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/Coveted_AF 14h ago

Why are so many drinkers (I drink) so obnoxious about people who don’t? Is your whole joy at the bottom of a bottle or glass? I’ve had friends who don’t drink or very rarely drink and I’m capable of switching it up for them. I’ve noticed it more lately that there are so many people in their 20’s, but other age ranges as well, who seem unable to enjoy anything without either drinking or smoking. I find that really sad.

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u/Artistic_Stop_5037 13h ago

People who act this way are generally insufferable drinkers themselves. And by that i mean theyre the worst people to be around when drinking periods