Pressure to Drink

[Fridge]

So I'd like to start off by saying I'm not a teetotaler, and I'm most definitely not under drinking age, but lately I've not had much of a desire to drink, and my annoyance with my friends over their "have a drink already" attitude boiled over on New Years eve after three hours of "it's new years, drink something".

I can likely count the number of times I consumed alcohol in 2010 on both hands with fingers left over, I just seem to have lost my affection for drinking; well drinking cheap crap I suppose, I like a good wine, and I love a good whiskey, but it's too expensive to indulge often.

It's the middle of Summer here in Australia and it was high 30s well into the evening on New Years eve, the very last time I wanted to do was to consume a drink that I knew would make the heat worse, even if I felt like it, but after hours and hours of being annoyed to "at least have a beer" I snapped and wondered off to watch the 10pm fireworks on my own, and then went home.

I should point I wasn't give any disapproving looks, nor making any comments about other people's drinking habits, I honestly didn't care, I just didn't want to bloody drink just to get drunk.

So anyone else have a similar new years? being pestered to drink?

And yes I know I either need new friends or move back near my old friends who knew when I said something I damn well meant it.

I know the feeling well. I'm not a big drinker, on occasion I'll have some but I have to be in the right mood.

No one makes a fuss of it though, they know I'll drink when I damn well please and pestering me just ends in me telling them where to go.

 

[cl20]

no, hell is other people

 

[tkioz]

I think you should just drink some whisky - it's actually the same price as beer

Sure if you want to drink something that tastes like an unholy mix of paint-thinner, nail polish, and cat's piss.

Maybe you missed the part of my first post where I said I love a good Whiskey, the key part was good, which unfortunately means expensive, and I don't know about you but I don't make enough money to indulge very often.

 

[Sweeney94]

I think you should just drink some whisky - it's actually the same price as beer

Sure if you want to drink something that tastes like an unholy mix of paint-thinner, nail polish, and cat's piss.

Maybe you missed the part of my first post where I said I love a good Whiskey, the key part was good, which unfortunately means expensive, and I don't know about you but I don't make enough money to indulge very often.

Well maybe you missed the part of mine when I said 'cause you'll be drinking a tenth as much.' Unless you wanna kill yourself by drinking 6 pints of whisky. By the way, you clearly don't like a good whisky, since a good whisky is a Scottish whisky, and a Scottish whisky is spelt without the 'e'. I don't know how expensive whisky is over there, but it can't be as expensive as it is in London.

 

[lizards]

we entered the new year on a trip so we didnt drink at all

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

I didn't drink till I was 18 (Also aussie) just because I was sick of my mates and the way the acted when drunk at 16-17 thinking it made them cool. I eventually snapped when one wouldnt stop pressuring me into drinking a beer and kept swearing at me and shoved it into my hand, at which I smashed it over his head and knocked him out and yelled "Does anyone else what to make me drink?!?!"

Same for people who get into my car, if they act like idiots, fuck around with the A/C, CD Player etc I'll tell them to stop or get out.

 

[SkyeNeko]

Ahaha... all the people I know are in my church, and its against the church's laws to drink =p AND I'm the minister's daughter so if anyone tried to they'd proly get in trouble. And I barely have any friends. And I'm not around anyone other than the family long enough to get invited to a party or a pub or anything. And I'm a Coke whore. COCA COLAAAAAAA <3

 

[tkioz]

I think you should just drink some whisky - it's actually the same price as beer

Sure if you want to drink something that tastes like an unholy mix of paint-thinner, nail polish, and cat's piss.

Maybe you missed the part of my first post where I said I love a good Whiskey, the key part was good, which unfortunately means expensive, and I don't know about you but I don't make enough money to indulge very often.

Well maybe you missed the part of mine when I said 'cause you'll be drinking a tenth as much.' Unless you wanna kill yourself by drinking 6 pints of whisky. By the way, you clearly don't like a good whisky, since a good whisky is a Scottish whisky, and a Scottish whisky is spelt without the 'e'. I don't know how expensive whisky is over there, but it can't be as expensive as it is in London.

yeah because I don't spell it the same as some posh gits I can't like it... And what kind of jerk shows up to a party with good whiskey and refuses to share it?

 

[Vault101]

Most people seem to assume that I "don't drink" I acctually do drink if the situation is right but that isn't very often, plus I CANNOT stand the taste, I'll only ever drink to get drunk and not inbetween

plus It makes me not want to drink when people think that I have somthign against it and then think its hilarious/make a big deal if I do

 

[Bernzz]

I only got asked to drink on New Years a couple of times. People now tend to notice that I avoid drinking, and so don't offer. Occasionally they offer a sip, but yeah. I used to get pressured worse than I get now.

 

[Sweeney94]

I think you should just drink some whisky - it's actually the same price as beer

Sure if you want to drink something that tastes like an unholy mix of paint-thinner, nail polish, and cat's piss.

Maybe you missed the part of my first post where I said I love a good Whiskey, the key part was good, which unfortunately means expensive, and I don't know about you but I don't make enough money to indulge very often.

Well maybe you missed the part of mine when I said 'cause you'll be drinking a tenth as much.' Unless you wanna kill yourself by drinking 6 pints of whisky. By the way, you clearly don't like a good whisky, since a good whisky is a Scottish whisky, and a Scottish whisky is spelt without the 'e'. I don't know how expensive whisky is over there, but it can't be as expensive as it is in London.

yeah because I don't spell it the same as some posh gits I can't like it... And what kind of jerk shows up to a party with good whiskey and refuses to share it?

Wtf are you on ... who said anything about going to a party with whisky? I thought u were saying when u go out to pubs the whisky is expensive ... I wouldn't disagree with that, but buying it by the bottle really isn't that expensive. It's about £20 per bottle, and you'll drink about a half a bottle. If you can't afford that, then you won't be able to afford beer either. And no, you can't like it the same if you don't spell it right, because any whisky without the 'e' WILL taste like 'an unholy mix of paint-thinner, nail polish, and cat's piss.'
Don't talk about posh gits, you're fucking Australian. And who said I'm posh? Knowing a bit about drinks doesn't mean I'm posh. I'll assume that you're a racist cricket fanatic, who likes to lynch 'darkies' and drink tea all day. All I ever said was a constructive comment, get a life.
And at least my comment was constructive, everyone else is either saying 'yeah I get that' or 'I don't drink either'.