last year Boomer & he would drink that shit straight from the bottle, I swear. 🤢
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
I'm a fan of that as well. But I'm at the age where I should watch it.
gothamsnerd@reddit
Port sherry. My mom might be a time traveller's.
And for my dad, he found out for his colonoscopy prep, he could still drink gin, he just had to mix it with Capri suns, as those don't have coloring in them
RedSolez@reddit
My Dad is the only person I've ever met who actually not only likes Yoohoo, but drinks it routinely.
tomqvaxy@reddit
Ah. Am I the boomer now? I rather like yoohoo. Tastes like a Wendy’s frosty.
RedSolez@reddit
Haha, clearly you're not the only non-Boomer who drinks Yoohoo!
AlarmedRaccoon619@reddit
Yoohoo fan reporting for duty
MistressErinPaid@reddit
Me, my mom and my little all love Yoohoo. The double chocolate one was a particular pregnancy craving.
excitaetfure@reddit
Not my parents but i work in a nursing home and the boomer age kitchen staff drink a big ol' cup of milk with ice every lunch...
tomqvaxy@reddit
So. Much. Milk. Pints and pints of friggin milk. But coffee? Black and night and hotter than hell itself.
motion_thiccness@reddit
I'm not sure if this is quite what you're asking, but my mom almost exclusively drinks Diet Coke. No water. I grew up never drinking water and had to basically teach myself in my 20s that it was important. I think it's so strange because she also has an eating disorder and is very careful about being "healthy" yet never drinks water.
My dad will drink Crème de Menthe straight. It's like drinking a cup of mint syrup. So nasty.
BigDoggyBarabas1@reddit
Nick Swanson.
requiemguy@reddit
FYI, the biggest issue with Boomer and earlier gens not drinking water is because water didn't start getting safe for most communities well into the 70s.
ofTHEbattle@reddit
Nothing too weird that I can remember. My mom drank water, tea(lightly sweetened) and diet Pepsi....and a lot of liquor. My dad drank coffee and regular Pepsi, Dr.Pepper, or Squirt and Guinness, he drank a lot of water while at work and if we were doing projects at the house in the summer though.
When I was a kid and didn't understand what slimfast was I guess that was weird, my mom drank it off and on for years....we just thought it was nasty chocolate milk lol
Normal-Reward7257@reddit
My dad loves his 7&7.
Dannydimes@reddit
Made popular by Saturday Night Fever. Has a group of regulars of certain age that all drank theses.
tommyjohnpauljones@reddit (OP)
Also what Jimmy Conway orders in his first scene in Goodfellas
Csimiami@reddit
It’s what my boomer parents drank at bowling alleys. Bloody Mary’s on the plane
Character_Bend_5824@reddit
Also referenced in 'A Woman Under The Influence' (1974)
Normal-Reward7257@reddit
I didn't realize it was from this movie. I just thought my dad likes it because he has a sweet tooth and he's cheap.
Upstairs_Hat_9131@reddit
My father drank this.
Sofagirrl79@reddit
My late father in law although silent Gen (born in '37) loved this drink
pebbles_temp@reddit
I'll drink this sometimes at a dive bar because it's at least predictable.
norfnorf832@reddit
My gf drinks that sometimes because it was her grandma's drink
library_wench@reddit
My mom doesn’t drink them anymore, but she sometimes references her youth and 7&7s.
Sufficient_Stop8381@reddit
Postum. A weird coffee alternative. Tastes like dirt.
Also, I had a doctor, who was probably a silent gen and has since passed away, who would mix Coke Zero and vanilla Ensure as a snack.
I_miss_your_mommy@reddit
Milk. Like daily with meals
tommyjohnpauljones@reddit (OP)
I'm from Wisconsin so this isn't weird to me, but also I stopped doing this when I was 13
Zorgsmom@reddit
My dad used to drink a full gallon of milk every day. I only drink milk with my cold brew or with a bowl of cereal, I cant just sit around drinking milk, it's just way too much.
moeru_gumi@reddit
God that’s just so many calories.
Zorgsmom@reddit
Little wonder he died at 54.
Liathano_Fire@reddit
My mom doesn't do this, but I do. Lol
TlMEGH0ST@reddit
I’m surprised it took me so long to find this. My dad drinks a full glass of milk with every meal 🤮
andymancurryface@reddit
Are you me? My dad and sister still do this. Big milk had a stranglehold on my family in the early 90s
Just-Try-2533@reddit
It does a body good.
ChaucersDuchess@reddit
My ex-MIL and ex-FIL do this still. My ex didn’t understand why I didn’t partake despite my dairy intolerance.
PeterPalafox@reddit
My father sneaks furtive sips from a travel cup of iced milk. He keeps it with him at all times.
amazonhelpless@reddit
My 75yo dad will order a glass of milk in a restaurant.
YakApprehensive7620@reddit
lol this was my house since I was little
Then_Increase7445@reddit
My parents drink a 20 oz Diet Pepsi each every single day. They've done this for at least three decades.
Benjo221@reddit
Miller Lite
JDeedee21@reddit
My mom only drinks seltzer
And for juice she drinks cranberry juice in seltzer
She keeps a little cooler with seltzer and brings it around places in case she gets thirsty
BugEquivalents@reddit
My parents were obsessed when Diet Coke with lime came out
freshbananabeard@reddit
So good
rkrismcneely@reddit
You put the lime in the coke you nut, and drink ‘em all up
BugEquivalents@reddit
They loved the commercial too 😂
JamesBuffalkill@reddit
Coke Zero with Lime is my go-to whenever I'm at a Coke Freestyle machine, which is pretty much only the movies or this one Popeye's by work.
herseyhawkins33@reddit
So was i lol
majesticlandmermaid6@reddit
This is my mom. Husbands mom and sil love regular Diet Coke (and so do I), my raised by boomer parents trait-I am not a huge water drinker
taylianna2@reddit
My mom's was instant sweet tea by Nestle. She was pissed when they started changing the recipe. And she kept the glass jars they came in. FYI, instant tea is so gross.
Fatbeard2024@reddit
My mom used to drink buttermilk with cornbread 🤮
Coomstress@reddit
My boomer parents have always been soda and sugar addicts. My dad always bought RC Cola and Squirt grapefruit cola.
Chicagogirl72@reddit
My dad loves Green river
Different_Nature8269@reddit
My mom has a long stint with Caf-lib.
MrsRojoCaliente@reddit
Milk…lots and lots of milk
Ovaltine occasionally
A Singapore Sling for fancy occasions
tommyjohnpauljones@reddit (OP)
My aunt (who is Midwest Polish) ordered a Tia Maria at a wedding and the bartender looked at her like she fell from a spaceship.
GraySkiesGreenEyes@reddit
I remember it used to come packaged with little chocolate shot glasses.
Zorgsmom@reddit
Yeah! I love that drink, I'm also Midwest Polish, maybe it's in our blood.
