alcohol, going out etc.

LegacyUser

Ok I dont drink, I'm not all that mad in going out.. and never have any problems back in Ireland. My friends accept and move on to other more interesting stuff. Now spending a few weeks with two Irish guys and a bunch of Canadians/Americans and there seems to be absolutely zero acceptance for my choice.

Seriously they have me convinced not drinking is criminal, am I sooooo wrong?????

Beruthiel

Originally posted by cocserfer
Seriously they have me convinced not drinking is criminal, am I sooooo wrong?????

no and I think you know that already,
I don’t know what age these lads are, but from your comments I’d put them down as immature 18 year olds – tell them to grow up, what if you were a recovering alcoholic, would they still think the same?

MisterAnarchy

Irish people are pissheads and the abuse of drink in this country is a joke.
I lived in Spain for a few years.
There we would go out for a meal around 10pm have wine then a few beers and enjoy ourselves.
Here people go binge drinking at 8pm ,are polluted by 12am and then go for a massive feed of ****e fast food.
I drink around 5 pints on a night out and am sick of encountering pissheads who I'd like to kick the daylights out of.

Sleipnir

I resent that.
I try to be out by 6.

Evil Phil

I found, when travelling, that people were quite shocked with the amount of alcohol I drank. I'm not a pisshead but I'd have a few beers everynight. This was an eye opener to me and I cut down.

But back to your point, no you're not wrong. If you don't want to drink then don't but maybe you should consider finding a new bunch of friends. Ones with a more mature outlook.

Corksham

Bunch of immature children, I have more respect for people who dont drink then for someone who can drink 15 pints

the_obsolete

I can see your problem, becuase I don't drink myself and when I moved some people I called my new 'friends' just couldn't except it and on a few occasions they actually spiked my drink...bloody twats. I promptly ate the crap outta them and told them to piss off.
I'd recommend either laying down the law with them or finding new people to hang with. If they can't accept that, it's their problem.

Boston

Originally posted by Beruthiel
no and I think you know that already,
I don’t know what age these lads are, but from your comments I’d put them down as immature 18 year olds – tell them to grow up, what if you were a recovering alcoholic, would they still think the same?

Maturity has nothing to do with drinking or not drinking, some people are assholes. I know several people who don't drink because they look down on people who do, as if it makes them better. When ever I go out with these people I don't drink (gone months wihtout drinking) due to how unconfortable they make people who drink around feel, and also you just know these people will be widing you up the next day about how "drunk you got". Is this any better then those trying to ocnvince the orginal poster that not drinking is a crime?

the_obsolete

Jesus mate that's nasty...never heard of anybody like that...I just let people be, if they want to drink fire ahead.

chewy

well obviosuly they were new friends it take me along time to forgive anyone for that....


was out on sat night, went back to a mates house from beers and spilffs but i don't drink or do drugs....

it is diffucult sometimes

i dunno im a bit of miser when it come to buying drinks... but part of the reaosn is cos i don;t drink alcohol... so i don't want or need drink everyround... you can only drink so many cokes till it becomes sickening

theres jsut not enough motivation for me to go up ans stand at the bar for 10 boring mins to spend 30 quid on vaste volumes of liquid... hence my friends think im a miser perhaps i am...

Boston

Originally posted by the_obsolete
Jesus mate that's nasty...never heard of anybody like that...I just let people be, if they want to drink fire ahead.

Funny thing is the hypocrisy of someone who by their own admittion doesn't drink because they can't handle the side effects (drunk on a pint with a bastard hang over to match), telling me I'm got pissed drunk the night before, after walking them to their bus stop, making sure they got home safely then walking home myself. Backfired one night when they (two girls) wanted to go to a club in a dodgy enough part of dublin, but as I was already drinking I refused to go out with them. I think they will forgive me for that the other side of never, not to stress about it though.

on a few occasions they actually spiked my drink...bloody twats

that is something I really really don't like. I mean someones being responsible and keeping below their limit and some twat spikes a drink, its you that ends up smacking a garda or something similiar.

the_obsolete

Luckily for me I didn't end up smacking a garda, just flew around like a bloody rag doll in the club. One of my actual mates saw me and figured out pretty quickly that me drink was spiked (they knew I don't drink) and brought me home promptly. I found the pple who did it the next day and slapped one of 'em accross the face...felt soooooooo good!

Boston

Originally posted by the_obsolete
I found the pple who did it the next day and slapped one of 'em accross the face...felt soooooooo good!

You're a better person then me, can't stand anybody messing with a drink of mine, alcohol or other wise. Someone minted a drink (rock shandy) of my once, it wasn't pretty. Lucky you had a decent mate who took care of you in that condition.

martarg

Seriously they have me convinced not drinking is criminal, am I sooooo wrong?????

Welcome to the club... I have a long history of explaining time and again that no, I don't like alcohol, and no, this won't be the night either. All my friends are expecting to see me drunk some time, but they know it's not going to happen, and they have come to accept it (or most of them, but don't care too much about the one who has made it a personal crusade to make me drink). Of course they would never spike my drink (!!), although they have tried to fool me a couple of times as a joke, but the flavour is difficult to miss.... Don't worry too much, just vindicate your own independence and do whatever you feel comfortable doing. If they cannot live with that, they are not your friends...

Kobie

i dunno im a bit of miser when it come to buying drinks... but part of the reaosn is cos i don;t drink alcohol... so i don't want or need drink everyround...

I've a couple of tee-total friends who are the same. The thing is they're more than happy to put in an order when somebody else is going to the bar, but never reciprocate. OK I wouldn't expect them to go rounds, but the odd drink every ten years or so wouldn't go amiss.

Boston

I don't understand, how can you be a part of the rounds system if you don't keep up with it. I'd never take part in a round system like that. Soft drinks cost more then a pint in the first palce

Red Alert

Rounds aren't really my thing to be honest. I've a good few teetotal friends and most of them are quite mad even without the drink - it's only the boring ****es like me need it

Zoton

I dont drink myself, and i'd have to agree with you about a lot of people just not understanding it. I've actually lost interest in going out because of the amount of hassle i get and having to explain over, and over, and over again, that i dont drink. Its just not worth the effort anymore.

weeginger

I drink very little. Why ? That's easy when I get drunk I turn into a whinge. Everything annoys me and I get really depressed. THe next day I feel like crap nursing guilt and a hangover.

I don't tell people that I do or don't drink. I tend not to get into "rounds" because I think it puts pressure on people. If someone offers to buy me a drink I'll just ask for a juice or something. This got some strange reactions until I started bringing my car out a night and now my mates think I'm a saint for staying sober.

My reasons for not drinking are no different, (I don't like who I am when I'm pissed) but there reaction is so different. When I go out with uni mates they will come up to me the next day and tell me how drunk I was "last night" "going mad on the dance floor" or chatting somebody up. To be honest if someone needs a skinfull to get them on the dance floor I think they need to take a long hard look at themselves.

weeginger

By the way - I always repay when soemone buys me a drink - maybe not that night. If I am driving people about I don't see anything wrond with buying them drinks.

OLDYELLAR

nothing weird about not drinking , your choice shouldnt affect them , it shouldnt have any impact on them , if you dont want to drink its your choice and if they do its theres , everyone to their own , just ignore them