Even before the quarantine made most of the United States ride on their bar cart every week, the concept of the self-confident “wine mum” combined our country’s love for funny home decor and our shared dependence on alcohol to deal with the pressure. of modern parenting. In this week’s Saturday Night Live, Aidy Bryant’s birthday girl comes face to face with her friend’s enthusiastic encouragement about her dependence on a bottle or two to get through the day. “I like you better when I’m good enough,” read her gifts. “Hey, I want to die tonight.” Sure, it can be a painful way to realize that everyone knows about your secret trampoline hiding place, but then everything happens again for a Riesling.