Sofagirrl79@reddit
I just googled it, it's a prototype for the espresso martini but sweetened
phishmademedoit@reddit
I give my kids Ovaltine. Makes way better chocolate milk than syrup.
MrsRojoCaliente@reddit
I’m a Nestlé Quik kid myself. 😁
meganthreecats@reddit
Diet Coke , so much Diet Coke
_1457_@reddit
Salted buttermilk with extra butter
TheMagicalSquirrel@reddit
Brown vinegar
MonkeyBred@reddit
Dad ('50) drank hot black coffee all throughout the day. Sometimes liked V8. Did see him drink a tin of saurkraut juice before. In the 90s, loved Corona.
Mom ('56) still drinks sweet tea, crown & coke, or coffee with Kalua & Baileys. She switches it up though.
OutlawJuicyWhales@reddit
Mom is a Diet Mountain Dew addict. She almost exclusively drinks that and white wine. I don't know how she has avoided kidney stones.
Lornesto@reddit
My dad drinks buttermilk. No mixers, not using it in baking, just drinks straight buttermilk. It's pretty disgusting.
Technical_Slip393@reddit
More of a soup, maybe, but a full glass of cold buttermilk with cornbread chunks in it. Served in a chalice and drunk without a spoon. Same as my greatest Gen grandparents. Deranged.
tommyjohnpauljones@reddit (OP)
What in the fucking hell
Technical_Slip393@reddit
My thoughts exactly.
burnmenowz@reddit
Diet Vernors. My dad lives on it
bikeonychus@reddit
Decaffeinated 'tea' where the water has maybe glanced at a tea bag for a split second.
I have tasted this tea, and for some unknown reason, it tastes more like fish than tea.
BrashPop@reddit
Ugh, yes - some brands of super cheap tea (Orange Pekoe especially) have an intensely “fishy” taste to me. I know exactly what you’re talking about!
bikeonychus@reddit
Thankyou! Most people I have said this to have looked at me like I've grown a third head - I knew I wasn't imagining it!
BrashPop@reddit
Oh same, I was trying to explain to my husband why I didn’t drink tea at my mothers, because “she buys the really cheap tea bags and they taste like fish” and he just couldn’t wrap his head around it. But it’s true! It has this “fishy” taste!
shemague@reddit
Caffiene free diet coke?
rosie_thechaosqueen@reddit
My mom only drank Dr Pepper when I was a kid. Literally the only thing she drank. Recently her doctor told her she needs to drink water, she at first she was cutting her Dr Pepper with half water. Then she switched to half sprite/half water.
Just-Try-2533@reddit
I love Dr Pepper. But mixing Dr Pepper and water sounds hideous. (And yes I know it’s already for water in it)
skarlitbegoniah@reddit
When I drink soda I cut it with club soda so I don’t lose the fizz.
Lellybear@reddit
I'm surprised no one's mentioned my brother's 2 favorite drinks - Tang and Nestea. There was always a jar and spoon sitting on his counter. And his workshop was all organized with empty Tang containers!
NoOccasion4759@reddit
Anything someone told them is good for them even if that person may or may not be qualified
sweetassassin@reddit
But Mangosteen juice treats cancer!!!
NoOccasion4759@reddit
Omg that just unlocked a core memory. The old boomer ladies wittering over this new miracle juice made from discarded mangosteen peels. They didn't know what mangosteen was, and i was like.... but it's literally the waste product of the fruit and now you're paying $$$ for it??
sidvictorious@reddit
So much "Dr Oz" back in the day.... shudder
Special_Sea4766@reddit
She drinks Diet Coke and homemade iced tea with Sweet N Low packets. I have never seen her drink a glass of water in my life. She used to add Coors Light into the daily evening rotation, but has said she no longer does that. I'm not even sure I believe her tbh.
squinkythebuddy@reddit
If I recall, Diet Rite also has 0 sodium, one of the only no sodium colas. It also tastes pretty good.
I get it at my local Lowe's grocery.
Every few weeks they have a buy 2 get 2 free on it.
tommyjohnpauljones@reddit (OP)
I've had it at places that serve RC products (usually small town bars) and it's not bad, better than diet Pepsi at least, I just often forget it exists.
squinkythebuddy@reddit
My wife is a Diet Pepsi person. So I am also by default. That being said Pepsi is way too expensive these days, and I just get diet cola from Lidl now. $3.29 for a 12 pack is much more reasonable in my world.
Baskin@reddit
Arnold Palmer, no lemon.
Autumn_Forest_Mist@reddit
Beer with salt
My dad would cut grass and do this after. So would my friend’s mom after doing yard work. We didn’t drink much water down here. Beer and sweet iced tea.
cjbevins99@reddit
Something about water dries my mouth up. I’ve tried and tried to enjoy water but I just can’t. I drink a lot of fruit punch body armor, that’s the closest I can get to the pure stuff.
Adventurous_Pen2723@reddit
Fresca
spanishpeanut@reddit
My mom loves White Russians. My dad loves Black Russians. Needless to say, they weren’t married long.
NMViking@reddit
Caffeine-free diet Coke. My mom used to bring a can of it in her purse into restaurants and ask for a glass of ice to put it into, instead of drinking that regular diet Coke they had.
tagehring@reddit
Rum and coke was the only alcohol besides beer I was exposed to until college. They literally didn’t keep any booze in the house except a handle of Ron Rico.
tahmorex@reddit
My dad was ‘35, so not a boomer; but he lived on rum and coke. Bacardi. Always Bacardi.
Eyego2eleven@reddit
Bacardi, and Cola…it gets the job done!!
I swear this was a commercial
tagehring@reddit
Mine are ‘57 and ‘59, so almost a generation later. Apparently the redneck martini is a universal. 😂
EmberDione@reddit
Sweet Tea, caffeinated.
She and my dad drink a gallon a day. The gallon has 1.5 CUPS of sugar in it. This is DOWN from when I was growing up and it was 2c of sugar per gallon. I now drink unsweetened tea or water and they both are horrified.
That's it. That's what they drink.
Yes, they DO both have diabetes, why do you ask?
geneb0323@reddit
That's about 47 grams of sugar per 20 oz of tea... Which is actually 32% less sugar than in 20 oz of Pepsi, so they're at least better off than the people drinking full sugar soda. Even the 2 cups of sugar per gallon is less than the amount of sugar in soda, which is pretty scary when you think about it (there's 2.2 cups of sugar per gallon of Pepsi).
moeru_gumi@reddit
Yes but does anyone drink a gallon of Pepsi a day?
(This is a rhetorical question )
jxdn0v@reddit
My sister, who then wonders why she has kidney stones all the time…🤔
geneb0323@reddit
The OP was referring to both of his parents, so that would be approximately half a gallon a day or 64 ounces (so slightly more than 3 20 oz bottles). I can promise you that there are plenty of people drinking half a gallon of soda per day.
moeru_gumi@reddit
Yes, I know. It was rhetorical. I drink about a can of soda every six months, to balance out that point.
