Dear Queenie,
My wife says it’s not right to give people liquor or wine as a gift. I say it’s okay because even if they don’t drink they will have it to serve to guests.
Queenie, what do you say?—Alcohol Etty Ket
Dear Etty Ket,
The only time an alcoholic beverage would be an inappropriate gift is when you know for a fact that the person(s) would not ever drink it, serve it or give it away to someone else (“re-gift” it).
However, if you are not certain, surely you can think of some other impersonal gift. There is always the good old gift certificate – which should be for a very general type of store, such as a supermarket.
