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Socialising and Alcohol...
Why is it the practically all socialisation revolves around alcohol at uni? It's not that I don't drink but I don't see the fun in getting out of my face to the point where im puking up and can't remeber a thing the next day. And if I don't drink people try and make me drink (pour me drinks with like 5 times the amount of alcohol I asked for n stuff). So everyone at the party/ club is so pissed and stupid except me. I don't know about other people but I think about how that type of thing is abusing my body, drinking as much alcohol as most students do will damage them for life. And whats with the whole drugs things as well? There must be other ways to have fun right?
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Reply 2
*joins the tiny minority and waves a small but undeniably cute flag enthusiastically*
Getting nothing but dittos here. I'm lucky in that there are a couple of my friends who don't mind staying in a couple of nights occassionally and we always have a fantastic time chatting till the wee hours of the morning with a couple - not a crate - of beers. At the end of the day you have the most amount of fun with your friends no matter where you are, thats why they're your friends, stay honest with yourself and be proud that you're not one of the sheep
Sad and mean-spirited person that i am, i do enjoy ripping the piss out of my clubber friends when they wake up with a hangover the next morning "so let me get this straight, you spent £50+ on something which leaves your body in a couple of hours, usually through your mouth, you can't remember a thing and you're saying i have no life? Yep can see the logic there, its sad that in order to classify "having a life" you need to get trashed and have sex with a stranger today.
/end of rant *hugs like-minded posters*
Getting nothing but dittos here. I'm lucky in that there are a couple of my friends who don't mind staying in a couple of nights occassionally and we always have a fantastic time chatting till the wee hours of the morning with a couple - not a crate - of beers. At the end of the day you have the most amount of fun with your friends no matter where you are, thats why they're your friends, stay honest with yourself and be proud that you're not one of the sheep
Sad and mean-spirited person that i am, i do enjoy ripping the piss out of my clubber friends when they wake up with a hangover the next morning "so let me get this straight, you spent £50+ on something which leaves your body in a couple of hours, usually through your mouth, you can't remember a thing and you're saying i have no life? Yep can see the logic there, its sad that in order to classify "having a life" you need to get trashed and have sex with a stranger today.
/end of rant *hugs like-minded posters*
Just to go against the grain. I like getting drunk and socialising. And not because i like to fit in, just because its a lot of fun. I also never throw up, or black out, or get hangovers that kill me and i generally spend less than £15 on a night out. So, unless you do it a lot, stop spreading the horror stories.
Reply 4
3232
Just to go against the grain. I like getting drunk and socialising.
I like the pun... surely it should be go with the grain though?
Its just different peoples idea of fun. Just like some people prefer playing cards to football!
Alot of Uni life is revolved around drinking because its a common interest and the majority of people enjoy it.
Me and my friends probably go out 5 times a week clubbing/ to bars and the other two i'll spend either with my flatmates in the flat/ going to the cinema or spend time with my boyfriend. I met the majority of my friends from nights out and flat parties so its kind of a given fact that alcohols going to be involved in socialising with them if thats how you met!
Also remember that alot of people coming to uni are 18 and its the first time they're living away from home with the freedom to do whatever they want. To some people this meets getting stupidly drunk every night and attempt to get laid
Hang around with like minded people, if you dont like the friends you have because they go out drinking all the time then join some clubs at your uni with things you're interested in and you might meet more people like you
Alot of Uni life is revolved around drinking because its a common interest and the majority of people enjoy it.
Me and my friends probably go out 5 times a week clubbing/ to bars and the other two i'll spend either with my flatmates in the flat/ going to the cinema or spend time with my boyfriend. I met the majority of my friends from nights out and flat parties so its kind of a given fact that alcohols going to be involved in socialising with them if thats how you met!
