Daytime Drinking Parties: Bring Your Kids!

My parents only ever drank on New Year’s Eve, but, yeah, I have fond memories of mom getting smashed with friends. If it were an everyday thing, perhaps no, but it was fun seeing the adults act silly once a year.

I think it depends on the family. Many, at least the ones in our community are still very “traditional” in their ways. Women do all the household and child care, the husband makes the money. Not many join in. But I do feel that is changing, slowly, but I do see some fathers making an effort to be part of their child’s lives. The yochien my son attends even has a father’s club. Sometimes fathers will watch the child while the mother’s clean or go out for a hair cut. Not many in my complex have their parents nearby to babysit. Only a few, like myself, are lucky to have grandparents(my in-laws) in the same city. I totally agree parental responsibilities should be shared and we are lucky to have it ourselves but you can’t change others. I knew one mother who was happier without her husband around at all. I also feel my father-in-law regrets not being there for his own kids but now he makes an effort to be with his grand kids as much as possible. Which reminds me, I do have a drinking party this weekend and my boy will spend a night with his grandparents being spoiled. such a situation is much better than daytime parties with kids. But, each parental group is different. Also depends on the region. Perhaps this daytime drinking is more acceptable in bigger cities than the countryside. I know many who frown upon afternoon drinking and many Japanese seem shocked if I mention that I grew up watching adults in my home town drink cocktails for lunch during the working hour. LOL, I doubt that is done anymore. But I just can’t see this attracting enough business to cover the costs of being open and paying for staff.

cool story Bro-san.