Anonymous wrote:My high schoolers say peers don't care - some drink & some don't, but most in the "party crowd" who are throwing & invited to most parties are generally drinkers. If someone is a non-drinker in this crowd, they tend to have a great personality, be an athlete & well-liked.

Agreed. This seems to be true for my high schooler as well. I will say though, they are conscientious about having a designated driver or Ubering home.

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Anonymous wrote:My high schoolers say peers don't care - some drink & some don't, but most in the "party crowd" who are throwing & invited to most parties are generally drinkers. If someone is a non-drinker in this crowd, they tend to have a great personality, be an athlete & well-liked.

I mean, that's the way it's always been.

No one REALLY cares, but sometimes you convince yourself they do.

This.
The whole peer pressure thing is a boomer mentality they made up during the boogeyman days of Nancy Reagan "just say no" propaganda and never really happened.

Most of the middle age people now who think they were "pressured" at a party as a kid were probably just offered a drink or joint and refused and that was it, but they built it up in their mind that they were "weird" or ostracized simply for refusing.

Most of the popular kids partake of drink and drugs at some point, but they also learn moderation and when to partake, thereby never becoming known as one of the stoners or drunks of the school.

Most of the introverted kids who never partake never learned moderation and are still uptight and judgmental as adults, and were often the wallflowers of the school.

Kids and teens are hyper perceptive and angsty until they learn not to be.

You grew up watching too many teen movies.

Newsflash: not everything is black and white

Yeah, this sounds like American Pie.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there still peer pressure to drink in high school or like other culture shifts, is environment now drink if want to or don’t and can be at same parties? Many years ago it was drink or get out. Curious how teens approach drink v don’t drink today. Guess while I am at it, are weed gummies now just main table option at parties like chips and guac v super secret main event at end of a night for a select few?

Not so much as the peer pressure to do weed, ecstasy, Ozempic, and other drugs.

Ozempic? lol. “Johnny, take this or else you won’t be cool and have constipation like the rest of us!!!”

Anonymous wrote:There is still social pressure to drink and/or do weed. I am in my 50's and feel opposite pressure - most of my peers have stopped drinking completely, half of them are also on GLPs, and it feels like no one wants to go out, ever.

Why not go out and do something that doesn’t involve eating or drinking?

There is still social pressure to drink and/or do weed. I am in my 50's and feel opposite pressure - most of my peers have stopped drinking completely, half of them are also on GLPs, and it feels like no one wants to go out, ever.

Anonymous wrote:Things haven’t changed. There will always be peer pressure on teens, and some will succumb and some won’t. When I was in high school plenty of kids did not drink.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:My high schoolers say peers don't care - some drink & some don't, but most in the "party crowd" who are throwing & invited to most parties are generally drinkers. If someone is a non-drinker in this crowd, they tend to have a great personality, be an athlete & well-liked.

I mean, that's the way it's always been.

No one REALLY cares, but sometimes you convince yourself they do.

This.
The whole peer pressure thing is a boomer mentality they made up during the boogeyman days of Nancy Reagan "just say no" propaganda and never really happened.

Most of the middle age people now who think they were "pressured" at a party as a kid were probably just offered a drink or joint and refused and that was it, but they built it up in their mind that they were "weird" or ostracized simply for refusing.

Most of the popular kids partake of drink and drugs at some point, but they also learn moderation and when to partake, thereby never becoming known as one of the stoners or drunks of the school.

Most of the introverted kids who never partake never learned moderation and are still uptight and judgmental as adults, and were often the wallflowers of the school.

Kids and teens are hyper perceptive and angsty until they learn not to be.

You grew up watching too many teen movies.

Newsflash: not everything is black and white

Yet here you are trying to say it is. Ironic.

That must have sounded amazing in your head

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Anonymous wrote:Is there still peer pressure to drink in high school or like other culture shifts, is environment now drink if want to or don’t and can be at same parties? Many years ago it was drink or get out. Curious how teens approach drink v don’t drink today. Guess while I am at it, are weed gummies now just main table option at parties like chips and guac v super secret main event at end of a night for a select few?

Not so much as the peer pressure to do weed, ecstasy, Ozempic, and other drugs.

Ozempic? lol. “Johnny, take this or else you won’t be cool and have constipation like the rest of us!!!”

Boys usually don't need to try to be thin at that age silly.

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Anonymous wrote:My high schoolers say peers don't care - some drink & some don't, but most in the "party crowd" who are throwing & invited to most parties are generally drinkers. If someone is a non-drinker in this crowd, they tend to have a great personality, be an athlete & well-liked.

I mean, that's the way it's always been.

