Posted 2008-June-28, 13:59
In an interesting twist, I have decided to give up on drinking pretty much. I will just get 1 and sip on it/not drink it since it is required in many social settings (such as post evening session with clients at the bar), but other than that why bother?
Getting drunk just makes you stupid for that period of time, and I don't really want to feel that way. Post morteming these nights I feel very much like an idiot, and like everyone around me were idiots. I no longer get the feeling of "Wow that was a fun night!"
There was once some glamour of going out, potentially hooking up with a random girl at the club, potentially getting some phone numbers, but I've realized that some posters in this thread were right, these are not really the kind of people I want to attract.
I also realize that I have ruined a lot of potential relationships with girls I do want to attract from acting like an idiot at night in these kind of situations. Maybe it's an optimal strategy for hooking up with them in that specific night, but it is such a suboptimal long term strategy and it makes your respect for them go down, and their respect for you go down. Hell, it makes my respect for myself go down. Such is the case with Andrea. It's not even that it's awkward, it's just that the respect level is much lower now.
I'm sure some are thinking "why not drink less when you drink, like most normal people?" Well, moderation is not exactly me strong point in ANY area of my life, and drinking is no exception. Fine.
I realize that not drinking while being around drunk people is going to be boring, since idiocy is not so funny when you're sober. That will lead me to avoid those situations, but I'm ok with that. I don't really have to be THAT guy. In fact, I'm not that guy. I am the guy who just looked up an address/phone number for a place, and noticed that it was on 1615 whatever street, and also the last 4 digits of their phone number were 1615, AND that 1615 is a valid bridge shape. Yes, I'm THAT guy, and I'm happy with that.