Im arrogent because i dont drink?!?

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dirtydog said:
Shouldn't that be 95% truth and 5% satire? ;)

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dirtydog said:
I know you meant to say minority :)

haha oops, I kinda ruined my point there.
 
I don't drink, or at least, very rarely and never (these days) to excess. I certainly tied one on a few times in my youth, but no longer do. I'd suggest that even a moderate drinker would consume more in a night out than I do in a year.

Why don't I? I don't enjoy it anymore. So, given that, why would I?

I don't do drugs, either ..... or rather, not unless they're prescription drugs, from my doctor, and even then, I don't like it. I don't drink tea or coffee, or fizzy drinks. I'm very careful in what I eat, and I take care to exercise properly and keep myself fit. Why? Arthritis, mainly, but I'm lucky enough to have caught it at a stage where it causes me no real problems IF I take care in what I eat, and especially, to keep well-exercised.

If I discuss the above with people, it would be very easy to come across as superior, patronising and a health nazi. I'm none of those.

I do what works for me, and if someone's interested I'll usually explain what I do, and why I do it, and how well it works. But I won't preach. Other people are fere to run their lives how they wish, and if that includes getting blasted, well .... it's their liver. If they ruin it (and persistent high levels of alcohol most emphatically do involve that risk), they'll be the ones to suffer later. I am not my brother's keeper .... any more than I'll accept someone else trying to be mine.


To accuse someone of being arrogant because they don't drink is, frankly, spiteful and pathetic, unless they have been patronizing in how they declare they don't drink and that clearly wasn't the case here.


Zip, you described how you've had "to put up with so much **** from her". May I suggest you check out the definition of the word "friend". I don't think she qualifies.

I've been accused, on here, from time to time, of being "grumpy". There's probably more than a grain of truth in that. It's not grumpiness as such, but more a realisation that has evolved over the years, that :-

1) Not everybody who says they are your friend actually is
2) Not everybody that doesn't say it, isn't
3) Life is too short to worry about category 1).


Take people for what they do, not what they say. If I had "to put up with so much **** from her ", I would rapidly start to ignore what she said and, if at all possible, avoid her. She is not, in my view, a friend.
 
Borris said:
It's a common phenomenon in the school playground that, if a gilr likes you, she'll be mean.

Y'know strangely enough that's what I was thinking - could just be trying to get him drunk to take advantage ;)
 
It's pretty depressing how our society has come to revolve almost entirely around drinking.

On my 18th birthday, I didn't drink at all, I just stayed in and had the usual - Birthday cake, food...etc

The next day my college classmates questioned me:

"So, did you go out and get ****** yesterday?"

"Um, no."

"Oh, you stayed in and got ****** then?"

"Erm, no..."

"WHAT? You didn't drink at all?!"

"Nope."

At this point they all looked at me in disgust as if to say 'WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!'

Jesus christ, honestly, it's like you can't be socially accepted if you don't drink anymore.
 
Chrisp7 said:
Whyever not? If it facilitates me hitting above my weight with girls, whatever is wrong with that, its all good!
In which case I would suggest that you have self-esteem issues and, potentially, alcohol dependency.
 
Borris said:
In which case I would suggest that you have self-esteem issues and, potentially, alcohol dependency.

Haha:D lighten up matey.

MiGSY said:
Jesus christ, honestly, it's like you can't be socially accepted if you don't drink anymore.

Maybe its not the alcohol, maybe they just think you are a geek? Harsh but probably true, this being a computer forum afterall;).
 
Firstly im 25.

If you have to either get yourself drunk or the person your talking to needs to be drunk to have a good time then you have serious problems and i suggest seeing a shrink in an effort to get over your serious social shortcomings and lack of charm. Ive never had a problem talking to people or women, alcohol seems an excuse for people who have little self confidence.
 
Confusion said:
How many people have got up the duff from a one night stand and ended up single mothers? How many people have been raped under the influence? How many punch ups and illegal activities have occured due to the booze? How many people have been murdered under the influence? How many women have been beaten up by drunk husbands? I could go on and on!

As for people meeting while drinking, if getting ****** is the only someone can meet someone else then we would all be trouble and those types of people need to seriously analyse/improve their social skills. Me and missus met while completely sober, neither of us drink and we have a very strong relationship because of it.

The Pros for not drinking are far more than than for drinking!!

Im sorry but those things happen when people are SOBER so you cant argue that case. Numpty.
 
Confusion said:
Firstly im 25.

If you have to either get yourself drunk or the person your talking to needs to be drunk to have a good time then you have serious problems and i suggest seeing a shrink in an effort to get over your serious social shortcomings and lack of charm. Ive never had a problem talking to people or women, alcohol seems an excuse for people who have little self confidence.

Nor do I have a problem with it, but alcohol can make it even more enjoyable :)
 
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