-NigheanDonn@reddit
2 cups of sugar for a gallon, that’s the ratio for kool-aid if I remember correctly. I never thought about how much that is until right now.
SeasonPositive6771@reddit
That's wild.
A cup of sugar makes it super sweet. Two cups would make it approaching sugar syrup.
EmberDione@reddit
It actually doesn't. (I've made sugar syrup before.) but it is very very sweet. XD
SeasonPositive6771@reddit
Oh I was being hyperbolic, it would just be so sweet I can't imagine drinking it!
moeru_gumi@reddit
Don’t even imagine drinking it, your pancreas will ignite!
sweetassassin@reddit
One side of my family lives in the panhandle of Florida so they might as well be Alabama.
When I go down there and order unsweetened iced tea my fam’s first reaction is “but it doesn’t taste like anything!”
DreamingOfStarTrek@reddit
In the South, it's pretty common to make tea with 2 cups of sugar per gallon. Any less than 1.5 cups per gallon and it just isn't sweet tea anymore, lol
EmberDione@reddit
Yeah, I grew up in Memphis. XD
Jerkrollatex@reddit
My mom makes it with two cups of sugar and artificial sweetener because she " cut back the sugar". My dad has diabetes.
goodnewzevery1@reddit
When I was a kid growing up in the South I sent through a phase of making it like this. It’s delicious but easy to over consume.
onamonapizza@reddit
My mom used to drink Hot Dr. Pepper…she would warm it up in the microwave
elevencharles@reddit
My dad drank TaB well into the 2000s. There was a local grocery store that stocked it just for him.
MCA2142@reddit
Tab? I can’t give you a tab unless you order something.
Savingskitty@reddit
Right. Give me a Pepsi Free.
elevencharles@reddit
Heavy…
MCA2142@reddit
There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?
mommyaiai@reddit
Turns out in 2025 it's not a gravity problem, the Earth just kinda sucks.
Sofagirrl79@reddit
Ok I'll have a Pepsi free
FeedMeAStrayCat@reddit
Phew! All this computer hacking is making me thirsty, I think I'll order a tab.
stabsomebody@reddit
My aunt pulled out a Tab on thanksgiving two years ago and I couldn’t believe they still made it. It’s her regular soda.
loglady17@reddit
I think Tab got discontinued. Hope she has a solid stockpile.
cheeker_sutherland@reddit
I wonder how she still gets it.
ZarquonsFlatTire@reddit
I once moved into an area and the closest gas station didn't carry my cigarettes. I told the clerk "If you stock these I will buy all my gas and beer from you (I was going to anyway)."
I did. And when I quit smoking I warned them to stop stocking it, and still buy gas and beer there.
NoResponsibility2386@reddit
My mom always got chocolate sodas at Dairy Queen
Savingskitty@reddit
Diet Dr Thunder. My dad has been obsessed for decades.
Diet Dr Pepper improved its taste a while back, so that has now become acceptable.
EggieRowe@reddit
I worked with someone who liked hot Dr Pepper.
UnkindnessOfRavens23@reddit
Another Southern thing. Often sold at outdoor holiday events like holiday bazaars, tree lots, and Santa’s villages.
EggieRowe@reddit
He was from Ohio
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
🤢
jwibspar@reddit
So they tried to make that a thing for winter holiday parties.
https://dinnerisserved1972.com/2014/12/12/a-happy-holiday-idea-hot-dr-pepper-1965/
rober89@reddit
Both parents have since passed, mom used to love Peach Nehi soda and dad would go with RC Cola and occasionally Choc-ola
Stubborn_Brat@reddit
RC Cola
Whatchab@reddit
Red beer. But takes Rotel canned tomatoes and adds to Coors. So, chunky beer that looks like puke.
R0botDreamz@reddit
Full sugar coke as a diabetic.
Aware_Sweet_3908@reddit
My mom actually does drink water but she RAVES about it as if no one else drinks water (she’s 74 so I’m guessing that’s her experience).
DanicaDarkhand@reddit
My parents are both avid water drinkers. My dad is 77 and still an active outdoorsman. It's all about hydration.
But what is unusual is he likes clam juice over ice with a splash of Tabasco. No vodka or anything or tomato juice. Just clam juice and Tabasco.
I like a good Bloody Mary but this is just a no for me.
legsjohnson@reddit
Unsweetened iced tea by the gallon and V8 for mom, and ungodly expensive cognac with a four advil chaser for dad.
MiniRems@reddit
My mom and dad seem to be the exception: they're water drinkers with the occasional barely sweetened iced tea or mini-can of Pepsi. Nothing weird 🤷♀️
PuzzledKumquat@reddit
Hey, I'm an Xennial and I love those V8 drinks! Especially the V8 Energy - those actually pep me up the way coffee can't.
But growing up, my dad always had Vess soda cans on hand. He'd take my brother and me to the store specifically to buy Vess. They haven't made the cans for years, but still do make bottles, which my dad still buys. [Adding now that apparently Vess is local only to my area, so the rest of you probably have no idea what I'm talking about. It was like a cheap off-brand Coke that came in a variety of flavors, but it was hugely popular here in the 80s/early 90s.]
ZarquonsFlatTire@reddit
Nothing too weird. Filtered water and Diet Coke. But only 1-2 cokes a week. And caffeine free.
Mom still has a little tin (well, cardboard now) of caffeine free International Cafe French Vanilla coffee.
APFernweh@reddit
For my mom it’s Suisse Mocha. I get her a 3-pack every Christmas.
Maaaaaandyyyyy@reddit
OMG my mom is obsessed with that International cafe French vanilla powder! She puts hella scoops in too. I tried it with half the scoops she does and it’s pretty tasty and sweet. She was all upset because her store stopped carrying it but she found it elsewhere! I’m always on the lookout for it for her haha!
ashlyn42@reddit
Omg are we secretly siblings??!?
My dad was excited when mini cans came out - Diet Caffeine-Free Coke (and beer, and the occasional mixed drink or 2 fingers of scotch on a bad day)
My mom literally only drinks water and coffee (with French Vanilla creamer - her major vice) and the very occasional margarita or mixed drink with dinner out or on vacation
Intelligent-Search88@reddit
Sunny D. They actually this it’s real orange juice.
ghostguessed@reddit
Not boomers but my grandparents drank celery tonic. CELERY. TONIC.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Juiced celery and tonic water?
ghostguessed@reddit
I guess. They bought it in a bottle. It was carbonated.
tallulahtaffy@reddit
Mom drinks crystal lite and Dad drinks ice tea. They also dislike water , probably because they drink unfiltered tap water that tastes like chlorine.
jinsaku@reddit
My dad died 12 years ago. He only drank Iced Tea. We even had this professional grade iced tea maker and he’d put like 7 scoops of sweetener into each gallon. Insane. He was diabetic.
tallulahtaffy@reddit
That must have been so frustrating to watch. Sugar is a powerful drug and boomers are perpetually 6 year olds at a birthday party in the 1950s
Otherwise-Ad7735@reddit
Diet orange slice
AUCE05@reddit
Alcoholism strong in here
JoyIsADaisy@reddit
Also Milkism
al_brownie@reddit
No water. Ever.
