not drinking = no fun!!

[lupo pazzesco]

I’m going to start off by saying I’m not a complete teetotaler. I do occasionally imbibe in alcohol, but I can count on one hand the number of times I year I have a drink, usually. That said, this happened at a local grocery store, and rather than post it in sightings, I felt it safer to put here.

I had stopped in to buy 3 things, one of which was a bottle of root beer. The guy in front of me, old enough to be my father, mind you had a six pack of miller light as part of his purchase. He looks at my stuff, then asks,

“Now why would you drink ROOT beer when you can drink REAL beer?”

I have a lot of issues with beer, stemming from growing up with an alcoholic father, whose drink of choice is beer. I can’t even stand the smell of it, it makes me sick to my stomach. I didn’t go into detail on that, I just gave him a Look that told him it was none of his business and replied that I don’t drink alcohol.

His reply?

“Oh. You must not be ANY fun, huh?”

Why would I require alcohol to be fun? Really? I’m so sorry that I’m dull because I don’t drink often! It just really irks me to hear this attitude shared around. I get it from various CWs, and now a complete stranger? It bugs me. A lot. I’m not going to preach to you about why you SHOULDN’T drink, so why are you telling me that my character is lacking something because I choose not to drink often? Apparently that makes me dull to be around. Fine, whatever.

The attitude just annoys me, and I had to get this off my chest. I have my beliefs about drinking. I watched my grandfather stay sober as a recovered alcoholic, (He was sober about 35-40 years before he died) and I grew up with a father who couldn’t even function in the morning until he had a beer, his hands would shake so bad. I don’t want to follow that path, so I limit what I drink. And I never drink beer. Ever. Is it silly that the mere smell of it makes me ill? Probably.

Am I blowing a complete stranger’s comment out of proportion? Again, probably. Whatever. Just one of those little things I hate, the implication that if you choose not to get soused on a regular basis, you’re just not any fun.

The end.

[Jack]

REAL beer

Hilarious coming from a guy buying Miller Lite.

I'd heard the joke that root beer was "fake beer" but I didn't think anyone actually took it seriously. Root beer doesn't taste horrible, for one.

I go for decent liquor sometimes (about as often as you say) but never beer, can't stand it (smell, taste). Being drunk isn't that great compared to other states (or just sobriety) and beer isn't exactly the best way to get there.

[McDreidel09]

Lupo, you are NOT blowing this out of proportion. I don't understand why people think that drinking means more fun. True, I indulge in drinks once in a while, but I don't need it to have fun.

At Octoberfest for Belegarth just last weekend, I only got intoxicated one night. The other two nights, people were saying that it's no fun that I was not getting drunk. Guess what? I had the time of my life without it. I got to dance to the beat of war drums and tambourines by the fire at a small beach with a good friend of mine. i had people asking me how I could belly dance so fast and so well.

You are not alone, Lupo.

[BlaqueKatt]

Just one of those little things I hate, the implication that if you choose not to get soused on a regular basis, you’re just not any fun.

I feel your pain.

I work with a grand total of 34 people. Of that Grand total there are 4 of us that never get invited to anything while large groups get together every weekend-and yes it is every weekend, they start planning what they're going to drink, and what drinking games to play on Wednesdays....Mondays and Tuesdays they are still talking about what they did while drunk on the weekend.

And yes the four of us that don't get invited are the non-drinkers. It is quite irksome to be excluded like that all. the. damn. time*. Of the four, one has kidney issues, one just sees no point, and two of us have recovered from severe drinking problems in our teens and realized one does not need to get "trashed" to have fun, yes we drink, but it's 1-4 max depending on time-we'd rather maintain a low-level enjoyable buzz than get "hammered" and throw up or wake up with a killer hangover. So we are labeled "Killjoys" for being responsible.


*Heck our company x-mas party is held at a damn bar-these are people in their 30s acting like rowdy frat boys/trampy college girls-I'd rather not be around that quite frankly. Sorry I don't think drunk driving is "cool".

[Rageaholic]

Meh, beer is overrated. I've tasted it a couple of times expecting something tasty like ginger ale, but was disappointed at the bitter taste. It's funny because the only reason I've ever tried beer was because I always wanted to know what I was missing out on before I turned 21. Give me pop any day.

[Ladeeda]

The only people who NEED alcohol to be "fun" have no personality, before or after imbibing.

[HYHYBT]

Seems like the bigger problem is that he'd assume that anyone who was any "fun" would NEVER buy non-alcoholic drinks.