No one REALLY cares, but sometimes you convince yourself they do.

This.
The whole peer pressure thing is a boomer mentality they made up during the boogeyman days of Nancy Reagan "just say no" propaganda and never really happened.

Most of the middle age people now who think they were "pressured" at a party as a kid were probably just offered a drink or joint and refused and that was it, but they built it up in their mind that they were "weird" or ostracized simply for refusing.

Most of the popular kids partake of drink and drugs at some point, but they also learn moderation and when to partake, thereby never becoming known as one of the stoners or drunks of the school.

Most of the introverted kids who never partake never learned moderation and are still uptight and judgmental as adults, and were often the wallflowers of the school.

Kids and teens are hyper perceptive and angsty until they learn not to be.

You grew up watching too many teen movies.

Newsflash: not everything is black and white

Yet here you are trying to say it is. Ironic.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there still peer pressure to drink in high school or like other culture shifts, is environment now drink if want to or don’t and can be at same parties? Many years ago it was drink or get out. Curious how teens approach drink v don’t drink today. Guess while I am at it, are weed gummies now just main table option at parties like chips and guac v super secret main event at end of a night for a select few?

Not so much as the peer pressure to do weed, ecstasy, Ozempic, and other drugs.

Ozempic? lol. “Johnny, take this or else you won’t be cool and have constipation like the rest of us!!!”

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Anonymous wrote:My high schoolers say peers don't care - some drink & some don't, but most in the "party crowd" who are throwing & invited to most parties are generally drinkers. If someone is a non-drinker in this crowd, they tend to have a great personality, be an athlete & well-liked.

I mean, that's the way it's always been.

No one REALLY cares, but sometimes you convince yourself they do.

This.
The whole peer pressure thing is a boomer mentality they made up during the boogeyman days of Nancy Reagan "just say no" propaganda and never really happened.

Most of the middle age people now who think they were "pressured" at a party as a kid were probably just offered a drink or joint and refused and that was it, but they built it up in their mind that they were "weird" or ostracized simply for refusing.

Most of the popular kids partake of drink and drugs at some point, but they also learn moderation and when to partake, thereby never becoming known as one of the stoners or drunks of the school.

Most of the introverted kids who never partake never learned moderation and are still uptight and judgmental as adults, and were often the wallflowers of the school.

Kids and teens are hyper perceptive and angsty until they learn not to be.

You grew up watching too many teen movies.

Newsflash: not everything is black and white

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Anonymous wrote:My high schoolers say peers don't care - some drink & some don't, but most in the "party crowd" who are throwing & invited to most parties are generally drinkers. If someone is a non-drinker in this crowd, they tend to have a great personality, be an athlete & well-liked.

I mean, that's the way it's always been.

No one REALLY cares, but sometimes you convince yourself they do.

This.
The whole peer pressure thing is a boomer mentality they made up during the boogeyman days of Nancy Reagan "just say no" propaganda and never really happened.

Most of the middle age people now who think they were "pressured" at a party as a kid were probably just offered a drink or joint and refused and that was it, but they built it up in their mind that they were "weird" or ostracized simply for refusing.

Most of the popular kids partake of drink and drugs at some point, but they also learn moderation and when to partake, thereby never becoming known as one of the stoners or drunks of the school.

Most of the introverted kids who never partake never learned moderation and are still uptight and judgmental as adults, and were often the wallflowers of the school.

Kids and teens are hyper perceptive and angsty until they learn not to be.

Anonymous wrote:Is there still peer pressure to drink in high school or like other culture shifts, is environment now drink if want to or don’t and can be at same parties? Many years ago it was drink or get out. Curious how teens approach drink v don’t drink today. Guess while I am at it, are weed gummies now just main table option at parties like chips and guac v super secret main event at end of a night for a select few?

Not so much as the peer pressure to do weed, ecstasy, Ozempic, and other drugs.

Things haven’t changed. There will always be peer pressure on teens, and some will succumb and some won’t. When I was in high school plenty of kids did not drink.

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Anonymous wrote:My high schoolers say peers don't care - some drink & some don't, but most in the "party crowd" who are throwing & invited to most parties are generally drinkers. If someone is a non-drinker in this crowd, they tend to have a great personality, be an athlete & well-liked.

I mean, that's the way it's always been.

No one REALLY cares, but sometimes you convince yourself they do.

The people really don’t care would keep their mouths shut. I went to a school known for Greek life and I didn’t drink for most of college. I see this in the work place now about Gen X. If someone is going to spend any minutes talking about someone else’s drinking and those minutes are derisive, certainly seems like the speaker cares.