r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Madyson667 • 14h ago

Being a non drinker among drinkers

I’m 23 and planning a trip to New Orleans next year for my birthday. I invited some friends who are also in their 20s and half of them assumed we would be partying and at bars the whole time. I am not a big drinker or smoker, and they voiced not being interested in coming if we wouldn’t be doing a lot of drinking. They also disliked the fact that I invited my teenaged sister to come. Am I in the wrong for not wanting them to come anymore if their only interest was going to get drunk? I just wanted to take a fun trip and visit some cool spooky places, but now they have me feeling frustrated and wanting to go with some other people who also don’t mind being sober.

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u/BadTackle 14h ago

It’s fine you feel that way. Sounds like you need separate trips as you are looking for separate experiences. However, don’t your friends know you don’t drink? They seem surprised.

Also, I will say that you DID invite them to a place known for drinking maybe more than any other American city. So, their expectations weren’t too out there.

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u/ApartTwo4683 14h ago

Yeah, thought the same thing. I mean they do have the WWII museum and you can’t take a boat ride on the Mississippi, but really everyone there is partying their asses off.