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Only if the non-drinker was non-judgmental of my drinking.
Agree. If the non-drinker is a recovering alcoholic, it could be an issue. I'm not going to stop drinking because he can't ... And, I don't drink that much, 2-3 glasses of red wine a week with dinner, that's it.
What is the difference between drinking and getting drunk?
That is something a non-drinker says.
After that 1st beer, it's just different levels of drunk.
You might be able to argue that being drunk is drinking enough so that you can't recall certain events of the night ... and I might buy it.
No.
There is definitely a difference between one beer and buzzed and drunk and blotto.
People who do blotto need to seriously get some counseling or something.
People who frequently get drunk...again, get some help.
Buzzed...well, in order to get buzzed, you probably have to drink more than the recommended one drink for a woman and two drinks for a man per day.
There are healthy and unhealthy ways to approach the ingestion of any food or drink, etc. Abusing alcohol for a weird sense of entertainment...that I don't understand.
I might have 10 beers a month, if that. I'm not sure if that classfies me as a drinker. I guess it does.
If it does then, yes. I would prefer to go out with a non-drinker, especially if hard liquor was involved.
I hate the taste and the effect of it. To give a reason why I don't drink it that is it. I haven't touched that stuff in over 25 years.
I enjoy social drinking and unwinding with booze. I have had friendships deteriorate when a friend goes on the wagon because I feel a little awkward drinking by myself.
So no, I wouldn't marry a man who didn't drink. I am not talking about hard liquor day after day or drinking to excess. But having a couple of beers after work or after a long run enhances my life. If I couldn't share that with my partner, forget it.
I'm a drinker, and in initial theory, would not mind dating a non-drinker. However, most of the non-drinkers (and I mean people who NEVER drink, period) that I've met tend to be critical of those who do like to drink. Since I don't care to deal with that, I think I would have to date a drinker. Even if they only have one glass of wine a year, they are at least accepting of the concept of alcohol.
Kind of reminds me of the co-worker who was being verbally critical of me for having a few drinks after work one evening while out of town...then she lit a cigarette. lol
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