The least popular opinion ever!

[Catwoman123]

I'm going to get handed my coat and escorted out of here but I'm going to say it anyway.
I do not get people's obsession with drinking!
I don't drink, I don't mind the taste (except gin), I just don't NEED it if you get me.
I dont particularly like feeling drunk but even just to have one or two drinks doesn't appeal to me...its calories that I don't need and it actually does nothing beneficial for the human body.
All I ever see people on here post is how after homeschooling they need Gin ..why? How's it going to help? Why do so many of you need to put a substance in your body in order to feel good? Why not smoke a blunt instead? Why alcohol?
Are you boring without it? Can't you have fun without a drink?

Like, I don't drink, unless it's an occasion tbh, I don't really get the point, but it certainly doesn't make me this angry that others do 😬

@Christmashope19

I’m with you Catwoman Don’t get it at all But I think we are in the minority

Another one here in the minority.

@Theunamedcat, a brown café is a place where you can legally smoke weed with like-minded souls, usually in Amsterdam. I would like to have them in the UK. Keeps everything calmer, more controlled, less criminalised.

@Catwoman123
Why do so many of you need to put a substance in your body in order to feel good? Why not smoke a blunt instead? Why alcohol
🤣🤣 best laugh I've had all day.

And me. I don't see the point in alcohol.

@EmilyInParis I'm not angry I just don't get it.
Is it just people being brought up to think its necessary to have a drink to have fun?

Not one of you drinkers have answered me though?
Do you ever have fun without it?

Well, good for you. Whatever floats your particular boat.

I get it OP. I will have a drink on a night out in the olden days when that was allowed but I don't get the obsession with it. In the summer when restrictions here were that alcohol couldn't be sold my colleague was absolutely aghast and kept asking everyone what on she was supposed to drink with her meal!

Is it just people being brought up to think its necessary to have a drink to have fun?

Yes, a life lesson my parents instilled in me at a young age.

Some things are not a need, they are there for enjoyment. I have maybe a bottle a week, I enjoy it so I have it.

Totally agree. I find it beyond childish to make such a fuss about needing a drink, wine oclock, 'finished the bottle'..... comments.

I don't see the "point" in a lot of things some people find pleasure in but I don't need to criticise.

You drinkers

I will answer you o bossy one!

Yes I have fun without it, often. Fun with too.

Think you will find that's most of us.

Hope that enlightens you

I'm not a big drinker, but I'm also not tea total. I only drink on occasion and do enjoy it when I do. I too don't get the gin jokes or pass me the wine comments, but I wouldn't say it gets me angry or upset. I just scroll on by.

I don't 'not drink' like it's a thing or an issue, I just very rarely choose to have an alcoholic drink. It's not something I need, want or give much thought to. If I was offered one and it looked good I'd go for it.

My mother and her friends all drink a lot socially, their dinner parties etc are mostly about the wine (or champagne). Age group 55-65.

My friends and I 25-35 are far less in to drinking. I don't know if that's coincidental or what. Certainly in the last few years I have felt less pressured to drink.

Agree, OP

It must just be that you are infinitely superior

Not one of you drinkers have answered me though?
Do you ever have fun without it?

Yes, that’s right, no one who drinks ever has fun without alcohol.

(I don’t drink, btw)

Of course I can have fun without alcohol. I don't drink every night, I don't drink every time we go out (when allowed). I make jokes about it sometimes but I like to enjoy a nice meal & company with friends without getting wasted. It's not a necessity. I just don't feel the need to get a large, high horse, sit on it & lecture others about their choices.

I do not get people's obsession with eating cake!
I don't eat cake, I don't mind the taste, I just don't NEED it if you get me.
I dont particularly like feeling stuffed, but even just to have one or two mouthfuls doesn't appeal to me...its calories that I don't need and it actually does nothing beneficial for the human body.
All I ever see people on here post is how after homeschooling they need a slice of cake...why? How's it going to help? Why do so many of you need to put carbs in your body in order to feel good? Why not eat a vat of ice cream instead? Why cake?
Are you boring without it? Can't you have fun without a slice of cake?

@Snowisfallinghere

I do not get people's obsession with eating cake! I don't eat cake, I don't mind the taste, I just don't NEED it if you get me. I dont particularly like feeling stuffed, but even just to have one or two mouthfuls doesn't appeal to me...its calories that I don't need and it actually does nothing beneficial for the human body. All I ever see people on here post is how after homeschooling they need a slice of cake...why? How's it going to help? Why do so many of you need to put carbs in your body in order to feel good? Why not eat a vat of ice cream instead? Why cake? Are you boring without it? Can't you have fun without a slice of cake?

The "Prosecco o'clock" cushions I saw for sale recently made me roll my eyes, but generally I couldn't give less of a shit about people fancying a glass of something with a percentage. Whatever floats your boat.

Mind you, I'm a recovering alcoholic, and back in the day you probably could've floated an actual boat on the amount I drank.

I’m with you OP.

I think it’s a social thing. It’s the thing people connect over? “Oh you love a drink too? We’re pals then!” So people make a big deal of it. It’s trendy to be mad for the drink.

I understand what you mean OP, though I let it wash over me.

I'm bored of Why Mummy Drinks Gin, or Hoorah for Gin and all the oh so funny jokes about school gates/mums/kids/gin etc, and the tat you can buy.

It's become acceptable to deal with the challenges of motherhood by drinking and telling people about it.