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To find stories of people getting really drunk so boring?

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Musings225 · 30/04/2024 21:46

There's one woman particularly who I work with who is in her 40s and tells these long stories about how drunk she got and what she did when she was really drunk. I just don't care

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Vettrianofan · 01/05/2024 08:23

Ah I love my herbal teas at night. Couldn't be bothered with drinking alcohol tbh.

Icantbedoingwithit · 01/05/2024 08:22

There is nothing as boring as a drunk person. Especially at that age.

Huldrafolk · 01/05/2024 08:21

Long stories about something the storyteller did, unless told brilliantly well, are invariably dull, whether they’re about getting shitfaced and passing out in an alley or the time you caught a really, really enormous fish.

Dweetfidilove · 01/05/2024 08:19

YANBU, but I find it bores me in every age group.

I stopped going to Friday night knees up in my 20s, because I had no appetite for babysitting drunks. And it’s no fun being the only one sober, so no point in being there. Pathetic really ☹️.

HampdenRadius · 01/05/2024 08:17

Bit sad in her 40s.

I like a drink but know my limits and don’t get utterly legless any longer. And I go for quality over quantity.

newyorkhotel · 01/05/2024 08:17

I think their lives must be so dull if this is what their lives revolve around

Yup. I can have loads of fun and be silly with friends without having to get absolutely hammered. If you need to get smashed to do that it makes me think your personality is probably pretty dull in the first place

Akamai · 01/05/2024 08:15

YANBU. I’m teetotal and I hate it when all people talk about is where they drink, what they drink, how much they drank, how drunk they got, what they did when drunk.

I think their lives must be so dull if this is what their lives revolve around.

hamstersarse · 01/05/2024 08:14

I’m 49 and like to get drunk every now and then

it’s a good way to be silly, have some fun and live in the moment. Think we all need a bit of that tbh

Pelham678 · 01/05/2024 08:13

Hell yes. These kind of stories wear very thin, very quickly. It's like they gained cool points for drinking too much when they were teenagers and they think it's still some kind of social currency. It makes me cringe actually.

Obviously it's great to be around people who have a couple of drinks and become even more fun than usual. But someone who gets slaghtered and can barely stand up? Where's the humour in that?

Moonlitwalk · 01/05/2024 08:12

SevenSeasOfRhye · 01/05/2024 08:09

I wonder if, deep down, she knows she has a problem with alcohol and this is her way of denying it to herself by normalising it and presenting it as amusing.

I think this too. I also wonder what her friends think of it, having to babysit her every time they go out to ensure she gets home safely. Nothing wrong with overdoing it on occasion but if this is a regular occurrence (which it seems like it is, if she has so many stories) I would imagine they're getting pretty fed up of it.

Waitingfordoggo · 01/05/2024 08:11

YANBU, I’d find that boring too. A bit like when people tell you about the weird dream they had. It’s interesting/entertaining to them but not to anyone else.

I would just use quite a monotone voice and make minimal interjections of: ‘oh right’, ‘oh dear’ etc while maintaining a fairly blank facial expression. I’ve found most people understand this as a hint that you aren’t very interested in what they’re telling you.

Another option is to go the other way. Look really shocked and say ‘Oh my goodness- this keeps happening- what are you going to do about it? You can’t keep going on like this, surely?’

SevenSeasOfRhye · 01/05/2024 08:09

I wonder if, deep down, she knows she has a problem with alcohol and this is her way of denying it to herself by normalising it and presenting it as amusing.

Jokl · 01/05/2024 08:07

Oh dear. I’d feel the same. It’s one thing getting slaughtered and acting the fool when you’re, say, 20 (altho stories are still a bit boring tbh!) but at double that age, it’s just cringey to still be acting that way and thinking it’s ‘cool’ or worth telling stories about. That’s not to say you never overdo it or have a bit too much but choosing to then boast about it is just embarrassing.

Cathbrownlow · 01/05/2024 08:03

I've never really understood the way that some people think it is hilarious to get drunk and be out of control and vulnerable. It is excruciating to witness. Alcohol dependency is often a problem with these people too, in that they have decided that it's a socially acceptable state to be in.

TakemedowntoPotatoCity · 01/05/2024 07:55

Yanbu. One of my oldest friends is like this. Posts pictures of her drunk face. I'm teetotal now and find it so boring. Maybe I'm boring!

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Musings225 · 01/05/2024 07:50

I think she may have a problem but it's hard to know, especially when you don't live with someone. Just so bored of being like ahh at her stories of what she's managed to get up to while she's smashed.

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Moonlitwalk · 01/05/2024 07:27

I just find it pathetic at age 40. Falling down drunk may have been mildly funny in my early 20s but at 40 its just sad and it makes me think that person has a problem

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Musings225 · 01/05/2024 07:25

It's boring when they're with you and you have to be witness to it let alone a long story when you weren't even there!

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LizTruss · 30/04/2024 21:53

Sorry, i thought you might find it amusing.
Or at least be able to throw some light on how I got that rather bizarre tattoo. 🙁