Primary School selling beers at sports day?

duchy

See that's the difference -although I like a drink (and a cigerette) I choose to abstain if socializing with my Mormon friends. Some don't care either way -some wouldn't like it if I did- As I can take or leave alcohol it doesn't make any difference to me so I give them the courtsey of not doing so.I wouldn't scoff a bacon sandwich in front of Jewish friends for the same reason. I will make an exception for one event however

After my wedding next year we're planning a champagne reception on a huge balcony overlooking the Vegas Strip - as some of my LDS friends are driving in for the ceremony I shall make sure there is a non alcoholic but bubbly alternative available for them too..... but even if the wedding was in the UK I can't think of a wedding I've attended that hasn't made provision for non drinkers for the toast-there's always some who don't drink out of preference or religious beliefs or are on meds that don't mix with alcohol or whatever.

securityguy

duchy wrote: »

but even if the wedding was in the UK I can't think of a wedding I've attended that hasn't made provision for non drinkers for the toast-there's always some who don't drink out of preference or religious beliefs or are on meds that don't mix with alcohol or whatever.

Absolutely. But that's knocking down a teetotaller straw man, that alcohol is somehow forced on people who do not want to drink it. I'd say that if you get ten people together for the evening, then on any given occasion at least a quarter of them won't be drinking alcohol: driving, medicine, preference, religion, whatever. At lunchtime it'll be more than that. People who feel they are being pressurised by their friends should get different friends, or try to understand what it is that stops them from saying "grapefruit and tonic", please.