Uni Student: Am I truly boring for not drinking?

[SoberStudent]

Hello,
I'm a current university student however, I don't drink for a variety of reasons. I have encountered countless questions over this decision however, I overheard someone talking about me in my room (my room mate and her friends were making pizza at midnight which is in itself annoying, as I was trying to get to sleep...that's a separate question, do I have the right to tell her not to do that again? Or am I overreacting as it was late and I was tired?). They basically said oh 'SoberStudent is so boring...she does nothing, she doesn't go out to clubs, she doesn't get pissed etc etc' it went on and on like this for a while, really rude when I'm awake next door and can hear them. I'm not really friends with my flat mates or room mate, I feel they don't know the real me, so they may see me as boring. I'm more friendly with my coursemates. One girl stood up for me and said I was 'nice'...however I wanted to know, if you were a student, would you view me as boring? Should I just try and forget what they said? I feel like the comment is playing on my mind, I really shouldn't care what they think but I just can't help it 😔

[ShutYoFace]

Drinking doesn't make people interesting, not drinking doesn't make anyone boring.
But its well to remember that people who drink can be very interesting, and people who don't can be very boring. And vice versa, of course.

[Landed]

soberstudent kimmyschmidt1 is probably new to MN, over the years many people have asked questions on here for the same reason you stated and many say they aren't a mum or dad so ignore that remark, plus asking how old you are is too totally irrelevant. Hope you might get better suited people to share with if not this year then the next.

[ToastyFingers]

Sobriety isn't boring, I know plenty of non-drinkers who are a real hoot.

Your sniffiness over shock horror pizza and midnight and gasp appropriation of kitchen utensils make me think it's not the sobriety that makes people think you're boring.

[SoberStudent]

@ToastyFingers in hindsight, I think I was quite tired when that happened, so I just overreacted...I don't object to noise at night as she brings people back most nights. My overreaction was a combination of being tired and ill 😬 I honestly don't think I'm a boring person, but I can see how that can paint me as a complete bore who doesn't like anything slightly fun, honestly it's not true (well, I hope it's not !)

[ToastyFingers]

Sorry if I came across harshly, I should mention that I'm openly pretty boring myself, so no judgement from me.

[bookwormnerd]

Dont worry about not enjoying clubbing, I hate it and most people grow out of it. I always find it loud and full of drunk people where you were likely to have men coming on to you. I would really have a look at the societies university do. Where I went did cheap film nights on campus, free lectures, choirs, charities etc ... I am a very shy person but I had to push myself a bit to find people. The people I was friends with did drink, but didnt push me and we did lots of other things other than clubbing and drinking.

[Topseyt]

I always hated clubbing and am so glad that my days of being expected to enjoy it and want to go are behind me. In reality I hardly ever went , haven't since and never will again.

I never liked people using my kitchen stuff because so many just didn't bother washing up, so I would lock it away in my cupboard. I learned early on not to share there.

You aren't boring, I am sure.

[wizzywig]

Yeah i was a nondrinker at uni. It was shit. Still i did my masters at a more cosmopolitan uni and it was so much better. My personality was what mattered not getting pissed