Your right to not drink is as valid as my right to do so. You could be an alcoholic, have a kidney issue, baggage with drunk abuse in the past or just not like the taste. All are valid and no ones business unless you care to share. Anyone who gives you a hard time past the offer of hospitality is being an ass.

Not drinking alcohol, I understand. I’m highly suspicious of people who don’t drink coffee.

It doesn't make me feel uncomfortable, in fact it is my preference. I am not a drinker of alcohol, so a non drinker is always my choice.

I usually only have 1 drink. Sometimes 2. I have a friend who I hung out with quite a bit and didn't even notice that he didn't drink. Someone else told me at some point. It makes no difference unless they object to what I do. I do think that is quite reasonable to object to a date getting plastered and also drinking and driving.

As long as they are cool with me drinking. Although I would never drink with someone who wasn't drinking on an early date. Because safety and shit.

I don't drink usually for the same reason I don't eat lobster usually. Sometimes I have a wine. Perhaps once a week with a meal. And once each two months when I am waiting for a visa in a foreigncountry I go to the same Chinese resturant for lunch I have a beer. What do I think of peope who usually don't drink but occasionally do.

I think they focus on enjoying themselves!

I don’t drink alcohol at all, never have my entire life. I find that this lifestyle choice sometimes makes people more uncomfortable than if I would come out and say I was an alcoholic! Over the years people have told me, “why don’t you just carry a drink around to fit in?” or “you’ve just never found the right drink for you!“ and even “guys would definitely be more attracted to you if you had a glass of wine or a beer, your not drinking makes them uncomfortable.” Sometimes it feels a lot like people who try to push their religion!! (At 42 years old, it still happens)

I don’t drink alcohol at all. I don’t care for it. I don’t mind if someone I’m with drinks some but not excessively enough that it affects their behaviour. I would prefer to spend time with people who don’t drink.

I drink maybe once every few months, and only socially. It’s not that I am against it. It just isn’t my bag. I spent a lot of time in my 20s, while in the Navy, drinking and I guess I spent too many nights either picking my friends off the floor, or them, me. Plus, I have an intolerance to certain liquors. I get real red and short of breathe. I love a good Guiness or other dark beer though. I don’t have any aversion to being around people drinking either. Also on the plus side, I’m always willing to be the DD.

I like to have drinks occasionally and I really don't care if the person I'm hanging out with does or doesn't drink. That being said, people who don't know their limits or can't hold their liquor make me very uncomfortable! Most likely this is due to the fact that I was married to an alcoholic for 18 years!

I don't care if anyone is drinking or not , or how many or how often . Everyone has its dragons . I do care if anyone close to me drinks and drives . I have a problem w this , and I can't stand by it or for it .
If it's a friend , I will be a pest remind him / her often as daily that I disagree and y . It gives me grey hair and not fair to anyone else on the road ?
And there is no way I will date anyone who drinks and gets behind a wheel . I just can't do it , it will bother me ?

More booze to me... ??????

Most I generally drink is a glass of wine with dinner occassionally. I'm generally to much of a tightwad and it is difficult finding a designated driver, so I never give alcohol much thought. I can't imagine many women would care.

My best friend rarely drinks, she just doesn’t like the way it makes her feel. Makes no difference to me either way

I will admit I find it much more difficult to relate to teetotalers.
However I try to keep an open mind and I understand all the benefits that comes from it so good for them.

I don't drink at all anymore. For me, I just didn't like the effect and it felt like going out to the bar was just a stand in for more meaningful free time activities. I want to be more intentional with how I spend the only life I've got.

More than several of the dates I've met online who listed themselves as social drinkers have gotten completely hammered on the first one or two dates. There's not much of a bigger turn off possible.

Ex was a major alcoholic. So bad that I stopped drinking to get the alcohol out of the house. Took me a while to get back into drinking again, especially while dating.

I don't think it's a big deal, but sometimes people need to learn to relax and have a drink!

To each their own. It's none of my business why anyone would, or would not, decide to drink alcohol.

I don't care for the taste of alcohol so on the rare occasions that I drink, it has to be some expensive fruity thing so I pretty much don't drink.

Most of the people I know drink socially but they are accustomed to my abstinence so there is no weirdness

Not my bladder..Not my buisness.

Not at all! I don't drink much either, use my calories sparingly. I'd much rather enjoy a clear mind, not clouded by alcohol for a great conversation!

I'm not bothered by non-abusing drinking. About half the people in my life like to drink fairly frequently, though I don't believe any of them have a problem. Which is to say I believe it is merely indulgence, not dependency.

The others are either moderate social drinkers, limited by health concerns, or like me they never drink and never have.

I'm really only bothered by people who take my lack of drinking as a challenge, and don't stop trying to get me to drink.

I don't have a problem with social drinking as long as it doesn't lead to stupid behavior due to overconsumption. I am not a teetotaler nor of prohibitionist mindset. When a person loses control over their own behavior and starts impacting others negatively, then it is a problem.

I would rather my date have his full faculties and concentrate on me rather than be numbed or unable to perform by drinking. I have the same standards for myself and drink sparingly most of the time. A wine cooler? Might as well be a soda pop...ha ha ...

Doesn’t bother me at all. I have very little tolerance for it so drink sparingly.