Abby Normal
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To me, the wine speaks volumes........
Being an avid wino and the mother of three small children I'll give you my thougts. First, I love wine, but I don't drink it if my husband is not home. I abstain because once I start I want a buzz.....I don't drink when he's gone for two major reasons: 1. If something happens to the kids, I can't drive because I'd have been drinking, thus would need to call an ambulance and look like an idiot, not be able to go the hospital, and VERY likely get slapped with child endangerment, etc.wind up with child protective services, wind up on Nancy Grace, the whole nine yards.... And my husband would likely divorce me.....2. If, god forbid, something bad happened (like a death) ON AN ACCIDENT, i.e. falling down the stairs, OD on meds, drown in toilet.. then, my being drunk changes the ballgame COMPLETELY and an "accident" can turn from no charges pressed to upwards of 20 years in the slammer.... I'm still on the fence but If I was a betting woman, it was some sort of an accident and she panicked....
Yeah, but that's you. If I couldn't have a glass of wine when my husband wasn't home, that would be about 40% of the time. I know I have plenty of neighbors and friends who would help me if it weren't a 911 situation, and I know I can call a taxi. If it is a 911 situation, than an ambulance is completely reasonable.
Also, if she was a single mom for any period of time between partners, she would be more desensitized to how things are different when her partner wasn't home. I wasn't a single mom, but I did live on my own some time before getting married- across the country from family. I'm also partnered to someone who travels internationally for work. Husband being away is really NBD once you are accustomed to it, and it's life as usual.
Who knows where DB fell in the spectrum and why.