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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that drinkers who are upset about people not drinking are the ones who are uptight.  I'm serious about that.

A new colleague and I talked about getting together for a drink.  We met at a bar.  I had a coke and he had alcohol.  I didn't think much about it one way or another.  I found out later that he told another colleague, "Did you know that so-and-so doesn't drink?"  She reported it as if it were said with a bit of alarm.  Not too long after that he got drunk and had sex with a graduate student in his class.  She apparently felt coerced into it and complained to the dean and he was fired in short order. It was clear he definitely had a problem with drinking -- his drinking, not my lack of it.

Anyway, of course, most people who get upset about non-drinkers do not have a drinking problem but they might want to think about how it looks when they are disturbed by non-drinkers in their midst.  Why would it bother them if it doesn't bother me to hang out with them?

Oh and FWIW I can dance my ass off all night and do it completely sober, so, no I don't think I'm uptight.[/quote]

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There is a  lot of peer pressure in DC to drink, even when older. I assume people have valid reasons not to drink: they are high on life already (like this PP), they have blood sugar issues (like me), a family history of alcoholism, already in AA, just health or weight conscious, etc. etc.[/quote]

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