Menoku@reddit
It's like they're a different species. Parents drank so much diet coke growing up. Once they got older mom finally started drinking water, but only bottle water. Eventually she drank filtered water but it had to be from water from the fridge dispenser.
Where did this come from? Seems like a common experience based on this thread.
KevinStoley@reddit
Seeing the comments this seems to be a common thing. I don't think I ever saw my mother drink water either. Only Coke, Diet Coke and coffee. I literally can't picture a time I ever saw her drink just water lol.
fn_magical@reddit
Well yeah! I'm not going to drink water like some fucking peasant! Besides, water is gross, fish fuck in it.
muff_huffer_@reddit
Soda has water in it
3OsInGooose@reddit
Brawndo’s got what plants crave.
ChasingKayla@reddit
🏆 Most underrated comment, especially under current circumstances. 😂
Galaxicana@reddit
So does bleach
namtok_muu@reddit
My mum will go to great lengths not to drink water. She has at least 4 x sachets of Nescafe a day, black tea, a ginger beer soda here and there (to settle her stomach), then maybe cordial when she wants to hydrate. As a hydro homie, it drives me fucking nuts.
bcpro983@reddit
Not weird in the sense of a strange mixture, but Coca Cola, exclusively. Literally will not drink anything else. Not Pepsi, not RC, not off-brand cola. Doesn't even entertain the idea of trying the new flavored varieties.
The kicker? My dad has been on dialysis for the past 6 years, and they specifically told him he needs to stay away from dark colored soda. Does he listen? Of course not.
JoyIsADaisy@reddit
He can have Root Beer, Orange Fanta or 7Up. Maybe you can nudge him in that direction 🙂
OkBus5864@reddit
Anything with alcohol, but especially dark and stormies. I got really good at bartending as a young teen 😬
eaglewatch1945@reddit
Mom: V8. The OG V8.
Dad: milk in the warm season. Buttermilk in the cold season.
extasisomatochronia@reddit
Dark roast drip coffee, brewed as strong as jet fuel, sweetened with white sugar and cold, fresh milk. It's the main way I take my coffee now (except I do a pour-over and use brown sugar).
My mom would have this, then leave it sitting somewhere around the house if she had to answer the phone or something and I'd sneak in a drink.
Mediocre-Team1715@reddit
Crystal light. 3 packs to 1 gallon. You could almost chew it. 🤢
snarkyspeechie@reddit
Technically silent generation- but my grandparents both drank a glass of buttermilk everyday. Nooooo, thank you.
heldaway@reddit
My Silent Gen midwestern grandparents did too. The thought of it makes me gag!
WakeyWakeeWakie@reddit
4C or Lipton powdered iced tea mix. They always have a jug in the fridge because they “don’t like water.”
heldaway@reddit
Squirt 🤮
careater@reddit
My mom is adding something to her water that boosts your immune system, stimulates cell growth, repairs mitochondrial DNA(?), and balances mood. She got upset when I asked if she found out about it on Facebook. She almost smacked me when I said, "It sounds like snake oil." She did smack me when I said "so much for mood balance "
sweetassassin@reddit
Is it blue essential oil? My mom is on the same regimen.
Bb11Keith@reddit
IdahoLibbie@reddit
My Aunt would put salted peanuts in her glass bottle of Pepsi
brilliantpants@reddit
My dad drinks what seems to be about a gallon of coffee a day. So in that respect, he’s quite millennial. He takes down even more than me.
My mom requires at least one fountain Diet Coke per day, preferably from McDonald’s (can’t blame her there) and absolutely not from one of those Coke Freestyle machines.
maen_baenne@reddit
My dad is a few years too old to be a boomer, but his goto is rail tequila and diet coke. Weird af
Exact_Friendship_502@reddit
Milk.
putitontheunderhills@reddit
My parents were diehard Caffeine Free Diet Coke people throughout the '80s and '90s. The one in the gold can. I think it tastes like dirt.
Now they go after any diet / zero sugar soda with crazy flavoring. So like Vanilla Diet Dr Pepper and Lime Coke Zero and then there was some kind of black cherry vanilla thing... I dunno. Always flavors.
Bluevanonthestreet@reddit
Buy them a bunch of sugar free flavored syrups! They could get regular sugar free sodas and then flavor them however they want. My kids love putting the fruity flavors in Sprite Zero. I made a vanilla caramel root beer the other day.
taleofbenji@reddit
My parents would always buy Squirt for parties but I still have no idea why.
gerardkimblefarthing@reddit
Because it's good with vodka.
Zorgsmom@reddit
And whiskey.
la_toxica84@reddit
And tequila 😌
discreet1@reddit
My mom makes whiskey sours with squirt.
Aberosh1819@reddit
Milk.
seanymphcalypso@reddit
Ensure.
Puzzled_Loquat@reddit
Ha I drink ensure for breakfast
seanymphcalypso@reddit
I’m on muscle milk but I think I refuse to act as old as I feel lol
foolishmoor@reddit
I had to start drinking that to supplement my calorie intake while on rybelsus since it kills my appetite
MistressErinPaid@reddit
But how is your A1C?
foolishmoor@reddit
Last test was in the 7s, but using a calculator based on my average glucose with my cgm It should be in the high 5s, so it's getting there. Started in the 12s when diagnosed in 2022.
Sofagirrl79@reddit
Also ensure is more expensive than muscle milk last time I checked,when I visit my mom in Chicago and get it for her it's usually 12 or 13 bucks for a measly 6 pack
Puzzled_Loquat@reddit
I drink it because it’s an easy, reliable breakfast that I don’t have to think about.
_jjkase@reddit
My father-in-law keeps a big gulp cup with him (even on vacation) until he breaks or loses it, and he always keeps it full of pepsi mixed with diet pepsi
rkrismcneely@reddit
The best fountain soda mix is Diet Pepsi and Dr. Pepper. I call it The Double DP.
railmanmatt@reddit
My dad has a similar one he keeps filled with diet Mtn. dew.
zaggytiddies@reddit
Boost
loureed1234@reddit
Miller 64; we joke that 64 is the minimum age requirement.
Zorgsmom@reddit
I didn't even know they still made that!
Echterspieler@reddit
My mom drank postum till the stores stopped carrying it
TheFastLoris@reddit
Interesting topic, not one I ever would have thought of because my parents only drink water and coffee during the day, then dad has a beer and mom has a glass of wine with dinner. Maybe once a month dad has a soda. But they look at my kombucha like ????? Which is fair, kombucha is an acquired taste for many people.
CaliSinae@reddit
I caught boomer ma with powdered milk in the pantry…she has the means for regular milk (also gross)…no clue.
