Another problematic male thread, I'm afraid.
I've started dating again after my last fiasco, and met someone. Problem is, he drinks...a lot. Whenever we meet, he insists on drinking until he gets drunk. The evening begins nicely, with a meal or drink at the pub, but it quickly ends with him drunk and dancing to loud music in his living room. It was kind of amusing the first few times, but I'm starting to struggle. Im not a huge drinker. In fact, I rarely touch the stuff, but I find myself drinking to keep up with him. It's also come to my attention that he suffers from bipolar, which isn't an issue at all, but I worry about the effects of him mixing alcohol and antipsychotics. I suffer borderline personality disorder myself, hence why I rarely touch alcohol at all. He will easily drink 2-4 bottles of wine a night and then pass out in bed. Am I right to be concerned? It's still early days and I have mentioned my concerns to him, but he claims 'it won't always be like this.' I'm not into alcohol at all. I'd much rather relax at home with a cuppa and watch tv, but he likes to party.
Annoyingly, he's actually a lovely guy when he's not drunk, but he comes out with odd stuff when he's drunk. He rants about bad ex girlfriends and says really grandiose things like - 'I'm going to be a famous actor one day, and I'll accept an oscar and tell everyone to f* off.' Its odd. I don't understand it at all. He also isn't an actor. He's never acted in his life, although I am a part time actress. It's all rather strange isn't it? I don't know enough about bipolar to know if this is normal or not...