[Ginger Tea]

I've all but given up drinking this year due to waking up naked in my room after drinking in the attic room one time then finding out i said and done things (not getting naked afaik i undressed myself before passing out) and the police were called (probably by the neighbours) yet I recall none of it.

I've only been to a nightclub once this year and never can drum up the enthusiasm to go when I have the day off aftewards (one in 3 weekends)

Years previously I was always out and at the end very rarely 'out of it' at one point you couldn't get me near alchohol, I did have my rat arsed phase.
people were more worried about my behaviour sober than drunk, drunk me they could handle, sober me, if in the right mood could be a bit of a hand full

When I visited my brother oop norf he introduced me to an alchoholic ginger beer called crabbies, which is now on sale at my local, which I've avoided for about the same time as the attic incident as his girlfriend who also lives in the attic works there (honestly no bad blood involved I just don't fancy getting drunk round people I have to live with anymore unless its nutural turf).
I had to look at my storage unit the next town or so down and met him in his local, hes only working part time at the moment so money is tight, yet he spent from finishing work to me dragging him home drinking something called 'leffies' I don't know if that's the slang or brand name of it and although the staff know his situation they still take his money and a friend of mine told me he's worried about his drinking, something I can't check up on living the other end of the country.

I'm also way better to riff into a song sober at karaoke than after a few and should have recorded last weeks rendition of the shamens ebenezzer goode "it's all gone pink"

[Andara Bledin]

Is it silly that the mere smell of it makes me ill? Probably.

Not even remotely.

The sense of smell is the sense most strongly tied to memory, so if the smell of beer is tied to something unpleasant, it will trigger memories of that thing every time you smell it.

It's no wonder you want to keep away from it.

^-.-^

[guywithashovel]

I don't drink very often either. The only beer I like is Blue Moon. I bought a six pack of that over a month ago, and I still have about two bottles of it left. I like some mixed drinks, but I don't have the occasion to drink those very often.

I've found that I like a lot of drinks that have been dubbed "girly drinks" and are therefore drinks that men "aren't supposed to order." One example is an Amaretto Sour. I also like Smirnoff and other things called "alcopops." Apparently, those are "girly drinks," too. Oh well.

I've never had anyone accuse me of being boring for not drinking much, though. I did have a coworker once tell me that she didn't trust people who don't drink, which was ironic because she was also a health food fanatic who liked to monitor everyone's food intake and harp on them for consuming things like fast food (except Chipotle) and soda that she deemed unhealthy.

[Eisa]

I can't stand the smell or taste of beer. I think it's gross. The only alcoholic drinks I like are, well, "girly drinks." And I don't like drinking a lot. A Smirnoff Ice gets me tipsy. O.o I've never been drunk. I don't want to be. I mean, I'm open to the possibility, but if I ever drink that much, I want it to ONLY ever be in the company of my bf, as he's the only one I trust to make sure I'm safe and ok. My roommates have been getting drunk basically every weekend. And they'll say it's FOR that express purpose to get drunk and "fucked up." I don't get the point of that at all. Why put yourself through hell and misery [and the chance of being caught as a) it's a dry campus and b) they're all underage]? The only drinks I've had are a rum and Pepsi, screwdriver, sunset passion colada, and Smirnoff Ice. I've never had more than one at a time.

Oh, and about root beer being fake beer...one time, when I was probably 12 or 13, I had an IBC root beer bottle. My dad peeled off the beer labels off his bottle of beer, put them on my root beer bottle, and told my mom I was drinking beer. *snickers* Of course it wasn't so much fun after she chased me around the house, through the yard, and back into the house where I hit my head on a corner of a cabinet and she didn't care 'cause she was mad at me for tricking her, but...that was still funny.

[telecom_goddess]

Same here I don't drink very often. In fact I got a bottle of wine about 2 weeks ago cause it sounded good and I haven't even opened it

I do NOT think it's necessary to drink to have fun and those that do will be the ones paying for it by feeling like crap.

[Greenday]

I don't think it's necessary to drink to have fun...but it sure is fun to drink and relaxing. Nothing helps me open up like a few nice cold brewskies.

[tropicsgoddess]

I'm not a big drinker either, but that doesn't mean I'm boring. I just don't understand how some people can think that they HAVE to get drink or get plastered to have a good time.

[purplecat41877]

I don't drink any alcoholic beverages at all. Luckily, bars have some non-alcoholic beverages.