Do you share cups with people?

[moonbyu]

i gotta know the person extremely well for me to do that. like childhood best friend level type stuff. ain't no way i'm sharing my drink with someone a met only a couple of months ago.

 

[Jhine7]

This didn't age well. With covid.

 

[JellyBeans]

^ was about to say haha in these times? not a chance. pre-covid, however, I was happy to share drinks with friends - no big deal to me. probably wouldn't share with a stranger though. I don't know where you've been

 

[MikkiC306]

If you are dying of thirst and I can't find water anywhere yes. I will save your life and allow you to take a drink of my drink. No matter how it is being dispensed. My children and fiancé if they are in discomfort, they don't have to be dying. Otherwise do not touch my drink, fork, don't even breathe over my plate in my general direction. I'm super weird about that (and boogers).

 

[LuchaSloth]

During pandemic times? No...never.

Before this? It would depend on who the person was.

Among family, or friends who I know well? Sure. I used to share drinks a lot...also joints and bowls. It wasn't something I would go out of my way to do...but it would happen if we were all drinking different beers, and wanted to try what the other person had, etc. It wasn't like we were ever sharing drinks for the sake of sating thirst...just a quick swig here and there. Happened all the time.

If I wasn't close friends with someone? No. It literally had to be my inner circle.

 

[Byngo]

uh that would be a big fat no pre and post pandemic

 

[Halloqueen]

I've never shared a drink with anyone, or at least don't remember an instance of doing so, and have no interest in ever doing so. It doesn't matter how well I know a person, I just won't do it. If someone was thirsty and needed a drink I had, I'd just give it to them and they can keep it. I would have to be in a comparatively desperate situation to humor the idea of consuming someone else's drink, otherwise I'll just go thirsty or acquire my own drink.

 

[Jam86]

bruh i won't even share a glass, let alone a drink
no joke, i have my own glass at home that only i'm allowed to use i also have my own bowl, plate, fork, spoon & knife nobody can use except me lol

 

[Corrie]

It doesn't bother me if it's someone I'm comfortable with. I wouldn't do it with just anyone and in general it's more about taking sips, rather than drinking the entire thing together.

 

[Xara]

this isn’t a situation that i’ve found myself in very often but i don’t really have a problem with it; just depends on who i’m sharing the cup with.

 

[JemAC]

Pre covid I’d share a drink with family/friends if they wanted a sip to try something and if it was from a cup/glass but I’d never share a straw with anyone and nowadays thanks to the pandemic I probably wouldn’t share the drink anymore.

 

[Plainbluetees]

Uh, no. I’m going to refrain from using the “C” word, LOL...

 

[moo_nieu]

No, I only share my drink with my boyfriend and I really dislike it especially when people ask me for a sip. It's gross not knowing how often they brush their teeth, or what they might pass to me for that matter. I've known people who have gotten herpes from accidentally drinking from someone else's cup.. why would I do it to myself on purpose. I always feel pressured to comply whenever someone asks because of my anxiety. But then it's a double edged sword since either way, I get triggered. I wish people would stop asking. It's just rude..

yeah that happened to my mom :C she got a cold sore after someone asked for a sip of her drink and she obliged. she knew it was going to happen too bc she saw a cold sorr on their lip (after they took a sip) and asked them if it was indeed a cold sore. the other lady said yes and my mom was like , but it was too late for her

i shared drinks when i was a young kid i think, but since then i really dont like it. boyfriend is okay to share my drinks most of the time. mom used to be able to, but now i have to watch out for her (she will beg for sips or just take them)

 

[cIementine]

not like entire drinks but if i'm out and a friend is like 'hey try this it's really good' or 'hey is this as strong/weak as i think it is' i'll take a sip and vice versa but i wouldn't share entire drinks with someone.

 

[SlEEPYTEARRS]

i never share drinks with anyone but my gf. my family is actually okay with it and if id be like "hm i want to try that" they would shove it in my face and id have to walk away because ew

 

[~Kilza~]

I very rarely do, and even then those moments have exclusively been with my family. Even pre-pandemic there's no way I'd want anybody else to take a drink from my straw/cup/what have you.

 

[MikkiC306]

yeah that happened to my mom :C she got a cold sore after someone asked for a sip of her drink and she obliged. she knew it was going to happen too bc she saw a cold sorr on their lip (after they took a sip) and asked them if it was indeed a cold sore. the other lady said yes and my mom was like , but it was too late for her

i shared drinks when i was a young kid i think, but since then i really dont like it. boyfriend is okay to share my drinks most of the time. mom used to be able to, but now i have to watch out for her (she will beg for sips or just take them)

I have had cold sores (aka fever blisters, also is a type of herpes) since well my first cold sore i was 5. So many aren't familiar with them. A vast majority of the US has the virus. Last I read a few years ago only 13% have repeat occurrences of the blisters. I am the 13%. Its lovely. I have 5 kids and have actively tried not to pass it to them and so far have managed that, at least to my knowledge. They may have the virus but have never had the blister. Viruses can be so mysterious. If the blister pops, from my experience, it will spread across my lip. I can't remember what I've read in regards to whether or not you have to have an active blister in order to pass the virus. It is my understanding that it can also be passed to other areas of the body but is in itself a separate virus from the more personal kind . It sucks. I can tell when I am about to get one as my lip starts to itch in a weird place. I have a system that gets rid of them very quickly. Maybe that's why I don't share things with people though.

 

[dragonpisces69]

Only as a very young child I did. Nowadays, not anymore since the mere thought of sharing cups (with details like saliva and germs that are not your own) already frightens me.

 

[xhyloh]

obviously not what with recent events, but it used to be something i've done with my family from a very young age so it doesn't bug me that bad. i just need to know the person like REALLY well

 

[Xeleron]

Not anymore but tbh, I don't mind sharing drinks with my family or close friends. Plus, in the past when I've shared drinks with friends, we would usually drink from a different side and even before dinking we would use a napkin to clean the rim before and after (I speak in past tense since I haven't seen them in so long t.t)