"but how are you supposed to find romance if you don't go to bars?"

[ontology]

At work today I was informed by my co-worker (male, twenty-five) that I need to cut loose more often. Apparently this is because my two-week holiday with my family next month will not involve drinking, partying, and picking up strange men in bars. "Getting drunk isn't my idea of fun at all," I said. "Hangovers are really not my idea of fun." He kind of looked at me and protested, "Don't knock it till you try it!" Uh, thanks, co-worker, but no thank you. (Disclaimer: very much not a teetotaller. If it weren't illegal, what with me being not quite nineteen, I would probably have a glass of -- very fruity and girly -- wine fairly often.) But seriously, I have no desire to lose all of my inhibitions and do things I would be justifiably embarrassed about later, possibly even ashamed of, not to mention putting myself in danger. Also, hangover. No-one enjoys a hangover. Why not just avoid them altogether by being responsible with the drink? Also, strange men in bars? Yuck.

But -- seriously? I am uptight? I need to cut loose? I mean... no one has ever said this to me before. Ever. And when I told my parents they laughed even harder than I had.

In other news, I persuaded a girl to buy a copy of A Countess Below Stairs. Hurrah! Also need to write post for book blog BUT WHAT ABOUT.

Comments

[tobie-rosemary.livejournal.com]

Get used to the conversation about getting drunk (or rather not doing so), because I promise you will have it many more times with other people, though most of them will be young men in the same age range. *rolls eyes*

[faeriemaiden.livejournal.com]

Heh, yes, I'm glad I have this now instead of being suddenly overwhelmed with it once I get to college. I no longer have the "I don't actually like alcohol" excuse, but I certainly have the "my parents would be disappointed and YES I WOULD CARE" excuse as well as "I find drunkenness rather off-putting" excuse. Also the "I am an introverted geek and rarely enjoy noisy crowded parties; I'll go to my book club with good friends and conversation instead". :p