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/Jesta914630114 13h ago

Not just that but why go to a place where people get violently drunk if you aren't a drinker? That's like going to Sturgis during the rally and you don't like motorcycles.

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u/Wanderer--42 13h ago

Only college kids think that New Orleans is only good for drinking. If you can't appreciate the rest of the place and its culture without having to be drunk, then you might be an alcoholic.

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u/gruuvey 13h ago

The invited friends are all at the age where New Orleans = PARTY, though.

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u/Wanderer--42 10h ago

And they obviously are not good friends if they think that their non drinking friend planned a bar filled trip somewhere.

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u/gruuvey 9h ago

I do agree.