My family is like this - the community where I grew up pushes young motherhood and eschews education and good jobs for women. Then again, the men where I grew up don't often do college, either.
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What we need to do is increase agency, not just assume that everyone has it.
This. This is such an important factor.
false victimhood is just a very difficult mentality to defeat
I'm kinda happy to live in a cold climate where gaining a few in winter is not only normal, but basically a survival mechanism. It's easy enough to be slim in summer, when it's nice, and you want to walk everywhere, and all you crave is fruit and salad. But winter, man, It's sweaters and cheesy comfort food, all the…
Try figuring out what flavors (notes if you want to go with the wine lingo) appeal to you while drinking the sweeter wines and use that as a jumping off point. Is is a peachy flavor, berries, roses...whatever is speaking to you can be a good starting place to find other wines you like.
Wine is a huge subject though. Hundreds of regions, hundreds of grape varieties; it would honestly take years to learn enough about wine to sound like you knew something about wine to people who know something about wine. That's the part you should drop, giving a fuck what other people think. I think some people get…
Reisling is pretty good.
Honestly, you've found what you like. Revel in it. Some people like sweeter wines, some don't and there's no damn shame in either. Anyone who'll shame you for your wine choice, well that's their issue.
I'm the same! The only wines I find appealing are moscato and gewurztraminer. If I'm with a group of wine loving friends who I know will make fun of me for ordering moscato, I'll order a reisling. I don't really like it though.
I am not a wine buff, nor do I find wine to taste that great, but I do love a good Cote du Rhone.