Trust Mumbai residents to come up with a fancy name to justify daytime drinking – I adore it. It’s no wonder that drunches become full-blown affairs that result in even better experiences than night-time debauchery. Here’s why you can’t call yourself a drinker if you haven’t been to at least one drunk brunch in your life.
Daytime drunkenness: This posh event is more to get drunk in broad daylight than to socialise. While drinking when the sun is up is mostly looked down upon, drunch gives you a reason to chug down those beers and cocktails without a care in the world. People are probably even going to think higher of you once your drunch Instagram stories go up.
Seeing your friends in a new light: You know your work friend loves to go out on the town and dance, but suddenly she also has interesting stories to share. Let’s be real, there’s no talking happening in the pubs that get crowded at 9pm sharp. You get to discover so much more about the people you hang out with, and it’s great.
A test of bravery: You could be the most valiant of them all and have zero inhibitions post sun down but something about sunlight makes you feel exposed. So it takes that much more effort to get up and do a little jig to your favourite song, but down enough drinks and we promise you’ll realise it’s much better than dancing in a packed, dark nightclub.
The food: The best part is that drunch is as much about the actual brunch as it is about drinking. Once you’ve had two meals in a day and have a plan to drink out, you somehow tend to skip on dinner in favour of the next drink. But if it’s the first meal of the day, there’s no way the table won’t be overflowing with food. You get to hog and also drink, could the day be more perfect?
Lots more time: Curfews, other plans, being tired, work the next day – all of these could potentially ruin your night. But guess what, drunches leave a lot of time after and during to do whatever you want! Your Sunday couldn’t be off to a better start than with a drunch. And we all know, productivity is 200 times higher when you’re slightly drunk.