Also remember that alot of people coming to uni are 18 and its the first time they're living away from home with the freedom to do whatever they want. To some people this meets getting stupidly drunk every night and attempt to get laid
Hang around with like minded people, if you dont like the friends you have because they go out drinking all the time then join some clubs at your uni with things you're interested in and you might meet more people like you
Reply 7
Welcome to Britain, nation of drunks and violence - we hope you enjoy your stay.
Not much you can do, but I don't - can't - drink and have always rather enjoyed being the sober one while all my friends are falling over!
Not much you can do, but I don't - can't - drink and have always rather enjoyed being the sober one while all my friends are falling over!
Reply 8
Who thinks that we should raise the legal alcohol age of consent to 21...just for some help with a debate in school...?
Reply 9
aibonez
Why is it the practically all socialisation revolves around alcohol at uni? It's not that I don't drink but I don't see the fun in getting out of my face to the point where im puking up and can't remeber a thing the next day.
Surely no one is actually forcing you to drink so much you black out and throw up? If people give you strong drinks, just don't drink them.
After my exams finished I went out near enough every night with my housemates. We only had a few drinks and we even commented when we got home how nice it is to go out, have a few drinks, have a laugh, go home only tipsy (as in being able to tell you've drank, not the tipsy people use as they fall over, pretending they ain't pissed) and be able to just chill out.
Sometimes I have gone out, had a few too many and woken up the next day with a killer headache. That's normally when I've gone to a club with a lot of people and just been having too much fun to keep a tab on how much I've drank. It doesn't mean I want to do it all the time though.
Reply 10
"You see the English need the stuff to socialise, and that might sound whack but that's a fact, without booze most you youz woulda never been born!"
Reply 11
it's strange, when I go home I usually drink a lot more cause I'm with my best friends that I haven't seen in ages! Yet at uni I only drink a few times a month, odd!
Reply 12
Ahh dude, don't get me started.
Being in Nottingham, like your-self, the nightlife is pretty 'smashing'. What annoys me, is no-one at university, can just go out for a quite drink?? They need to get smashed everynight, or the nights that they go out anyway. Varsity for a pound a pint on a thursday. Union on Saturday. Me = Yawn. I think thats why I've not made alot of friends while being at uni, apart from a few guys that I go out with, to gig's and also to local pubs (different ones nearly everytime). The majority go the clubs and get ****ed of there face.
Ah well.. Everybody is different and prefers different things. Meh..
Im happy with my situation anyway.
It's like what me and my friends say, we don't want to be 'students' per-say. But we want to experience a new city, meet locals, find the cool little places in the middle of know where, which is full of like minded people.
Not go on student nights, just cause every other ****er will be there aswell, or because its cheap for watered down beer.
Being in Nottingham, like your-self, the nightlife is pretty 'smashing'. What annoys me, is no-one at university, can just go out for a quite drink?? They need to get smashed everynight, or the nights that they go out anyway. Varsity for a pound a pint on a thursday. Union on Saturday. Me = Yawn. I think thats why I've not made alot of friends while being at uni, apart from a few guys that I go out with, to gig's and also to local pubs (different ones nearly everytime). The majority go the clubs and get ****ed of there face.
Ah well.. Everybody is different and prefers different things. Meh..
Im happy with my situation anyway.
It's like what me and my friends say, we don't want to be 'students' per-say. But we want to experience a new city, meet locals, find the cool little places in the middle of know where, which is full of like minded people.
Not go on student nights, just cause every other ****er will be there aswell, or because its cheap for watered down beer.
When they do try to give mem the strong drinks I don't drinkt hem, it just annoys me that they try to make it strong and think I won't notice when they know I'm not a heavy drinker. Of course there is nothing wroing with going out for drinks, it just seems like a lot of people dont have any self control and go too far.
CheesyBeans
Surely no one is actually forcing you to drink so much you black out and throw up? If people give you strong drinks, just don't drink them.
After my exams finished I went out near enough every night with my housemates. We only had a few drinks and we even commented when we got home how nice it is to go out, have a few drinks, have a laugh, go home only tipsy (as in being able to tell you've drank, not the tipsy people use as they fall over, pretending they ain't pissed) and be able to just chill out.
