I don’t drink alcohol myself due to a few reasons. The main reason is that it is not good for you, rather, quite poisonous for your body. Another two reasons that tie into the first one is that it rarely tastes good or pleasing, and is that it is done due to societal pressure. Alcohol rarely by itself does not taste good on its own, so people usually mix it with things that do taste good to mask the actual taste of the alcoholic beverage to make it taste good. Also, most people drink because the social situation informally requires them to do so. There are a lot of things that humans have done and currently do to not stand out from the crowd. There are things called “social norms” that most of us follow because we humans are animals, social creatures, that follow the cues from greater society to keep us from being ostracized or isolated from this society. Understanding all of this, drinking alcohol isn’t something I usually partake in, so a woman who is like me in this sense is quite pleasant.
Why would that be a negative?
I'd rather be with someone who doesn't drink at all rather than someone who gets drunk and goes to bars all the time.
Someone who just occasionally drinks socially and maybe has one beer or one glass of wine from time to time is fine but drinking to excess and getting drunk. I don't want to be around someone like that. Movies making it cute and funny when people are drunk but the reality is most people are asses when they are drunk, they can be taken advantage of, they could get hurt or hurt someone they are more apt to do something inappropriate that cannot be taken back.
Not drinking at all... that is no problem.
I dont drink I haven't had alcohol since I was 16 17ish. Nor do I smoke. Husband drinks on occasion he says I make him feel uncomfortable and judged when he drinks around me when in reality I don't care nor do I say anything to him. I've had people comment to me about how I don't drink the best one was from an alcoholic cowboy friend when I told him I don't drink he was all like then what do you do? It's had me thinking that question eversince like I don't know maybe just live life?
I almost never drink alcohol because I don’t feel the need to. Only with Christmas or sometimes during the summer I drink some beer. I have nothing against a man that likes his beers. I would buy him beer
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The last time I drank (more than a sip to taste someone's drink) was 2004, at Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
I would and I DO already , in Asia particularly Buddhist Asia , but for the most part everywhere ( unless some bar girl , or questionable background ) it would be the norm that the female does not drink at all , the odd female of glass , may have one glass of wine , here there , but the norm is ABSOLUTE ZERO.
More than happy with this , its a massive positive and one of the things I love about Thailand , and many parts of Asia. Malaysia , nearly all non drinkers , China , mostly.
Philippines women rarely drink , Taiwan same.
Women drinking intoxicating beverages is mainly a Western thing , and not really a very good thing for longevity quite honestly.
I really enjoy the non drinking ideal , massive positive.
That'd be okay. Both sides of my family have long and nasty histories with alcoholism, so my parents were very conservative with it, and my siblings and I wound up the same way; I think I'm the most stingy; for me, "heavy drinking" is two beers a month.
It's definitely nice to be with someone who doesn't just constantly want to go get tanked every weekend.
I rarely drink myself. If I go out in general in the past I was usually the driver so I wouldn't drink anyway. As far as alcohol goes, there could be a multitude of reasons why someone doesn't drink. I'm not affected much mentally by alcohol, but I'm allergic to it - I turn scarlet and itch badly enough to need antihistamines to resolve it - so I'm happy to not drink and stick to fruit juice
I have no tolerance. Most of my friends (m/f) are not drinkers. All my SO don’t drink. one ex boyfriend was an exception, since he was an alcoholic, he asked what I do for fun... sight... hints... he is an ex. I don’t want my children to be raise in an alcoholic household.
They are out there... just tell them you don’t drink, they will respect you,
When we met me and my partner didn't drink. He now occasionally has a cider bottle over like two days. It's just not a big deal if you're not drinking that kind of stuff, at least to most folk I should hope!
My distant relatives are partly Russian, and among close friends, there is a tradition, that I heard of, opening a bottle of Stoli, or some other, great vodka. When close, and trusting, you open the bottle, and throw the cap away, as a symbol of trust, being willing to be totally drunk, with the other.
I have a hard time trusting anyone that rejects that, or doesn't drink.
En Vino, Veritas. . .
It's doesn't bother me at all if a woman doesn't drink alcohol, as long as she doesn't mind if I do.
I don't drink much myself. I don't care much for beer. I do appreciate a good red wine from time to time. And on occasion, I'll have a mixed drink - Mai tai, pina colada, Margaria, or something like that. But that doesn't mean that my date has to partake. She can drink whatever she wants.
My girlfriend doesn't drink, while I come from a country whose main export is wine (which I like). I don't mind at all that she doesn't drink, but I am concerned about how it would affect her if I drink in front of her as often as I do now. I plan to reduce my wine intake once we're together, but I'll probably soon ask a question here on GAG about drink alternatives XD
Yes I would. Here's why..
Its been 2years sober, I'd like that to go on, a girl who won't drink would help me maintain it that way, she'll be healthier, and I won't have to be her baby sitter when we go clubbing or anywhere else, cost effective and pocket friendly.
There's literally a thousand other ways to get high or get a buzz without consumption of alcohol..
Like weed.
Well, while I do drink sometimes, on special ocassions, and when w friends or family, I do not enjoy much alcohol overall, so I get the people that hate it :D
No alcohol, cigares, druggs= healthy life, so yeah, not a turn off
u I don't drink alcohol, either, so I would actually consider that to be a bonus.
I'm the same, I never drink and never will so a woman who is the same would be perfect for me.
Of course i'd date a woman who doesn't drink, the more you drink the less agency you have over your body and by extension the easier you are to take advantage of. The fact that she doesn't drink tells me she has her act together to at least some degree.
depends on whether or not she can handle the alcohol...
Meaning, not become insta-slut, not become an emotional disaster, not become overly-drunk and act like an asshole.
Drink = ok
Drunk = hot mess
As someone who's never drank before, that sounds ideal to me.
Absolute yes. I am a non-alcohol consumer myself. A dry house is a good house.
As long as she's ok with me drinking, I think I would prefer a girl who drinks, but it's not that big of a difference either way
I’m a bit of a old fashioned millennial so the last alcohol I drank was communion wine. On the first Sunday of the month with the alcohol boiled out of it less than a 1/4 of an oz.
Make of that what you will. So I really don’t drink at all.
I would date her. I very rarely drink so this is no problem as long as she does not get mad at me on the few occasions I do drink.
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