I’ve heard of pouring one for a friend who has passed away.
Alcoholic culture. Lol. People who love to drink will drink for any reason they can find.
Although, I don’t really feel only alcoholics do it. Alcohol is used to honor people. A toast at a wedding is in the couples honor. If it was a friend who you had good times with that included alcohol, it seems appropriate to have a drink too.
Plus, during a time of mourning a drink might help with the sudden shock of the death.
It doesn’t seem unusual to have a drink in this sort of circumstance.
I can’t jmagine anyone in my family saying it. I can imagine some of my friends, simply because they are bigger on the whole drinking thing. They also come from stereotypical drinking culture. I have a lot of friends who don’t drink, or very rarely drink.