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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On Saturday, February 15, 2014 7:09:51 PM UTC-6, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 2/15/2014 6:13 PM, Janet wrote:
> >
> > > Could it be, she has a different opinion of what you're like after a
> >
> > > few beers? If you're so unaffected by it, why would she want you "to
> >
> > > drink LESS or NO beer". ?
> >
> She worries about the health effects more than anything, and I didn't say
> unaffected. I said not "mean or crazy." <....>

> It makes me nicer. I can be a really mean sober.

If (in your belief) you're nicer drunk than sober, it's pretty hard
to square that with why she wants you to drink less or no beer.

Call it the Bove effect. There's a level of blinkered self-
delusion/inconsistency here.

Janet UK.