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" 1. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re so uptight.&amp;quot; I may like to be in control, but just because I don&amp;#039;t want a beer doesn&amp;#039;t mean I can&amp;#039;t relax or don&amp;#039;t like fun. 2. &amp;quot;Come on, live a little.&amp;quot; I am! Alcohol isn&amp;#039;t the only way to do so. 3. &amp;quot;All I want is to see you drunk.&amp;quot; Sorry to crush your dreams, but that&amp;#039;s not happening. And if that&amp;#039;s all you want in life, it&amp;#039;s time to aspire for more. 4. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m going to get you to drink.&amp;quot; No, you&amp;#039;re not, the same way I&amp;#039;m not going to get you not to drink. People get to make their own decisions, and trying to change mine on alcohol will be a failed endeavor. 5. &amp;quot;Is it for religious reasons?&amp;quot; Whether it is or isn&amp;#039;t, I don&amp;#039;t think my refusing a beer should prompt an interrogation on my lifestyle. 6. &amp;quot;How are you doing this right now sober?&amp;quot; You&amp;#039;re actually asking me how I&amp;#039;m talking to people at a party sober? Really? Surely you have too at some point. I don&amp;#039;t know when this became a feat. 7. &amp;quot;You must think I&amp;#039;m such a mess.&amp;quot; No, I don&amp;#039;t think you are such a mess because you are drinking and I&amp;#039;m not. 8. &amp;quot;Aren&amp;#039;t you curious?&amp;quot; No. If I were curious, I&amp;#039;d get myself a drink. 9. &amp;quot;I will get you a drink!&amp;quot; Gee, thanks, but save your $10 or however much that overpriced cocktail is. 10. &amp;quot;Do you think you&amp;#039;re better than us?&amp;quot; Alcohol&amp;#039;s a beverage, not a measure of moral superiority (or inferiority). So no, I just don&amp;#039;t want to drink. 11. &amp;quot;You must hate being places where people are drunk.&amp;quot; If I hated being somewhere, I&amp;#039;d leave. 12. &amp;quot;So what do you do then if you don&amp;#039;t drink?&amp;quot; The same thing you do minus a beer in hand: go to bar, clubs, parties, etc. You can still go out and party drinking water. 13. &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t you feel like you&amp;#039;re missing out?&amp;quot; If I felt like I was missing out, I&amp;#039;d drink. Plus, you tell me stories of how hungover you are the next day, and it sounds pretty miserable, so I&amp;#039;m happy to pass on that. 14. &amp;quot;How old are you? Are you even 21?&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s flattering you think I look young, but yes, my ID does say I&amp;#039;m over 21, and yes, it&amp;#039;s real. And if high school parties are any indicator, drinking isn&amp;#039;t all too revealing of age anyway. 15. &amp;quot;What? Are you scared of it?&amp;quot; I&amp;#039;m just not interested actually, but it&amp;#039;s scary how intense your pressuring is getting. 16. &amp;quot;Oh, we didn&amp;#039;t invite you because you don&amp;#039;t drink and we thought you&amp;#039;d be bored.&amp;quot; That&amp;#039;s pretty harsh and untrue. If I felt that way, I wouldn&amp;#039;t come, but I actually wanted to see you because you&amp;#039;re my friends (so act like them). 17. &amp;quot;Your not drinking makes it hard for me to relate to you.&amp;quot; Try to get to know me, and I&amp;#039;m pretty sure you&amp;#039;d relate somewhere. 18. &amp;quot;You must have so much dirt on everyone, watching us sober.&amp;quot; Of course, my favorite hobby is to collect blackmail and is the sole reason I don&amp;#039;t drink. Actually, I&amp;#039;m not judging. Please stop judging me. 19. &amp;quot;You must be so against this stuff.&amp;quot; Just because I don&amp;#039;t want to have a drink doesn&amp;#039;t means I&amp;#039;m against alcohol entirely and think it&amp;#039;s the worst thing. It&amp;#039;s wonderful for people who enjoy it. I just happen not to. 20. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t drink that much usually! Really!&amp;quot; You don&amp;#039;t have to justify your drinking to me just because I&amp;#039;m not. 21. &amp;quot;But really, why don&amp;#039;t you? Won&amp;#039;t you? Please?&amp;quot; You can keep asking, but the answer is going to remain no. I&amp;#039;m just going to get more annoyed when you say it. 22. &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t be lame!&amp;quot; Oh no! The threat of being uncool! Grab me five shots pronto! (But really don&amp;#039;t.) RELATED: The 21 Best Things About Not Drinking The Stages of Partying, by Age The 17 Most Important Ways Partying Changes in Your Late 20s 24 Things I Wish I Knew About My Health When I Was Younger Follow Alyssa on Twitter. Photo credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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