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The Non-Drinker ,advice?

  • 04-05-2012 9:38pm
    #1
    Iancar29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭


    Hey Ladies ,

    HOpe this topic suits this forum, if not , mods feel free to whatever may seem fit.


    Kinda nervous asking about this but ye here it goes...

    So ye im 22 and i don't drink , just not interested, don't like most of it and yeah , obviously health wise its a good thing.
    So when it comes to going to a pub and that it wouldnt really interest me unless its for food or to watch a match and that with mates. All my close mates are couples and ye we 'd all go out for meals and to cinema and that, the usual. None of them are really interested in clubs much anymore, nor am i really. Its hard being in packed places like that i think. Rather be at small house gatherings and that.

    In college , Im in college part-time in DIT and yeah the majority of people are mature students so just friends there.

    So socially , meeting new people seems to be the unlucky thing for me.
    I'm just wondering would anybody here have any advice? ...
    Things are going good with a girl that i was lucky to become friends with. But ye if that wasn't to progress to the stage id like it id be pretty much back to square one. So... yeah , am open to advice and comments.

    Cheers for listening. :)


Comments

  • #2
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,217 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Better bet here Iancar29

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #3
    Sappa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Sappa


    As you get older drink is less of an issue,pick up a few hobbies and do as your still doing.
    The right person will come along and you going to save a bloody fortune by not drinking.


  • #4
    Bubblefett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Bubblefett


    I've only started drinking again after cutting back dramatically the last few years.
    I used to go to the pub with my mates but just have soft drinks or even water. I still had a brilliant time and most of the time when people see you with a coke they think vodka and coke.
    Same with house parties, I'd bring a few cans of fanta or something. No one paid any notice, if they did it was a talking point to chat to people about :)
    The only thing I didn't like was clubs, though I hated them when I was drinking too so it's just personal taste there.

    You get used to being around people drinking as a non drinker as time goes on


  • #5
    Procrastastudy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭Procrastastudy


    Get yourself on the DIT debate team. Ya man in the Irish times last year has a unique style! Got himself though to the next round which was better than me so! Great social side to it and people that want to maintain enough sobriety to have a chin wag for a while after the rounds.

    Get involved with any of the societies that are going and if its particularly women your after Online Dating really is the devils playground! In all the best ways.


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