Dude wut. It's a personal choice that you don't have to justify to anyone. I am not a strict teetotaler--I like beer, and I sometimes like to enjoy beer on occasion--but I am an abstemious drinker (I've been drunk exactly once and I have no desire to ever repeat that experience), and I get similar crap. Apparently I don't drink enough. Apparently I've missed the point and drinking is always and only about getting drunk and not about liking the taste of beer or the way it goes with some foods or anything.
Part of it, for me, is that my parents' attitude was "okay, you're going to learn to drink responsibly at home" and so booze was not glamorous or mysterious or forbidden at my house, but there were rules attached to it, especially once my sister and I were old enough to drive. So by the time I was 21, which is the legal age in the US, booze was not very interesting and the ability to buy it legally was more a convenience than a rite of passage. Also, I kind of grew up in a familial/social culture (not sure now how much of it was my socioeconomic milieu and how much was my family) where drinking to excess was stigmatized behavior.
(Also also, I had a father who fancied himself a booze snob, so I was kind of raised to focus on quality and taste rather than getting smashed as quickly as possible--I'd never do shots, and girl drinks that taste like candy should just GTFO as far as I'm concerned.)
A lot of the people I know for whom the purpose is to drink to excess are younger than I am, so I take the attitude that I don't have anything to prove to these kids. XD Sometimes when people are all "lol y u dnot drink???" or "o lol letz get u drunk!!1! itll b so teh funz!", they're actually not secure with their own choices and attitudes and are looking for validation.
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regna
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Date: 2010-01-30 07:42 am (UTC)Part of it, for me, is that my parents' attitude was "okay, you're going to learn to drink responsibly at home" and so booze was not glamorous or mysterious or forbidden at my house, but there were rules attached to it, especially once my sister and I were old enough to drive. So by the time I was 21, which is the legal age in the US, booze was not very interesting and the ability to buy it legally was more a convenience than a rite of passage. Also, I kind of grew up in a familial/social culture (not sure now how much of it was my socioeconomic milieu and how much was my family) where drinking to excess was stigmatized behavior.
(Also also, I had a father who fancied himself a booze snob, so I was kind of raised to focus on quality and taste rather than getting smashed as quickly as possible--I'd never do shots, and girl drinks that taste like candy should just GTFO as far as I'm concerned.)
A lot of the people I know for whom the purpose is to drink to excess are younger than I am, so I take the attitude that I don't have anything to prove to these kids. XD Sometimes when people are all "lol y u dnot drink???" or "o lol letz get u drunk!!1! itll b so teh funz!", they're actually not secure with their own choices and attitudes and are looking for validation.
TL;DR: Fight the power. XD