[syncmaster913n]

When I was in my early 20s, I used to instinctively pressure non-drinkers into drinking as well. I did it because the non-drinkers ruin the fun for me. They don't laugh as much or engage in banter. They're timid and lack the drinker's adventurous spirit.

The pressuring usually worked though.

When I realized that I was hurting those people by pressuring them into drinking, rather than stop pressuring them, I stopped inviting them to social gatherings that involve drinking altogether.

[geden]

How understanding of you.

[syncmaster913n]

Is it? I always thought I had low-key ostracized them. But I wasn't able to put their needs ahead of mine on this one.