Dickrubin14094@reddit
Nothing weird, my mom alternates between coffee and water all day
Traditional_Nebula96@reddit
Coke zero and unsweetened tea for the mom, red wine 🍷 for the ol man... currently
Correct-Ad8693@reddit
Milk. So much milk. But that lady is legit crazy.
pupperdogger@reddit
Nothing wrong with a big ol cup of iced whole milk!
gorilla-ointment@reddit
pupperdogger@reddit
Or add some Chocolate Malt Ovaltine into it. What a delight on a warm summer day.
LiquidMagik@reddit
My girlfriend's dad drinks buttermilk. Says it helps soothe an irritated throat.
SlavaSobov@reddit
Nothing weird. My father is a boomer, but just drank water.
Not weird like people today though with their fancy water bottles and such. 😂
We'd just drink, from a spring, if we were out in the forest.
CompetitiveCod76@reddit
Don't most of us have boomer parents?
CornPuddinPops@reddit
Mushroom Tea. Not the psychedelic stuff, the homeopathic kind. Weird shit.
insanecarbunkle@reddit
Tampico Juice with Vodka and chamoy. He drinks at least 3 a day. Considering that he does not have to work anymore and is fully supported by my brother after raising 7 kids after my mom walked out at 15, he deserves too.
HipHopGrandpa@reddit
Besides coffee? Nothing’s coming to mind.
sharielane@reddit
I can't think of anything that would be considered weird. I don't think they drank anything that isn't also consumed by younger generations today. Loads of tea and instant coffee at home. Soft drink occasionally, mainly bought alongside takeaway but also consumed as a cool alternative to the tea/coffee in the summer months. Soft drink flavours consumed were typically Coke (more so when I was younger), Solo, Ginger Beer or a medley of various generic-branded fruit flavours. The one thing that was kinda different was my mum would buy this old-timey coffee and chicory syrup which she would sometimes make iced coffee with.
My mother wasn't a big drinker, but every year around Christmas-time (which is summer here) she'd buy a box of this peach flavoured wine and a bottle of Bailey's, and she'd enjoy a glass of either one on special occasions or on the occasional balmy evening to unwind. The box of wine in particular would last from Christmas all the way to her birthday in late February.
My father who isn't a boomer (born in 27) drank a bottle of rum every day for most of his adult life. They separated when I was small, but from what I saw of him he was very health conscious otherwise. Limited his coffee intake and drank plain water, which was what he also chose to dilute his rum with instead of some sugary carbonated drink as most do.
Kulban@reddit
My grandfather used to be a coffee drinker when he was younger but gave up the caffeine. So he drank a cup of Postum daily. He'd give me some when I was little. I remember liking it.
John_TheBlackestBurn@reddit
My parents, born in ‘55 and ‘56 respectively, drank sherry when I was a kid. I remember tasting it when I was little, and it was the most disgusting thing imaginable. I tried it as an adult, thinking I must have a more sophisticated palate at 30, but no. It’s just plain awful.
BlueWarstar@reddit
Milk pop, my mom would put pop (coke, sprite, orange crush) in with her milk.
AbbreviationsBorn276@reddit
I really love milk. Plain milk. I think cos when i was a kid, we were pushed to drink milk a lot as a health drink. Ppl find it weird that milk is often my beverage of choice.
FiftySixer@reddit
My Mom's dead. But when she was alive, she would mix vodka with Vitamin Water.
Ok_Pea_6054@reddit
You know, I did atkins back in 2004 when I was 18 and Diet Rite was one of the "safe" sodas and I was hooked on them for a while. They were readily available at most places...
Now, I can only find them at WinCo (west coast here btw) and nowhere else. The raspberry flavor was really good though.
Biscuits4u2@reddit
Wine coolers
jackieballz@reddit
Whiskey sours. My mom and grandma(rip) drank them, but I’ve never met anyone else who did
PenBeautiful@reddit
Sunny D mixed with vodka. Disgusting.
SeasonPositive6771@reddit
They recently changed Sunny D to add artificial sweeteners, so at least they cut down on the calories.
However it went from tasting chemically to tasting foul.
Sofagirrl79@reddit
As does anything sugar or corn syrup mixed with artificial sweeteners, I'd rather drink sugar free over artificial sweeteners mixed with sugar or corn syrup
SeasonPositive6771@reddit
I really hate artificial sweeteners, and yet somehow when you try to cut the sugar with them it ends up tasting worse than just using artificial sweeteners!
Sofagirrl79@reddit
Totally! I was disappointed when I went to Mexico on a cruise a few years ago and because of some government health initiative to lower the obesity rate most of the sodas and juices are cut with some artificial sweeteners
Problem is that it saves a whopping 50 calories per serving and ruins the taste,also I heard the UK is doing this too 😕
SeasonPositive6771@reddit
They absolutely are in the UK! It means that it can be really tough to find regular sugar sweetened sodas if you are really craving one.
I don't drink a ton of soda but when I do, I don't want to have something that tastes awful. It's such a weird way to try to control people and just doesn't work.
Sofagirrl79@reddit
Bingo!
YakApprehensive7620@reddit
Are your parents teens in y2k lol
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Yep, in college we drank and vomited out Tampico Orange Drink (not juice!) & Segram's Extra Dry Gin
tabrazin84@reddit
WTF?
Intrepid-Dust3216@reddit
oh I remember this.
merryjester@reddit
“Dubonnet over with a twist.” I can still hear my dad’s voice, ordering it at any “fancy” restaurant we’d go to.
iamtheCarlos@reddit
My dad used to drink coke with a couple raw eggs, like whisked with a spoon ugh.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Calabris@reddit
Not a weird drink, both both my parents drank coffee every day. They always had a pot on. I cannot stand the stuff.
SPacific@reddit
Not a beverage, but my Boomer mother ate Peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
My Dad loves those, but with Miracle Whip
Neither_Pie8996@reddit
Got me thinking how I never saw my boomer parents drink a hot beverage. Everything was always cold or on ice. Soda, wine, juice, lemonade, iced tea, milk. Never a hot or warm beverage. No coffee nor tea nor eggnog nor hot chocolate.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
That is odd
holleefackbud@reddit
A lot of diet ginger ale
detoxicide@reddit
Not a boomer myself, but diet ginger ale is a weakness of mine.
whyalwaysboris@reddit
Have you tried the Canada Dry fruit splash diet ginger ale? I'm not much of a soda person, but this stuff is so good and I can't pass it up.
DerAlliMonster@reddit
My dad’s favorite when we visited family in Mississippi was Chocolate Soldier. Not sure if anyone else has even heard of it!
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
I sure haven't
Paramedickhead@reddit
Bud Light.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Gross, lol
cmgww@reddit
First of all, most all of our parents are/were boomers. Second of all, I have begged and pleaded for this sub to stop the generation bashing. It’s redundant to say “my boomer Mom & Dad”… all but a handful of us had parents who were baby boomer age. Secondly, this place is getting as bad as the GenX sub. You can simply say “what weird beverages did our parents drink?” I think at this point, “Boomer” is kind of implied/understood, with a handful of exceptions
Different-Smoke7717@reddit
There are plenty of Xennials with Silent Gen parents. They are definitely a whole different vibe than Boomers
cmgww@reddit
While I understand that, let’s be real here. The vast majority of us have parents who are the age of baby boomers. I’m just kind of tired of the redundancy and also the creeping generational bashing I’ve seen over the past few years. The sub is becoming as bad as the other others, and I don’t like that vibe
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
requiemguy@reddit
No one has mocked anyone in this thread, they're sharing their experiences.
