If you don’t drink, how do you socialise?

[LemonAddict]

All of my friends and family drink and most socialising of a weekend, in particular Friday and Saturday night, is centred around drinking.

I’m not teetotal, I do drink, but to be honest after 2 I’ve had enough, I don’t want any more and am usually too full to even move onto soft drinks. And I don’t enjoy being around people who are drunk.

I have one friend who is happy to meet up during the week for a walk and a coffee or shopping or a cup of tea at home and a catch up. But everyone else is all about drinking. I’ve suggested a meal, cinema, bowling, games night at my house, and they all look at me like I’ve got two heads or something.

Which then leads me onto my next question - how do I make new friends? ones who don’t only want to go out when it’s all about getting smashed?

I have an almost reverse problem; I’m fine with alcohol and nights out but I don’t like tea or coffee. I am literally refusing hot drinks daily, I feel weird meeting in coffee shops and nursing a water (don’t really like soft drinks either), work meetings are awkward because they always start with a rejection of the social norm of the Great British Brew.

Witches I'm in East Anglia, but I think there are groups like it popping up all over the country so hopefully accessible to most.

IndianaMoleWoman me too. How come it is considered so weird to drink water?

As far as the OP goes, it's them not you. Everything you have suggested to your friends are completely normal. Definitely get new friends. Evening classes when you are doing something that allows you to chat are a good way to meet people, DH met some nice people at pottery classes.