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What's the best number of people to go drinking with

  • 25-07-2025 12:56PM
    #1
    FazyLucker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭


    My favourite is 2.

    Don't like drinking on my own. Unless at home.

    Drinking with one other person = too intimate. I tend to not enjoy it.

    Drinking with more than two other people = too much noise, too big of a round, needing to drink at the pace of the fastest person. Finishing an 4-person round is inevitably getting you up in to the serious hangover territory if you are having 8 pints...or just me maybe.

    Drinking with two other people is ideal for me, good number for conversation and a bit of banter, round is the right size if you are only after a few pints or even six is manageable.

    Obviously depends who you are drinking with!

    What do people think?



Comments

  • #2
    Sunny Disposition
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,106 ✭✭✭Sunny Disposition


    I’d go with three. That leaves enough options for one on one conversation while it’s small enough for everyone in the group to talk as well.



  • #3
    DundalkDuffman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 737 ✭✭✭DundalkDuffman


    Games gone if it's three 🙁



  • #4
    Strumms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    3/4 is grand…that would be my preferred….



  • #5
    Greyfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,164 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    The higher the number the better, drinking with 6 people is better than with 2 and drinking with 15 people is better than 10. The reason been is you have the option of jumping from one mini group to the other IF you want to



  • #6
    Declan05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ✭✭Declan05


    Two good friends and if we do rounds it's only 3 rounds, can't handle much more than 3 pints these days.



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  • #7
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 37,002 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    People need to stop with the round shite. All it does is get people pissed.



  • #8
    BaywatchHQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 723 ✭✭✭BaywatchHQ


    Have never drank with anyone as I've never had friends in my adult life



  • #9
    MyOtherIDisVolchitsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭MyOtherIDisVolchitsa


    Two other people if they're really good friends, three or maximum four otherwise. Beyond that it tends to get too noisy and uncoordinated for me.



  • #10
    MyOtherIDisVolchitsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭MyOtherIDisVolchitsa


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123673330#Comment_123673330

    Yes this is true. Again, it's ok with a small group, but no more than four for me, or I'm under the table. Not a big drinker at the best of times, TBF. Or not any more anyway!



  • #11
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,459 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    3 or 4 including myself. More than that tends to get messy.



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  • #12
    selenie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭selenie


    For me, 2-3 people is the sweet spot. It’s small enough for good conversation without feeling too rushed or too quiet. Anything more than that, and it starts to feel like you’re just keeping up with the group rather than enjoying the night.



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