Wine Time: Do You Ever Get Tired of Images Like This ?

Somehow the image of a woman trapped like a bug in a big glass of wine has become sexy, cool, edgy …..

Wine time is sold as a “girl power thing” and Mommy’s Sippy cup is an essential baby shower gift.

So we decided to take one of those cutesy promotions for the essentiality of “wine time” and add our own captions. We had some fun with it, made it a competition, and gave the winner a copy of Kristi Coulter’s book, Nothing Good Can Come of This.

Because quite frankly when you start drinking wine out of plastic sippy cups with grape bunches made of tiny purple pacifiers,

And when you actually add a straw! Gross!

That’s not really funny anymore, or cute, or empowering. At least it wasn’t for many of us- even if the trappings are seemingly sophisticated like these Stainless Steel Stemless Wine Tumbler With Lid

The caption on Etsy Reads :

“Cheers to your new favorite wine tumbler! These bright and colorful stainless steel wine tumblers are the next best thing to hit your hands this season! ”

Our winning caption for this image…….

It blurs, it slurs, it even obscures!
It’s the NEW WineCo Supermom party glass set!
Bring it to your kid’s next ballgame!
With festive, solid colors, no one will even know what’s really inside!
Call in the next 15 minutes and we’ll double your order!
A perfect gift to help moms get through the stressful school year!
But wait, there’s more!
Order now and we’ll throw in for free the Supermom tooth whitening cream!
Takes away those pesky stains in minutes!
Any night is party night with the WineCo Supermom party glass set!

Never fear, mummy’s indestructible cup is here.
No spillage, no breakages, no missing your mouth
Top up!
Top up!
Whilst your brain goes south

Honorable mention:

‘’Hey, busy mummies!
you’ll love our new and improved wine-on-the-go travel sippies!
Ethically made paraben-free and with reusable straws.
Say yes to plastered and no to plastics!
Now fits in most pram and stroller coffee cup holders!!”
#saveturtles #plasterednotplastics

If you’re loving your “wine time” and have no problem with the after-effects ENJOY! You can find links for all of these products at the end of the post. Giving credit where credit is due for the vivid images shared here .

The last time I bought a wedding present for a family member it was actually a pair of those XL wine glasses purchased with love! Because enjoying wine time with enthusiasm was just a normal thing to me 10 years ago and the newly minted, powerful social media mill encouraged me to feel fine about my wine time. That eventually turned sour though. It turned out that I was drinking too much too often and it started kicking back.

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