Sometimes I have gone out, had a few too many and woken up the next day with a killer headache. That's normally when I've gone to a club with a lot of people and just been having too much fun to keep a tab on how much I've drank. It doesn't mean I want to do it all the time though.
After my exams finished I went out near enough every night with my housemates. We only had a few drinks and we even commented when we got home how nice it is to go out, have a few drinks, have a laugh, go home only tipsy (as in being able to tell you've drank, not the tipsy people use as they fall over, pretending they ain't pissed) and be able to just chill out.
Sometimes I have gone out, had a few too many and woken up the next day with a killer headache. That's normally when I've gone to a club with a lot of people and just been having too much fun to keep a tab on how much I've drank. It doesn't mean I want to do it all the time though.
That's what I mean, I don't mind going for a quiet few in a nice place, just can't take the over doing it, okay I realise people over do it now and again, but not ALL the time! I'll have to find some like minded people, somewhere!
Dav'
Ahh dude, don't get me started.
Being in Nottingham, like your-self, the nightlife is pretty 'smashing'. What annoys me, is no-one at university, can just go out for a quite drink?? They need to get smashed everynight, or the nights that they go out anyway. Varsity for a pound a pint on a thursday. Union on Saturday. Me = Yawn. I think thats why I've not made alot of friends while being at uni, apart from a few guys that I go out with, to gig's and also to local pubs (different ones nearly everytime). The majority go the clubs and get ****ed of there face.
Ah well.. Everybody is different and prefers different things. Meh..
Im happy with my situation anyway.
It's like what me and my friends say, we don't want to be 'students' per-say. But we want to experience a new city, meet locals, find the cool little places in the middle of know where, which is full of like minded people.
Not go on student nights, just cause every other ****er will be there aswell, or because its cheap for watered down beer.
Being in Nottingham, like your-self, the nightlife is pretty 'smashing'. What annoys me, is no-one at university, can just go out for a quite drink?? They need to get smashed everynight, or the nights that they go out anyway. Varsity for a pound a pint on a thursday. Union on Saturday. Me = Yawn. I think thats why I've not made alot of friends while being at uni, apart from a few guys that I go out with, to gig's and also to local pubs (different ones nearly everytime). The majority go the clubs and get ****ed of there face.
Ah well.. Everybody is different and prefers different things. Meh..
Im happy with my situation anyway.
It's like what me and my friends say, we don't want to be 'students' per-say. But we want to experience a new city, meet locals, find the cool little places in the middle of know where, which is full of like minded people.
Not go on student nights, just cause every other ****er will be there aswell, or because its cheap for watered down beer.
Reply 16
When I was at uni, the drinking ethos in my block was phenonamal. The ammount of drink was copious, plus the type of drink (spirits).
Reply 17
3232
Just to go against the grain. I like getting drunk and socialising. And not because i like to fit in, just because its a lot of fun. I also never throw up, or black out, or get hangovers that kill me and i generally spend less than £15 on a night out. So, unless you do it a lot, stop spreading the horror stories.
Similar thing here. I used to be tea-total and really against drinking any alcohol of any kind myself and thought people who drank til they threw up were complete idiots. I still think they are idiots, but now I'm at uni I drink because I've found one or two drinks I enjoy and drink them responsibly - I know my limits. Sometimes I get too tipsy because I'm such a lightweight (hey, at least it saves me money!), so I stop or drink water. It's fun for me, and I got tired of being the only sober 'boring' (from the drunks' point of view) one in the room, so I tried to join in and see what was so fun about it and now I have more fun than I would stone cold sober. I've never thrown up after drinking, and will never drink so much to get that far because I'm emetophobic.
Reply 19
I enjoy a few drinks while out. It means that I'm not ****faced, and am still able to drive home at the end of the night. Plus, I'm better at pool after a few drinks.
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