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
Reply or not, no one cares.
Sensitive-Review-712@reddit
Powdered milk. Can't just be milk. It has to be powdered milk.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Ugh
princess_pumpkins@reddit
Randomly she’ll want vegetable juice. Like once every five years.
malibuklw@reddit
My dad is all about manhattans and that flavored water sparkling water called Ice?
My mom lives off of store bought Starbucks products. Just non-stop sugar
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
That "ICE" drink stuff is gross.
peeinian@reddit
My grandma used to give me milk mixed with TAB. Tasted kind of like a melted Diet Coke float.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Yikes. This might be the winner.
requiemguy@reddit
My mother would drink skim milk instead of water. She bought me a backpack that holds a two gallon jug for me and gave me cash every mourning before school to buy a jug from the Alpha Beta that I passed on the way home from school.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Alpha Beta! Memory Unlocked 🔓
VEW1@reddit
My mom loves tea. She’ll have a hot tea before she’ll drink regular glass of water.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
My Mom also had a hot tea every night at 10pm on the dot.
Jerkrollatex@reddit
Ice tea with two cups of sugar per gallon and a bunch of artificial sweetener made in a coffee pot. It's so thick you can stand a spoon in it.
Justice_is_Key@reddit
Decaf coffee in reused x-large Dunkin cup with 14 Equals and milk. It’s disgusting.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
🤣
Iamkal@reddit
Buttermilk. They drink it like water
UnkindnessOfRavens23@reddit
Mine drank buttermilk with fresh, warm cornbread crumbled up in it. Learned it from his father.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
My buddy's Southern Dad does that too
bearsdiscoverfire@reddit
Mom lives off of decaf and diet Vernors.
limabeanseww@reddit
I respect this
adriatic_sea75@reddit
My parents clear out the whole Diet Vernor's supply at the store when they run out.
DontBuyAHorse@reddit
My parents don't drink anything weird. My dad, however, pretty much exclusively drinks water and hot tea. Occasionally he will have a glass of wine.
My mom drinks a lot of water and occasionally diet sodas. No booze.
They are both first wave baby boomers, born in the late '40s after the war.
Now my grandfather on my mother's side, he was a hoot. He drank Canadian Mist every day I knew him. He wouldn't drink to the point of being drunk, but there was not a night that I can remember that he didn't have a glass of that stuff. He deserved it though. Dude fought Nazis.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
🫡
Content_Talk_6581@reddit
My dad drank coffee, iced tea and Pepsi his whole life. He lived to be 81
My mom drank coffee, iced tea and diet Sprite her whole life and lived to be 84.
I never saw either of them drink water. Ever.
okaygecko@reddit
My mom drinks Diet Coke and Mr. & Mrs. T Bold and Spicy Bloody Mary Mix with no alcohol.
Neon_Samurai_@reddit
My Mom is addicted to that powdered crapachino "coffee" stuff.
V8, however, is great.
tommyjohnpauljones@reddit (OP)
Regular V8 yeah, but those blend drinks ain't it
buickgnx88@reddit
Oh god, my dad loves regular V8 whereas I can’t stand it!
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Everyone's Dad loves V8, lol. Mine too.
ZarquonsFlatTire@reddit
By now, I associate French Vanilla International Cafe as a holiday tradition. Because I only ever have it at Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
Kind of like how when I was a kid USA network would show Star Wars back to back to back. We didn't have them on VHS, and mom loved Star Wars, so every Thanksgiving fuck parades and football, we watched Star Wars all day until dinner was ready.
jjdlg@reddit
That’s a great memory, what a great tradition!
ZarquonsFlatTire@reddit
It was the only day a year they aired it too. We could see the TV from the kitchen, so I could see A New Hope while grating cheese for the macaroni. The only thing mom would trust me with.
Last year my mom once again only let me grate cheese. I am 43, and would have starved to death living alone if I didn't know how to cook better than her.
So I logged into my Disney account on her TV and put on Star Wars. Fuck it, we're going full tradition!
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
From 2 weeks before Thanksgiving until New Year's, my Dad drinks Egg Nog with Coca-Cola in it. I love it too. Don't knock it until you've tried it! 🫵🏾
Alternative-Light514@reddit
Milk
onemorefirst@reddit
Milk with ice in it. Every meal.
schmoolecka@reddit
The weird thing with boomer men in my family is that they do NOT drink water. I have never gotten a satisfactory reason as to why
Classic_Barnacle_844@reddit
My dad has been drinking prune juice since his twenties. Nasty.
drofnature@reddit
My mom still drinks Smirnoff ice daily, and is stone cold convinced “the sugar in alcoholic drinks doesn’t affect her diabetes”.
There’s no reasoning with that level of madness.
thewanderingent@reddit
As a T1diabetic, I’ll tell you that she’s walking a fine line with that one. Alcohol can make your blood sugar levels drop, but when it’s in a sweet drink, blood sugar levels will typically start to rise with enough consumption because of the sugars added to the drink. Not sure if it would be the same for a T2, but for all diabetics, regardless of type, watching your sugar levels is pretty much always important.
DontTakePeopleSrsly@reddit
Nothing weird with my parents except dad is forever stuck on bud light.
emsumm58@reddit
my dad is sober now, his drink was gin and tonic. super proud of him.
my mom drank dubonnet with a twist of orange. i’d take her drinking any amount of anything to still be here.
Noisechild@reddit
Folgers Crystals.
CharonNixHydra@reddit
MIL would only drink sparkling water for as long as I've known my wife (10 years) and I guess it goes back even further. She had to start drinking "still" water for some medical reason that I can't remember.
Instead of tap water she drinks alkaline water now which is fine. Expensive but fine.
anananon3@reddit
Just got back from Italy and I watched a boomer drink a pint of vermouth over ice.
LazyZealot9428@reddit
Smirnoff Ice
nerd-dom@reddit
My mom used to just drink black cups of coffee all day long.
McCool303@reddit
Tab, Mormon Punch, and absolutely no tea or Coffee.
BVoyager@reddit
BUBBL'R my mother discovered it one day and has been buying it in bulk ever since. Loves it to the extent of having multiple cans in her purse always. She'll unabashedly order a cup of ice at restaurants and crack open a can, set it out in the open all smiles while I cringe and prepare an apology in my head to the service staff if they decide to challenge her BUBBL'R addiction. Once I was helping her with gardening tasks in the yard and she offered me a perfectly chilled BUBBL'R out of nowhere without having been inside for like hours. I just don't get it.
