Hate Drinking, Hate Partying and Hate Clubbing? How do I make friends in Uni? =S

I have been going to parties and clubs for about 3years now and quite frankly I am so bored of the experience. I think I have slightly grown out of it, I am the type that just enjoys going to the Cinema, eating out and doing ordinary social activities (e.g sitting around having a chat)
To top it all off I really hate drinking, I hate the smell, the taste and the effects of alcohol, even having a taste makes me feel totally sick.

I am applying to university this year, I have noticed with a lot of my friends that are already at uni all they do is party and drink :frown:

SO I am really worried that drinking is a big part of university life. I don't even want to hang out with people that drink, I just can't handle being with them when they are drunk I have had enough it lol.
I don't want to be a recluse just because I don't enjoy going out drinking.

Any non drinkers out there on TSR (I have a feeling there are very few of you) did you make your friends without the drinking and clubbing.

Reply 1

Irrelevance

16

You don't have to get mashed to make friends.

Reply 2

Hattie1992

13

I'm not a drinker - not because i'm morally against it or anything, it's just that i don't like the taste, and getting drunk really doesn't appeal to me. My friends drink and i'm happy to hang around with them when they're dunk. I'm going to uni next year as well, and I hope that not every night out involves getting bladdered!

Reply 3

DVDA

1

Your complaining about 3 years of partying?? most of my friends are so fecking antisocial, only 10-12 of us go out to the town on a friday night anymore....

and people won't care unless your a complete prude

Reply 4

Anonymous #1

OP

DVDA

Your complaining about 3 years of partying?? most of my friends are so fecking antisocial, only 10-12 of us go out to the town on a friday night anymore....

and people won't care unless your a complete prude

No complaining I have just grown bored of it.

Reply 5

lordbonney

1

You will be fine, so long as you arent one of these 'holier-than-thou' people who doesnt drink. No one minds if you dont drink, just dont act all preachy about it.

And you'd be (or will be) surprised at how many people on TSR dont drink, although in fairness the numbers who dont drink are higher on here than in real life.

Reply 6

Dibs_anim

join a board game club or something!! dnt wori i'm sure u'll make friends there are many people out there!!!

Reply 7

DVDA

1

Anonymous

No complaining I have just grown bored of it.

mmm fair play, gettign drunk and **** was absolutely mental back in y10, now its getting all boring :frown:

and you don't like all alcohol? Most of it is grim admittedly (especially scotch), but cherry cider, indeed any variant on cider is pretty nice

Reply 8

brokenangel

16

Depends if your up your own arse about it. We had a flat mate for the 1st few weeks of uni that used to complain if you had a glass of wine on a night. (Ie one glass with a takeaway no more!!!) needles to say people soon got sick of hanging around with him. On the other hand i have friends off my course who dont drink for religous reason and dont complain or anything just dont come on night on the town but are more than happy to come to the cinemas, out for a meal, theme park etc with us.

Reply 9

Anonymous #2

Dw you'll make friends OP. I'm Muslim so I don't drink and don't really like clubbing/partying but I still managed to make friends. Uni isn't like it is on Hollyoaks, the excitement of non-stop getting wasted and stuff generally dies down after freshers.

Reply 10

Smack

20

In British binge drinking culture you'll find it much harder to make friends if you aren't a drinker and don't even like going out for one or two. Drinking is a huge part of university life and if you don't even want to hang out with people who participate in it, then...

Reply 11

Anonymous #1

OP

DVDA

mmm fair play, gettign drunk and **** was absolutely mental back in y10, now its getting all boring :frown:

and you don't like all alcohol? Most of it is grim admittedly (especially scotch), but cherry cider, indeed any variant on cider is pretty nice

Thing is I used to like cider, but it started to give me awful stomach pains (koppelberg in particular) :frown:

Reply 12

Anonymous #1

OP

Smack

In British binge drinking culture you'll find it much harder to make friends if you aren't a drinker and don't even like going out for one or two. Drinking is a huge part of university life and if you don't even want to hang out with people who participate in it, then...

Are you trying to say that Britain is full of alcoholics?
I know people here like to drink, but not ALL the time.

Reply 13

allybaba

Join different clubs in things that you enjoy. You don't have to drink if you dont like it.

Reply 14

LaughingBro

17

I think it's over-rated too

Reply 15

taurus26

10

Join societies or clubs that might suggest they are full of healthy (?) people. I don't know....... I was going to say if you join a sporty club then that might mean that they won't be as inclined to get pished.... but actually sporty clubs are probably worst/best (depending on your view) for going out and getting drunk.

Reply 16

Eva2

2

Yeah I also enjoy doing normal social activities like going to the cinema and just having a chat. I don't understand the whole "Drinking Partying Clubbing" culture and I'm content with just having a few close friends that share the same interests as me.