Night out without drink?

[Daygals]

So much of our culture involved "going for a drink". If you don't wan to drink, what do you do with friends?

Obviously there's loads but it tends to be things where you're entertained like a show or the cinema rather than where the company is the entertainment iyswim.

So, just getting together for a good old chat but no alcohol, in the evening, where would you go?

What first date is there that's not "going for a drink"?

Dinner is the obvious one for both but I seem to spend a lot of money eating out on food I don't really want - I just want somewhere to go iyswim.

I very rarely drink alcohol, I'm quite happy in a pub with an alcohol free cider such as Old Mout, or just a soft drink.

Like PP said, soft drink in the pub is fine! Or a cafe? You can find lovely cosy cafes which would be really nice for a first date.

Coffee shops are usually closed it the evening.

Pubs aren't an attractive prospect for a group who don't plan to drink - at least pubs round here aren't. Maybe a nice country pub would be but not the few remaining hard drinking pubs in this town.

Oh are they? I'm sorry, they're all open til 11pm here in Norway. How about... an art gallery? a cosy gig space?

why not go to a nice country pub then? If no one is drinking then driving isnt a problem

Everything.

Clubbing.
Bar.
Meal.
Cinema.
Party.

I tend to have ppl over, I cook dinner (because everyone has to eat) and they bring pudding or we get a takeaway. We have a good chat, or play games sometimes watch a film.

I go out with a group that barely touches a drop between us, we still go to pubs and we're not in the country.

"You can find lovely cosy cafes which would be really nice for a first date."

Most cafes round where I live close at 5. You might find a Costa in a big city that stays open later, or in a railway station, but they aren't very romantic.

I go to the same places. DH drinks and so do most friends. It doesn't bother me being sat there with a Coke.

Bowling/mini golf

Costa's are usually open til 10, me and my friends quite often go there for a catch up if we fancy getting out of the house on a week day evening. Otherwise I tend to do activities with friends - yoga, exercise class, go for a walk, etc.

I though maybe I'd got it all wrong, so I looked it up.

There are three Costas here. One closes at 7pm the other two at 6pm

So, just getting together for a good old chat but no alcohol, in the evening, where would you go?

Sounds like 'bookgroup' to me. We take it in turn to 'host', host chooses location. Mostly we visit each others houses, occasionally we meet in a pub. Public places tend to be loud, which is why home is often preferred. .

My friend and I go to each other's houses for a catch up. Watch a movie, have a brew, a chat, some chocolate. We also go for a walk sometimes, horse riding, bingo, assault course type things. Neither of us is fussed about drinking.