BrainFartTheFirst@reddit
Nothing too weird but only my mom was a boomer. My dad is silent generation.
Bacontoad@reddit
It's not the beverages themselves, it's the containers. Wine from coffee mugs and teacups. Possibly to cover up the fact that it's always wine.
SlapHappyDude@reddit
My mom will still pour herself a giant glass of milk with dinner
food_of_doom@reddit
So. Much. Franzia.
mrjowei@reddit
Guava juice
hop123hop223@reddit
Oh I haven’t thought about guava juice in a while. It seemed like a popular juice or had an advertising campaign in the 1990s. I might buy some the next time I go grocery shopping!
OkInspector7470@reddit
A glass of SKIM MILK every single day 😵💫
drboyfriend@reddit
Chocolate milk exclusively.
BeefModeTaco@reddit
The V8 Energy are so good.
Dirk_frer1980@reddit
My parents live on Diet Mountain Dew and 32oz Iced Coffee from McDonald’s. No water, ever.
gandolfthe@reddit
Coke and diet Coke. That shit cleans oil off concrete and they ingest it.
justonemoretravesty@reddit
Ginger Ale. Barf.
rullyrullyrull@reddit
So. Much. Cherry. Coke.
AgentJR3@reddit
Coke with peanuts in it. Has to be a bottle though
trcharles@reddit
Galliano
la_toxica84@reddit
I was raised by two of my mom’s sisters at different periods of my life. One aunt had a daily gin & tonic habit and drank rolling rock and Crystal Geyser spring water only. And the other drank tap water, 1800 tequila, and Michelob amber bock. As the second aunt got older she alternated between Casamigos and 1800 and I tried to get her to buy better tequila but she was set in her ways until she passed. God rest her soul 🩷
AlmosNotquite@reddit
50/50
weldedgut@reddit
My dad would get big gulps of Dr. Pepper, and that’s what he drank all day. Occasionally he would get Hawaiian Punch. Getting a fridge with water and ice in the door helped him drink more water.
afowles@reddit
My dad won't drink water. He says that water is for washing.
AshDenver@reddit
My Silent dad still swears by milk-and-Pepsi like Laverne & Shirley.
Boomer mom and I would still drink Tab if it was available.
Futant55@reddit
Dr Pepper
OJimmy@reddit
Prosecco.
They don't pick food that pairs with it.
TooTiredToWhatever@reddit
Clamato juice. The F do juice a clam? Please don’t answer (poor clams).
IGotMyPopcorn@reddit
My dad drank Pepsi with milk in it.
WestcoastBestcoast84@reddit
Shandies!
ZeldaHylia@reddit
My mom likes Arnold palmers.
Chele11713@reddit
My mom will not drink water, she drinks soda, juice and gatorade, barely any water I keep trying to tell her its not healthy bit she thinks I am crazy. Haha.
Adventurous_Cloud_20@reddit
Shit loads of Busch. They have a beer fridge in the garage that they keep full throughout the year. Locals pass through often and drink beer, traditionally the next time they come, they bring a case.
Also, coffee by the gallon.
fourDegrees@reddit
It gets worse. Until he passed my dad used to drink... and rave about the deliciousness of Hamm's beer. Like actively recruiting people to join him in the love for this stuff.
normanapolis@reddit
Sunny Delight
Lcky22@reddit
My mom loves arbonne “fizzies”
banderaroja@reddit
My boomer dad’s three sisters were all drinking Tab daily until it was discontinued in the oughts.
cheesusfeist@reddit
Milk with every meal and never any water.
0ne_Wish@reddit
Not really weird, but my Mom has been drinking caffeine free diet coke for like 35 years, lol. And she used to smoke Misty Menthol Ultra Light 120s that I used to get for her at the gas station.. it took me a while to memorize the exact name of her cigarettes, but once I did, I felt so gangsta buying them, lmao.
aenus79@reddit
Manichevitz and coke
SubstantialFeed4102@reddit
My dad is incapable of drinking straight water. Crystal lite, ice drinks, Gatorade, tea. Anything but JUST water smh
Kittypie75@reddit
Sambuca. Yes, we are Italian-American.
Toc33@reddit
My mom drank Tab religiously when I was growing up. We had stacks of the stuff in the garage. She finally transitioned over to Diet Coke.
Crocamagator@reddit
Juicy Juice and Natty Ice
heethersmeether@reddit
My mom's preferred soda is straight ginger ale.
Z0na@reddit
They still make Diet Rite?
I'll admit, I drink V8 every morning...
DumpsterDepends@reddit
The greatest generation. He had ground up horehound candy and bourbon mixed together bottled and refrigerated. One shot after a meal.
Elandycamino@reddit
Just Coca-Cola, my mom, and my grandparents ( silent gen, That's all they drank too), no water, milk, ice tea, coffee, lemonade Always Coca-Cola. I guess some time back in the day they drank enough to get t shirts for their family. They also nearly died when new coke was a thing.
Billy_the_Mountain29@reddit
My boomer mom goes through at least a handle of Jameson a week. She is WAY more productive than I am. How?
Wheres-shelby@reddit
My mom loves a good rum and coke. And always drank a beer when doing yard work. I have inherited the “working beer”. Stepdad drank a Yeungling every day after work. (Localish domestic beer).
railmanmatt@reddit
I love Yuengling. I grew up about half an hour away from their brewery in Pottsville. Ever take their tour?
Wheres-shelby@reddit
I have not! But i should. I have defected to NJ but still drink it all the time. It feels like home and reminds me of hanging with my stepdad.
maggie320@reddit
My dad’s no longer with us, but he loved tomato juice. Just straight tomato juice. There used to be a brand of tomato juice Sacramento and we’d call it Sacratomato. It took me years to be able to correctly pronounce the capital of California.
DumpsterFolk@reddit
My mother was on the other side of weird here - she refuses to drink anything carbonated because “it goes right into your brain”. Dad lived on beer or water so we never had soft drinks (soda) in the house.
I grew up thinking Coke etc was invented in like 1990 because I interpreted my parents dislike of it as them hating on this new fangled invention. My dad actually does like soft drink, just not enough to buy it regularly. It honestly still seems weird to me that Coca Cola isn’t new lol.
chewbachaa@reddit
Clamato and vodka
BalrogRuthenburg11@reddit
Water with some frozen chunks of water in it. They call it chilled water.
fakeaccount572@reddit
Tom and Jerrys. I'm from Northern Wisconsin. I think it's a thing there.
JuggernautKooky4064@reddit
My mom’s favorite drink is cherry uv vodka & malibu in cherry vanilla diet Dr Pepper.
Longjumping-Pear-673@reddit
Warm Coca Cola..my mom loved it. She drank it chilled also with ice as well but she would just grab a warm can from the pantry and put it down.
PopcornSurgeon@reddit
My parents drink water, caffeine free Diet Coke and K cups.
