Class trip drinking

LegacyUser

Our transition year class are going to Rome for 6 days in May. We are all only 16. People in the class are on about going drinking there because the drinking age is only 16. I know if I don't drink I will get bullied over it. Any advice?

LolaLuv

You could say you're on antibiotics. That's what I do on the rare occasions I don't feel like drinking and don't want to get harassed for it.

JuliusCaesar

Unregistered wrote: »

Our transition year class

1 Your teachers will be accompanying you, and as they will be 'in loco parentis' (in your parents place) and responsible for you, it is highly unlikely they will allow drinking. The teachers KNOW that teenagers will try it on, and will do all they can to prevent it, including taking turns staying awake all night.

2 You can either stand up for yourself and say you don't want to drink/don't like the taste; or you can pretend to drink. Either way, if your friends get caught, you'll be in trouble too.

3 They are probably bragging anyway.

tbh

Unregistered wrote: »

Our transition year class are going to Rome for 6 days in May. We are all only 16. People in the class are on about going drinking there because the drinking age is only 16. I know if I don't drink I will get bullied over it. Any advice?

There's no advice anyone can give you except this: To thine own self, be true. Trust me my friend, standing up to bullies is a skill you need to learn, the sooner you get the hang of it the better. If you want a line, then just tell them that every time you get drunk, you fall asleep, and there are too many hotties around to waste time sleeping. I promise you that if there is a gang of 16-year olds going drinking in Rome, at LEAST one of them will embarrass themselves so badly that people won't notice that fact that you didn't drink. Stay strong little buddy!

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Unregistered wrote: »

Our transition year class are going to Rome for 6 days in May. We are all only 16. People in the class are on about going drinking there because the drinking age is only 16. I know if I don't drink I will get bullied over it. Any advice?

1. Grow a pair.
2. Either drink or don't drink.

JessieJames

PillyPen wrote: »

You could say you're on antibiotics. That's what I do on the rare occasions I don't feel like drinking and don't want to get harassed for it.

thats a good idea also you could get a soft drink the same colour as an alcoholic drink - like lucozade and bulmers no one will know the difference

LegacyUser

The teacher we are going with will let us drink.

Supra lover 87

cidona is the same colour all ya have to do then is pour a mouth full of bulmers into it and if someone doesent believe your drinking give them a taste once they taste the smallest amount of it they will think its the real stuff

LegacyUser

Sean_K wrote: »

1. Grow a pair.
2. Either drink or don't drink.

Wow insightful advice there macho man, Id say you had a hairy chest by 12 nevermind 16

OP I reckon the antibiotics story is a good way to go

Lollipops23

the antibiotics one is a good idea; my mate used that when she was in the early stages of pregnancy and didn't wanna tell people the real reason she couldn't drink!
i reckon it's a load of big-man talk from your mates tbh-teachers are well aware of the shít kids will pull on class trips. i've heard of many a teenager being caught and promptly suspended after shenangans like this!

Ainm

Agree with the others, either lie and say something like you're on antibiotics or be strong and say you don't want to.

As someone else said, it's a school trip. It's unlikely they'll even get the chance to drink. We went on a trip to Rome when I was in TY too and as soon as we arrived the teachers all went round getting us to open our bags and move the clothes etc around in them to show there was nothing hidden (apparently they weren't legally allowed to randomly search our bags themselves, this is how they got around that.)

Then they had jam-packed so many activities etc into the week that nobody had any time/energy to go drinking! I expect you'll have a similar experience.

petethebrick

Don't pretend to drink like some posters here advise - this will only make you a laughing stock if your classmates cop on. And don't say antibiotics - it's more of an excuse for when you're older not for among 16 year olds!
The bottom line is drink if you want to don't if you don't - you'll get more respect if you just lay down the line. Just tell them 'no, i don't drink' - don't act embarrased or nervous about the fact and don't act like you're expecting to be bullied for not drinking if you know what I mean.
When I was your age I didn't have this problem cos I was more concerned about experimenting with all sorts of booze. The experiment is ongoing
Have fun on you trip!

smileysurfer

I remember having the same problem back in the day!
But to be honest faking it will only mean ul have to pretend the next time again which will get tiring.
Surely not EVERYONE in the class wants to drink on the trip neway so I really doubt you'l be alone on it!:P

Toots

I agree with the antibiotics idea. When I was in TY we went away and a couple of the girls got caught drinking and there was murder! They were confined to the hotel for the rest of the trip and then when we got back their parents were called down to the school and they got suspended and also they were banned from going on any other trips (our school did another TY trip later in the year and also a ski trip for 5th and 6th years). They were the very ones that were giving the rest of us stick for not doing it! Trust me it's really not worth the hassle.

louisecm

Would it be feasible at all to tell them you have some sort of deal with your parents that if you don't drink before a certain age they'll do something amazing for you? Like give you a load of cash, or something like that?

The obvious answer is to just not drink, and have that be that but unfortunately that's not always easy at your age.

