BYOB question

[Illuminations_Rocks]

I'd think it was referring to alcohol. I don't think there's anything wrong with him saying to bring your own soda but then I feel it should have been more specific than BYOB, or maybe say like bring your own beverages. Though, since he has water and a punch, I'd be a-ok with that as well.

 

[mamacatnv]

BYOB has evolved in my circles over the years especially as more and more people stepped away from soda.

If I have a BYOB event I will note what beverages I will be providing. I always have water and usually tea or lemonade and state that on the invite.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Means "booze" to me, but under any circumstance where people are bringing something, I just to ahead and bring my own drinks so I know I'll have what I like.

 

[ashley0139]

Byob is bring your own alcohol. Liquor is expensive and buying choices that satisfy everyone is even more expensive. Buying a few 2 liters is NOT expensive. That's why byob exists. Your brother is wrong. Lol.

 

[LJSquishy]

BYOB only applies to alcoholic beverages. The host should provide other beverage options for guests, whether it be water, lemonade, tea, or soda. I don't think they need to provide each of those, but water and at least one other choice would be nice.

If I were hosting, I would supply water, lemonade or iced tea, and Izze soda. Well, actually I wouldn't host a BYOB event (I always provide everything when hosting, since I'm the one inviting), but if I were, that's what I would provide for beverages.

 

[StitchesGr8Fan]

I've never heard of BYOB meaning beverage. It has always meant booze. You need to tell your brother to either make it more clear, or you can post on the FB invite.

I've been to gatherings where the host has only had beverages they like (like only offering water or diet soda) and it's annoying. But if I had known ahead of time I could have at least brought my own soda to drink.

 

[disneychrista]

He is offering water & a punch. The guests aren't going to be thirsty.

 

[LilyWDW]

I have always known BYOB to mean booze/beer. Never beverage in general.

That said, he IS providing other drinks and is not required to provide a huge selection. Water and punch are fine for a get together. If people are going to be so picky then they can bring whatever they "need" to have. I wouldn't think anything bad about a host who only provided those two drinks. Not a huge deal in my opinion.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Wow--I am surprised by the nearly unanimous response. i have always thought BYOB meant to bring your own beverage, whether alcoholic or not.
So many soda drinkers are picky about Coke or Pepsi or something else, and diet or regular or Coke Zero, etc, that it makes a lot of sense to have people just bring what they want for both alcohol and not.

I do agree that a host ought to provide something to drink anyway--which your brother is doing. I think your brother's two beverage choices are fine and he is not required to provide soda at any party, BYOB or not.

 

[goofinoff]

Bring your own booze Other drinks would be provided.

This.

 

[Hrhpd]

Byob is bring your own alcohol. Liquor is expensive and buying choices that satisfy everyone is even more expensive. Buying a few 2 liters is NOT expensive. That's why byob exists. Your brother is wrong. Lol.

I don't think the brother is wrong.

He is providing water and a summer punch, perfectly acceptable drinks for a bbq.

It was only when the OP complained that there was no soda, that the brother told her that is why he put BYOB on the invite.

He is providing a selection of non-alcoholic drinks. The OP doesn't like it because she wants soda. I would have told my sister to BYOB(everage) too if she didn't like what I was serving at my bbq.

 

[sam_gordon]

I don't think the brother is wrong.

He is providing water and a summer punch, perfectly acceptable drinks for a bbq.

It was only when the OP complained that there was no soda, that the brother told her that is why he put BYOB on the invite.

He is providing a selection of non-alcoholic drinks. The OP doesn't like it because she wants soda. I would have told my sister to BYOB(everage) too if she didn't like what I was serving at my bbq.

Agreed!

 

[ashley0139]

I don't think the brother is wrong. He is providing water and a summer punch, perfectly acceptable drinks for a bbq. It was only when the OP complained that there was no soda, that the brother told her that is why he put BYOB on the invite. He is providing a selection of non-alcoholic drinks. The OP doesn't like it because she wants soda. I would have told my sister to BYOB(everage) too if she didn't like what I was serving at my bbq.

Oh, I don't disagree. He is providing other choices. I meant he was wrong that byob universally means bring your own beverage as opposed to booze/alcohol. Clearly it's not universal.

 

[LBIJim]

Oh, I don't disagree. He is providing other choices. I meant he was wrong that byob universally means bring your own beverage as opposed to booze/alcohol. Clearly it's not universal.

Yep, it's fine with what he's providing. Obviously, though, based on the responses on this thread, BYOB does not "universally" mean bring any and all beverages you wish you consume.

One time, about 45 years ago, when I was a kid, my family visited distant relatives in Michigan. Beer was the ONLY beverage they provided. My father was fine with it, my mother nursed one during the visit, and the husband had to run to the store to buy soda for my brother and me.

 

[grafxgirl]

Bring your own beverage is what it means to me. Could be alcoholic or nonalcoholic.

 

[indygirl99]

Bring your own beverage is what it means in my circle.

Except for one friend who is vegan and for her invites it means bring your own burger. Of course everyone who knows and goes to her parties knows this. She even has separate grills to accommodate her guests.

 

[emma'smom]

My DH is diabetic, so he always takes along a few cans of diet soda just in case the options are all sugary. That said, there is always water...

 

[disneychrista]

Except for one friend who is vegan and for her invites it means bring your own burger.

I L-O-V-E it!

 

[kirstenb1]

OP, my byob is the same as yours.

 

[maslex]

What is your take on what BYOB means?

My brother is having a cookout. Invites came through Facebook and it says...BYOB. Now, I've always known it to mean Bring Your Own Booze/Beer.

Well, I'm talking with him the other day and he's going over the list of dishes that everyone is bringing, that way I can decide on what to bring. He mentions that he'll have bottled water and juice (like a summer punch made in one of those big containers with a spigot). I say, what about soda? And he says to me, "Well, that's why I wrote BYOB" I was like . So I tell him that not everyone drinks alcohol and that they'll want a soda to probably wash down their dinner. He tells me that BYOB "universally" means, bring your own drink (whether it be alcohol, soda or whatever)

Now, I have never heard of that in my life. Not saying that it's not true but I've just always thought it meant that they're not supplying the beer/booze, but if you'd like to partake in a drink or two, bring your own.

Can you tell me what it means to you?

I don't think the brother is wrong.

He is providing water and a summer punch, perfectly acceptable drinks for a bbq.

It was only when the OP complained that there was no soda, that the brother told her that is why he put BYOB on the invite.

He is providing a selection of non-alcoholic drinks. The OP doesn't like it because she wants soda. I would have told my sister to BYOB(everage) too if she didn't like what I was serving at my bbq.

Whoa, back up the train. Op here. If you look back at my original post NO WHERE did I "complain" about not having soda at his picnic and NO WHERE did I mention that I wanted soda. I was simply asking him, "what about soda", since he didn't mention it and because I know that MANY picnics that I've been to, most (if not all) have provided water, juice, soda, lemonades (even beer at some) etc. And in my original post, I said that "they'll probably want a soda to wash down their dinner" NOT that "I" wanted the soda.

And as someone else mentioned, if I know a host is providing something that we don't drink, we bring our own, with no problem what so ever.

My whole post was basically asking about the meaning of BYOB. It really had nothing to do with me wanting soda at his picnic, or that I was upset that he wasn't having soda there. But when he said that it was "universally" known as, bring your own drinks, I knew he was basically blowing smoke. Then I got to thinking that maybe it's a New England and it might mean something else in other parts of the country. So I came on here to simply ask what those 4 little letters meant to others.