Brits are freaks - Alcohol and Motherhood

The Brits need to put on their alcoholic beverages tags saying that pregnant women are not supposed to drink. This is something I've never seen in Italy. You could argue that English people are more mature and sensible to do so. But here comes a huge question mark: do mothers-to-be here need an ad to tell them that it's not advisable to assume alcohol while pregnant?

Clearly, they need it. And unfortunately, it's not an effective measure either, as such news confirm: Binge mom spared jail!!! The source is not one of the best. The Sun is arguably a serious paper. It's very biased in its reporting and the language it uses is far from objective. It slants towards offence most of the time, actually. But in this case, well, we have something to be outraged by.


I became rather sensitive to all the motherhood topic in the past two years. I've seen my sister pregnant, I've seen her in labour pains, I've seen my nephew new-born, with his diamond-shaped little face and wet black hair. And now I've come to know that my best friend is pregnant.

Motherhood is a sort of state of grace. My sister felt like Buddha when she was pregnant. She was radiant. Needless to say, she had fears, mainly concerning her son's health. She developed this morbid habit of watching eerie videos on the Internet of utterly appalling things, such as animals giving birth, kids with diseases and stuff like that. She was paranoid about her child's health and safety. Therefore, as she knew she was pregnant, alcohol was banned straightaway.

No ads, no commercials needed. She just made a commonsensical choice. Our mothers tell us so. I frankly don't know. We just know it. My best friend quit smoking. Ads are written in caps on cigarettes packages too, though. So I guess it makes sense if here, in England, they need ads to prevent pregnant women from drinking.

It's just rather sad that we need the advertising empire to tell us what's healthy and what's not. What about old wise granny's remedies? We know more, but we are far less wise.
And wasn't England homeland of commonsense? I doubt it.