GiftofGab

Don't bother lying! If you lie and get found out then you will be bullied. If you dont want to drink then dont and tell everyone you dont. Just stand up for yourself and be a leader not a follower. Its easy to go with the group but takes balls to go against the group. Believe me if you can tell the truth, stand up and go against the group, people will respect you for it. Only sissy's will follow the group for the sake of it.

Lollipops23

GiftofGab wrote: »

Don't bother lying! If you lie and get found out then you will be bullied. If you dont want to drink then dont and tell everyone you dont. Just stand up for yourself and be a leader not a follower. Its easy to go with the group but takes balls to go against the group. Believe me if you can tell the truth, stand up and go against the group, people will respect you for it. Only sissy's will follow the group for the sake of it.

i agree,but it's so much harder to do this when you're 16.

i-digress

When I was sixteen I was in Poland on a class trip, and the exact same thing happened to me. Drinking was never a big deal for me, probably because my parents were laid back and let me drink at home. I just said I didn't want to. I got no hassle at all. I know its hard when you're younger but you need to just tell the truth. And say it now, so everyone knows the score before you go. Good luck

minidazzler

GiftofGab wrote: »

Don't bother lying! If you lie and get found out then you will be bullied. If you dont want to drink then dont and tell everyone you dont. Just stand up for yourself and be a leader not a follower. Its easy to go with the group but takes balls to go against the group. Believe me if you can tell the truth, stand up and go against the group, people will respect you for it. Only sissy's will follow the group for the sake of it.

Which people? when you say stand up and go against, do you mean, shout it or just say "nah lads, do wanna". I read this and it sounds like you mean for the OP to be a militant no. (sorry if I got this bit wrong.(

The only ways to do this is to just say "no lads I don't wanna drink!" or lie to them about the anti-biotics, but if you are gonna lie, then bring a bottle so that you have some credibility.

Lol at Sissy, that's an old people word I haven't heard in a while!!!

skooterblue

PillyPen wrote: »

You could say you're on antibiotics. That's what I do on the rare occasions I don't feel like drinking and don't want to get harassed for it.

+1

There will be loads of time for drinking later in life. School trips are not a good time to start ... If you are caught you dont want to deal with the hassel of school parent and so forth. Be cool!

Rowley Birkin QC

Sean_K wrote: »

1. Grow a pair.
2. Either drink or don't drink.

Making up stories about antibiotics isn't going to get you far.

Make your decision and stick by it.

minidazzler

OP, Do you drink? as in general terms, would you drink every now and then? If not then do not drink on this trip.

If you do, then I don't see why you can't have a few drinks, just don't get drunk.

I started drinking myself in Paris on a trip with a Youth Group, I didn't get pissed just happy, but I did get caught and had a nice "talking too". There were a few of us, but I made a conscious decision to drink, just once while it was legal, to see what it is like, I enjoyed it so I drink now, alot!

What I am getting at is, if you don't want to drink then don't. but, if you do actually drink, there is nothing to stop you having a few beers, as long as you are not an idiot about it.

Overheal

Im not gonna drink.

Why?

I don't care to.

.

Hell I've run several house parties with a friend who despises drink and has never really tried it. Frankly we just stop trying after offering it a couple times. Its always there if he wants it, we werent going to force him to do something he didn't want to. He's 21 now and still sober as a judge.

traffic_cone

Tell them that you can't stand the taste of drink and if that doesn't work tell them to shove it!

Your teacher should not be allowing drinking.

Dudess

Unregistered wrote: »

The teacher we are going with will let us drink.

Definitely?

I really think you should just abstain - and if someone gives you hassle just say something along the lines of "eh... what the **** difference does it make to you whether I drink or not?"

What a bunch of little ****s.

Overheal

traffic_cone wrote: »

Tell them that you can't stand the taste of drink and if that doesn't work tell them to shove it!

Your teacher should not be allowing drinking.

I wouldn't indulge them in any debate to be honest. Taste of Drink easily ends up in a 2 hour spiel about WKD and Vodkas and Redbulls versus Whiskey and Lager.

Keep your response short and firm and self explainatory: "I don't want to".

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Unregistered wrote: »

Wow insightful advice there macho man, Id say you had a hairy chest by 12 nevermind 16

OP I reckon the antibiotics story is a good way to go

lolwut:rolleyes:

I can't believe that people here are advocating this 'run and hide' attitude.

traffic_cone

Overheal wrote: »

Keep your response short and firm and self explainatory: "I don't want to".

This always leads to someone asking "Why?"

Overheal wrote: »

I wouldn't indulge them in any debate to be honest. Taste of Drink easily ends up in a 2 hour spiel about WKD and Vodkas and Redbulls versus Whiskey and Lager.

a 2 hour spiel means 2 hours where he can avoid drinking

Jonathan

Sean_K wrote: »

1. Grow a pair.
2. Either drink or don't drink.

Agreed.

I'm nearly 21 and have never drank.

I have never hidden the fact that I don't either.



Don't follow the crowd.