"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

[faeriemaiden.livejournal.com]

I get migraines all the time without being drunk! Sheesh.

That said, I still wish they'd lower the drinking age. I'd like to relax with some wine or something once in a while, I'd like to buy beer or creme de menthe to use in cooking (I have a fantastic grasshopper pie recipe that calls for creme de cacao and creme de menthe), and I'd like to GO TO CONCERTS ALREADY WHY ARE THEY ALL IN BARS. :p

[bornofstars.livejournal.com]

I'd like to GO TO CONCERTS ALREADY WHY ARE THEY ALL IN BARS.

Amen! I missed Lisa Hannigan because of my age. This is a travesty.