DS drinks but doesn't find the taste enjoyable!? AIBU to think that's ridiculous?

[AshfordTay]

DS is 19 and goes out with his mates most Friday nights. Spending a small fortune and coming back pissed. We were casually talking about it today and he says he struggles to finish the drinks and doesn't love the taste of them but does it for the affect!? Is this really normal? I only drink wine and slowly drink it, enjoying every mouthful

Alan Carr says that we all have to learn to drink like this because that none of us really like the taste. It’s social conditioning that makes us want to drink, not the fact that alcohol tastes nice.

He has a point!

I don't like the taste of any alcoholic drink so I don't drink. Not going to be forced just because people think I should. I just avoid people like that.

I do really like the taste of wine or much alcohol though I do drink sometimes to be sociable . I am in my 50s.

I.do.smile though so somtimes smile at the indignation on here About giving children alcohol.My father drank wine at every single meal at home ( except breakfast of course). He made his own wine every year in September -Sstamping barefoot on grapes in our cellar in our house in London with barrels of the stuff stored for the year. Every meal he would offer us children wine and try to get us to drink some. The wine he made was fine though obviously not ' fine' wine. but none of the children would ever drink it ( after trying some.). Neither I nor my sisters much liked or like alcohol. We can take it or leave it .I would never crave a glass of wine at the end of a hard day. It holds no appeal.
I do.have a couple of drinks occasionally for the effect but only in a scoial context

I've never been a fan of alcohol either - I think it's pretty normal. It's just that drinking is so common and normalised that people feel pressured into doing it.

My DD says your DS is nuts and why waste the money on something he doesn't like? She says he should stand up for himself, admit he doesn't actually like the taste and drink something he does like or not drink at all.

There is no shame in being a student and not drinking apparently it's very common.

I'm not overly fussed with the taste of alcohol. I like the occasional cider and glass of white. Sometimes I might have two or three. But I've never been pissed as I just don't see the point. I have just as enjoyable time as those who get pissed (often a better time, from what I've seen) and without the side effects the next day. I was the same at 19 as I am now at 44, so I've never understood this attitude.

As.someone said, that is why kiddy pops were invented. Bit saddo of your son as clearly he and his mates are so boring that all they can do is get out of their heads, but most are like that. Hence the scenes in most towns in a saturday.

'Get a life ' is the actual answer.