Pale_Affect_8707@reddit
Sambuca and Hawaiian Punch…🤢🤢
theelephantupstream@reddit
My boomer mom didn’t actually hate water, but every time a server asked if she wanted it, she’d hit ‘em with the, “Nah. Makes ya rusty inside. Better bring the wine list.” Some occasions do call for some classic boomer humor.
styrofoamladder@reddit
My dad was born in ‘40 and mom in ‘51 and they both LOVED Harvey Wallbangers.
ExpectedBehaviour@reddit
My parents are obsessed with these bottles of sparkling flavoured mineral water. "Apple and elderflower", "white grape and blackberry", "orange and mango", "peach and passion fruit". Sure, go nuts, get whatever you enjoy – but they never get drinks in for other people. When I've had to do an international flight and catch two trains to come and visit the least you could do is offer me a Coke instead of something that tastes like fancy deodorant.
J_Harbaugh_Esq@reddit
If it don’t come in a tiny can, we ain’t drinking it.
adimadoz@reddit
Soda — not weird per se, but it is weird when it’s so much soda, all the time, day or night. As others have commented , weird to not see someone drink water.
stuffwiththing@reddit
Caffeine free Diet Coke.
Like it's just fizzy, bad tasting, dirt coloured water at that point. Why not just drink water ?
Dr-McLuvin@reddit
My dad drank about 10 gallons of Diet Coke every week.
bookclubslacker@reddit
Not so much a weird drink, but a specific number of ice cubes in ice water: one in winter, two in summer, spring and fall could be either one or two
SalukiKnightX@reddit
Pops drank a double shot of Jack before bed, my Granddad did drink Crown Royal until my eldest cousin was born.
Me… I mean, I was never a heavy drinker closest I got was discovering that Boone’s Farm Blue Hawaiian, the Jamison Cherry Coke Float and the Snapple Apple Jack Punch, but upon discovering how alcohol could literally kill me in combination with my medicine I gave it up.
_Disco-Stu@reddit
Whole milk mixed with Pepsi over ice. That and White Russians were her daily drivers. Never a drop of water though. She “didn’t like the taste.”
redhat12345@reddit
v8
babylegsluther@reddit
That Walmart “sparkling water” with the aspartame shit in it. Mom liked that black cherry. My MIL likes the orange.
burf@reddit
Those V8 fruit and veg drinks are an awesome way to cheat yourself into getting a few more micronutrients.
Special_Brilliant_81@reddit
Milk. They go through like a gallon a day
Switchblade83@reddit
Moxie
DirtRevolutionary410@reddit
Liters and liters and liters of Big "K" generic Pepsi
thewayshesaidLA@reddit
Damn, until I saw some of these responses I didn’t realize I’ve never seen my parents drink water. Pepsi, chocolate milk, beer, and iced tea.
natronmooretron@reddit
7&7
gerardkimblefarthing@reddit
Mom liked Canfield's Diet Chocolate Soda or Tab, and Dad liked either Hires Root Beer or Neho Cream Soda.
colly_mack@reddit
A can of canfield's was my elementary school's "ice pack" whenever a student got hurt
herseyhawkins33@reddit
My mom nothing weird, coffee, water and seltzer. I'm laughing at all the milk answers because this is my dad daily. I couldn't tell you the last time I had a full glass of milk on its own.
roldar@reddit
My mom drinks those flavored waters and my step dad drinks store brand koolaid that's just awful. No water ever for either of them.
catforbrains@reddit
Not weird, per se- just really, really gross - I have learned that my parents have been refilling disposable bottles multiple times with water. While it's I guess environmentally friendly, they haven't been washing the bottles between use, so the bottles are just coated in saliva. Dad got pissed when I told him I didn't want one of his backwash bottles.
herseyhawkins33@reddit
They haven't discovered the concept of a reusable water bottle...?
tallicafu1@reddit
My Mom doesn’t drink water ever. My Dad drinks unholy amounts of milk and orange juice. Like each glass has at least 20 ounces.
Fighty_McLovingstein@reddit
My mother two fists a 6 pack of Michelob Ultra Pure Gold and cans of Diet Coke... every... night...
BeBopBarr@reddit
Nothing weird...Black coffee, water, and Miller Lite
louiselebeau@reddit
My mom drinks bourbon and water or red wine.
Or regular old water.
I don't talk to my father because he is one of those boomers that "Missing missing reasons" is about.
DrDig1@reddit
Milk. My mom grew up on a dairy farm and pumped us with milk from day one. She hates it.
GotWood2024@reddit
My boomer mom just started drinking water...so proud. Also, she loves room temp drinks.
MadLucy@reddit
My dad will drink a bigass glass of buttermilk with black pepper on top, like 12-16oz. I can’t even.
Ok-Kangaroo4613@reddit
Dr. Pepper by the case. I asked my mom while she was visiting if she wanted water with breakfast … she said, “no, I have coffee.” 🫠
tasukiko@reddit
My dad sometimes has a Snappy Tom which I guess is like a spicy V8. Otherwise just normal stuff, beer, water, milk, but basically never soda.
TALieutenant@reddit
Not weird, but I've already told my mom that when we scatter her ashes, we're going to pour a can of Pepsi out as well....so she has one for the road. She's cut back since we found out she's diabetic, but the woman loves her Pepsi.
Ok, now the weird one. My dad used to drink Pepto Bismol when nothing was wrong with him. He just liked the taste. He hasn't done it in a long while.
SomeRandomPerson1517@reddit
Miller Lite with ice
pinellas_gal@reddit
Orange juice, so much of it. I get that it’s not weird.
Substantial_Win8350@reddit
A “vegetable”: half/half bud light with v8
lagingerosnap@reddit
Diet Canada Dry Lemonade.
WayneS1980@reddit
Crystal Light
Amibeaux@reddit
So much soda. :(
Bakingsquared80@reddit
Iced tea with a pound of sugar in it but then lactaid skim milk
ole_slacker@reddit
Unpasteurized milk. The liquid is grey and looks like E. coli, listeria, etc waiting to happen.
Local_Debate_8920@reddit
I've drank unpasteurized milk straight from the dairy. It is delicious (especially jersey cow), very white, and leaves fat rings around the jug. Your parents are doing something wrong.
Matt_Benson@reddit
Stag.
weeziefield1982@reddit
My parents just drink the normal stuff. Water, coffee and pop sometimes.
noonesaidityet@reddit
My mom can't drink her Diet Coke unless it's from a can poured into a glass, but will make exceptions if she can get Diet Rite.
My dad just drinks La Croix. Lots of La Croix.
bobalonghazardly@reddit
Diet Coke and a handle of Black Velvet for my Dad
It’s not working well for him since he now has the diabetes, kidney failure, and other assorted ailments.
ArtsyRabb1t@reddit
Barely any water and diet everything
Dismal-Detective-737@reddit
Kahlúa and Club soda.
Amazing_Recording_31@reddit
Jim Beam on the rocks
Cloud_Fortress@reddit
Lead in the water supply.
turboderek@reddit
your mind would be blow at a 7-11