<p>You could say my religion has something to do with it, but I wouldn’t use the words “holding me back”. I really am proud of myself for staying sober and have absolutely no interest in getting drunk at all. I just don’t find it appealing, you know? If I wanted to drink, I would’ve done it by now. Yeah, socializing sober is what I plan on doing, haha. But if I go to a frat party, would it be fair to assume that 99% of the people there are going to be drunk out of their minds or what?</p>
<p>A fair amount of people will be drunk out of their minds, yes. But I would say there are always the people who know their limits, the people who are looking out for their friends, and the people (like you!) who don’t wish to drink and go sober. I’ve been in each of those three categories and it’s definitely not that hard to socialize sober, especially when you’re with some good friends. You might have to have a bit of patience, because there will be a fair amount of drunk people getting on your nerves…</p>
<p>Alright, that doesn’t sound so bad! Thanks man.</p>
<p>you don’t know how to party? okay well ill clue you in. its called drinking a lot, so that you can talk comfortably with lots of people, dance with lots of people, and hook up. It’s not very complicated. you’ll catch on quick. (sorry to all the parents on this list who live sheltered lives and are still in denial about what their children do here on the weekends). Granted, you defintely don’t have to party if you don’t want to, but most people do.</p>
<p>well said magtro… I myself have 2 older sisters so the first time I drank was in 8th grade and I was going to senior parties as a freshman… As a result, I’ve got more experience than most of the kids my age and I also tend to play to role of helping kids out who haven’t done it much… I can definitely say that it is not advantageous to suddenly turn on the party switch after no experience with drinking… I can’t count how many times I’ve heard ‘dude ive never drank but I’m going to know my limit cuz i know myself’ and watched kids booting all over themselves in the same night… Seriously, if you have no drinking experience but you want to rush or drink and you really want to fit in/not look like a loser by getting belligerent at a party, start partying now… It takes time to learn how much you can drink… Plus, if you are planning to rush, I imagine it’d help to be good at pong and practice makes perfect hahaha…</p>
<p>^^ make sure you know what type of pong he’s talking about…its very important to gain an edge on this.
Yeah, in all seriousness man, practically everyone will be drunk. You may disagree with me right now, but it really does make things more fun, especially in this atmosphere (fraternities, parties, dance, etc.) Plus…it’s college man.</p>