Crabgrass by Tauhid Bondia for June 17, 2020

Back in the day…

Dad: “Now, let’s get you to cigars.”

My dad gave me a sip of whiskey when I was about 5.Almost 30 years later, I still don’t drink.

When I was a kid, the pediatrician recommended giving me a tablespoon of booze at bedtime to help with my insomnia. For years after I hit legal age, I’d forego drinking because it just tasted like medicine.

Trust issues? You should have believed him, it was the truth.

Dad cracks me up. Sometimes he’s so over-the-top and then he gets so subtle.

Reminds me of when my grandpa let me smoke his cigar.Guess who has never smoked sense.

I am over sixty and that is STILL my reaction to beer. Somebody should shoot the horse they got it out of.

Since he took a sip, he already didn’t trust his dad’s advice.

Experience is the best teacher

LOL, I remember tasting beer when I was little too and it put me off for life! My friends in Uni said “if you just keep drinking it, you’ll eventually like it”. I didn’t think it was worth it. Same with coffee. No amount of sugar would fix that taste.

Pretty much my experience with beer.

Sounds like when my grandpa told my dad + uncle “If you boys ever want to smoke, tell me and I’ll get you the biggest cigars in town.”

what kid hasn’t asked that same question and had the same reaction.

So glad I just discovered this strip.

It is an acquired taste for sure. Especially if you’re drinking a Pilsner type of beer. I’ve always found those to be more than a little bitter…

My dad fed me beer when I was two…LOL. Oddly enough, the older I get, the less I drink alcohol.

Never have learned to like that stuff, and I am 66!

My dad and I had this exchange when I was ten. I didn’t like it and still don’t. Also, the concept of an acquired taste is so weird to me. Like, who wants to go through the process of acquiring a taste, which is basically- drink something it’s already been established they hate, and keep doing it, until you like it, and it’s probably expensive.