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I kinda get upset on how some people are forced to stay in a religion because the family said so

I'm more of a night person and certain day time people just don't get it and think you're lazy if you don't wake up early.

Guys have thar same issue, im a dude i wont have kids. No i wont change my mind im gay

Why are plus size women's shirts shorter? I hate this!! I'd rather not show the world my pasty white doughbelly every time I raise my arm! I get that larger size = more fabric, so they're just trying to squeeze every last penny out of the fabric but come on.

Had an elderly female friend who had a very nice life, having retired from a career as an RN. People often asked her why she never married, and she would reply "Because I never met anyone I liked as much as myself".

I've never understood this one!

I had stomach surgery and since then I cannot tolerate alcohol. My family looks at me weird although I've explained why I can't drink a million times. It's weird how unacceptable it is that a person chooses not to drink 🙄

Way too many people drink too much.

My husband is 25 years sober after alcoholism nearly killed him. The pressure to “come on just have one” is unacceptable. As a Brit living in the USA I find it that kind of pressure is worse in the UK, but either way people need a little situational awareness. If someone doesn't want to drink, leave it alone. They have their reasons.

I have no desire to drink. I’ll have a glass of wine paired with food when offered or maybe champagne at a celebration. I’ve never considered just going and buying a 6-pack or fine scotch. I never drink anything but water at clubs or bars. Alcohol just doesn’t interest me in any way. The assumption that I’m in recovery is a common reaction. Or that I’ve had bad experiences with alcohol. Neither is the case, but it IS so unfathomable that people often would rather believe I’m lying to them about issues with it than accept it’s just not my thing.

Yep, not touched alcohol in 8 years and don't miss it.

Alcohol is in the same class of carcinogen as tobacco. More research comes out all the time that no amount of alcohol is “safe”. Alcohol just has really good PR.

"If you need booze and drugs to enjoy life to the fullest, then you're doing it wrong." - Robin Williams, one of my personal heroes.

Don't want to drink alcohol? That's great! More for me 😄

I'm only 15 and yet, whenever I go to social events there's always alcohol and the other kids in my grade look at me like I'm a constipated purple alien from Neptune when I refuse to drink. 😭

I have always had a touchy stomach. If I drink too much, I WILL throw up until I swear I can feel my shoes coming through. So, I can drink socially, I just know my limit and refuse to go past it. I will NOT drink more and risk being sick as a dog just to please you, you alcoholic a*****e.

I don't drink alcohol at all and people look at me like I'm weird. I choose not to drink, partly cos it doesn't mix well with my meds but also cos I hate it

Went sober to help with weight loss. Was between 240 to 250 pounds in July/August, but I'm down to 210 pounds now in late November. Cutting out the booze helped a lot, as well as a diet change/smaller portions, and more exercise.

I used to drink alcohol. Too much. My body started revolting, and now even half a beer makes me sick. I don't miss it. Of course, I don't have any friends anymore either.

I second that! The only time I will have a small amount of alcohol (two tablespoons per glass) is for New Year's Eve. One for Australia, one for New York, New York, U.S.A., and one for Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

If it is nothing medical it is hard to have it accepted (sometimes not even if it is), but it should be a persons own choice, regardless if everybody else likes to drink alcohol.

The last bottle of wine I bought, lasted me a long time. I bought it for my Chicken Marsala recipe.

Never touch the stuff. It tastes ghastly and makes people do stupid things. Hell, I can do that without booze.

Not drinking was treated as a rebellion when I was a teen. My father insisted that I should at least hold a drink even if I would not drink it.

Yup. I probably drink maybe once a month on average. I can’t honestly say because it’s probably no more than 10 times a year, all things considered.

I used to drink heavily and regularly in my twenties. By my mid thirties it tapered way down and now (late forties) I drink very little and very rarely. Nothing triggered it, it just sort of happened and I don't miss it. I enjoyed my younger years and I'm enjoying my middle years... Without those pesky hangovers.

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We should do more to teach people about the dangers of alcohol. I've been a bartender, a liquor rep and wine buyer for a wonderful restaurant. I still think we should council people from a young age about how dangerous it is. Let's keep working on meth too. But booze man. It's pretty freakin dangerous.

I haven't drank since 2011. I found out I was allergic to alcohol. Every time I drink I break out in handcuffs.

Alcohol is a very bad drug!

I can't drink. Most alcohol does nothing for me, except making me dizzy and nauseous. It's like I am not wired so that I can enjoy drinking like others.

I could care less if people drink or not, just don't stand around judging everyone else like some holier than thou asshat.

You don't need a bad experience. You don't need to even think it is a bad thing. I have experienced this social awkwardness hundreds of times when I politely decline a drink. Yes, I do not understand the issue with me not being into drinking.

I've always found saying "Thanks, but I can't" works. Not "I don't". I can't. Maybe I'm in a 12 step program. Maybe I'm on medication. Maybe I have alcohol related trauma. There's no polite way to probe for answers. Potential embarrassment shuts it down.

Well, it is a poison to the human body. So humans are just consuming the minimum diluted dose of a poison that does not kill them immediately.

I'm adding - beer. Specifically. Like beer is something that is not for everyone, but people tend to act like it is. Gimme a hard cider any day (or hard lemonade, or glass of Moscato) and I'm happy. I don't like beer, don't really like dry wines.

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I drink to sleep, usually something hard play a little tf2 and go to bed

The glorification of sports is just crazy.

I read a story about a guy who, everytime he was just about to be promoted to a management position, he asked to be left alone, cause he felt like being a coach instead of a player, and he loved to play.

So true. I'm expected to be all normal with my abusive sibling. 'After all, he's your elder brother. You are family.' It's frustrating.

I hate starting the Christmas season at the beginning of October, or even after Halloween, but I don't find it intrusive. That said, I do hate that so many of the people who make the biggest deal over Christmas are the same morons that b***h about atheists and the LGBTQ community "shoving their lifestyle in our faces" or claim they're being persecuted because some people who know that a lot of people aren't christians use inclusive greetings during the holiday season.

Driving is pretty much essential in the US unless you live in a big city.

The things people attach “morality” to never fails to blow my mind. I know y’all would riot if we didn’t have night staff doing their jobs but you’re gonna turn around and look down on them? Yeah nah, bro.

Having a gun is NOT your God given right

That sounds like a recipe for alot of bad sex...and possible STI's.

Introvert people often get judged for being boring but I found conversations with the least loud person in a big group often is the most rewarding. The ones that shouts can be so obnoxious and exhausting being around.

This is why I think gay marriage should never have been an issue.

Nothing more irritating than sports being intertwined with our schools and colleges.